Hack 1: You don't use the working yarn. You only use the tail from the start, and that is the hack. It works wonders. Hack 3: I use the chain 2 method with every weight of yarn. I pull the second chain closed almost entirely before I work into the first chain. I don't get a weird gap that you referenced. I typically don't have a hole in the center either, but if I do, I just use hack 1. Hack 4: I use standing doubles. So much easier than the wraps and twists that were in this hack, and they blend into the work much better than ch 3.
For the French Knot (the eyes without safety eyes, hack 2), I think the way they show it would pull out pretty easy. The French Knot is supposed to be where the needle goes through the yarn in the stitch and then back down in the original stitch (or very very close to it). The going through the yarn is what knots it into the thread/yarn. What I mean is pull up the thread in the stitch you want it in. Put the needle into the yarn or between 2 stitches, but do not bring it all the way through. Then pull the yarn from the end of the needle over the piece of yarn and wrap around the top of the needle. Then pull through. Then you can put the needle back through the initial stitch, and end as you did. If you get a chance, try that too, and I'd like to know if your originals come out. Great video!
I think that this is a step better done before stuffing...you can make the knot, tie it off on the inside so that it can't then be pulled out..considering that you normally put safety eyes in before you stuff and finish the head anyway..and yeah, I too knew it was a french knot..
It is, and it's important to wrap the yarn in the correct direction! I have trouble with French knots because I forget which way to go. If you do it wrong the knot comes out lol
😊 Hack #2 is a French Knot which is an Embroidery stitch. The most you would wrap is 4-5 times, but not put the needle back in the same spot going back in.. you would do it one stitch over or even just ½ stitch over. Doing that keeps the knot from being pulled all the way thru. I hope that helps 🙂
I like to make an embroidery rose/woven wheel with relatively thin yarn for eyes. can even stitch on some shiny reflections with white! I've never used safety eyes and I like doing something so unique. it gets really round and thick.
For the magic circle, if you start your original loop that you cast onto BACKWARDS, all you need to do to close up the hole is pull the tail. I thought that was the "magic" part of the whole thing. It's tricky to get it right, but I take a few tries and it works. When you make the cast on loop, instead of grabbing the skein end, you grab the tail end. When you cast on as many stitches as you want, draw up the tail and start crocheting into your stitches. Once you get going a few rows around, you can pull it tight. Once I figured this out (I thought I was a genius, but I'm sure most people know to to it).
No disrespect to hack 4, but I suggest you look up "standing double crochet." I think it looks just a good but is easier. IMO. Also, instead of hack 7, since I am also not great at wrapping yarn, you may want to look up the butterfly yarn wrap (or yarn butterflies). I find them very helpful and convenient. Hope you continue to get better. ❤
My grandma used what she called a Russian join method but I think it was a bit different than the one you showed. In any case, I think it would be a great option to use for like a scrap blanket or scarf or something.. every time you find yourself with just a little yarn left, join it to the last yarn in the blanket/scarf and crochet what you can, leave enough for the next join. I think that would be pretty cool! You could also do that in pillow case form or small blanket form to donate to an animal shelter or something (if you didn't want to keep it). Have you ever tried needle tatting? For some reason, I think you'd be good at it.
wrapping yarn around a crochet hook also works for when you have to frog and redo a bunch!! it keeps your yarn from getting tangled in a messy ramen pile lmao the way I do it is as I’m frogging I’ll wind the yarn around the (spare) hook so it ends up as an outside pull when I restart- I then just hold the spare hook between my knees or something so it can unravel easily as I work like a yarn cone! you don’t need to do the slip knot part, just hold down the tail with your thumb until it has enough wraps around to hold itself in place
With the russian join you can tug on the free end to tighten it up. Also the more slick the yarn the more you need to split the threads to create more friction. Its extra helpful with rough yarns, very little weaving needed and you can make sure the ends weave into the yarn itself so you don't have to snip anything. Its my favorite switch/extend method.
I love how a Russian join looks and that it doesn't make a knot but I find it so fiddly and it takes longer than doing other joins plus it only works with certain yarns.
Hack 7 (the wrapping) is a technique used when using a Nostepinne. The wrapping technique is more important than the tool. You are correct that you can do it with any stick-like object. For future use, I would recommend checking out videos specifically about the Nostepinne wrapping technique. It's super helpful!
I was coming to comment the same thing - I have a sanded dowel I use as a nostepinne! The technique of wrapping changes the shape of the ball you're left with - I prefer to wrap mine into a cake shape. I love being able to quickly wrap up scraps and still have a center-pull to work from!
yep, I find empty toilet paper rolls work well - you can snip a little slit to secure the end of the yarn and when you're done slide off the cake/ball. helped me not have the center too tight (had that problem when using the method on a pen and stick...)
Yup, first tip I got was to use a white board marker as a stick. I finally got an issue when the cap come out and mark my yarn, then I upgrade to a old smooth wooden stick (piece of a old children toy, I think ?) to use as a nostepinne
Looking up what a nostepinne was is how I first heard about this! Very useful trick. I like using highlighters as you can slip the tail under the clip on the caps and they tend to be a bit thicker than a pencil. I've also used knitting needles with a hair elastic around the not pointy end to wind yarn. Pretty much anything that's smooth and cylinder shaped can work for this, though I find thicker ones make for easier pulling.
That 2nd hack is indeed an embroidery stitch called the french knot. 😊 there are loads of tutorials on it. It basicly is the same as looping the yarn around a stitch but faster. It should work for crochet too, even with 10 wraps, except you might have pulled the knot through the opening of the crochet fabric. Maybe try to place it directly on the crochet stitches instead of in between them ( if that makes sense) so you won't pull the knot through the crochetfabric. The only thing that more wraps can do is make the knot less tidy & bumpier. It will depend on your used yarn too. But you can experiment what works best & maybe the uneven knots give extra charm. I also feel it works best if you keep the needle close to the point where your yarn sticks out at first & then wrap the yarn around the needle so theres not a lot of loose ends. But I'm no pro. Tutorials may help better 😅 Have fun!
My experience with the french knot in crochet is that you have to have a bit of yarn between where you come up and where you go back down in. Not quite the same as with embroidery. I do also try to make sure there is more of the crochet stitch under. Splitting the yarn of the stitch below as I go back down also works, so it's closer to where I come out.
I think the one where you wrap around the crochet hook- they are spinning the hook slightly each time and wrapping at a specific angle to get it to “cake” like that.
That probably isn't a magic circle hack but a hack to use for those who prefer the chain 4 slip stitch method to make a ring. Magic circles always tighten nice for me.
I use the last hack when working with fluffy yarn that you cant see stitches with, but just through the entire project. So my "pink" in this case is an acrylic yarn, and the "blue" is the fluffy yarn, and because of the thickness and fluff, it hides the acrylic as you work, but allows you to see the stitches from the previous row. Never used it for ami, but definitely blankets.
I always use my MC tails to sew the MC shut: a bit of a circle, some back & forth across the hole, etc, so there's NO WAY it can undo. I also use French Knots or similar for small eyes. Bigger ones I roughly embroider in with yarn. I'm not a fan of safety eyes; I prefer using lengths of yarn & knotting the tails together on the inside. They're more secure that way, & blend in to the project better than a big lump of plastic sticking out
Hack 1 seems weird to me, either the creator of that hack does not know how to properly do a magic circle or they confuse the magic circle with the chain method. With a proper magic circle there is no gap left, thats like the whole point of that ring. With the chain method, there is a gap that you can close with the end tail, not the working tail, using the method shown in that hack. Hack 3, i guess you make a knot when you closed that circle? Because you can´t leave those ends just hanging around, weaving in might not be secure enough? But that is a really cool hack, it will make working with chenille yarn so much more easier! ♥
I never do a chain 3 to start I do a" stacked single crochet stitch" and at ends I chain 2 not 3 for a straight edge , I like the choice of hacks you choose I learned a few new things , check out the one I mentioned Thank You for the info !!
The first one I've seen as a way to close up the hole from using the chain method. I thought the whole point of the magic circle was to avoid that hole.
So curious to see if theres something similar to the lifeline method for projects worked vertically. I have a cosplay sweater I am making and I am 98% sure at this point that it is going to be too long
The pull up for a double crochet seems really complicated. I suggest trying stacked single crochet stitches. And! The. Making a video of viewer suggested hacks and work arounds
For the French knot hack (eyes without safety eyes) if you make sure that is at least one stand of the stich you went into than it won't pull out as easy but don't recommend using this for anything that will be given to young children.
For anyone whose getting into amigurumi and is struggling with the hole in the magic circle or want a really secured version of a magic circle I recommend learning the magic ring from club crochet here on UA-cam 😊
Evenn if they do, they will have issues with these velvet and plush yarns 🤷🏽♀️. I’m not new to crochet and know how to work the magic ring, but even I struggle closing the circle because of the texture of the yarn💯 Hack number 3 works great 👍🏽
@Desaundrea I work with plush yarn and I recommend just sizing up hooks for the magic ring with them if you don't wanna mess with another yarn or don't have one handy
@@justanotherstory3027 the yarn I am using made me crazy. Was about to give it away, when this video popped up 😂 I started using it and I am so happy a piece of acrylic yarn could help me. The yarn is lush, and soft, but the string it is on is thin and weak. If it were a plush yarn I wouldn’t have an issue closing the Magic Ring. I do size up my hook if a plush yarn gives me issues. 👍🏽🙏🏽
Hack 2 its called a french knot. If you want to wrap moew than 2-5 times you dont go back in the same stitch you go further out. Thereis another name for that embroidery stitch. Hack 4? I prefee to do a chainless double crochet. I have not seen this varient before.
Maybe ive been doing magic circles wrong this whole time but after i get 2-3 rounds done I can pull the "starting tail" and it pulls it closed. Then I weave in the end, continuing in the samr direction so there is 2-3 whole "circles" of yarn hiding under the starting round just like you do. The hack you show seems counterintuitive to me.
I've always struggled with the French knot. No magic number of wrap arounds. Many just do three wraps. Mine always came undone and I didn't understand how others got it to work. With this, how would you tie the color off to keep it from coming undone if your knot was successful? On a flat piece, easy.
Hi! Ran across you today in my recommended 🤗 Regarding hack 4. I wanted give you kind of my own hack I ran into a long time ago. Whether in the round or turning I use this hack, I us it for double, triple etc. (US term) when in the round, I always slip stitch into my first stitch of the round, and if doing double, do a single crochet, then, looking at the side of the SC (not the top) where it kind of looks like this | \ SC thru that left loop. Then you have basically 2 SC stacked which is the same height as a double. If it is a triple, then, on the SC you just made, SC thru the left loop, voila, same height as a triple. I love this method. No weird thickness issues or chains going weird, or big hole where they shouldn’t be, never worry about finding the first/last stitch because it won’t over tighten or loosen. Probably be easier if I videoed it 😂😂
Hack #3: How do we secure the three tails: The working yarn tail that is left from the lay over and the acrylic assisted 2 tails?do we tie the two tails do we cut them? I need more info 😅 I am very grateful for you showing us the hacks. Number 3 made it so easy for me to not throw away a beautiful velvet yarn that was really troubling me. 🙏🏽💯🥰🧶
THIS IS NOT A HATE COMMENT thabks I think Hack 1 is referring to the other way you make "magic circles" I dont do them bec that stuff will break. Imo Magic circles are kinda a waste and you risk breaking the middle. What i do is chain 4 and crochet in the round. There will be a hole in the middle. After your done making your circle is sewing the end with a scap peice of matching yarn. I find lots of MC just snapping and ruining hours of work. Too risky imo.
This video came up after yours. She explains it well. I'm not sure the hack/technique of adding stitches to an already worked project were in this one or a prior one, I'm binging you you right now. :) But....I think I know what you missed in the prior one. It still looks a little wonky but, much better. Her instructions are very clear since she goes over each and every step precisely. ua-cam.com/video/iTtTBv7cs3U/v-deo.html
Hack 1: You don't use the working yarn. You only use the tail from the start, and that is the hack. It works wonders.
Hack 3: I use the chain 2 method with every weight of yarn. I pull the second chain closed almost entirely before I work into the first chain. I don't get a weird gap that you referenced. I typically don't have a hole in the center either, but if I do, I just use hack 1.
Hack 4: I use standing doubles. So much easier than the wraps and twists that were in this hack, and they blend into the work much better than ch 3.
For the French Knot (the eyes without safety eyes, hack 2), I think the way they show it would pull out pretty easy. The French Knot is supposed to be where the needle goes through the yarn in the stitch and then back down in the original stitch (or very very close to it). The going through the yarn is what knots it into the thread/yarn. What I mean is pull up the thread in the stitch you want it in. Put the needle into the yarn or between 2 stitches, but do not bring it all the way through. Then pull the yarn from the end of the needle over the piece of yarn and wrap around the top of the needle. Then pull through. Then you can put the needle back through the initial stitch, and end as you did. If you get a chance, try that too, and I'd like to know if your originals come out. Great video!
I came here to tell her it's called a French knot lol
I think that this is a step better done before stuffing...you can make the knot, tie it off on the inside so that it can't then be pulled out..considering that you normally put safety eyes in before you stuff and finish the head anyway..and yeah, I too knew it was a french knot..
I still don't understand. I could never get this stitch when I embroidered.
I believe Hack 2 is using a French Knot
I confirm!
It is, and it's important to wrap the yarn in the correct direction! I have trouble with French knots because I forget which way to go. If you do it wrong the knot comes out lol
Yes indeedy it is.
Correct 😊
Love french knots for eyes.
A 10 wrap as tried would have resulted in a bullion stitch except you don't go back through the same hole.
😊 Hack #2 is a French Knot which is an Embroidery stitch. The most you would wrap is 4-5 times, but not put the needle back in the same spot going back in.. you would do it one stitch over or even just ½ stitch over. Doing that keeps the knot from being pulled all the way thru. I hope that helps 🙂
I like to make an embroidery rose/woven wheel with relatively thin yarn for eyes. can even stitch on some shiny reflections with white! I've never used safety eyes and I like doing something so unique. it gets really round and thick.
For the magic circle, if you start your original loop that you cast onto BACKWARDS, all you need to do to close up the hole is pull the tail. I thought that was the "magic" part of the whole thing. It's tricky to get it right, but I take a few tries and it works. When you make the cast on loop, instead of grabbing the skein end, you grab the tail end. When you cast on as many stitches as you want, draw up the tail and start crocheting into your stitches. Once you get going a few rows around, you can pull it tight. Once I figured this out (I thought I was a genius, but I'm sure most people know to to it).
No disrespect to hack 4, but I suggest you look up "standing double crochet." I think it looks just a good but is easier. IMO. Also, instead of hack 7, since I am also not great at wrapping yarn, you may want to look up the butterfly yarn wrap (or yarn butterflies). I find them very helpful and convenient. Hope you continue to get better. ❤
Oooh! This will be fun! * settles in with project and coffee *
Love watching all of the hacks! Thank you so much! ☺️🫶🏻🧶🧡🧙🏻✨
7:17 french knot i believe
My grandma used what she called a Russian join method but I think it was a bit different than the one you showed. In any case, I think it would be a great option to use for like a scrap blanket or scarf or something.. every time you find yourself with just a little yarn left, join it to the last yarn in the blanket/scarf and crochet what you can, leave enough for the next join. I think that would be pretty cool! You could also do that in pillow case form or small blanket form to donate to an animal shelter or something (if you didn't want to keep it).
Have you ever tried needle tatting? For some reason, I think you'd be good at it.
Hey I admire how you always carry on. It's totally about your personality. I would watch you describe yarn texture lol.
wrapping yarn around a crochet hook also works for when you have to frog and redo a bunch!! it keeps your yarn from getting tangled in a messy ramen pile lmao
the way I do it is as I’m frogging I’ll wind the yarn around the (spare) hook so it ends up as an outside pull when I restart- I then just hold the spare hook between my knees or something so it can unravel easily as I work like a yarn cone! you don’t need to do the slip knot part, just hold down the tail with your thumb until it has enough wraps around to hold itself in place
Hack #4 looks SO GREAT! I use the stacked sc method to avoid chaining 3. I love this method 🥰👍🏽💯
Technically, hack 2 is a bullion stitch. A french knot is made with a single wrap. A bullion stitch has multiple wraps.
Love the color change hack. Going to try it for stripes.
I like the color change one...❤❤
Excited to watch this one. I hope you are healing well and don't overdo it 😊
With the russian join you can tug on the free end to tighten it up. Also the more slick the yarn the more you need to split the threads to create more friction. Its extra helpful with rough yarns, very little weaving needed and you can make sure the ends weave into the yarn itself so you don't have to snip anything. Its my favorite switch/extend method.
I love how a Russian join looks and that it doesn't make a knot but I find it so fiddly and it takes longer than doing other joins plus it only works with certain yarns.
I plan to use hacks 4-8. Very helpful. Thank you so much!
Hack 7 (the wrapping) is a technique used when using a Nostepinne. The wrapping technique is more important than the tool. You are correct that you can do it with any stick-like object. For future use, I would recommend checking out videos specifically about the Nostepinne wrapping technique. It's super helpful!
I love using my nostepinne when im untangling yarn
I was coming to comment the same thing - I have a sanded dowel I use as a nostepinne! The technique of wrapping changes the shape of the ball you're left with - I prefer to wrap mine into a cake shape. I love being able to quickly wrap up scraps and still have a center-pull to work from!
yep, I find empty toilet paper rolls work well - you can snip a little slit to secure the end of the yarn and when you're done slide off the cake/ball. helped me not have the center too tight (had that problem when using the method on a pen and stick...)
Yup, first tip I got was to use a white board marker as a stick. I finally got an issue when the cap come out and mark my yarn, then I upgrade to a old smooth wooden stick (piece of a old children toy, I think ?) to use as a nostepinne
Looking up what a nostepinne was is how I first heard about this! Very useful trick. I like using highlighters as you can slip the tail under the clip on the caps and they tend to be a bit thicker than a pencil. I've also used knitting needles with a hair elastic around the not pointy end to wind yarn. Pretty much anything that's smooth and cylinder shaped can work for this, though I find thicker ones make for easier pulling.
That 2nd hack is indeed an embroidery stitch called the french knot. 😊 there are loads of tutorials on it. It basicly is the same as looping the yarn around a stitch but faster. It should work for crochet too, even with 10 wraps, except you might have pulled the knot through the opening of the crochet fabric. Maybe try to place it directly on the crochet stitches instead of in between them ( if that makes sense) so you won't pull the knot through the crochetfabric. The only thing that more wraps can do is make the knot less tidy & bumpier. It will depend on your used yarn too. But you can experiment what works best & maybe the uneven knots give extra charm. I also feel it works best if you keep the needle close to the point where your yarn sticks out at first & then wrap the yarn around the needle so theres not a lot of loose ends. But I'm no pro. Tutorials may help better 😅
Have fun!
My experience with the french knot in crochet is that you have to have a bit of yarn between where you come up and where you go back down in. Not quite the same as with embroidery. I do also try to make sure there is more of the crochet stitch under. Splitting the yarn of the stitch below as I go back down also works, so it's closer to where I come out.
I always use a slipknot with the yarn tail to pull, instead of magic circle. Then you just crochet around on the slipknot and pull the tail to close 😉
The safety eye hack is a french knot. The more you wrap the bigger the knot.
Inside of a French knot, I prefer to satin stitch eyes. Then, I tend to make larger items.
ETA: FLUFFY KITTY TUMMY! My brain is now custard. 💖
I ALWAYS use hack #1...but i also take a few stiches back to lock MR shut!
Perhaps the first one could be more relevant for making sure the magic circle stays closed (using the left over tail of the mc)
Thank u for this great lesson, i love it 🥰
I think the one where you wrap around the crochet hook- they are spinning the hook slightly each time and wrapping at a specific angle to get it to “cake” like that.
It is called a French knot and is also used in cross stitch patterns.
Yes indeed it is a French knot, the best thing is to keep your working yarn held taut as you pull through as it can slip out / unravel.
I might try the French knot trick for some eyes.
But I need to learn how to embroider better more then anything. XD
That probably isn't a magic circle hack but a hack to use for those who prefer the chain 4 slip stitch method to make a ring. Magic circles always tighten nice for me.
saved to tips playlist...thanks😃
I use the last hack when working with fluffy yarn that you cant see stitches with, but just through the entire project. So my "pink" in this case is an acrylic yarn, and the "blue" is the fluffy yarn, and because of the thickness and fluff, it hides the acrylic as you work, but allows you to see the stitches from the previous row. Never used it for ami, but definitely blankets.
That's a great idea. I have a project coming up in which I use fluffy yarn, might have to give that a try.
Colour changes are a nightmare, I learnt the dual thread change and use it all the time 😊
I always use my MC tails to sew the MC shut: a bit of a circle, some back & forth across the hole, etc, so there's NO WAY it can undo. I also use French Knots or similar for small eyes. Bigger ones I roughly embroider in with yarn. I'm not a fan of safety eyes; I prefer using lengths of yarn & knotting the tails together on the inside. They're more secure that way, & blend in to the project better than a big lump of plastic sticking out
French knot 😊
This is a great video. Btw you are really pretty, especially your hair.
Hack 1 seems weird to me, either the creator of that hack does not know how to properly do a magic circle or they confuse the magic circle with the chain method. With a proper magic circle there is no gap left, thats like the whole point of that ring. With the chain method, there is a gap that you can close with the end tail, not the working tail, using the method shown in that hack.
Hack 3, i guess you make a knot when you closed that circle? Because you can´t leave those ends just hanging around, weaving in might not be secure enough? But that is a really cool hack, it will make working with chenille yarn so much more easier! ♥
Instead of a chain 3, I use a stacked single, a lot neater
How dare you say that sweet baby needs to wait a minute 😂
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French knot xx
I never do a chain 3 to start I do a" stacked single crochet stitch" and at ends I chain 2 not 3 for a straight edge , I like the choice of hacks you choose I learned a few new things , check out the one I mentioned Thank You for the info !!
The first one I've seen as a way to close up the hole from using the chain method. I thought the whole point of the magic circle was to avoid that hole.
For hack 7 to wind better you rotate the hook as you wrap
embrodery eye was a french knot
it is an embroidery stitch but i don't know the name, i remember learning it in school
So curious to see if theres something similar to the lifeline method for projects worked vertically. I have a cosplay sweater I am making and I am 98% sure at this point that it is going to be too long
I'm not sure but I agree it would be really useful.
Hack 2 is a french knot
The pull up for a double crochet seems really complicated. I suggest trying stacked single crochet stitches. And! The. Making a video of viewer suggested hacks and work arounds
For the French knot hack (eyes without safety eyes) if you make sure that is at least one stand of the stich you went into than it won't pull out as easy but don't recommend using this for anything that will be given to young children.
For anyone whose getting into amigurumi and is struggling with the hole in the magic circle or want a really secured version of a magic circle I recommend learning the magic ring from club crochet here on UA-cam 😊
Evenn if they do, they will have issues with these velvet and plush yarns 🤷🏽♀️. I’m not new to crochet and know how to work the magic ring, but even I struggle closing the circle because of the texture of the yarn💯 Hack number 3 works great 👍🏽
@Desaundrea I work with plush yarn and I recommend just sizing up hooks for the magic ring with them if you don't wanna mess with another yarn or don't have one handy
@@justanotherstory3027 the yarn I am using made me crazy. Was about to give it away, when this video popped up 😂 I started using it and I am so happy a piece of acrylic yarn could help me. The yarn is lush, and soft, but the string it is on is thin and weak. If it were a plush yarn I wouldn’t have an issue closing the Magic Ring. I do size up my hook if a plush yarn gives me issues. 👍🏽🙏🏽
Hack 2 its called a french knot. If you want to wrap moew than 2-5 times you dont go back in the same stitch you go further out. Thereis another name for that embroidery stitch.
Hack 4? I prefee to do a chainless double crochet. I have not seen this varient before.
Maybe ive been doing magic circles wrong this whole time but after i get 2-3 rounds done I can pull the "starting tail" and it pulls it closed. Then I weave in the end, continuing in the samr direction so there is 2-3 whole "circles" of yarn hiding under the starting round just like you do.
The hack you show seems counterintuitive to me.
After I close my magic ring, I tie 2 to 3 knots in the tail as close to the work as I can
I've always struggled with the French knot. No magic number of wrap arounds. Many just do three wraps. Mine always came undone and I didn't understand how others got it to work. With this, how would you tie the color off to keep it from coming undone if your knot was successful? On a flat piece, easy.
Hi! Ran across you today in my recommended 🤗
Regarding hack 4. I wanted give you kind of my own hack I ran into a long time ago. Whether in the round or turning I use this hack, I us it for double, triple etc. (US term)
when in the round, I always slip stitch into my first stitch of the round, and if doing double, do a single crochet, then, looking at the side of the SC (not the top) where it kind of looks like this
| \
SC thru that left loop. Then you have basically 2 SC stacked which is the same height as a double. If it is a triple, then, on the SC you just made, SC thru the left loop, voila, same height as a triple.
I love this method. No weird thickness issues or chains going weird, or big hole where they shouldn’t be, never worry about finding the first/last stitch because it won’t over tighten or loosen.
Probably be easier if I videoed it 😂😂
its a french knot 7:16
Hey what is the tolkien thing in your background
It's my copy of The Silmarillion.
It a a beautiful one Tolkien is my fave author@@SkeinSpider
Hack #3: How do we secure the three tails: The working yarn tail that is left from the lay over and the acrylic assisted 2 tails?do we tie the two tails do we cut them? I need more info 😅 I am very grateful for you showing us the hacks. Number 3 made it so easy for me to not throw away a beautiful velvet yarn that was really troubling me. 🙏🏽💯🥰🧶
I've been embroidering for 337834 years and I've never been able to consisently make French knots that don't come apart 😭
THIS IS NOT A HATE COMMENT thabks
I think Hack 1 is referring to the other way you make "magic circles" I dont do them bec that stuff will break. Imo Magic circles are kinda a waste and you risk breaking the middle. What i do is chain 4 and crochet in the round. There will be a hole in the middle. After your done making your circle is sewing the end with a scap peice of matching yarn. I find lots of MC just snapping and ruining hours of work. Too risky imo.
I think it's called a French knot
It’s a French knot 😀
French knot
Wrap your yarn around some sort of stick shape....like your finger?
It's a French knot😂
This video came up after yours. She explains it well. I'm not sure the hack/technique of adding stitches to an already worked project were in this one or a prior one, I'm binging you you right now. :) But....I think I know what you missed in the prior one. It still looks a little wonky but, much better. Her instructions are very clear since she goes over each and every step precisely.
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i stuck around.