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[aphrael]

Ok, this has been bugging me for a while and I just have to ask someone about it. Why do some amigurumi pattern makers feel it is necessary to join each round with a slipstitch? Whenever I follow the pattern's directions and do this, it never looks good. You can see where the slipstitch is on each round, and it looks ugly. Same with ch1 at the

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[masakiti]

As far as I know, there are two different techniques of crocheting in rounds.
The first one goes in spirals & needs no joining, another one needs joining rounds:


I've seen a better images & explanation also, but the point is that it's a matter of one's own preference, there's no "right" and the "wrong" way. I usually don't join anything, I just crochet in spirals. Same goes with adjustable ring (magic loop): some people start with it, others make chain & some single crochets into it.

[masakiti]

damn, the picture doesn't show :-D
it's here anyway:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yC9ySJTXW3I/SLl7SjT7o-I/AAAAAAAABAQ/MtS3J5H3Uc0/s1600-h/roundsVSspiral.jpg

[aphrael]

Yeah, spiral just looks SO much better, imo. I don't know why you'd go with rounds. Thanks for the info!