Hey My Crocheters!
Today I wanted to write about increasing in the round to make a circle. I am going to go over the way that I consider to be the "standard." You will also see the below increase pattern reversed meaning that instead of single crochet stitches followed by an increase, it will be increase followed by single crochet stitch. There is another way that I saw on social media, Facebook, I think that makes a circle and it follows a similar pattern, but it is different. I will include that method too. You can find this tutorial and others on my Youtube Channel
The "Standard" increase (Inc) in the round begins by making your initial circle. This can be done using a Magic Ring/Circle or the Alternative to the Magic Ring. In my example, I am going to start with 6 single crochet (Sc) stitches.
Round 1: 6 Sc (6)
Round 2: Increase into each Stitch (12)
This is where you are going put 2 Sc into each stitch ending with a total of 12 stitches.
Round 3: [1 Sc, Inc] 6 times (18)
This is where you are going to place 1 Sc into the first stitch and increase into the next stitch, which will be repeated until the end.
Round 4: [2 Sc, Inc] 6 times (24)
This is where you will 2 Sc into the first two stitches and increase into the 3rd stitch. Repeat around
Round 5: [3 Sc, Inc] 6 times (30)
This is where you will 3 Sc into the first three stitches and increase in the 4th stitch.
Round 6: [4 Sc, Inc] 6 times (36)
Round 7: [5 Sc, Inc] 6 times (42)
Round 8: [6 Sc, Inc] 6 times (48)
This pattern of increasing will continue to add 1 Sc to each round. I really like using this method because it is easy to remember. For example, if you increase for 8 rounds, then round 8 will be [7 Sc, Inc].
Method 2: This method will reduce the corners that show up in your circle. I saw this when I was scrolling through Facebook. Got to love that algorithm.
Round 1: Magic Circle 6 Sc (6)
Round 2: Inc into each stitch (12)
Round 3: [Inc, 1 Sc] 6 times (18)
Round 4: [1 Sc, Inc, 1 Sc] 6 times (24)
This is where the pattern changes to sandwich the increase with a single crochet on either side.
Round 5: [Inc, 3 Sc] 6 times (30)
Round 6: [2 Sc, Inc, 2 Sc] 6 times (36)
Again the increase is sandwiches by the number of single crochets that you would put into this round in the "standard" increase So instead of 4 Sc, Inc you are splitting the single crochets around the increase.
Round 7: [Inc, 5 Sc] 6 times (42)
Round 8: [3 Sc, Inc, 3 Sc] 6 times (48)
You will notice that you are only splitting the single crochets when there is an even number of them in the round. So in Round 10 following this pattern will read [4 Sc, Inc, 4 Sc] (60). Other than that it follows the standard increase pattern. Following either of the methods above will give you a flat circle when working in rounds.
I hope you found this helpful. Happy Hooking!
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