Crocheting into a ring

Crocheting into a ring
©2004 Sandra Petit, http://www.crochetcabana.com

Some folks have trouble working into a ring. I admit that it takes a bit of practice to get everything to work together.

Why would you need to work into a ring anyway? Well, to begin a granny square you must work into a ring. Other patterns may call for working into the ring as a hanger for a wall hanging or picture. You might want to make a keychain for a special occasion. Whatever the reason, it's really not that hard once you get the basics down. If you want to work in the round, but not into a keyring or plastic ring or whatever, see the tutorial on working in the round.

Now on to crocheting into a ring.

First you make a slip knot using your hook, just as you do when you begin any crochet project.

Please click on the thumbnails to view larger pics.

Figure 1 - keeping yarn coming from skein behind the ring, insert hook in the center of the ring, from front to back, so the hook portion comes out the other side

Figure 2 - yarn over (yo) This is essentially grabbing the yarn with the hook. It is helpful if you face the hook down as the yarn will be less likely to slip off the hook

Figure 3 - pull yarn back through the hole where you originally entered, so your hook is now on the front side again, with yarn wrapped around it

Figure 4 - bring hook to top of ring and yarn over again

Figure 5 - pull yarn through both loops on hook. You have just completed a single crochet over the ring Of course you can work any stitch. It doesn't have to be a sc. You would just have to work more chains for height

Here are pics to show different completed rings. Plastic rings are thicker than key rings so if you want to see more of the stitch, you might consider using plastic. If you want to see more of the top of the stitch, go with the thinner key ring. Or if you're in a hurry and don't have a plastic ring, a key ring is a good sub. Of course, you can always make a chain and join, to form a ring and work into that.

this one was worked on a plastic ring using elastic cord

this was also worked on a plastic ring, using gold nylon cord

this one was on a plastic ring using white cotton worsted yarn

this one was worked on a large keyring using gold nylon cord

The buttons above were my first at the Cabana. I keep them for sentimental reasons. :-)

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