Magic Ring

A Magic Ring is usually called for when working in the round. This is usually for slippers, hats, socks, that type of thing. And often for anything circular. It is very easy to do however it does take some practice.

Step one:
You want to start a magic ring the same way you would any crocheting project, expect you do not want to pull the yarn tight to a knot. As you can see in the picture below if you would pull the loop tight you would get a knot, instead you want to place your hook there and chain two. For Magic Rings, you can use half double or double crochets depending on the project. Now you want to yarn over and treat the loop like any stitch, go through the loop, yarn over again and bring it back to the starting side. At this point you will finish your stitch like normal.

Step two:

My magic number is usually 12. I crochet ten hdc or dc into the ring and then pull the hanging tail to tighten the right. Then I crochet my last two into the tight ring, this sometimes causes it to loosen but you just need to pull it tight again. 

Step three:

To finish the round, slip stitch into the first stitch that started the round (the chain). To continue the project you will want to chain two and start crocheting into the stitch you crocheted up from and then each stitch after it.