How to Crochet the Magic Ring (Circle) For Beginners

[@carolynl6219]

After feeling like an arthritic moron, who has only crocheted for 60 years, I've finally learned how to crochet the Magic Circle! Thank you, thank you LMLMCrochet for teaching slowly and clearly with bright yarn on one finger in the easiest method ever.

[@bobbidehaan3401]

Don't feel alone. I've been crocheting longer than you and I hadn't even heard of a magic circle until recently!

[@lupinfaer]

Thanks for actually slowing it down enough for me to understand. I felt really stupid with some other peoples videos 😅

[@LMLMCrochet]

I know what you mean. I remember being a beginner very well!

[@ShoshiPlatypus]

I've struggled with magic rings for ages. Your method is by far the simplest and easiest to understand! I think I've finally got it! Thank you so much. 5 stars!

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[@ahmirsamson3913]

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[@dean2060]

OMG!!! I have been trying for the longest time to learn this...I gave up until I found u...You made it so much easier to understand....Now I finally know how to make the magic ring....thanks!!!!

[@bobbidehaan3401]

It's a miracle! I have watched many videos that claim to show how to create a magic circle. They are pretty much the same and I still wasn't able to create one. I ran across your video "accidentally," if you believe in such things, and it immediately clicked. I think the difference is that you only used your index finger to create the circle and didn't use a crochet hook in the process. Thank you for your clear instructions. You have made me more confident!

[@IfYouSayS0ph]

I agree with all these people. It was sooooo hard, but you got me there! step by step, repitition. thank you! I'm so proud of my little magic circle! It took watching your vid one hundred times but I've done it! Thanks again!

[@ic_y7967]

Thank you so much 😭 I have been looking at so many Magic circle tutorials and none have worked for me.. But then you popped up and changed my crocheting 😌👉👈

[@moonloongirl4670]

Thank you. Yours was the only instruction that I could understand and follow on YT.

[@melzlov3ly_]

thank you thank you thank you! i saw so many videos, but could not put single crochet stitches into the ring, until this one! i figured it out way easier now!

[@ensignj3242]

Magic!!! Finally someone explains it so even a left handed person gets it right. Also doing it 3 times in a row helps. Many thanks

[@LMLMCrochet]

Brilliant! Happy to help.

[@pattypearl9041]

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[@rosinajackson758]

This is the BEST tutorial for the Magic Ring ever..!!! Thank you so much!

[@Mia4]

I did it! I finally found a video that actually explains it well and doesn't rush it! Thank you so much!

[@camillejohn6777]

1:53 Rnd1: magic circle 3:57 Single crochet (6) 6:43 Rnd 2: first single crochet Thank you for your clear and concise explanation of how to crochet a magic circle!

[@evawilliams2112]

I’ve watched so many videos on how to make the magic ring and this is the only video theta I have done it in so thank you. Xx

[@katehargreaves8232]

Thank you very much for posting. This is BY FAR the easiest method and simplest, clearest tutorial. No more shopping around for a magic circle tutorial for me, having tried and been confounded by dozens.

[@LMLMCrochet]

Yes! Thanks so much for commenting these kind words.

[@jazz2012]

Oh my, I love you. I have struggled with the magic ring so much so that many a ball of yarn has been thrown across the room in frustration. Then I found you, 2 attempts and I'd got it. It's not neat but I can now practise the magic ring and beyond where before I couldn't even do the ring. I agree with Tori, this is hands down the best tutorial and I agree with her other comments too. Huge massive thanks from me :)

[@LMLMCrochet]

Haha! Thanks so much for this lovely comment!

[@serenawang1103]

Gail Morris kid

[@serenawang1103]

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[@ayseayaz9994]

Lu Mm mo app

[@Makaylakay1213]

I watched three other videos on this and could not get this enough to where I felt comfortable. You did awesome, thank you so much!

[@jessicabrauman]

No other magic ring tutorial has explained how to actually add stitches, and I've watched at least 10 of them. Thank you.

[@LMLMCrochet]

I’m so happy that you found it useful and thank you for commenting.

[@lisabower9950]

I'm an experienced crocheter, but never took the time to learn the Magic Circle technique. I watched a couple other videos before yours and was still confused. Then I found your video. I was using Magic Circles in minutes to make Valentine's Day hearts. Thank you so much!

[@lisettevanraadshooven6841]

I have also been looking for a Magic Loop video and have found dozens that require telepathic thinking and PHD degrees. Not doable and very frustrating. Until I found you. Yours is the most understandable, clear, well taught video on the internet. Thank you for your lesson and the repetitions to firmly plant the process in my brain. Thank you.

[@barbarablevins3295]

You are the first one I have seen that I have seen with the result that I can now do magic ring! Thank you!

[@trudymessing9617]

I have struggled and struggled with various methods for hours today! Your method saved the day! The arthritic fingers cooperated beautifully using your method! Onward ho I will go to build a Tatty Bear. Thank you so much for your clear instructions. The camera shots were close and clear. The repetition was much appreciated. 5 stars !

[@janerobinson9281]

I have been trying to learn the magic ring for nearly a year. Just found your tutorial and wow I can now do a magic ring, thank you so much 😁😁

[@valprior7980]

In everyone elses videos on how to do this they never showed how to make the chain or the study thank you soo much for your method

[@Killed_cat]

I struggled with the magic ring for so long and then I found this video and I can do it now thank you so much ❤

[@brigettea.bryant3852]

Excellent tutorial; was actually able to completely close the gap with this explanation!! Thank you.

[@shanmick76]

I too have watched & tried and failed to follow many of the “magic circle-ring” videos. But honestly your tutorial is so easy to watch, listen and learn! I am thrilled to bits! I have actually achieved my perfect circle! Thank you so much!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Woohoo! That's fantastic news! Well done you! It really is an achievement :)

[@marthamayo5983]

Ditto to every word you typed!! I was just about ready to give up, and I thought to myself, don't be a quitter, you can give one more go at learning how to do the magic circle... And I made one following your very precise directions! WooHoo! Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[@kenzie9093]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Ive watched countless videos on how to do this and could never get it right. your video is the only video that showed me how to do it correctly!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Fantastic! I’m happy for you. Thanks for letting me know.

[@toridrew3933]

This is hands down the best tutorial for creating a magic ring. I have watched so many of these videos and given up every time because they were so complicated. Thank you for making this so easy!

[@LMLMCrochet]

I am so pleased! Thank you for taking the time to comment as well :)

[@jazz2012]

You are so right, Tori :)

[@silly6147]

I can compare =3

[@kathiediette497]

Gail Morris has manners

[@numbgirlcrybby]

thank you for this lovely video, I’m an absolute novice that picked up a crochet project for the fall season, but I’m afraid I maybe bit off more than I can chew. Crossing my fingers this video does the trick!

[@chrissyhobbs3936]

Second attempt and perfection. I've done magic circles using other methods, and it was a fight every single time. Your way? Aaahhhaa!!! Thank you for your time and tutorial.

[@LMLMCrochet]

You’re welcome. I’m so glad I could help! Happy crocheting!

[@asdfghjkl-qo8bp]

This is by far the best tutorial I’ve seen for this as a complete beginner! Thank you so much!

[@kaylacardona5580]

thank god for this video, I swear Ive watched every magic circle tutorial known to man and could not figure it out til this one, but then again it is my fault for trying to learn this FIRST😭

[@lindarussell3233]

Thank you so much!!! I watched so many videos on this subject and could not do it. I almost gave up and then I found you. I did it and actually find it quite easy, thanks again for taking your time and teaching us beginners how to do the magic ring

[@LMLMCrochet]

This comment made me so happy :) I remember going through the same thing a few years ago, which is why I made this video! Your kind words mean a lot to me and I am so happy I could help!

[@riosimone8951]

Thank you for going slowly! I have looked at about five different videos demonstrating this and they all speed through doing the stitches. You do a great job showing exactly where the needle is, where the yarn is, and how to make the actual stitch into the circle. Much appreciated! And that is beautiful yarn.

[@LMLMCrochet]

Thanks very much for the feedback. I'm so glad that I could help!

[@__mads__]

I too watched several magic circle videos but this one was the one that did it for me! Thank you!!!

[@LMLMCrochet]

That makes me very happy :) You are very welcome!

[@Alexandra-cs8ud]

Ahh i did after watching like 20 videos I feel like this video is magic Thank you so much!

[@merylwilliamson63]

The absolute best tutorial ever. Thank you so much. Wow. The mist has lifted.

[@LMLMCrochet]

Thank you so much! I love being able to help :)

[@fionablanch5925]

Thank you so much for your video. I now know how to do the magic ring after watching many video.... tried many videos before finding yours.

[@beverlyc.3566]

I've been searching for a video that explains the magic circle with how to do single crochet that explains it clearly for the longest and this video explains it so well!!! I hope you continue to make more videos, because they are so helpful and clear! :) thank you!!

[@jenny45Bravo]

I cannot thank you enough for posting this video! I finally was able to do the magic ring after a couple of tries and ended years of frustration.

[@LMLMCrochet]

Yay! I’m so happy! Thanks for letting me know.

[@watchtheseducks8395]

Thank you! I'm relearning to crochet again after 20 years and this video was extremely easy to follow.

[@LMLMCrochet]

That’s brilliant! Welcome back to crochet!

[@rowanharris-stoertz9273]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It was very clear and easy to follow. I've been struggling with the magic ring for a couple hours now, but I think I've got it! Thanks!

[@LMLMCrochet]

I’m so pleased that I could help you. Thanks so much for commenting.

[@katehargreaves8232]

This method eliminates the confusion about which yarns you're working into after the beginning slip knot, without having to drop and rearrange your tail and working yarn - that's where I would always go wrong. With this method, you don't drop your yarn and just carry on working into the ring you've made. Thank you

[@LMLMCrochet]

That’s great. I’m glad you’ve found the method that works for you.

[@RebelMaggie]

you so much I was beginning to think I was stupid, tried and tried but now at last I have got it...thanks again

[@LMLMCrochet]

It is tough and you are not stupid! Well done for persevering!

[@susan8918]

! That is so rediculously easy ! Everyone else complicates it so badly , LOL Thank you again ! So Appreciated. My twins are 11 and now they get it too. 👍💖

[@LMLMCrochet]

Wonderful! I’m glad it’s a family activity!

[@ashblack4351]

It worked for me. I can't thank you enough. Your video is great and out of the all the ones I've watched, yours is the best!

[@LMLMCrochet]

That is so nice of you to say :) Thank you very much!

[@JeimiJamie]

This is the best I've seen, and I succeeded.... Finally! Thank you Sooooo much for describing each part of each step. It really helped to know what to do for the chain step and for the SC. I APPRECIATE YOU! THANK YOU!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Thank you for such a lovely comment :)

[@kgs2280]

Brilliant! I had watched a couple of other videos that showed wrapping the yarn around the whole hand, and every time I tried it my circle was too sloppy, and I couldn’t figure out where to go after pulling up the first loop. Why didn’t I think of making the ring smaller?! So much easier. Thank you! I really prefer the magic circle/ring over the slip knot, ch4, etc. for starting triangular shawls because it makes a much neater beginning. My life just got easier!

[@LMLMCrochet]

I’m so happy you found the magic ring! I think it has a much neater finish, too and I wouldn’t be without it now!

[@pamwright6422]

Just wanted to say thank you for making it so simple. Some of the other tutorials I've watched make it so much more difficult than it has to be🙂

[@LMLMCrochet]

You're very welcome. Thanks for your kind comment.

[@snezanavukovic8503]

Yes, i succeeded thanks for the great explanation.👏👍👋👋

[@LMLMCrochet]

🙌 Congratulations!

[@DavidNurbin]

Thank you! After trying about 30 other magic ring tutorials, this one made it so I can reproduce it without the tutorial in front of me 🤓

[@RT-yc3tk]

Yay!!!! Finally. After 3 hrs of trying! Yarn kept slipping no matter how hard I tried. With you I got it on 2nd try & I am not stupid. I was about to give up! Thank you so much!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Brilliant! It really is just about finding the method that works for you. I am so happy that I could help :)

[@joannefeiock1411]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I think I finally got it!! 🧶Wow! How simple you make it👍. I’ve been so frustrated with Magic Ring==I was almost ready to quit trying..

[@string.cheese]

This is honestly the best magic ring/circle explanation I have ever seen!!! Thank you so much!!

[@bones1026]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have been searching for a tutorial that makes sense to me, and I have finally stumbled upon this! I have successfully created a magic circle thanks to you!!

[@LMLMCrochet]

misokittyywatch woohoo! That’s great news. Congratulations! I am so happy that I could help :)

[@barbhbc]

Thank you! I’ve just made my first mc and it’s tidy. That is the absolute best demo/explanation of the magic circle I’ve seen ❤️

[@kyliesimonton3424]

I appreciate you going slowly and repeating several times. I’m trying to learn with my 9 year old son.

[@LMLMCrochet]

That's fantastic! I'm so happy to hear that I could help :)

[@christinemiller5247]

Easiest to understand tutorial for magic ring!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Thank you 😘

[@kat_elynp]

THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH! I've been at this for hours and your video is the only one that helped me understand! I feel like I could finally start getting in to really learning how to crochet!😁

[@mariamccarthy4642]

thanks SOO much ive been looking at so many videos and yours is the only one i got tysm

[@vickybrown5123]

Thanks for showing me. I have been struggling with the magic ring.

[@LMLMCrochet]

You’re welcome. Happy I could help.

[@sarahcastic373]

number 1 tip for all the beginners out there, watch what she's doing closely, I wasn't and I ended up messing up restarting so many times that I lost track!

[@ruthannrust3848]

Thank you so much for your patience, bright yarn, repeated demos, & video! It took lots of fails, but I finally found someone who teaches the way my brain works. Thank you!!! Beginner question: Are all magic rings in single crochet? OR Can you double crochet (US) in the ring?

[@clairegould9397]

Oh thank you so much 😍 This is so easy , I have had nightmares trying to get this right before watching your video .

[@LMLMCrochet]

Nightmares! Poor you! Glad I could help.

[@ritasanchez1382]

Thanks that made much easier for me. Great teaching!

[@andreacouch9526]

Finally. I was able to make a magic circle! Thank you!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Fantastic! You’re welcome :)

[@margaretbroomfield6088]

Thanks, so easy to follow. Your beginners videos are brill.

[@manggichan1308]

I have been having problems making magic rings. I was taught to do it in a way that you need to pull two strings to tighten the rings and most of the time i was left with a big circle somehow couldnt be tightened. Thanks for ur nice step by step video. It's a fantastic demonstration. Now my nightmare is solved.Also thanks for ur explanation for the terminology single crochet and double crochet.

[@LMLMCrochet]

manggi CHAN it can be a nightmare sometimes, but I am so pleased that this helped you :) thanks for your lovely comment!

[@sandrajump1937]

Thank you for a clear and understandable tutorial. I have viewed many and your tutorial is by far the best. Thank you for taking the mystery out of the magic ring!!

[@LMLMCrochet]

You’re very welcome! Thanks for your lovely comment.

[@teri1104]

THANK YOU FOR AN EASY TO FOLLOW MAGIC RING,!!

[@tharanutkin]

Thank you so much for making such an easy to follow tutorial that shows exactly where the yarn needs to be in your hand to make a magic circle. After years of watching videos on how to make one I feel like I may have cracked it thanks to you.

[@tonichrysostomou2559]

FINALLY! OMG, yes so simple something that has eluded me for days. Thanks love. Now I am off with the crochet hook.

[@LMLMCrochet]

Cash Money so happy to hear this! May your days be filled with beautiful crochet!

[@wondering.why.]

Thank you so much! :D other tutorials I watched went to fast

[@moyraattwood-smith7854]

Brilliant explanation! Thank you.

[@LMLMCrochet]

🙌 you’re welcome!

[@ingridmiller5388]

Sweet, thanks that was so easy slow and simple!

[@LMLMCrochet]

You’re welcome and thanks for the comment.

[@murielsolberg5242]

This is the best magic ring tutorial!! I watched many and couldn't get it until I came across this video.

[@carried441]

Thank you so much! Like so many other commenters, I've been struggling so much and your clear video helped me get it. Thanks!!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Wonderful! I am so happy that I could help!

[@lilaboss6894]

Thank you for making this so easy! I have watched other tutorials and got lost. This was a HUGE help!!

[@moommist]

I got it. Thank you. I've been crocheting patterns for over 55 years and this is the first time to try this - Oh so much fun and will solve the thread and dread of making 24 sc in that little chain. Thank you!

[@pattorres5252]

Moom Mist what is a blo stitch

[@LMLMCrochet]

Wow! Very happy to help!

[@keishadavidson6969]

Clear as crystal

[@cmaldavis]

Thank you thank you!!! I can finally do the magic circle and get it to work. Best tutorial!! 😊

[@LMLMCrochet]

Brilliant! Now the fun begins!

[@leeakins7827]

makes it look so easy! thanks.

[@coralrippin5210]

Thank you so much for this. I was almost in tears following another video and getting nowhere. Now I am zooming along xxx

[@LMLMCrochet]

Brilliant! I hope it’s still going well!

[@adelainade]

Excellent I understood perfectly

[@lindakillen7341]

Thank you!! I've tried so many videos on how to do this, but your method is really simple and you made it really clear - I got it on my second attempt! I'm so glad I found you :-)

[@josephinecharan7079]

Thank you. Yours is perfect .

[@LMLMCrochet]

Fantastic. Thank you.

[@alyssakeene5040]

ahhhhhhh thank you!! I tried another tutorial and they went so fast i almost cried I was so frustrated. I got this in 2 tries and the fact that you repeat so much and so slowly was incredibly helpful. BIG hugs!!

[@LMLMCrochet]

You’re welcome! I’m so glad you got it!

[@benrios5160]

omg thank you, im just learning and i could not get it. nobody else explained about having to go through the ring and around the tail end too and I've been so confused.

[@sylviareddeman3416]

Thank you!!!!!! This is so easy!!!! You are the best

[@LMLMCrochet]

Sylvia Reddeman woohoo! So happy to hear this and I’m glad I could help :)

[@lindagoodrich4496]

Thank you so much. I can do it now! ❤❤

[@lisettevanraadshoovenen9957]

I’m curious about how to best pull the yarn. Is it under or over? And when do you do each. I noticed that in your video of the magic loop you grab the yarn over the top, and when you execute the single crochet you grab the yarn from under. Thank you for your help.

[@cruisepaige]

You are a delight! Subscribing!

[@kazkazzie3906]

Hello, did you do the slip stitch to join to make the circle join up? How do you prevent your circle from going into a hexegon shape?

[@brik1083]

Best tutorial ever!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Bri K so kind! Thank you!

[@rinaadrianza551]

this was so easy to follow, thank you!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Thanks!

[@RTenderholt]

Thank you for this. You're method seems simpler than others to understand, which is great! I do have a question, when you secure the loop, do you consider that an sc or just securing it [2:25 in your video]? I've seen videos where they consider the "securing sc" as an actual sc and that messes me up in patterns. Does that make sense what I'm asking?

[@LMLMCrochet]

Yes it makes sense and yes I consider it as a stitch on the next round. Hope that helps.

[@veronicakam8210]

Thanks for your tutorial. I want to use some left over yarn, how can I tell if the crochet hook is the right one for the yarn ?

[@LMLMCrochet]

You’re welcome! I tend to just put the yarn inside the hook and if it feels too loose of too bulky then I try another hook. Thanks for commenting.

[@daisyjae6697]

I finally got it!

[@LMLMCrochet]

Woop woop!

[@janeware9041]

Thank u so much, got it

[@sidgrim]

I've been doing this forever and I can do most of it, it just comes to actually pulling the tail. It never fully closes into a circle for me... What do I do?