Amigurumi Double Ring
One of the most popular Crochet me tutorials is The Magic Adjustable Ring. Here's another way to begin working in the round with no hole:
- Holding the yarn a few inches from the end, wrap it twice around your first two fingers.
- Remove the loops from your fingers, and hold as in the photo below. Grip the two loops and the tail firmly between your middle finger and thumb.
- Insert your hook through the center of the ring, and draw up a loop. This brings the working yarn around the loops of the ring. Chain 1.
- Work your stitches around the ring as indicated by your pattern. In the photo below, 6 single crochets were worked into the ring.
- Pull up the loop on your hook so it won't unravel, and remove your hook. Holding the stitches firmly with one hand, pull on the yarn tail with the other. One of the two loops forming the ring will be drawn closed.
- Continue to pull the tail to close the second loop. You might have to pull very hard, and it might be easier to pull straight down.
- Work the first stitch of the next round, and insert a marker into it to indicate the beginning of the round.
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I am really trying hard to do this, but I'm not having any luck. my yarn keeps getting tangled up inside the loop, and I can't seem to add stitches around the loop... any suggestions?
Hi,
I get the gist of this; I end up making the ring properly and I can do the first stitch, but I have no idea how I'm supposed to keep working the stitches around the ring. Like the above commenter said, I'm getting the working yarn all wrapped up inside of the ring. I really don't understand what I'm doing wrong. It's really, really frustrating.
I really want to crochet some amigurumi, but I can't figure out this ring thing! If there were some other images of the stitches being built around the ring (step 4), it would help. I've looked through other sites on how to crochet in the round, but none of them crochet in this way, and I don't want that big gaping hole...
Can somebody please aid me? I would really appreciate it!
Thanks for this tutorial! THis is now my favorite way to work in the round... For amigurumi (so cute!), granny squares, and just about everything else. It's a huge breakthrough for me, as I'd been struggling with rounds forEVER!
CIP (Crochet in Peace)
wahmommy
What a great, easy~to~follow tutorial. Thankyou!
I'm ripping my hair out... your tutorial is the best that I found. I just want to clarify one thing:
Simply how do you do it? Do you go twice through the loop?
If I can't figure this magic thing, I think I'm gonna quit. Strange how, I learnt to crochet in one lunch time this week and have been knitting for over 3 years, but I can't figure this out.
Can somebody please help me, as I urgently need to make a wedding gift for a friend.
don't quit! if you're more of a visual learner, this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkFtev5As7Q) might help. she goes pretty quick, so I watched it about a dozen times when I was learning, rewinding over and over.
but, if that doesn't help, here's my written instructions.
1. with your palm facing you, hold the yarn so that the tail end drapes over the top and down the back of your hands. loop the end twice around your middle fingertip, leaving a bit of a tail (doesn't need to be super long or super short, leave what feels comfortable). close your middle and third fingers to keep the loops together. keep them on your fingers!
2. the "working yarn" (coming from the ball) should still be draped over your first finger and kept relatively taut. slide the crochet hook under BOTH the loops on your middle finger and YO, and pull through both loops. now YO without going under the loops and pull through again. this step essentially makes your slip knot in the round.
3. to make crochet stitches, slide the hook under BOTH loops, YO. you'll have 2 loops on the hook. YO and pull through both (just like you're making a sc stitch, only on a loop). continue to do this until you have the right amount of stitches. remember the first one you made was a slip knot when you're counting.
4. to finish the circle and pull it tight, make the loop on your hook loose and remove the hook (I make it loose so I don't lose it and have the whole thing fall apart). hold the loop so that the crochet stitches are on the left and the open loop part is on the right. tug gently on either of the loops until one starts to tighten the other. once one loop is tight, pull on the tail to close the hole.
5. to start your next round, insert the hook back into the working stitch and tighten the yarn. insert the hook into the first stitch around the circle and make a sc stitch. this is the 1st stitch of the new round. don't forget to place a marker on this stitch so you don't lose your place!
ok that was long and hopefully helpful. I also hope no one at crochet me is upset at me posting a tutorial in the comments of a tutorial. >_>
I think that there is a crucial picture missing from this tutorial for step 3. one of the hardest things to do is to actually figure out HOW to crochet *around* the yarn and there is no image to demonstrate that.
Hm, how is it different from the magic ring? I mean, it serves the same purpose so that there's no hole right? Then when is this method (double ring) used and when is the other method (magic ring) used?
Thank you!
In Step 4, the tail is hanging down at the bottom. It might help to leave a longer tail, so it'll hang there without getting caught up in your work.
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Don't quit!
I'm not sure what you mean by "go twice through the loop," but I'll take a shot.
In the photo for step 2 above, insert your hook in the big hole in the middle, yarn over, and pull the yarn through the hole the *exact same way* you do it when you insert your hook into a regular stitch. What you're doing is making your single crochets *around* the yarn that forms the outside of the ring, so then you can pull on the yarn tail and tighten the ring up.
Let me know if that's not what you meant, and I'll reply ASAP.
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They're quite similar. The double ring is more secure -- that hole will never slightly loosen. It's also a bit bulkier. So for a hat, the magic ring might be better because it has less bulk; for amigurumi, the double ring is often used because it's so secure. It's up to you, really.
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WOW
...definitely browsing through this has made me decide that I just HAVE to HAVE the book! If the illustrations and text are as clear as this, it is definitely a winner in my 'book'. As a former commercial artist have done design and paste-up for books and am still impressed.
BUT - I have a hugeproblem and need...
ARTHRITIS
and what I NEED to find is the cushions that are used on the hooks pictured in the illustrations for Amigurumi Double Ring! Please, please someone post a link/address/phone number
where they can be purchased. As an RN, I would love to see something like this aid more widely published and available to both young and old arthritis patients everywhere on the web that crochet is listed and advertised!
Many thanks to anyone and everyone who can help with this and I am off to buy this book now!
Pattianne
Hi Pattianne,
The cushion on my hook is a pencil grip. You should be able to find some at any stationery store, or you can Google "pencil grip." I've used one on my hook since I developed tendinitis a couple of years ago; works like a charm.
I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial, and hope the book serves you well!
Cheers,
Kim, Ed.
I'm new here... but you can also find crochet hooks that have thick, easygrip handles. They are a little pricier, but worth it when you have problems with carpal tunnel/arthritis/etc..
I haven't developed arthritis or tendonitis yet (though not for lack of opportunities in work), but I do have a very bad habit of holding my hooks tightly (most especially when working in Tunisian Crochet). This leads to some pain on my finger joints after a while.
What I found that helps a good deal is the toe cushions with the silicone gel pad on the inside. I place the cushion over the afflicted joint and it helps to relieve the pressure and to remind me to relax. Hope this helps someone like it did me.
Midnight
AMAZING!!! This makes the best starting row...absolutely no hole and sooo much easier than the standard way.
Thanks for sharing :)
Off to buy your book, wish I'd have had it when I was starting off :)
Hello!
I need help! I should see pictures about making of an amgurumi, because i cant read the english texts very well. Thank you!
This is for Jolimama: Find Japanese amigurumi books or websites, they´re really good at showing the pattern with pictures! Good luck!
Hi! I am sorry, but I can't speak english good, but I would like to ask help for you. I would like to do some amigurumi. Please, you send some amigurumi samples and please you write for me because I can't do it. I will be very happy. Thank you very much. Bye Edina
BRILLIANT! I've always wondered how other people get their crochet to start out without a gaping hole. Now I know! Thank you!
Hello, I just discovered Amigurumi and I found a pattern for a bunny. I printed out just the pattern and forgot what size hook and yarn to use. My first love is crocheting with thread so I thought I'd start this bunny using 10 weight thread cause I had it on hand and I was anxious to make this bunny. Boy I tell you it was torcher. Especially that begining round. I've worked on it all last night and today. I now only have one arm and the 2 legs to do, then I can try and put it together. My question is what size yarn or thread do you usually use to make these Amigurumis? Also what size hook? The pictures look like the dolls or animals are small so that's why I used my thread.
Like I said using 10 wieght crochet thread was torcher, it's gotta be easier then what I'm using. I read your tutorial on Amigurumi Double Ring and I tell you I am going to try that.
Please feedback would be greatly apprecitated.
Pam
Hi Pam - You can use yarn of any weight; I tend to use DK or worsted weight yarn, but I've also used super bulky yarn. I like to use a hook a size or two smaller than recommended so that my stitches are tight. -- Kim
Thanks Kim, for the info. I found a pattern for a lady bug and I used yarn and it turned out right nice. All I gotta do is glue on the google eyes and get some black pipe cleaners. The Lady bug was alot easier then the Bunny. Someday I will try the bunny again, but not now I see too many things I wanna try first.
Oh, here's another question. If it comes about and someone asks me they would like to buy one of these amigurumi's how much do you charge, I have no clue? It doesn't really cost alot of money to make, but it sure is tedious and it does take time. So, does anyone have any idea.
Ok, Have a good one.
Pam
That's the way my Japanese mom taught me, and she was absolutely brilliant in crochet and knit. Long gone, I can't ask her for help, so Thanks for the refresher!