How to make a magic loop or magic ring (mr)

A magic loop, also called a magic ring, magic circle, adjustable ring, or adjustable loop, is the preferred way to start crocheting in the round. It’s considered magical because the result has no hole in the middle.

However, the magic loop can be tricky to master so if you’re having a lot of trouble with it, you can start a round piece with a chain instead.

How to make a magic loop (step-by-step with photos)

1. Turn you palm to face you. Wrap the working yarn once around your pinky, so that the yarn tail ends up behind your hand.

2. Bring the yarn tail up the back of your hand and over your index finger.

3. Wrap the yarn around your index finger, so it crosses in front of your finger.

4. Hold onto the intersection with your left thumb and slide the loop off your finger using your right hand.

5. Insert the hook through the middle of the loop, from the front to the back.

6. Slide the hook behind the working yarn then rotate the tip so it grabs the the working yarn.

7. Pull the working yarn back through the loop, while rotating the hook so that the tip faces you again, to draw up a loop.

8. Yarn over. Pull the yarn through the loop on the hook. There should be one loop left on the hook.

Single crochet into a magic ring (step-by-step with photos)

Now that you have a magic circle, follow the pattern and add your stitches.

For example, a pattern may say:

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)

So you need to complete 6 single crochet in the magic ring to complete the round.

1. With your left hand, hold onto both the bottom of the magic loop and the yarn tail. Insert the hook through the front towards the back. The hook should look like it's under the left side of the circle and the yarn tail.

2. Yarn over.

3. Pull the yarn back through the loop, under both the left side of the loop and the yarn tail. You will have two loops on the hook.

5. Yarn over then pull through both loops on the hook.

6. Repeat steps 1–6 until you have the same amount of sc as the pattern.

7. When you’re done, put the hook down. With your right hand, hold onto the top loops of the stitches you just made. With your left hand, pull on the yarn tail until the magic loop disappears.

8. To start the next round, take out the stitch marker and put the hook under the top loops of that stitch. Put the stitch marker back into the first stitch when completed.

6. There should be one loop left on the hook. This completes one sc.