There are days when you are so beautiful and vivacious and alive, we cannot believe that you are going to die. It’s the same as making a blanket stitch.I sit by your bed and watch you, as I sometimes do. Here, you use the needle to loop the thread through those central loops of the magic ring and then just put the needle through loop of thread left on the surface before pulling the stitch tight. *A clove hitch (at least that is the name I learned for it) is a knot where you just make a loop around something and pull the tail of the rope/thread/yarn through that loop, and them pull it tight. This method is stronger than just weaving the tail, because it binds the two threads of the center loop together so they don’t slide against each other, so it actually takes some of the tension off of the tail. The remaining tail can be woven in as usual. You can thread the yarn through the base of the crochet stitches in between multiple knots, if you need to separate them. More than one “knot” may be necessary, and it is important to pull it or them really tight. I do this on the inside of the piece, but it should be relatively easy to work between the stitches of round one. Try threading the tail through a needle with a large eye (like a large darning needle) and using it to do a “clove hitch”*(clarification below) through the two loops of yarn that make the center of the ring itself there are the loops that let you pull the ring closed. This suggestion is for those wanting a way to keep the loop of the magic circle tight. You’ll never go back to your old method again, I promise!ĭo you find my tutorials helpful? If so, please consider making a contribution towards my time so I can continue to create clear and concise tutorials for you:
At the end of round 2 your work will look like this (below, right): Begin your second round by crocheting into the first stitch of the first round (below, left).Grab the yarn tail and pull to draw the centre of the ring tightly closed:.Continue to crochet over the loop and the yarn tail until you have the required number of sc for your first round (6 sc shown here): Draw up a loop to begin your first sc of Rnd 1: Insert hook into the loop, so you are crocheting over the loop and the yarn tail.Ch 1 (or as many as stated in your pattern).Insert hook into the loop from front to back.Grasp the join of the loop (where the 2 strands of yarn overlap) between your left thumb and forefinger: Make a loop a few inches from the end of your yarn.The working yarn begins on the right and is then picked up over my left forefinger in Step 2. Please note: in the following photos, the starting yarn tail is always on the left and hanging down. If you’re following a different pattern, you’d complete steps 1-2 of this tutorial exactly as shown below, then work the chain and the stitches of Rnds 1 and 2 as specified in your pattern. This demonstration shows a piece made using the following pattern: R: magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc in magic ring, 2 sc in each st around. L: ch2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, 2 sc in each st around. The advantage of the magic ring method (below, right) is that, unlike the regular “chain 2, x single crochet in 2nd chain from hook” method (below, left), there is no hole left in the middle of your starting round. Link easily to this tutorial in your patterns: Looking for the left-handed instructions? Or the video tutorial? If not, read on… What is this ‘Magic Ring’, anyway?Ī magic ring is a way to begin crocheting in the round by crocheting over an adjustable loop and then pulling the loop tight.