Basic Stitch
Slip Stitch (sl st)
Used For
- Joining rounds
- Moving across stitches without adding height
- Seaming pieces together
- Flat, low-profile edging
The shortest crochet stitch, almost always used to join, move across stitches invisibly, or finish an edge rather than to build fabric height.
Instructions
- Insert your hook into the next stitch (or, to join a round, into the first stitch of the round).
- Yarn over and draw a loop through both the stitch and the loop already on your hook in one motion.
- One loop remains on your hook — the slip stitch is complete.
- Repeat as needed.
Tips & Notes
- Slip stitches add virtually no height, which is exactly why they're used to join rounds or travel across a row without a visible step-up.
- Worked too tightly, slip stitches can pucker a seam — keep tension relaxed, especially when seaming two pieces together.
- A whole round of slip stitches through the back loops only creates a ribbed, textured effect called slip stitch ribbing.