Probably because the first two are really old techniques that the magic ring replaced and many long term crocheters already knew, and the third one is how many people learned how to do a magic ring in the first place 🤷🏻 crocheting into the first chain or making a chain ring were the normal methods of starting into the round before people came up with a magic ring. I imagine this is mostly useful for relatively new crocheters.
You just saved me with that 1st one!! I will NEVER do another "magic ring" the standard (frustrating) way!! You're right about it being fiddly. Thank you!!
That is awesome that you have been crocheting since you were 5 I am teaching my neighbor kid boy (14) how to crochet he knows how to sew, embroider but also work on engines
I just recently began TRYING to learn the magic ring but have been so frustrated with it I was ready to just give up and keep starting my projects the old way with just a slip knot. Number 3 is going to change the way I start everything that has to be started in the round. Thanks for sharing these great methods.
i am 10 years old i have always found magic rings so difficult but when i found this video i have been doing this all the time when i am crocheting thank you so much hope you make more videos like this❤
As a knitter, I have found crocheting to be extremely difficult, but I love the look. I am clumsy with the hook and find the magic ring method to be a nightmare. Thank you for these three tips. They look easy peasy!
I just started my journey of crocheting today, bought me my own needle, and yarn. And I already hate the magic ring, until this video. Thank you so much, this was a life changer.
I've only done the cross over method. I have seen the double magic ring recently. I feel like method one is the easiest looking....until I've learned the magic ring, I've always done the chain with a slip stitch method. Thanks for the alternatives!!
can i just say i watched LITERALLY 16 different videos on how to make a magic ring yesterday and this was the only video i was able to follow/understand. so happy. tysm!!!!
Man am I glad I found this video!! I think I speak for everyone here when I say there's nothing magical about the "magic ring" you have saved a lot of projects 😊
Thank you so much, I have never been able to use the magic ring, as you said, fiddly and somewhat complicated. Love your first alternative, am using it for my granny squares, works perfectly. Again, thank you so much.
Omg you're a literal life saver cuz I was trying to learn how to do it the other way & was getting really mad cuz I couldn't figure it out, & now i have to figure out how to do all the stitches that way 😩
The second one absolutely saved me. It’s literally the best. If you can’t do this first one the second one you surely get and if you’re gonna make like a stuffy or cuddly toy second one is the goat because it’s literally just forever forever and forever of a single stitch and everything it’s amazing, I’m doing one so I am using text to speech so mistakes don’t call me speech there’s gonna be mistakes along the way text to speech
I was taught the first way as a child, however when I picked back up crocheting the MC was used in everything it seemed. Thanks for sharing and giving me a reminder.
Hooray, the magic circle. I know I can make a not mess up. I’ll be doing number one because I like the looks of it over the other two. Thank you thank you thank you. Hugs and prayers for what you do.
So grateful I found this video! You are a fantastic teacher, I actually understood everything you explained, so many videos are confusing in their explanations. You have a talent, and your voice is lovely to listen to while following along! I will be watching more of your tutorials. Thank you!!!
This is fantastic! .. i usually have strands of yarn coming at me from all directions ending me pulling it undone ... go and get a cuppa then tackle try no.10 .. no more of that now ... this probably sees me as a new crocheter, which i am but this is a god-send to us newies ... cant thank you enough .. 👏🙏👏😇
I like how easy method 1 seems, but when you pointed out that method 2 is more bulky, I would use that method for making buttons. Thanks for your video ❣️
This is so great to hear! Good luck to you and your school friends with your crochet journeys. I'm always happy to answer any questions you all might have so do get in contact if you do
I have amigurumi projects to do using chenille yarn. Magic loop is impossible. Your video just popped up in my feed when I desperately needed it. Going to try #1 first. Thank you for saving my sanity & my grandkids gifts💜
The first method is still a magic ring, as when you loosened the end, it was able to pull like a normal magic ring. Second medod is the most secure. Thanks for the video and ideas.
THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG I COULD NEVER MAKE A MAGIC RING OR EVEN START TO MAKE ONE AND NOW IM IN PROGRESS OF MAKING ONE I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT ABOUT QUITTING BUT BECAUSE OF YOU I WONT!
brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤n i have spent one week trying so hard to make a magic ring and have not been successful. THIS however bonus. you are at the top of my list and subscribed. thank you. thank you thank you
Thank you. I know how to make a magic ring but it is always good to have more than one solution to a problem. I'm familiar with 2nd and 3rd methods but the first one is new to me.
You have given me hope to try and keep learning using the magic ring in projects, I’ve just started learning in the last month so only done granny squares so far and basics stitches but thank you! I will come back to this for sure
It took me a while but I have cracked the magic ring puzzle. I started a crochet group a few years ago and a couple of my ladies want to be able to do magic rings as they are used a lot on things like toys. I'll share this to our Facebook page and save it to go through with those who don't use UA-cam. Thank you for this, I've wracked my brains to think of alternatives 🎉
I am so glad to know that others think the magic ring is fiddly. While I love amigurumi, I delay new projects because I have to go back and figure out the magic ring every time. tfs!
finally my prayers has been answered , thankyou soo much it saved my hobby and interest in crocheting as i was trapped in learning magic ring for so long. Thankyou so so so much. Keep posting.
Wonderful! I am revisiting this tutorial and just wanted to say I used Method 3, double magic ring, for my last project after having the single double ring fail in a project when I washed it. Just one block that I was fortunately able to mend before giving as a baby gift. Glad I discovered the problem before giving it as a gift. Greetings from sunny Queensland this Anzac Day.🇦🇺
So glad this was helpful for your project. I find that even with the double ring they can still fail, so I tend to make sure my end is woven in so much to reinforce it. Happy ANZAC day for last week (I had to look it up!)
This is interesting and it's good to have options. I personally use the popular "X" wrap on top of my 2 fingers but it took me forever to remember how to do it. I'm definitely going to give your alternate methods a try. Thanks!❤
I love magic ring, but always struggle to make them if I have to repeat the granny squares. However your first method was so easy & straight forward. Thank you for this tutorial. ❤😊
I used number one, and it was super easy! THIS I can remember how to do. Thank you! (I've also added the word "fiddly" to my American English vocabulary!)
Thanks for the tutorial. I don’t do amigurumi, and I make a lot of afghans, so if I feel the need to close the hole (which I don’t always), I use your second method. The third method doesn’t seem much less fiddly than the regular magic ring, but I’ll keep the first one in mind if I ever make something where I don’t want a slightly bulky center.
Wow! You are impressive. I’m going to start the Artichoke Bag (on Ravelry) . Many knitters found the pattern start up very fiddly. I think I may experiment with your double magic ring, then go to knitting.
I've been crocheting for years and I'm still learning so much! I stick to a couple of different methods, but I'll definitely try the double magic ring. I find the magic ring fiddly and have never got to grips with it!
Nice tips, I can do a magic ring just fine, but can see how each method has its advantages. I did not realize that the chain method was more secure but it makes sense. 😊
why isn't this going viral? this is an actual lifesaver.
Probably because the first two are really old techniques that the magic ring replaced and many long term crocheters already knew, and the third one is how many people learned how to do a magic ring in the first place 🤷🏻 crocheting into the first chain or making a chain ring were the normal methods of starting into the round before people came up with a magic ring. I imagine this is mostly useful for relatively new crocheters.
You just saved me with that 1st one!! I will NEVER do another "magic ring" the standard (frustrating) way!! You're right about it being fiddly. Thank you!!
Glad I could help!
Yes, I've stiff hands and it's so much easier!
I hate magic rings so thanks 4 your 1st method xx
For Method 1, do you always chain four or does it change depending on the stitch you are going to use?
Great tutorial, thank you. ❤Can I ask what camera or phone model you use to make videos? Thanks for advice😊
This is wonderful! I’m 63 and have been crocheting since I was about 5. All three of your techniques are game changers. Thank you so much for sharing!
You are mirroring my life!! I watched this with my mouth open, lol. I guess Grandma didn’t know doodley squat. Genius!!!
That is awesome that you have been crocheting since you were 5 I am teaching my neighbor kid boy (14) how to crochet he knows how to sew, embroider but also work on engines
I just recently began TRYING to learn the magic ring but have been so frustrated with it I was ready to just give up and keep starting my projects the old way with just a slip knot. Number 3 is going to change the way I start everything that has to be started in the round. Thanks for sharing these great methods.
I must add to all the other comments. I’m 74 and crocheted so many blankets etc but never got the hang of the magic ring, this is brilliant, thank you
I have been crocheting for more than 50 years and have never got the hang of the magic ring, but method 1 is just so easy! Thank you 😊
i am 10 years old i have always found magic rings so difficult but when i found this video i have been doing this all the time when i am crocheting thank you so much hope you make more videos like this❤
As a knitter, I have found crocheting to be extremely difficult, but I love the look. I am clumsy with the hook and find the magic ring method to be a nightmare. Thank you for these three tips. They look easy peasy!
I just started my journey of crocheting today, bought me my own needle, and yarn. And I already hate the magic ring, until this video. Thank you so much, this was a life changer.
I've only done the cross over method. I have seen the double magic ring recently. I feel like method one is the easiest looking....until I've learned the magic ring, I've always done the chain with a slip stitch method. Thanks for the alternatives!!
can i just say i watched LITERALLY 16 different videos on how to make a magic ring yesterday and this was the only video i was able to follow/understand. so happy. tysm!!!!
Me too.
Fantastic! I never could get the magic ring until now. Thank you so much for sharing!
I’ve never had trouble using the regular magic ring, but I found the alternatives very interesting.
Man am I glad I found this video!! I think I speak for everyone here when I say there's nothing magical about the "magic ring" you have saved a lot of projects 😊
This is wonderful!❤🎉 After 60 yrs of crochet, this is terrific. I've never mastered the original magic ring.
This is a true gem of information. I was just fiddling (unsuccessfully) with a magic ring. These suggestions are wonderful.
So glad this was helpful for you. I still can’t get the “normal” magic ring to work for me after years of trying
Thank you so much, I have never been able to use the magic ring, as you said, fiddly and somewhat complicated. Love your first alternative, am using it for my granny squares, works perfectly. Again, thank you so much.
Omg what a game changer, ive been crocheter dor many years and learned something new. Even old dogs learn!
Omg you're a literal life saver cuz I was trying to learn how to do it the other way & was getting really mad cuz I couldn't figure it out, & now i have to figure out how to do all the stitches that way 😩
The second one absolutely saved me. It’s literally the best. If you can’t do this first one the second one you surely get and if you’re gonna make like a stuffy or cuddly toy second one is the goat because it’s literally just forever forever and forever of a single stitch and everything it’s amazing, I’m doing one so I am using text to speech so mistakes don’t call me speech there’s gonna be mistakes along the way text to speech
I thought your speed and teaching methods were quite perfect.
That is fantastic! I can get off my meds now.
🤣🤣
This is the BEST Tutorial
I can’t thank you enough for this tip. I’ve been fighting this stitch for two days and had given up on it. Can’t wait to try it tomorrow.
Wow! Thank you so much for this! So detailed and beautifully explained. I also love how you tell us the use for each one.
This is perfect. You're such a good teacher. Thanks.
I have always done a double magic ring since I first learned about magic rings. It is so much more secure.
I was taught the first way as a child, however when I picked back up crocheting the MC was used in everything it seemed. Thanks for sharing and giving me a reminder.
You might have saved my sanity! Thank you! Thank you!
Glad I could help!
Hooray, the magic circle. I know I can make a not mess up. I’ll be doing number one because I like the looks of it over the other two. Thank you thank you thank you. Hugs and prayers for what you do.
This is fantastic! Thank you from a beginner crocheter.
So grateful I found this video! You are a fantastic teacher, I actually understood everything you explained, so many videos are confusing in their explanations. You have a talent, and your voice is lovely to listen to while following along! I will be watching more of your tutorials. Thank you!!!
Thank you! Thank you! Im trying to learn crochet and this video saved me from giving up on the magic ring like i was being told! Thank yo!
This is fantastic! .. i usually have strands of yarn coming at me from all directions ending me pulling it undone ... go and get a cuppa then tackle try no.10 .. no more of that now ... this probably sees me as a new crocheter, which i am but this is a god-send to us newies ... cant thank you enough .. 👏🙏👏😇
@@janetsaggus7408 so glad this video was so helpful for you 😊
I like how easy method 1 seems, but when you pointed out that method 2 is more bulky, I would use that method for making buttons. Thanks for your video ❣️
TYSM! I just joined a crochet club at school and this was something we were getting stuck on! I'm definitely gonna show the rest of the kids :3!!
This is so great to hear! Good luck to you and your school friends with your crochet journeys. I'm always happy to answer any questions you all might have so do get in contact if you do
I have amigurumi projects to do using chenille yarn. Magic loop is impossible. Your video just popped up in my feed when I desperately needed it. Going to try #1 first. Thank you for saving my sanity & my grandkids gifts💜
The first method is still a magic ring, as when you loosened the end, it was able to pull like a normal magic ring. Second medod is the most secure. Thanks for the video and ideas.
THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG I COULD NEVER MAKE A MAGIC RING OR EVEN START TO MAKE ONE AND NOW IM IN PROGRESS OF MAKING ONE I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT ABOUT QUITTING BUT BECAUSE OF YOU I WONT!
brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤n i have spent one week trying so hard to make a magic ring and have not been successful. THIS however bonus. you are at the top of my list and subscribed. thank you. thank you thank you
Thank you. I know how to make a magic ring but it is always good to have more than one solution to a problem. I'm familiar with 2nd and 3rd methods but the first one is new to me.
I’m glad this helped and I agree about having more than one solution to a problem. It’s like having different tools in a tool kit!
Great video, super easy to understand, and good to see the comparison in the different methods.
Glad it was helpful!
@@meemamakesfor method 1, does the chain count as the first double crochet? Thank you
Although i am quite comfortable with regular magic ring....but these alternatives are also very interesting.... Thank you so much for your teaching
That first method is the one I will use from now own. Thank you so much!
I've never been able to get the hang of the magic ring. This is a game changer for me! Thanks foe sharing. ❤
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much. You have made my life so much easier 😊
You have given me hope to try and keep learning using the magic ring in projects, I’ve just started learning in the last month so only done granny squares so far and basics stitches but thank you! I will come back to this for sure
Thank you, thank you! I could never get the magic ring to turn out! I just tried your first method and it works!!
Where have you been all my life 😂😂😂😂 absolutely brilliant, thank you for sharing ❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, so easy to understand the way you are teaching.
It took me a while but I have cracked the magic ring puzzle.
I started a crochet group a few years ago and a couple of my ladies want to be able to do magic rings as they are used a lot on things like toys. I'll share this to our Facebook page and save it to go through with those who don't use UA-cam.
Thank you for this, I've wracked my brains to think of alternatives 🎉
Ooo yay I’m so glad this will be helpful for your crochet group
You save my life. Thank you very much. I always struggle with the magic ring. I never know .
There were 3 ways. Thanks for sharing
Glad it helped!
I am so glad to know that others think the magic ring is fiddly. While I love amigurumi, I delay new projects because I have to go back and figure out the magic ring every time. tfs!
I forget it every time too!
finally my prayers has been answered , thankyou soo much it saved my hobby and interest in crocheting as i was trapped in learning magic ring for so long. Thankyou so so so much. Keep posting.
You are welcome 😊
Super video. I can use a magic ring but ill definitely give these a try. I'm always so curious how anyone figured these techniques out. Thanks
Kool! Thank you so much. ❤ Headache is gone.
Wonderful! I am revisiting this tutorial and just wanted to say I used Method 3, double magic ring, for my last project after having the single double ring fail in a project when I washed it. Just one block that I was fortunately able to mend before giving as a baby gift. Glad I discovered the problem before giving it as a gift. Greetings from sunny Queensland this Anzac Day.🇦🇺
So glad this was helpful for your project. I find that even with the double ring they can still fail, so I tend to make sure my end is woven in so much to reinforce it. Happy ANZAC day for last week (I had to look it up!)
These are great! I'll definitely be giving the first one a go, thank you 😊
I just love th magic ring, very easy and never fails
Absolutely brilliant. I wish I'd found this sooner. THANK YOU SO MUCH xxx
This is interesting and it's good to have options. I personally use the popular "X" wrap on top of my 2 fingers but it took me forever to remember how to do it. I'm definitely going to give your alternate methods a try. Thanks!❤
THANK YOU FOR THE EASIEST WAY TO GO! I've always screwed mine up. 😫 I, needed this!😃
I like Method 1. It looks so much neater,
I like the 1st method! Definitely going to try it!
I love magic ring, but always struggle to make them if I have to repeat the granny squares. However your first method was so easy & straight forward. Thank you for this tutorial. ❤😊
Thank you, so much. This is the first time I did it correctly! 😊
I used number one, and it was super easy! THIS I can remember how to do. Thank you! (I've also added the word "fiddly" to my American English vocabulary!)
These are all great! Your teaching is spot on!
Thankyou so much 😊
Thank you for sharing your magic rings👍 it's not a trouble anymore 🙏
Thanks for the tutorial. I don’t do amigurumi, and I make a lot of afghans, so if I feel the need to close the hole (which I don’t always), I use your second method. The third method doesn’t seem much less fiddly than the regular magic ring, but I’ll keep the first one in mind if I ever make something where I don’t want a slightly bulky center.
Dude this was freaking awesome the first one worked like a charm big thanks to ya
Your technique is so brilliant 😊
YEEEES Thank you, the normal MR is so fiddly!
So glad I found your video so much easier to understand 😊
I like the three of them and as you say depends a lot on what material you are using 👍
I have struggles with the magic ring for years. Thank you.❤❤
Yay I’m so glad this video helped ❤
Thank you SO MUCH! This has helped me tremendously. I really appreciate learning about these methods!😊
Wow! You are impressive. I’m going to start the Artichoke Bag (on Ravelry)
. Many knitters found the pattern start up very fiddly. I think I may experiment with your double magic ring, then go to knitting.
So well explained. Thank You! I'm definitely saving this and thumbs up on your video. 😊
Genius! Previously, whenever I had to do a magic ring I struggled-but not any more!!
Yay so glad this helped. I still cannot get the normal magic ring to work for me 🤣🤣
Super cool! Can’t wait to try these out. Number #1 is my fave without even trying it! Thanks! oxoxox
Number one is the method for me. Thanks ❤
I've been crocheting for years and I'm still learning so much! I stick to a couple of different methods, but I'll definitely try the double magic ring. I find the magic ring fiddly and have never got to grips with it!
LOVE THIS!!! Shared it out on my Community Tab!
You just blew my mind! 😮 amazing. Thanks for sharing
Oh my goodness! You just saved me sanity!
O kadar video izledim en anlaşılır olanı bu video oldu. Teşekkür ederim ❤❤❤
Hello, your video popped up and the first one is my favorite, 🤩 thank you ❣️
I like the 1st method 😊
Wow love this way of doing the ring. Thank you
Thank you...wonderful tutorial!!
Outstanding video! Thank you.
Nice tips, I can do a magic ring just fine, but can see how each method has its advantages. I did not realize that the chain method was more secure but it makes sense. 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for sharing this!❤
This is BRILLIANT!!! Already a subscriber but clicked the like button & am leaving a comment to help get this into more people's recommended feed! 😍❤
Awww Thankyou so much for the support ❤️
This is a game changer. Ty
Great tutorial! Thank you. I subscribed.
Awesome, thank you so much. I don't like the cross over method either.
Grateful for your tutorial!!
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing!