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START HERE magic ring
The magic ring is an easy THE BASIC STITCHES
way of beginning to work
slip knot & in the round. It is often double half treble (htr)
chain (ch) used when making crochet (dc) This stitch is longer than
Many projects start with a amigurumi toys Double crochet is the a double crochet and
series of chain stitches. To shortest and most involves one extra step
begin you need to make a commonly-used
slip knot on your hook crochet stitch
(see page 62)

1 Make a large loop by
putting the yarn tail behind
the working yarn.

1 (You will need a turning
1 Insert hook through both
1 Make a slip knot and put it strands of the next stitch. chain of two stitches.)
on the neck of the hook Yarn over the hook and
insert though the stitch.
– don’t pull it too tight or it
will be diicult to stitch 2 With your hook, draw the
with. Coming from behind, working yarn through the
wrap the yarn around the loop, so you have one
hook from right to left, loop on the hook.
across the ‘neck’.

2 Yarn over the hook and 2 Yarn over the hook and
draw back through the
3 Make three chain draw back though the
stitches (counts as first work. There will be two work. There will be three
2 Catch the yarn and use loops of yarn on the hook.
treble), work a treble into loops of yarn on the hook.
the hook to pull it down
the loop, crocheting over
through the slip knot. You
the tail.
have now made one chain
(ch). Continue to make
more chains, as directed in
the pattern.

Crochet an 4 Continue to work as
incredible doll many stitches as needed
into the loop. Once
on page 39 finished, untwist the tail if 3 Yarn over the hook 3 Yarn over the hook
necessary and then pull to again and draw through and draw through all
both loops.
close the loop. three loops.

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