I've only ever done the Magic Ring method I learned from your Triceratops video. At first I was actually following it so carefully that I'm left-handed, but I was struggling to do it right-handed and then switching to the other hand after the ring was done. It took me 4 amigurumi projects to realise I can just mirror it directly smh...
A magic loop is just a loose slip knot. One day I was doing all kinds of maneuvers to make a magic loop. Then I was looking at it for the longest time. It was then then that I realized it was just a very loose slip knot. Give it a try.
I was watching a RUclipsr crocheting cherries and noticed that was how I started my slip knot. I rewound the video and saw how she completed the manoeuvre, grabbed my crochet hook and yarn and now I’m a pro. 😁 When the penny drops it’s a great feeling. 🧡
I was wondering if it wasn't the same thing! Feels like there's so many confusing instructions compared to just doing a slip knot, but looks like the same thing when it comes out! Just thought I've been missing something somewhere along the line! Thanks Pat! ~Liz
I have watched about 30 different videos now trying to learn how to make a magic circle. Was starting to feel like my hands just weren't coordinated enough to crochet, but I did it thanks to you! You explain things in such a simple and slow way that it actually lets me try along with you instead of pausing and rewinding multiple times just for one step. You also just position your hands in a way that feels more open and shows me what you are doing, while slowly doing it. So glad I found your channel and look forward to learning more from you!
I constantly come back to this video specifically for a reference on a magic circle/loop. Absolutely the best video ever for learning how to make a magic circle/loop. Thank you for this video 🙏🏼
Thank you so much for showing how to do both of these methods. I was trying to learn to crochet from amigurumi books and as you know, you generally start off with circular pieces for most projects and the Magic Ring (2nd method you showed?) is the method I saw being shown in books but was not as detailed. I kept getting stuck on why the tail wasn't tightening properly, so I really appreciate how clearly you showed how that worked!
Where were you when I was trying to learn this 10 years ago ? THANK you for explaining this so clear and precisely. You are easy to follow . Your voice a very pleasant to listen to thank you again you have a new subscriber.
Hi louie. Thanks for that great explanaitions. The german crocheters, are more difficult in explanaitions of the Magic loop. Yours is my favorite😍. Ist very easy to understand and you show it very clearly. Thank you so much. Greetings from Germany Susann
Explanations*, not, explanaitions*. I've had 2 strokes, but when I was in the workforce, I was a Verifier. There were 2 of us, to verify the spelling, & math of 25 women's forms that came through. About, 500-24 page forms an 8 hour shift. I thought when I had the 1st stroke, I wouldn't be able to spell. But, I spell as well, or better than before. And, we didn't have spellcheck back then, either. I can't let spelling mistakes go by me. I apologize to anyone who might not want to be corrected. I know, I'd be glad, & am, if I spell a person's name incrrectly.
@@loisharach3612 Dude, English is obviously their second language. It's totally unnecessary to point out peoples spelling errors, and pretty juvenile too.
Omg! Lol how hard! I use to make and couldn't remember. Everyone on you tube loves making that x. I knew I never made an x. Like another person said its basically just a loose chain. Well sort of! I finally remembered with the help of another older woman. Just start like normal crochet. Then use your tail and make the circle to crochet in. No wrapping no x if you really want to know yell and ill get you the link to woman who does it same way.
yes. i use very simple loose loop just fold the yarn and create a ring no need crossing. Here in youtube, very complicated magic ring process that i can't follow 😅
my first time learning crochet was learning magic ring with your videos..i think it's easy for me..and thank you for your videos on invisible decrease as well, i finished my first miffy crochet :)
Thank you so much! I watched an absurd amount of tutorials without getting any results and after seeing yours I got it! I prefer the Magic Ring method, not sure why but I get less stuck, anyways keep up with the amazing content! 💖
I know I'm late to the party, but this video is the best video I have ever found on the Magic Loop and Magic Ring. Thank you so much for your slow pace and easy to understand phrasing and word choice when explaining how to make it.
Leave and go back later and try again. That helped because I have watched several videos but I think it is the easiest I have tried. Deep breath and good look😍
I actually had huge problems getting the first method to work and always dreaded the magic circle, until I learned the second method from some of your earlier videos. I love it because I find it both much easier and more secure than the first method, so thanks for that!
yeah I agree, I have tried the 1st method a few times and dislike it, I have not yet tried the 2nd method, just saw it now, but it looks easier off the bat. Gonna give it a try
I’ve been using the first method for a while now so I decided to try the second method you did and so far I love it! I might have to include this in more of my projects!!! 🤗
I have crocheted for over 30 years off and on. I never saw this stitch, which is odd, because I have made things that would have really looked more polished with this. I guess I made it. :) I want to thank the video maker. I looked at two other tutorials and was beyond frustrated. This is a first with crocheting, but this time, it was better with a male teacher. Nice, and very patient. Two methods.
Very interesting! :D I also use cotton so breaking yarn is no concern for me. The loose end of the magic loop I use as stitch marker for every round until it is completely weaved in. I can leave it there for it has the same color as my work and you won't see it afterwards unless you know it and look very very very closely. Doesn't disturb me at all plus serves a purpose: I always know where my rounds begin/ end. :)
The problem i'm having is that after i pull up that first loop and am trying to pull up the second loop the loop on the hook gets so tight that i can't get my hook through it. This is using the first method. I've tried to relax and pull up a bigger loop but it always gets too tight. I found a really cute holiday ornament that i wanted to crochet but got so frustrated with the magic ring that i gave up. I want to keep trying because i will not be defeated but it's frustrating.
Magic loop is pretty easy ✨️ Not really sure why people get so freaked out by it, it's basically an over exaggerated cast on ... but I ain't gonna lie, took me 5 or 6 tries with the magic 💍 ... BUT YOU TAUGHT ME 🙏 AND I APPRECIATE !!! THANKYOU !!! 👍 EXCELLENT TEACHING 👏
O M G....thank you!!! I have been through so many people and i knew eventually one person's way with the magic ring and my fingers would jive!!! i successfully started a magic ring and i feel like i won the lottery....THANK YOU!!!!
Thankyou for the video, wellproduced and helpful! I have a question though!!(this is what keeps giving me so much trouble with this and working in the round in general) if i make my slipknot, then do 6 single crochet, then add another stitch to link up, dont i have 7 stitches? And my next will end up with 14? This isnt right so whats the deal?
I am so glad I found your video. I have tried to so many times to do this and really dreaded any time I saw one used in a pattern. This is the first time I've actually been able to do it!
I just hold the yarn, make a loop with the end and throw the end behind the yarn itself. Then I just grab the yarn in my hand with my crochet hook. I realize that makes zero sense, but I find it easier than wrapping the yarn around my fingers. :)
Oh thank you! I bought a *_W_* kit to make a dinosaur 🦖 and it took me 6 hours to figure out how to start the damn thing. Not to mention that the yarn cam pre started so I had to go backwards to figure that part out. Instructions were not clear and they move at a snail's pace. But thank you for your videos. Very clear & easy to follow.
When doing the second method for a project, if the directions say to make the magic ring and then chain 1, do you still chain 1 or does the yarn over and pull through (last step of this method) count as your first chain?
I usually do the first way but I like the look of the second one better. I may start using it. I can almost always see where the ring started with the first method.
Thank you for sharing the second method. I've been doing this for days. Even though the second method you said is harder. For me I'm able to get the loop. Now I just need to NOT cut off the circulation to my finger. I've been getting so frustrated and watching video after video and asked for advice in groups. Today. Well I have almost conquered it. Thanks for the video and thanks for explaining every step and showing it quite slowly. It may be 2 years old. But people like me will definitely still find it useful. ❤
i'm trying to learn this stitch, so i've gone through a few videos lol. i found this ruclips.net/video/7kEm2_GTGOw/видео.html and this ruclips.net/video/Z7M133vWziI/видео.html. i figure i'll try all of them out and see which works for me
I learned how to crochet from you years ago and I suddenly forgot how to do a magic circle so I'm glad you have these videos! I've written my own patterns thanks to you and have finished countless projects! I have no clue how I forgot all of a sudden lol my hands did not remember hahaha
Thanks so much!! I was not understanding how to do this and what exactly was going on. I’m new to crochet. You spoke slowly and clearly showed how to do the maneuvers. I actually liked your ring method better but I’ll work on the circle too.
Thank you! I started trying to do from different videos last night. After church this morning I watched and tried to follow around 6 more. I tried yours and was able to follow the first time!!!!
I just LOVE this! Thank you for these videos. Personally, I would rather be instructed by a man . . . I just like the way men sound. Plus, you are very personable. I don't know how one can come across personable and friendly on a one-way video, but you do. Your instructions are very clear as well. I'm really looking forward to working through more of your videos, as I re-learn crochet! Keep up the great work!
I think some people make this more difficult than it is. These 2 methods are fine to use but I've been crocheting for 55 yrs & about 15 years ago I started doing the following, which is so much less complicated to a beginner. For example, if I need 6 sc into a ring (to begin my 1st round), I will just make a slip knot, ch 2, then crochet 6 sc into the first chain. I'll call that the base ch. The 2nd ch just becomes the ch-1 like you do at the beginning of any sc row or rnd. That 1st ch expands as you work all your sc into it. You can also take the tail & tighten it up. This is so much quicker & less confusing. If anyone is worried about the tail becoming loser, that's not a problem because you're going to weave the tail in anyway, like you would any of the loose ends of yarn. If you want to have 8 dc in the ring/circle, you would ch 4, then work 7 dc (the rest of your dc) into the first ring or you could say "into the 4th ch from hook". The other 3 chs, (of the beginning 4 chs), becomes your first dc, just like you would work 3 chs at the beginning of any dc round or row. So if you need to have 8 dc in a ring, this is what you'd do, " Ch 4, work 7 dc into the first ch." Then you have 8dc, because the other 3 chs are your 1st dc. If you needed to have your 1st round with 8 triple crochet, here's what you'd do (at the beginning of the round). "Ch 5, 7 Triple into the 1st ch." The remaining 4 chs become your 1st Triple crochet, just as you would ch 4 at the beginning of any triple crochet row, because it takes 4 chs to get up to the height of a Tr, just as it takes 3 chs to get up to the height of a dc at the beginning of a row. I've had 6 crochet books published & around 100 original designs published in magazines & no one has ever had a problem with this way I work my 1st round. It's so easy & quick! Btw, we all know that the ch-1 at the beginning of a sc row does not become your 1st sc. That's why with a sc round, you do 2 chs at the beg, but work 8 sc in the ring & not just 7.
Lol. I use both of these already. Just found the video because some dumb pattern STRESSED to use the "loop", not the "ring". No reason why. This would've been a nice shortcut to learning before I figured it out myself, though. Good pacing & great camera angles!
Thanks for that. You're absolutely right. Just realised it's how I make a slip knot to start my projects anyway, but I just have to hold on to the loop instead of letting the yarn go and pulling it tight. Duh! 🙄
I was struggling so much trying to do a magic loop with fuzzy yarn because it got stuck and snapped so often, but the magic ring really helps with that!
I've always done the 2nd method. But my yarn breaks all the time bc I use the chenille yarn. It does NOT like to slide through lol.... however, I'm going to try the first method later today, it would definitely save me some time and frustration. After this elephant is done. I'm never using chenille again lol
Unbelievable!! I have tried to do this without the gaping hole until I was so frustrated I bagged up the kit and put it away! You have explained and made this so easy and with this “tape” yarn I have NO HOLE! Thank you so much! I’m subscribed!
Omg thanks so much! I tried to relearn how to knit after more than 4 years and I couldn’t figure out for more than 30 times, trying to make a magic circle (method 1), what I was doing wrong. Finally I got it! I was going the wrong direction 🤦🏼♀️ I don’t know how I ended up with going the wrong direction but finally! Back in knitting 🥳 thanks a lot!
OH MY GOD THANK YOU!!! I don't know why every other video I've watched never clicked it never worked for me this has helped me so much I've been trying for HOURS!!
I have watched a dozen videos on the magic loop and yours is the best by far. Thanks! My arthritic hands were really struggling until I found your method.
Thank you for showing both methods ! I know you mention you like the first method but the second really helped my project. The yarn I was using keep snapping whenever I pulled. The second save me so much headache. Awesome job showing both !
Lol I’ve been trying to do this for an hour, ready to pull my hair out, and then I came across this video. The Animal Crossing music alone was enough to ease my stress.
I can never tighten the magic ring :/ neither of the strings tighten when i tug on the drawstring and i just end up breaking my yarn over and over again lol (Im using chunky yarn)
I just watched a tutorial from B Hooked where she did the first method to start the ring and then after she pulled it tight she weaved the tail around the inner stitches on one of the sides so it goes all the way around again (just like your second option) and then pulled it tighter. So you get to start with option one, but end with option two. You’re option two would probably be quicker though since you don’t need to get out the needle to make the second loop.
so i’m having a problem with this method whenever i finish the loop, it never stays in place and always comes loose when i try let go of it. does anyone know what i’m doing wrong, or how to correct it?
I have always done the magic ring. I didn't know that there were two different methods. Also, is that a crochet green little monster in the background? If so, where can I find the pattern?
I have watched at least a dozen videos trying to teach this. Yours was slow enough, concise, gave options, and FINALLY, after multiple videos, attempts, and 2 months of giving up and finally circling back to find your video I got it to work. A little bIt more practice and I will be making my first little star. I've done cloths, beanies, cowls, triangle scarfs, but the magic ring was throwing me for a loop. THANK YOU!!!
FINALLY , I literally can make anything but a magic circle so I can't do animals. I gave up entirely. UNTIL my friend Saud she will trade me soap for a crochet balloon animal. I was in tears 😢 anything but that . Then you just popped up like a wish come true . I got it first time like I'd always known . You make it so easy. ... ok let me go make this Balloon dog so I can get my soaps 😆 thank you thank you thank you 😊
I like the magic loop best. You answered all of my questions. I had sweet success with my first attempt. I've struggled with this for years. You totally get me. So I liked and subscribed. Thank you!
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So which one is your favorite, the Magic Loop or Magic Ring? Do you have any other techniques to make this?
i like magic rings!
they are fun to make!
Magic ring is how I learnt from your crocheting101 videos so that's my go to but will try the magic loop too
I prefer the first method you shared but the 2nd I have used a few times.
Magic ring 😍!
Thanks, teacher!
I've only ever done the Magic Ring method I learned from your Triceratops video. At first I was actually following it so carefully that I'm left-handed, but I was struggling to do it right-handed and then switching to the other hand after the ring was done. It took me 4 amigurumi projects to realise I can just mirror it directly smh...
HELP it became a sphere
A magic loop is just a loose slip knot. One day I was doing all kinds of maneuvers to make a magic loop. Then I was looking at it for the longest time. It was then then that I realized it was just a very loose slip knot. Give it a try.
I was watching a RUclipsr crocheting cherries and noticed that was how I started my slip knot. I rewound the video and saw how she completed the manoeuvre, grabbed my crochet hook and yarn and now I’m a pro. 😁 When the penny drops it’s a great feeling. 🧡
Thank you!!!!
Pat, you helped me, what I couldn’t do with all the video instructions I have been watching, your simple instructions did it for me.💝💝💝💝
What do you mean by loose slip not?
Love!!!! I'm a pro now too. Thanks you Pat and Hazel! ❤️
I was wondering if it wasn't the same thing! Feels like there's so many confusing instructions compared to just doing a slip knot, but looks like the same thing when it comes out! Just thought I've been missing something somewhere along the line! Thanks Pat! ~Liz
I have watched about 30 different videos now trying to learn how to make a magic circle. Was starting to feel like my hands just weren't coordinated enough to crochet, but I did it thanks to you! You explain things in such a simple and slow way that it actually lets me try along with you instead of pausing and rewinding multiple times just for one step. You also just position your hands in a way that feels more open and shows me what you are doing, while slowly doing it. So glad I found your channel and look forward to learning more from you!
Wow! Thank you so so much for this kind comment. This totally made my night! So glad I could help. ❤
I constantly come back to this video specifically for a reference on a magic circle/loop. Absolutely the best video ever for learning how to make a magic circle/loop. Thank you for this video 🙏🏼
Same! Great tutorial! Thank you!
No its awful
Thank you so much for showing how to do both of these methods. I was trying to learn to crochet from amigurumi books and as you know, you generally start off with circular pieces for most projects and the Magic Ring (2nd method you showed?) is the method I saw being shown in books but was not as detailed. I kept getting stuck on why the tail wasn't tightening properly, so I really appreciate how clearly you showed how that worked!
Where were you when I was trying to learn this 10 years ago ? THANK you for explaining this so clear and precisely. You are easy to follow . Your voice a very pleasant to listen to thank you again you have a new subscriber.
Hi louie. Thanks for that great explanaitions. The german crocheters, are more difficult in explanaitions of the Magic loop. Yours is my favorite😍. Ist very easy to understand and you show it very clearly. Thank you so much.
Greetings from Germany
Susann
Explanations*, not, explanaitions*. I've had 2 strokes, but when I was in the workforce, I was a Verifier. There were 2 of us, to verify the spelling, & math of 25 women's forms that came through. About, 500-24 page forms an 8 hour shift. I thought when I had the 1st stroke, I wouldn't be able to spell. But, I spell as well, or better than before. And, we didn't have spellcheck back then, either. I can't let spelling mistakes go by me. I apologize to anyone who might not want to be corrected. I know, I'd be glad, & am, if I spell a person's name incrrectly.
@@loisharach3612 Dude, English is obviously their second language. It's totally unnecessary to point out peoples spelling errors, and pretty juvenile too.
Omg! Lol how hard! I use to make and couldn't remember. Everyone on you tube loves making that x. I knew I never made an x. Like another person said its basically just a loose chain. Well sort of! I finally remembered with the help of another older woman. Just start like normal crochet. Then use your tail and make the circle to crochet in. No wrapping no x if you really want to know yell and ill get you the link to woman who does it same way.
yes. i use very simple loose loop just fold the yarn and create a ring no need crossing. Here in youtube, very complicated magic ring process that i can't follow 😅
Yes please post link😊
my first time learning crochet was learning magic ring with your videos..i think it's easy for me..and thank you for your videos on invisible decrease as well, i finished my first miffy crochet :)
Thanks. I always was confused by that. You did a great job of demonstrating it.
Thank you so much! I watched an absurd amount of tutorials without getting any results and after seeing yours I got it!
I prefer the Magic Ring method, not sure why but I get less stuck, anyways keep up with the amazing content! 💖
I can’t stop crying bc I can’t do the magic loop😭
My magic loop method is just one loop around my finger that way I don’t have to figure out which string I pull to make it close, there is only one 😀
Is the one finger method easy? I learnt it just now but watching other people doing it differently makes me question myself
I know I'm late to the party, but this video is the best video I have ever found on the Magic Loop and Magic Ring. Thank you so much for your slow pace and easy to understand phrasing and word choice when explaining how to make it.
Thank you! I wondered if I was doing this correctly??? I have been using .. the first method almost... Now I am going to change to your way!!
Wow! Yours is the first video out of 10 that actually showed and explained how to make the magic circle clearly. I finally got it! Thank you
I watched on the slowest speed and I still don’t get it 😭
Leave and go back later and try again. That helped because I have watched several videos but I think it is the easiest I have tried. Deep breath and good look😍
I actually had huge problems getting the first method to work and always dreaded the magic circle, until I learned the second method from some of your earlier videos. I love it because I find it both much easier and more secure than the first method, so thanks for that!
yeah I agree, I have tried the 1st method a few times and dislike it, I have not yet tried the 2nd method, just saw it now, but it looks easier off the bat. Gonna give it a try
Thank you so much! The first method was sooooo easy!
I’ve been using the first method for a while now so I decided to try the second method you did and so far I love it! I might have to include this in more of my projects!!! 🤗
I have crocheted for over 30 years off and on. I never saw this stitch, which is odd, because I have made things that would have really looked more polished with this. I guess I made it. :)
I want to thank the video maker. I looked at two other tutorials and was beyond frustrated. This is a first with crocheting, but this time, it was better with a male teacher. Nice, and very patient. Two methods.
Very interesting! :D I also use cotton so breaking yarn is no concern for me. The loose end of the magic loop I use as stitch marker for every round until it is completely weaved in. I can leave it there for it has the same color as my work and you won't see it afterwards unless you know it and look very very very closely. Doesn't disturb me at all plus serves a purpose: I always know where my rounds begin/ end. :)
That's a great idea, I absolutely hate stitch markers!
The problem i'm having is that after i pull up that first loop and am trying to pull up the second loop the loop on the hook gets so tight that i can't get my hook through it. This is using the first method. I've tried to relax and pull up a bigger loop but it always gets too tight. I found a really cute holiday ornament that i wanted to crochet but got so frustrated with the magic ring that i gave up. I want to keep trying because i will not be defeated but it's frustrating.
I’ve been trying to figure out the magic loop for WEEKS! This video finally made it click! THANK YOU!!! ❤
for me where i have neruomuscyler dystrophy, the 2nd one worked the best for me.
Wonderful and helpful video Louie, thank you!
Magic loop is pretty easy ✨️ Not really sure why people get so freaked out by it, it's basically an over exaggerated cast on ... but I ain't gonna lie, took me 5 or 6 tries with the magic 💍 ... BUT YOU TAUGHT ME 🙏 AND I APPRECIATE !!! THANKYOU !!!
👍 EXCELLENT TEACHING 👏
You explained this so much better so I have a better understanding.
O M G....thank you!!! I have been through so many people and i knew eventually one person's way with the magic ring and my fingers would jive!!! i successfully started a magic ring and i feel like i won the lottery....THANK YOU!!!!
Thankyou for the video, wellproduced and helpful! I have a question though!!(this is what keeps giving me so much trouble with this and working in the round in general) if i make my slipknot, then do 6 single crochet, then add another stitch to link up, dont i have 7 stitches? And my next will end up with 14? This isnt right so whats the deal?
I am so glad I found your video. I have tried to so many times to do this and really dreaded any time I saw one used in a pattern. This is the first time I've actually been able to do it!
I just hold the yarn, make a loop with the end and throw the end behind the yarn itself. Then I just grab the yarn in my hand with my crochet hook. I realize that makes zero sense, but I find it easier than wrapping the yarn around my fingers. :)
Oh thank you! I bought a *_W_* kit to make a dinosaur 🦖 and it took me 6 hours to figure out how to start the damn thing. Not to mention that the yarn cam pre started so I had to go backwards to figure that part out. Instructions were not clear and they move at a snail's pace. But thank you for your videos. Very clear & easy to follow.
Thank you so much! I have tried SO MANY other tutorials but I never got it but I finally got it
Mine keeps coming together backwards?! The working yarn is looped through the ring and to my right
When doing the second method for a project, if the directions say to make the magic ring and then chain 1, do you still chain 1 or does the yarn over and pull through (last step of this method) count as your first chain?
Every video I watched about a magic circle was so confusing ..This video helped a lot! ❤️
I usually do the first way but I like the look of the second one better. I may start using it. I can almost always see where the ring started with the first method.
Thank you for sharing the second method. I've been doing this for days. Even though the second method you said is harder. For me I'm able to get the loop.
Now I just need to NOT cut off the circulation to my finger.
I've been getting so frustrated and watching video after video and asked for advice in groups. Today. Well I have almost conquered it. Thanks for the video and thanks for explaining every step and showing it quite slowly. It may be 2 years old. But people like me will definitely still find it useful. ❤
i'm trying to learn this stitch, so i've gone through a few videos lol.
i found this ruclips.net/video/7kEm2_GTGOw/видео.html
and this ruclips.net/video/Z7M133vWziI/видео.html.
i figure i'll try all of them out and see which works for me
Thanks for clarifying how to close the magic ring. I get tangled up. I feel like I waste all that yarn in the yarn tail when I use a magic ring/circle
Idk why but the 2nd one is harder for me i cant close the loop only 1 of the 2 loops closes.i followed the video but i cant make it work.
why do i count 5? is it because it ''fast forward'' for 1(it looks like it)?
Whoa there's a difference???
I learned how to crochet from you years ago and I suddenly forgot how to do a magic circle so I'm glad you have these videos! I've written my own patterns thanks to you and have finished countless projects! I have no clue how I forgot all of a sudden lol my hands did not remember hahaha
lmao my yarn rips and doesnt move when i try to pull the string for the magic ring, the yarn sucks
thank you so much for this! I've watched multiple videos and this is the only one that I understand. Very easy to follow direction.
I have watch SO MANY videos about this and this one made it make sense THANK YOU
Thanks so much!! I was not understanding how to do this and what exactly was going on. I’m new to crochet. You spoke slowly and clearly showed how to do the maneuvers. I actually liked your ring method better but I’ll work on the circle too.
Thank you, I have now mastered the first one after trying it with other videos and ending up either in tears or putting it back in its box. 🙂
Is that Animal Crossing music? Awesome. Got a sub from me.
Thanks a mil...so easy to follow...l am now officially a magic circle maker...Finally!! Lol
Holly cookies! so helpful, many thanks! =)
Great video, loved the music :D this was easy to follow and I look forward to learning more
Thanks! It's really helpful!
Your explanations are so helpful!! Thank you so much.
I prefer the way craft intentions creator Megan Lapp does it.
Thank you. This was the best turtoriol I have seen.
Thank you! Easiest magic loop I've seen!
second on was easier to learn for me
Like both methods but prefer second thank you
I have been trying to do this magic ring but not getting it at all
why doesnt anyone do s tutorial on the next step of the ring😂
I've watched around 10-15 videos. but i still can't do it, till i watched this video. thanks to you now i can make a plushie!! 💖
wonderful and easy to follow. Many thanks
Thank you! I started trying to do from different videos last night. After church this morning I watched and tried to follow around 6 more. I tried yours and was able to follow the first time!!!!
I just LOVE this! Thank you for these videos. Personally, I would rather be instructed by a man . . . I just like the way men sound. Plus, you are very personable. I don't know how one can come across personable and friendly on a one-way video, but you do. Your instructions are very clear as well. I'm really looking forward to working through more of your videos, as I re-learn crochet! Keep up the great work!
Very well presented! Thank you for your demo!
I think some people make this more difficult than it is. These 2 methods are fine to use but I've been crocheting for 55 yrs & about 15 years ago I started doing the following, which is so much less complicated to a beginner. For example, if I need 6 sc into a ring (to begin my 1st round), I will just make a slip knot, ch 2, then crochet 6 sc into the first chain. I'll call that the base ch. The 2nd ch just becomes the ch-1 like you do at the beginning of any sc row or rnd. That 1st ch expands as you work all your sc into it. You can also take the tail & tighten it up. This is so much quicker & less confusing. If anyone is worried about the tail becoming loser, that's not a problem because you're going to weave the tail in anyway, like you would any of the loose ends of yarn. If you want to have 8 dc in the ring/circle, you would ch 4, then work 7 dc (the rest of your dc) into the first ring or you could say "into the 4th ch from hook". The other 3 chs, (of the beginning 4 chs), becomes your first dc, just like you would work 3 chs at the beginning of any dc round or row. So if you need to have 8 dc in a ring, this is what you'd do, " Ch 4, work 7 dc into the first ch." Then you have 8dc, because the other 3 chs are your 1st dc. If you needed to have your 1st round with 8 triple crochet, here's what you'd do (at the beginning of the round). "Ch 5, 7 Triple into the 1st ch." The remaining 4 chs become your 1st Triple crochet, just as you would ch 4 at the beginning of any triple crochet row, because it takes 4 chs to get up to the height of a Tr, just as it takes 3 chs to get up to the height of a dc at the beginning of a row. I've had 6 crochet books published & around 100 original designs published in magazines & no one has ever had a problem with this way I work my 1st round. It's so easy & quick!
Btw, we all know that the ch-1 at the beginning of a sc row does not become your 1st sc. That's why with a sc round, you do 2 chs at the beg, but work 8 sc in the ring & not just 7.
I'm never gonna get it this is my 20 try
Lol. I use both of these already. Just found the video because some dumb pattern STRESSED to use the "loop", not the "ring". No reason why. This would've been a nice shortcut to learning before I figured it out myself, though. Good pacing & great camera angles!
#1 is just an unfinished slip knot.
Thanks for that. You're absolutely right. Just realised it's how I make a slip knot to start my projects anyway, but I just have to hold on to the loop instead of letting the yarn go and pulling it tight. Duh! 🙄
Me hold up give me a minute to cry 😭
I was struggling so much trying to do a magic loop with fuzzy yarn because it got stuck and snapped so often, but the magic ring really helps with that!
I've always done the 2nd method. But my yarn breaks all the time bc I use the chenille yarn. It does NOT like to slide through lol.... however, I'm going to try the first method later today, it would definitely save me some time and frustration. After this elephant is done. I'm never using chenille again lol
Unbelievable!! I have tried to do this without the gaping hole until I was so frustrated I bagged up the kit and put it away!
You have explained and made this so easy and with this “tape” yarn I have NO HOLE!
Thank you so much! I’m subscribed!
I can not follow. This is tricky
Omg thanks so much! I tried to relearn how to knit after more than 4 years and I couldn’t figure out for more than 30 times, trying to make a magic circle (method 1), what I was doing wrong. Finally I got it! I was going the wrong direction 🤦🏼♀️ I don’t know how I ended up with going the wrong direction but finally! Back in knitting 🥳 thanks a lot!
Preferred the second one thank you.
OH MY GOD THANK YOU!!! I don't know why every other video I've watched never clicked it never worked for me this has helped me so much I've been trying for HOURS!!
i sreriously watched several tutorials but I only could understand and follow you, i've chosen the magic loop, it's awesome thank you so much
Hi! I forgot to make the magic ring, so I tried your method, the magic loop just couldn’t do it. I tried the magic circle. Wallop!! I did it. Thanks.
I have watched a dozen videos on the magic loop and yours is the best by far. Thanks! My arthritic hands were really struggling until I found your method.
You are a genius. After countless videos I finally got it, and thanks to you! thanks!!! You've got yourself a subscriber!
thank you , you really helped me learn how to do a crochet magic ring . I’ve watch so many videos and yours show me how 😅
As a beginner, I just wanna say thanks for the video and awesome that you used Animal Crossing music.
Thank you for showing both methods ! I know you mention you like the first method but the second really helped my project. The yarn I was using keep snapping whenever I pulled. The second save me so much headache. Awesome job showing both !
Thank you! I finally can do this. I’ve watched 20 other videos but this made sense!
Lol I’ve been trying to do this for an hour, ready to pull my hair out, and then I came across this video. The Animal Crossing music alone was enough to ease my stress.
I always use the second method.
I can never tighten the magic ring :/ neither of the strings tighten when i tug on the drawstring and i just end up breaking my yarn over and over again lol (Im using chunky yarn)
Thank goodness! I found a video that was so easy and I finally did it! Thank you so much
I just watched a tutorial from B Hooked where she did the first method to start the ring and then after she pulled it tight she weaved the tail around the inner stitches on one of the sides so it goes all the way around again (just like your second option) and then pulled it tighter. So you get to start with option one, but end with option two. You’re option two would probably be quicker though since you don’t need to get out the needle to make the second loop.
so i’m having a problem with this method
whenever i finish the loop, it never stays in place and always comes loose when i try let go of it. does anyone know what i’m doing wrong, or how to correct it?
I regret not learning from my great grandmother. Thank you, for the video. ❤
I have always done the magic ring. I didn't know that there were two different methods. Also, is that a crochet green little monster in the background? If so, where can I find the pattern?
I have watched at least a dozen videos trying to teach this. Yours was slow enough, concise, gave options, and FINALLY, after multiple videos, attempts, and 2 months of giving up and finally circling back to find your video I got it to work. A little bIt more practice and I will be making my first little star. I've done cloths, beanies, cowls, triangle scarfs, but the magic ring was throwing me for a loop. THANK YOU!!!
FINALLY , I literally can make anything but a magic circle so I can't do animals. I gave up entirely. UNTIL my friend Saud she will trade me soap for a crochet balloon animal. I was in tears 😢 anything but that . Then you just popped up like a wish come true . I got it first time like I'd always known . You make it so easy. ... ok let me go make this Balloon dog so I can get my soaps 😆 thank you thank you thank you 😊
I like the magic loop best. You answered all of my questions. I had sweet success with my first attempt. I've struggled with this for years. You totally get me. So I liked and subscribed. Thank you!