I love the idea of a crochet magic circle. It conjures up all sorts of images of secret societies, badges and handshakes. Alas the truth of the magic circle is not that exciting!
A magic circle (also known as a finger wrap and as a loop: although I don't think these sound quite as good as the magic circle) is merely a method of starting your crochet, when you are working in the round, so that you have a nice tight joint in the center: ideally with no gap to peek through.
They are quite tricky to master, so I will be posting a how to in the coming weeks. Basically you wrap your yarn around your finger and work the crochet stitches into the loop, the loop is then slipped off your finger, the yarn tail is pulled and hay-presto, you have a really neat start to your work.
They are something that I haven't usually attempted, prefering to start with a few linked chains. When I made my very first hat I didn't know about the magic circle and ended up with a hole in the middle: hence the flower and button.
Over the last few weeks I have become a bit of an expert, well sort of - not all of them are perfect, the gaps in the middle could be smaller - but they will do. So far I have made these twenty-two...
...plus a further thirty. They form the centre of each of the hexagons, that make up my blanket.
Happy crocheting!
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