Simply Crochet - UK (2020-04)

YOUR GUIDE

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Somepatternsareworked

inroundsthatarejoined

togetherattheendof

eachround(seeleft).

Otherpatternsareworked

ina spiralsoyoudon’t

needtojointheroundsat

theend,justkeepgoing,

workingintothenext

stitchonthepreviousrow.

Amigurumitoysareoften

worked in a spiral like this.

JOININGROUNDS
Finish off each round of crochet stitches nice and neatly by using a slip stitch

1 Toclosea roundofstitches,
worka slipstitchintothetop
oftheturningchain.Todo
this,insertthehookintothe
top stitch of the turning chain.

2 Thenplacetheyarnround

thehook.Pulltheyarn

throughtheturningchain

stitchandthroughthe

original stitch on your hook.

3 You’veslipstitchedthe

roundtogether!Before

workinganotherround,be

suretomaketherequired

turningchain.Alwayswork

roundsontherightside,

unlessyoupattern instructs

you otherwise.

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MAGICLOOP
An alternative foundation ring for working in the round

1 Tostarta MagicLoop,don’t
makea slipknot.Instead,make
a loopwiththeyarn,leavinga
tailaround10cmlong.Make
surethetailendis under the
working yarn.

2 Nowinsertyourhookintothe

loop,fromfronttoback.Wrap

theworkingyarnaroundthe

hookandpull the yarn through

the loop.

3 Makea t-chforthestsyou

wanttowork(above,wemade

1 t-chfordc).Workyoursts

intotheMagicLoop,over

boththeloopandthetail end

(so two yarn strands).

4 Onceyou’veworkedthefirst

roundofstitches,simplypull

thetailendofyarntodrawup

thering.Worka slipstitchto

jointhelastandfirstststofinish

thefirstround(asinstructed in

the guide below).

Tail end

Working

yarn

FOUNDATIONRING
Create a foundation ring for working in the round

WORKINGSTITCHESINTOA RING

To m a ke ci r c l e s , tu b e s a n d o t h e r s h a p e s

1 Makea chainthelength
statedinthepattern
instructions.Next,insertthe
crochethookintothefirst
chain.Closetheringwitha
slip stitch, working yrh...

1 Makea foundationringand

workthet-ch(3chfortreble

sts).Worka treblestasusual,

butinserthookintocentreof

ring.Fortreblests, yrh, insert

hook into ring.

2 ...andpullyarnthrough 2

loopsonhook.Nowyou’re

readytostartcrochetingin

theround,followingthe

instructions given right.

2 Finishthetrebleasusual

(yrh,pullyarnthroughring,

yrh,pullyarnthroughfirst 2

loops,yrh,pullyarnthrough 2

loops).Workmorests into the

ring as needed.

Rounds

or spirals

Checkwhichtechnique

you need to use