The Secret to Making a Flat Circle with Single Crochet 

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For double crochet, you start with 12 stitches in the center and increase 12 per row in the same way, and for the same mathematical reason. 👍

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If you increase by 8 each row it will be wavy. Six is the magic number. What are you making?

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I use Susan Bates aluminum hooks.

You could try doing fewer increases in each row (like 2 or 3 instead of 6).

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You’re welcome! The best way to end the circle is to do an invisible join. Cut and pull the yarn out of the last stitch, then weave the tail from front to back through the next stitch, then weave the yarn back through the top of the last stitch, tie a knot and weave in the end.

Hmm... If one more row is too big, then you might try doing a row of slip stitches around the outer row (loosely, without increases, maybe in the back loop only) to make the next circle a half-row larger. Then, do a circle with three regular rows, then one with 3 rows + the slip stitch row, etc. until you have all the circles you want. If that works, please let me know!

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I don't think it's you, I suspect it's the pattern! I would expect increasing 5 per row to turn into a bowl instead of laying flat. I would ask the designer about it.

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Sure! If you keep putting the increases on top of each other, the edge will turn into more of a point in those locations, and it will become a hexagon instead of a circle. To avoid that, you want to put the increases between the increases in the previous row. Let me know if that helps or if you have any other questions. 🙂

Thanks! I think I get that, it's hard to see though cause it's one solid color. Would you mind checking if I'm following the pattern correctly? I found it in another comment and wrote it out from there but Im not sure if I got it right cause I started having problems in the higher rounds, however it's most likely cause of not following the stitches😂😂 Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic circle. (6 st) Rnd 2: Inc x 6. (12 st) Rnd 3: [Sc in next st, inc] × 6. (18) Rnd 4: [Sc in next 2 st, inc] x 6. (24) Rnd 5: Sc. [Inc, sc in next 3 st] × 5. Inc. Sc in next 2 st. (30) Rnd 6: [Sc in next 4 st, inc] × 6. (36) Rnd 7: Sc in next 2 st. [Inc, sc in next 5 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 3 st. (42) Rnd 8: [Sc in the next 6 st, inc] x 6. (48) Rnd 9: Sc in next 3 st. [Inc, sc in next 7 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 4 st. (54) Rnd 10: [Sc in the next 8 st, inc] x 6. (60) Rnd 11: Sc in next 4 st. [Inc, sc in next 9 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 5 st. (66) Rnd 12: [Sc in the next 10 st, inc] x 6. (72) Rnd 13: Sc in next 5 st. [Inc, sc in next 11 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 6 st. (78) Rnd 14: [Sc in the next 12 st, inc] x 6. (84) Rnd 15: Sc in next 6 st. [Inc, sc in next 13 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 7 st. (90) Rnd 16: [Sc in next 14 st, inc] x 6. (96) Rnd 17: Sc in next 7 st. [Inc, sc in next 15 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 8 st. (102) Rnd 18: [Sc in next 16 st, inc] x 6. (108) Rnd 19: Sc in next 8 st. [Inc, sc in next 17 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 9 st. (114) Rnd 20: [Sc in next 18 st, inc] x 6. (120) Rnd 21: Sc in next 9 st. [Inc, sc in next 19 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 10 st. (126) And so on like this with the increasing?

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I start with 6 sc and increase by 6 sc in every row to keep it flat.

Yes, it’s 6 singles in the magic ring for the first row, and then the second row is 6 increases (2 singles in each stitch around).

By Chain Two method, do you mean chain 2, then 6 sc in the second chain (instead of starting with a magic circle)? When I do that and then pull the string from the starting slip knot, it does not tighten it, so maybe I’m not understanding.

@Change Path Crochet Yes. That's what I mean. A really good demonstration of that is in Learn the Basics of Amigurumi Crochet " by Kerry Lord. Here is a link to the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fAzCWWhTFYQ.html She uses the chain two method in her Edward's Menagerie crochet books. I've used the chain two method making her animals and it works beautifully. Just pull the tail and it closes up just as tightly as a magic circle.

@@changepathcrochetwhen doing the chain 2 method , you need to make sure you are crocheting over the tail end , then it should cinch the circle in x

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Any hook that is appropriate for the yarn you want to use. My go-to hook is H/5.0mm with worsted weight yarn.

1. If starting with 6 curls up, then try starting with 7 or 8. You will do the same pattern, but increase in every row by the same number of stitches you started with.

2. To increase, you only put 2 stitches into one stitch. It’s the number of stitches between the increases that changes by +1 in every row.

3. I don’t have a tutorial on that, but I believe I carried the yarn under the opposite color stitches (meaning I crocheted on top of the opposite color yarn). When you change colors, switch to the next color when you do the last loop of the previous color stitch.

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Your stitches may be a different height/width ratio. Try starting with 8 stitches and follow the same pattern to increase 8 stitches per row instead of 6, and see if that flattens it out.

An easy way to do the staggering is to make the odd rows not staggered (like do 7 sc and then increase, all the way around). Then in the even rows, cut the number in half for the first bit. So when you need 8 sc between each increase, you do 4 sc first, then increase, then repeat (8 sc, inc) all the way around until you have 4 sc left, and then you just sc in each of those 4 stitches. The number between the increases goes up by 1 with each row.

Round 1: 6 sc. Round 2: Increase x 6 (or 2 sc in each st). Round 3: Repeat (sc, increase) six times. Round 4, which is the 5:47 spot you mentioned: Repeat (sc, sc, increase) six times.

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It goes like this: Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic circle. (6 st) Rnd 2: Inc x 6. (12 st) Rnd 3: [Sc in next st, inc] x 6. (18) Rnd 4: [Sc in next 2 st, inc] x 6. (24) Rnd 5: Sc. [Inc, sc in next 3 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 2 st. (30) Rnd 6: [Sc in next 4 st, inc] x 6. (36) Rnd 7: Sc in next 2 st. [Inc, sc in next 5 st] x 5. Inc. Sc in next 3 st. (42) And so on.

@@changepathcrochet okay thank you so much, I appreciate the help 💕

@@changepathcrochet. Oh I think I get it now…..tks for posting the pattern rows…………

Thank you! I think I understand mostly, but I am confused on the beginning of the rounds starting with 5. Because why do you start with a Sc in round 5 and 7? Continuing on would it be the same for 9 and 11 ?

No, this is crochet, so there’s no loom option.

Yes they are the same.

Mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker or a piece of contrasting yarn.

@@changepathcrochet yes, I do that on certain projects. I’m just marveling at your ability to tell so easily without the marker. ✌🏼

@@changepathcrochet I’m using #10 crochet thread, but also have a 10x magnifying light and still have to mark the round. Good on you! ❤️ ✌🏼

It really depends on the crocheter. I can get a flat circle by increasing only 6 per row. Each crocheter needs to figure out what works for their own way of stitching.

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Ok I just read your response to another viewer and after looking at the pattern rows, I get it!!!!!!! Ty so much……..

Now I’m wondering if I’ll have a “Straight Seam”….and if I want to change color, I want the row to match and be even!!!!!!!!!! I guess I’m asking to much 😂😂

Yea that would be a whole other video. 😊 I think the cleanest way to change colors is to end the row with an invisible join and then start the new color in the same spot.

@@changepathcrochet tks for responding….I’ll have to review the Invisible Join and try that if I want to change color….

Yes I'm confused on this too I think? Like how many stitches to begin with.. I got up to 42 stitches from the written out pattern on another comment but am planning a way bigger circle and trying to figure out how to go from here

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Try starting with 8 instead of 6 stitches.

Not exactly. R1 has 6 sc. R2 has 2 sc in each st (6 increases). R3 has 1 sc between the increases. R4 has 2 sc between the increases. R5 has 3 sc between the increases, and so on. (So R10 has 8, not 10 sc before the increase.) In the staggered rows, I'm splitting the "in between" stitches between the beginning and end of the row.

The shape of your single crochet may be different than mine, so you'll need to experiment a little to see what works for you. If it curls up into a bowl shape, that means you need more stitches. Occasionally you may want to add 7 or 8 stitches to a row instead of 6. If it's wavy, then that means you have too many stitches, and want to add fewer than 6 in some rows.

You don’t have to do the slip stitch to join single crochet. If you do the slip stitch, you will have a seam where the join is.

​@@changepathcrochet Thank you for this. I was struggling with the slip stitch then chain one method and then I looked for the alternative, and it was just more complex join ways. But with this way, I'm hopeful it'll be better. You have an amazing way of explaining things.

Chunkier yarn may change the height/width ratio. Was it curling up into a bowl? You could try starting with 8 sc in the first row and increasing in the same way (+8 in each row) to see if that helps.

@@changepathcrochet It did. Thanks 😊

This would create a seam, wouldn’t it?Also, the hexagon shape will still happen if the increases are in the same spot in every row. Perhaps I’m misunderstanding. Can you explain further what you mean?

I meant join at the top of your first SC that you made from the row that you're on, being the end of this row. Chain one and start a new row. I have seen this cause a seam in some cases. If not done correctly. This is the way I've always seen it done. Your way is new to me, but it looks really nice! ❤️

If we’re being precise, each row needs to increase by 6.28318… but crochet is not that precise. 😆 Fortunately single crochet tends to be slightly wider than it is tall, so it seems to work out ok to add 6 stitches in every row. I’m not sure what you mean by 1/4 stitch?

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An increase is 2 stitches done into 1 stitch.

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Train your eyes to catch up then bruh it's that simple

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