Magic Ring (Magic Circle) Basics

📚 What you’ll learn

How to start projects worked in the round with an adjustable center (Magic Ring or Magic Circle).

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Right handed

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Left handed

Form a loop by wrapping the yarn around your fingers, leaving a 4–6” tail behind the working yarn. Pinch the loop where the yarn ends cross to keep it stable.
Insert your hook from front to back through the loop.
Grab the working yarn and pull a loop through.
Chain 1 to secure the ring (this does not count as a stitch).
When making stitches into the ring, insert your hook under both the loop and yarn tail.
Example for single crochet: Insert hook into the ring, pull up a loop (2 loops on hook), yoh, pull through both loops. First sc completed.

The Magic Ring keeps the center of your round project tight, eliminating the small hole that can appear when chaining and joining.

Make a Magic Ring, work 6 sc into it, pull it closed, and identify the center, stitches, and tail.

You can create a Magic Ring, place stitches into it, and tighten its center securely.