How to Create the Magic Ring

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The magic ring is a simple way to start crochet projects but many tutorials on the web leave me feeling confused. Here’s the quick simple way I’ve personally found to crochet the magic ring.

Step 1:
Drape the yarn over your open hand and pinch it against your index and middle finger with your thumb

Step 2:
Wrap the yarn around to create an X across the front of your first two fingers

Step 3:
With the crochet hook upside down, go under the top loop and grab the bottom loop and pull it up

Step 4:
Yarn over

Step 5:
Pull through the loop

You’ve now created a magic loop with a working slip stitch. When you yarned over and pulled up your loop, this created your slip stitch, not a chain one.