How To Make a Magic Ring - Full Guide 2 Methods

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1 What is The Magic Ring?

1.1 Adjustable Ring. Method 1

1.2 How to make Magic ring? Method 2

2 How to make an increase in single crochet adjustable ring

2.1 Crochet adjustable ring first round

2.2 Crochet magic ring second round

What is The Magic Ring?

The Magic Ring (also known as adjustable ring for amigurumi) is a technique used to begin crocheting in a round by crocheting over an adjustable loop, then pulling the loop tight. It doesn’t leave an unpleasant hole in the middle of your crochet motif, amigurumi, or Granny’s square.

I remember the times when I was chaining 2-4 stitches, closing in the round, and praying it will not have a hole. Well, there always was a hole! I wish how to make Magic Ring in crochet (aka. adjustable ring, crochet magic loop) back then.

Now, I can show you how I make it in the picture tutorial! There are two methods – both give the same result, just the way of creating is slightly different.

Adjustable Ring. Method 1

I advise you to play around with a magic ring yourself to understand the principle behind it.

magic ring making a loop — Start with creating a loop like in the picture. Yarn tail goes under the yarn from the ball

magic ring tutorial — Place it in the left hand and secure the intersection with thumb and middle finger

Grab a the working yarn magic ring — Grab the working yarn

Pull the working yarn throug the loop — Pull the working yarn through the loop still holding the intersection part

Now we need to create a slip knot around the ring. Make a yarn over.

How to make a magic ring — Magic ring is ready for further work. Now you can test it by pulling the yarn tail and checking if the loop is closing. Untangle the yarn tail.

If testing succeeded, put the crochet hook back in the first stitch

working in the magic ring — Remember to work around both strands.

How to make Magic ring? Method 2

magic loop — Place the yarn coming out of the ball between middle and ring fingers

how to make a magic ring in crochet — Secure yarn coming from the ball between the ring and little finger.

Take a crochet hook and place it under one of the strands like showed in the picture

slip stitch magic ring — Make a slip stitch. Magic ring is ready

How to make an increase in single crochet adjustable ring

When the magic worked and you managed to get an adjustable ring right, there is a question – how to work first round and make increases.

Crochet adjustable ring first round

Usually, the first round will be 6 stitches. Work over both strands of the loop.

single crochet first round magic ring — Make 6 single crochet in the first round in the magic ring.

Join with the first stitch to close the round.

first round magic ring — First-round is ready. Make chain 1 to start the new row.

Crochet magic ring second round

When you do a single crochet in the round, the second round is 2 single crochet in each stitch (2 sc), you will end up with 12 stitches after completing round 2.

2 sc in each stitch of the previous round

magic ring single crochet second round — The second round completed – 12 single crochet stitches. After completing the second row I am pulling the loop tight and close a hole.

If you are interested in knitting other rounds, I can advise you to read How to Crochet Bag Tutorial-Magic Ring-Circle in the spiral. I explain there with a diagram on how to work out the rest of the rows.

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