How To Make A Crochet Magic Circle
Learn the crochet magic ring technique and take your circular projects to the next level. Create a secure and seamless starting point with customizable size, tighter center, and reduced yarn waste.
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What You Will Need
Yarn
- Yarn
Hook
- Crochet hook to suit the yarn you are using
Instructions
To Make A Magic Circle
- 1. With your left hand open and the palm facing you,
- 2. Lay the yarn in your palm (with the tail end hanging past your little finger) and wrap the yarn over the top of your index, middle, and ring fingers,
- 3. Then bring the yarn back under the fingers, crossing the yarn as it meets the start at the top of your index finger, and to the back of the ring you just made.
- 4. Use your thumb to hold the crossed yarn in place, and insert the crochet hook under the first loop, picking up the yarn from the back to the front, then make one chain - this chain does not count as a stitch it is there to secure the loop onto the hook.
Working Stitches In To A Magic Circle
- After making the magic circle, work the number of stitches required into it as stated in the first round of your pattern. But before you start your working on the first round, you will have to make a starting chain to match the height of the stitch you are making in the first round. - Make 1 chain if your pattern starts with a round of single crochet. - Make 2 chains if you are working half double crochet into the magic ring. - Make 3 chains if you are crocheting double crochets into the ring.- Make 4 chains for treble stitch.
How To Crochet Stitches into A Magic Ring
- After making the magic ring and making the required number of starting chains to match the stitch you are crocheting you can start the first round.In order to have a secure ring, work the stitches over both the loop and the yarn tail. As you crochet the ring will seem loose and may not even look like a ring just yet, but that will be fixed in the next step.Once you have completed the required stitches, you can tighten the ring by pulling on the tail of the yarn to tighten the center of the circle closing the loop and creating a secure and seamless center. Then join the round as described in the pattern you are using.