How to Make a Crochet Circle

• Tie a slip knot.Place the hook in the palm of your left hand, facing you, with the end above your index finger.Then lift your index finger and place the thread behind your finger.Wrap it around your finger twice, moving forward from the starting position.Holding the strand in place with your thumb and other fingers, grab it on the left and pull it up, over the other strand, grab this other strand (still holding the previous one) and pull it up past the end of your index finger.You should end up with an editable buttonhole.Slide the hook through the loop until it is tight.

Create the initial buttonhole. Proceed with four chain stitches.Then pass the hook through the chain stitch (near the buttonhole), take the hook from the other side and then pull it through the chain stitch and the buttonhole.

If the pattern you're following calls for a different number of starting stitches or a different number of stitches around the circle, go with it. The following points are editable, according to your specific project.

Many of the next steps are simple if you identify the center of the circle. Lightly undo the two sides of the group until you get a hole in the center.Make sure it is the circle that joins the two ends.Insert a finger into the hole to make the job easier.

Proceed along the entire length. Depending on the type of stitch you are using (single crochet or double crochet) you will have to make a different number of chain stitches.This wikiHow tutorial uses double crochets so chain three stitches (i.e. the equivalent of one double crochet).

Always remember that in this pattern each of the groups of stitches counts as a double crochet (or the stitch you are using). Don't forget to count the stitches!

• Continue making double crochets using the center as an anchor.Wrap the crochet thread (they say:yarn over) and insert the hook into the center hole.Grab the thread from the other side and pull it through the hole.You should end up with three loops on the hook.Pick up the thread and pull it through the first two buttonholes, then through the last two.Do this 8 more times, until you have 10 stitches around the central hole (counting the first chain of three stitches as a single stitch).

Remember this calculation and the one for the double crochets, in order to make the buttonholes well.

Join the ends. Pick up the chain you made at the beginning.Locate the third chain stitch, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull it through the stitch and then through the loop on the hook.

Continues. At this point you must follow the precise instructions of the model.Generally (if you don't follow a pattern), you will need to make three more chain stitches and double crochets on the outside of the circle, adding a single chain stitch every three stitches, more or less.The second and subsequent rounds will be different depending on the shape and pattern you are following.

Arrange the thread. Place the index and middle fingers of your left hand towards your right hand.Take the thread between the ring finger and the little finger of your left hand.Wrap the end of the string around your fingers until it has made two turns around your index and middle fingers.

Create the buttonhole. Place your left hand palm up and insert the hook into the space between the two fingers.Go under the first loop, grab the second and flip the hook until it rests in the palm of your hand.Then turn it to make it return to position.The thread around your fingers will now act as a central buttonhole.

Make the stitches. Spread your little finger and ring finger to be able to use the thread you will later work with.Yarn over and pull through the loop on the hook.Chain three stitches (to make a double crochet):use the thumb and middle finger of your right hand to grasp the junction between the chains and the loop, slide your fingers out of the loop (you can reinsert the ring finger to keep the thread taut if you want).Double crochet in the larger loop and make 8 more double crochets in a row along the large loop (10 in total, again).

Do not slip the tail of the thread into the loop. This is very important, you need to hold it firmly between your fingers or block it with tape.

Pull the tail of the thread. Holding the end of the stitches in your right hand, pull the other end with your left hand to form a circle.You choose how tight it should be.

Join the ends. Pick up the chain you made at the beginning.Locate the third chain stitch, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull it through the stitch and then through the loop on the hook.