How To Crochet a Magic Loop

This summer, I was determined to keep knitting throughout the summer. I have to admit that it’s been hard for me to keep knitting. Almost every year, I seem to prefer crocheting instead when the weather gets warmer. The same thing happened this year.

But I don’t see that as a failure. Knitting and crocheting are both such fun ways to be creative. But I have to say that I have so much more experience with knitting than crocheting. I have so much more to learn when it comes to different crocheting techniques.

And when it comes to crocheting, I sometimes feel like I don’t really know what I don’t know. I don’t know what things I need to learn.

One Thing All Crocheters Need to Learn

This summer, I discovered one thing that is just so cool! When I realized that this was something you could crochet, I felt like, how did I not know about this before??

And that is the magic loop!

Everything I know about crocheting, I learned in school when I was a child. And I understand that during those few hours when we focus on learning the basics of crocheting, the time is so limited that teaching things like magic loops isn’t prioritized.

But… you know when you find this really cool thing and you just wonder why no one told you about it before? That is the feeling I had when I learned that you can crochet magic loops.

How to Crochet a Magic Loop

There are so many really good video tutorials on how to crochet a magic loop, so I won’t make just another one like that. But here is a link to a really good video tutorial that shows you how to crochet a magic loop:

Like with anything new that I try in crocheting or knitting, it always feels a little bit frustrating before I have done the technique a couple of times. Then it just starts to feel really easy.

When that happens, and I don’t even have to think about the steps anymore, the technique becomes one more skill in my crocheting toolbox that I can use when trying new projects in the future.

I have to admit, though, that I did a few magic loops during a couple of weeks in July. Then I took a break for a couple of weeks, and when I was supposed to do it again, I had to go back to the video tutorial. But with a quick check, I remembered how to do it really easily.

Why Do You Need to Know How to Make Magic Loops?

Magic loops are such a good thing to know how to crochet if you want to crochet anything that is worked in the round. Coasters, potholders… anything that starts in the middle and then keeps increasing to make something round.

This summer, I have been crocheting cup coasters. I’ll share more about that in a future blog post. I tried some different techniques, but the magic loop was definitely my favorite way to start the coasters from the middle.

So, magic loops, I am so happy I found you! 😉

And hopefully, if you hadn’t found them yet, now you have a new, really cool crochet technique to try out and have fun with.

Hope to see you again soon!