One of the most often used techniques in crochet is the magic ring. It's also known as an adjustable ring or a magic circle. This technique is mostly used for projects that are crocheted in the round like amigurumis.
Typically, a crochet magic ring holds pretty well with approximately 6 base stitches or under. But if you have more stitches in your magic ring, you might sometimes end up with a ring that ends up expanding and/or doesn't close.
In comes the Double Magic Ring crochet trick! This method works especially well for a magic circle that needs to hold more than 6 base stitches. It makes the magic ring more secure and won't unravel or become loose as you continue to work around it.
Fun fact: I use this method when I made my Oh Snap! Bucket Hat because it starts with a magic ring with a base of 10 single crochet stitches.
Below is the step-by-step pictorial, but if you want, here is a video of the double magic ring technique:
How to Crochet a Double Magic Ring
Step 1
Wrap the yarn around your finger twice.
Step 2
Insert the hook into the middle center of the ring and bring up a loop from the working yarn.
Step 3
Make a chain.
Step 4
Work your base crochet stitches into the ring.
Step 5
Tug on the non-working end of the yarn. Pull on the non-working end of the yarn and observe which magic ring is becoming smaller.
Step 6
Observe which strand of yarn is becoming shorter, the smaller ring is closer to the non-working end of the yarn.
Step 7
Grab the shorter yarn in the ring and pull it to tighten the magic ring. This will tighten the loop that's further away from the non-working end of the yarn first.
Pull and tighten the first magic ring.
Step 8
Pull the non-working end of the yarn to tighten the second magic ring.
Ta-da!
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This is an original crochet tutorial written by Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio. Please do not claim this crochet tutorial as your own. If you wish to share this crochet tutorial, you may link to this blog post, but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for personal use, but please DO NOT sell or distribute the crochet pattern.
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