[SO EASY!] How to Crochet the Magic Ring / Magic Loop - CROCHET BITES 01

Finally! A tutorial for the crochet magic ring that is actually easy to follow. Learn the magic ring for crocheting in the round - make granny squares, amigurumi, and top-down hats even easier to crochet!
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[@DenisRicardo]

How do I give this a million likes?! Because you made it so clear and obvious what to do to create a magic loop and everyone else makes it look like esoteric knowledge hidden by the crochet gods. Thank you!

[@reading.with.creepy.crawlies]

The old fashioned way IS esoteric in comparison! Securing the slipknot instead of crocheting around what will essentially become a slipknot is much more practical. It even controls how long the weaving end will be. Toni has the mechanical insight as well as the artistic flair for being a true designer. 👍🏻

[@eddiesroom1868]

How do I like her nails? Oh 0:33

[@brooklyn7722]

Right.....

[@jaeda6811]

Literally! Hahaha

[@NeoMokgabo21]

I know right!!!

[@purpleren3312]

I never understood the difference between a magic circle/loop and a slip knot. I’ve been told it’s so different that I just didn’t understand. But no, it’s legit just a slip knot! Like I use it all the darn time!! Thank you!!

[@Darcy783]

There actually is a difference. What Toni makes is not really a magic ring. It's just a slip stitch.

[@reading.with.creepy.crawlies]

The old school crochet die hards will argue that the stitches will lay out differently. I disagree. This close-up of closing the ring and weaving in ends should squelch any dispute over which way the loop is created making a difference: it doesn't.

[@liezakiel6705]

I use a reversed slip knot - the ring gets smaller when you pull on the tail instead of pulling on the working strand.

[@impasta715]

Right like why are people making the hardest rings when they can just do this

[@shirleychau6172]

Omg..I can’t thank your tutorial enough!!! I did a few amigurumi and I must have suffered a brain fog or something, no matter what I did I just can’t tighten the yarn for the magic ring! I watched so many KZbin videos on magic circle and followed the instructions but still couldn’t tighten the yarn so I decided to watch yours, your instructions is different from others but somehow it work for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤

[@lyndarose3477]

Thankyou Tony. No more cramped hands trying to make a magic ring.

[@ninnyl]

I'm not a beginner but after you spent way too much time explaining how to put yarn on a hook, you sped through the most important part!

[@sunshiine9493]

Literally like WHAT!

[@glitterrspit]

Right???! I tried slowing it down and replaying it, but literally the part I don’t understand is the part she skips over 😭

[@pennyw1957]

I agree!

[@Skilix3]

Ik

[@marazolam]

I have watched about 50 different tutorials on the magic ring and i swear, i was nearly going insane...Before I found this gem and I think im finally getting somewhere!Thank you so, so much for this tutorial, its a real lifesaver for a crochet beginner like myself ❤

[@lisastoddard3154]

This is the BEST magic ring instuction ever! So much easier that what I have been doing! I never thought to put a knot when weaving in the end! Thanks! 😊

[@brooklyn7722]

Yeah, I love that idea of securing with a knot before weaving in the ends. I've never seen that before and no one else teaches that. This is absolutely magnificent.

[@EmilyBell-oq4zt]

I’m going on 20 years of crocheting, and I’ve never been able to do this until I watched this video. Thank you so much!!

[@SassyRedYoshi]

I've never felt more releaved in my LIFE! I've always learned.. differently.. so I've resorted to teaching myself most things. No one's technique for this clicked with me, even the way you do it. But you're just magical, thank you so much!

[@tracyholloway3712]

LOL 😂 on me!!! I have been crocheting for the past 8 YEARS! And this is the first video that I have watched that has made the magic loop so easy for me to get. I feel like I have made a great accomplishment. Since my beginning days of crocheting I haven’t revisited the magic loop until today. Thank you so much for a wonderful video tutorial. I now know how to magic loop. I just started a baby hat using the magic loop.

[@char8059]

Wow! This is exactly how I make my slip knots. Then, to make the magic ring from this slip knot is brilliant! I also love tying the knot to secure it before weaving in the end. Toni, you've done it again! You've taken something that seems so difficult and turned it into something totally easy!! Thank you... You're the best on KZbin crochet hands down!! 🙌👏👍

[@lindseybeechish]

I love that you're doing this series. You are by far the absolute BEST at giving instruction. THANK YOU for sharing your brilliance

[@Reshae]

I agree!

[@thatrandommoa]

This is soo helpful Toni. I have tried so many ways to do a magic ring and it confuses me so much. This one makes so much more sense thank you

[@jg36633]

Thank you so much for getting right to the point and just doing the thing :) What a breath of fresh air!

[@cynthiabanks7206]

Short, sweet, and to the point of the heart of the magic ring. Thank you, Toni!🌹

[@MonaMoon80]

"Finally! A tutorial for the crochet magic ring that is actually easy to follow." Such a true statement. Thank you for this!!! Easiest method for me, easy to remember, easy to hold, works perfectly.

[@ValerieKershner]

The best tutorial for making a magic ring! Thank you for making it SO easy!!!

[@babiyumii]

You are the only one out of possible 100+ that has been able to reach me how to do this, no KZbin tutorials no tic toks- just you THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@ritax8411]

I make a magic ring in a similar way to you. Your video is the best / easiest tutorial I have ever seen for the 'dreaded' magic ring. 👍😍

[@laurettavanlandingham243]

YAY!!! I have been doing the magic ring forever and this is SO much simpler than any way I have learned. PLUS your weaving in suggestion is spot on. You’ve done it again. Thanks so much.

[@christinadimeo2523]

Never wanted to use magic ring on projects. This is so simple!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!

[@peggyphillips8050]

I’ve never seen it done this way but, it’s genius! This way, the ring is not going to come apart. Thank you.

[@JanisRohl]

Only magic loop instruction I could ever follow. THANK YOU!

[@fd7860]

A year into my crochet journal and I still come back to your easy magic circle technique! Thank you Toni! And CONGRATULATIONS on Happy Place today!!

[@wandadorta1527]

Thank you for keeping it short, sweet, and clear and showing the easiest best way to make a magic circle!

[@Sarahdalton-b2f]

I have watched so many videos on the magic ring and just couldn’t do it until I watched yours. Thank you. Also, no waffle like so many of them!

[@sherilynm9271]

I've been avoiding magic ring patterns like the plague because they seem to be impossible for me to achieve (I'm a leftie, too), but you made this so easy and clear to follow, I could cry. You've done it again!!!

[@ethanotto5062]

This is absolutely perfect! Sometimes I just need a little video like this to learn a specific technique instead of wading through a twenty minute video looking for the one thing I need! (Not that the twenty minute videos are bad!) This is by far the best crochet channel on youtube! Thank you, Toni!

[@MaryRoseLaughing]

Second that.

[@Rachel-sq8ki]

Thirdend that

[@tracywalker5431]

You’re the bomb! Thank you so so very much!!!! I’ve been crocheting for years and I’ve watched videos and read instructions out of a book and you’re the 1st one that made sense and I CAN DO IT! Thank you again!

[@josieg219]

Hi. I'm a pretty advanced crocheter. Been doing it most of my life, but the magic loop gets me every time. I struggle with the method most people demonstrate. But the way you show it is absolutely wonderful and so easy to do. Thank you.

[@juliedettloff2151]

This is the absolute best magic ring tutorial! Thank you--I have been so frustrated and you made it so simple! Yay!

[@Seawolf1492]

Thank you Toni! Always love watching your videos. Your personality is so cheerful and fun, thank you for continually sharing your knowledge.

[@jasperchappel9379]

Thank you 😭🧡 this is the ONLY tutorial that makes sense to me and helps me get the loop to actually work like it's supposed to. I'll definitely be coming back until I get it!! Thanks!!

[@AC-ni4gt]

Over a year later and Ma, I am grateful for this video. It is making my drawstrings and amigurumi prettier than ever.

[@commentpal101]

Oh my goodness, I've been trying to teach my Mom how to crochet and she's gotten so frustrated with magic rings/loops because her fingers get lost in strands. This technique might be just what we needed! Thank you so much Toni!

[@leedouglass4106]

THE BEST MAGIC LOOP TUTORIAL OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@celestemcfarlen4251]

I love the bites! And I wish I had this years ago when I struggled with this silly magic ring. You've made it so easy. Thank you!

[@TrishBrooks-t5r]

I have been searching for a very simple tutorial on how to make the magic ring and I have found it here! Couldn't be easier to follow! Thank you

[@LindaNixon]

It really is the easiest way. I’ve been trying to do this forever and yours is simple and it works. Thank you very much for sharing your talent.

[@mareencope8421]

The French Knot on the backside was a new move to me. It was one of those 'why didn't I think of that?' type moments. Than you so much.

[@MeszyD]

okay, I didn't even started the video yet and I am starstruck by your smile!

[@sazzy6264]

How?! HOW have I been making this so difficult this whole time?! Thank you so much, I'll definitely be revisiting this channel!

[@selmavoss4202]

I love you, so much. I was watching this on my bf’s tv, and Ive been through so many tutorials. Somehow they all end w the yarn INSIDE the circle, which made me wanne die when I was working with it. Thank you so much for this

[@deirdrekelly2372]

Thank you so much for showing how to do a magic loop as I have been trying for hours to get it right then came across your page and you make it so sinple I could not believe I was doing it I kept thinking I must be missing something out but no it was great so thanks

[@christina8061]

Thank you soooo much!!! I have been avoiding anything that involved the ring because it simply intimidated me immensely but you have simplified it in the best possible way and I can't thank you enough!! Bless you and your beautiful way of teaching ❤

[@Jamazing09]

What loop? How does it make a loop? Where am I supposed to hold to make a loop. It goes too fast when working stitches into the loop, what does that mean? Am I going back into the single stitches or making new ones?

[@angib7345]

I felt so dumb! I have made many crochet blankets, some with cursive handwriting and crazy patterns with color changes…but couldn’t make a magic ring for my newest project. 🤨 what in the world?? Lol. Stumbled upon your cute video and baboom! Finally got my ring functioning properly! Thank you! I’ll be looking up more of your videos as I go along. God bless!

[@hawaii9890]

Hi my name is Kace and I was diagnosed with autism when I was 14 I’m 21 now and crocheting has saved my life With depression as well watching your videos helps me every single day and you explain them the best way that I can understand them thank you so much very appreciated

[@TrishBrooks-t5r]

I've been searching for a simply-explained solution for making a M.R. and I know I have found it here! Thank you

[@Bia-mp6mi]

Love the idea of small bites of knowledge. I'll be keeping an eye on this series.

[@erisisthename]

This is the simplest tutorial I’ve ever seen done for the magic ring. Thank you, so much, Toni!

[@indiagriffin9983]

I’ve been crocheting for about two months. I mastered the basic stitches thanks to you. Now I’ve mastered the magic circle thanks to you. Very clear and concise instruction. Thanks a million.

[@samanthabelanger4869]

THANK YOU OMG I’ve been crocheting for like 5 years and never understood the magic circle it’s been the Bain of my existence THANK GOD I FOUND THIS I’m saving it forever 🙏

[@TLYarnCrafts]

so happy I could help! this has been my go-to method ever since I learned it

[@melaniemunder7257]

Thank you so much, I was having so much trouble with the magic ring, now it's a piece of cake! You are amazing!

[@_maxgray]

This is the only tutorial for magic ring/magic loop/magic circle that has ever made sense to me, so commenting to tell the algorithm that this is the video it should be recommending! This is the best magic ring tutorial!

[@chaosmanager]

I started cross-stitching at 10. Taught myself to knit via KZbin videos about a decade ago, and learned to crochet granny squares a few years ago. Your KZbin tutorials are by far the best and easiest to understand. THANK YOU!

[@stargazer3378]

Yep. Yours is definitely the best and easiest tutorial. Thank you!

[@TLYarnCrafts]

So glad it was helpful :-)

[@suzanneburns6130]

This is even better than the method I was using! Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help ❤ 💕 💗

[@teresamims9776]

Thank you for this crocheting magig ring trick. Ive crocheted in tje past. I learned something new. Im 66. The old saying that u cant teach a old dog new trick isnt so. This makes me want to start crocheting again.

[@debbiedoebley9942]

Thank you for sharing with us how to make the magic ring your way. I actually start my crocheting this way but never knew it could be used as a magic ring.. My sister will be happy to find this out as it will help her out too.. Both of us have been crocheting for over 50 years and up until last year never heard of the magic ring.

[@CounterCultureWISE]

I've been struggling with this stupid ring after several videos, but the moment I saw your beautiful smile, I just knew I could do it. As promised, you made it so easy. Thanks!

[@tessaviscardi2070]

Your whole channel is soul food!

[@Magnificentfruitdove]

Suggestion for the next snack-sized bites video: weaving in ends. I have been crocheting for 50 years and STILL am not sure if there is an effective and efficient way to deal with weaving in ends that won't come undone if you're working in anything looser than sc. Which is why I avoid color work. If there is a good rule of thumb, I'd pay twice to see it!

[@JenniferCockrill]

I’ve tried so many versions and this was so simple and worked perfectly!

[@JessKuhn]

Best tutorial ever! You make everything so much easier to understand! Thank you! ❤

[@user-me7ew8ur7n]

I’ve been trying to learn the magic circle for a long time. Yours is by far the BEST love it!! 😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@frances12]

This women made me start my project!!!!! 2000000000000000 likes!!!

[@suzyrubeck4692]

thanks Miss Toni! I've made what seems like a bazillion magic rings and never thought about the knot before I wove in the end! I love that I'm always leaning! happy yarning (as my husband says😉)❤🧶

[@judymcdougall]

Thank you. This looks doable 😘 I just did it. No more secret MAGIC RING SOCIETY 😍😍😍

[@tamarasparrow2049]

This is the best straightforward tutorial of the magic ring ever!

[@reading.with.creepy.crawlies]

Your smile makes the video start my favorite. 😁 I have made an old fashioned ring that is not made inside a slipknot like you do here. This is so EASY! I have made the classic kind for 45 years, and so it is not a struggle, that is, unless my arthritis gives me stiff and tender fingers. I have bookmarked under "crochet" and am so thankful for you Toni. Bless you and your talents 🙏 ❤

[@nelliebeans5]

Hi From Redfern Sydney Down Under I recently returned to Crocheting after many yrs away from it.Because my soon to be 10yr old Granddaughter asked me to teach her to Crochet. I looked to find a tutorial how to teach kids to crochet. It I also found a plethora of KZbins were popping upon my site. I think the first KZbin was yours and I should of taken notice to this KZbin on how to do this but then I got waylaid with soo many ways to do the Magic Ring all of which I found confusing and difficult to do. I should of taken notice to you and saved myself with so much Frustration. To those who say yours is different that it’s just a slip knot … I say all magic rings start with a slip knot they just make it in a Convoluted Manner causing so much unnecessary frustration for beginners to achieve it. so Thanks ever so much TL for simplifying it for everyone. The making a knot at the end is also a Game Changer Too. 💜💜💜💜💜👍💡bulb Moment … lol …

[@SharonMacik]

I could not go away without thanking you a million times! I have seen other instructions how to do this but after quite a few tries I gave up and then I found you , I am sooooo happy I think now I can do my patterns often starting with the magic circle! :)

[@lindaleeharper4254]

You are SO right about finally finding the right video to learn the Magic Ring. Your😊 camera work is as clear as your explanations, not always the case in other videos that mean well. Thanks so much for this.

[@lindasandors6572]

Love love this MOST SIMPLEway of creating a magic loop...SIMPLY MAGICAL!!

[@ISeekSilence]

I bow to you, oh grand crochet sorceress! You have made my life and that of many other crocheteerers way easier by teaching us how to master the magic ring. My brain, my patience and my fingers thank you.

[@carolsheldon6300]

I've been crocheting for decades and trying to learn the magic ring for years... your technique is the only one I've ever been able to do. You are my hero.

[@ninayussman1369]

You were right, I have search high and low and your method was clearly the easiest ever❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@amywintonray]

When I tell you I have watched about 25 magic ring/circle tutorials today, I’m not lying! I wish I’d seen yours first. You demonstrated it where I could actually see what you were doing and your guidance is perfect. The result looks better than the others I’ve tried. Thank you so much! 😊

[@emilywelch7134]

I have been crocheting for almost a decade now, and the magic loop has always given me grief. I have to watch a video every time a pattern calls for one and of the many I have watched over the years, none has ever explained it as simply as this one. Thank you so much for sharing!! This will be my new go-to.

[@miaplays8]

Srry but I go confused straightaway 😢

[@mm-wl9ts]

Just go into the control gear looking thing on your screen and slow her down. Her tutorial works 😊

[@Starlightzonee]

Same I’m a beginner and I was completely flustered for like an hour 😢

[@user-zr5pk6df8g]

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[@teridesario2328]

You can slow the video down! That will help!

[@fruitfulvine222]

Yeah... I couldn't get it at all. I tried so many times and couldn't get it to work. :(

[@Megawowsies]

Thank you so much!! I must have watched every video on the internet until this one explained it so easily

[@aminashaikh6013]

thanks so much for giving a super easy way of doing a magic ring

[@Kpoppinmylifeaway]

Omggg this is the EASIEST magic ring I’ve found, thank you so much 😭😭😭😭😭 I’ve been crocheting on and off for years now and ALWAYS forget how to get the magic ring down when I come back to it-this is genuinely the easiest one I could cry I’m so happy😭😭😭😭😭💖

[@angelareynolds9593]

Toni, you are a crochet magician! Never have I seen such an easy way to do a magic ring!!!

[@mrym5038]

I remember you sharing this Technique a while ago. And since then i’ve been using it. So much easier than the magic loop. Thank you so much💗

[@Rustye2]

Thank you so much for this magic circle video! I have finally got it! You are the best!

[@queenmotherhane4374]

Let me join in the chorus of thanks for this quick, concise, easy-to-follow tutorial! I had been stressing about starting the center of my latest linen stitch afghan square, and you helped make it come together like a dream!❤

[@anthonykenny2631]

Thank you so much! You are absolutely the easiest to understand!

[@xlena60]

Oh my goodness! Toni, you make this look so easy. I have definitely bookmarked it. Thank you!🥰

[@emilypendergrast3861]

Thank you I have been trying to learn the magic circle for awhile now but your video is the first to make it easily understood

[@Beth-o8k]

Holy Moly! I (tried to) watch(ed) 2-3 other videos to make a Magic Circle & YOURS was the ONLY one that was CLEAR (THANK YOU for speaking so clearly!!), with great videos to demonstrate, AND has super useful information. (I've crocheted Afghans for years & guess I never needed to make a circle first.) AND - your beautiful smile & great personality make me want to return to see what else you are going to show us!! THANK YOU so much. You made my day!!

[@jlhammond1345]

I gave up on the magic ring some time ago - UNTIL I watched YOU, Toni, show us how to do it. Other videos made it too hard, but this is SO simple that I've now made 80 linen stich "granny" squares (from another of your videos), using the magic ring as my starting point. I will be joining them to make a decorative cover for my twin sized bed. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for making this magic ring creation so easy to follow.

[@mandylavery4558]

Love your tutorials. It's thanks to you I grasped learning crochet after watching a few others. I've saved this video & you explained magic ring so well Thanks 😊

[@LisasCrochet]

Thank You !!!!---- I struggle so bad with doing the magic ring. I am for sure going to give this a try.

[@mariarecor]

thank you for all your expert tutorials! you make everything so clear and you are so knowledgeable and pleasant. i love your videos ❤

[@heathermoriarty7751]

Thank you. Such an easy way to make a magic ring. 😊

[@Intelmom017]

I’ve watched a million videos on how to make a magic circle. This is the first time I finally got it. So simple. Thank you!!

[@happyhippytreehugger1283]

Oooh! Thank you so much! That actually works FABULOUSLY!!!

[@emelyndelapena8589]

I have been trying to master the magic ring for YEARS!!! This is the first tutorial where I've actually been successful. Thank you so much for this resource.

[@jenniferblackburn8913]

Oh my goodness!! I have struggled and struggled with the Magic Ring for YEARS - this is the simplist way to do it I have ever seen! I'm SOO glad I came across your video! Consider yourself bookmarked, liked, and followed! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!