{"id":6308,"date":"2022-01-06T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raffamusadesigns.com\/?p=6308"},"modified":"2023-05-30T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T09:08:20","slug":"perfect-single-crochet-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raffamusadesigns.com\/perfect-single-crochet-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"From Hexagon to Round: How to Single Crochet The Perfect Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learn how to make the perfect single crochet circle<\/strong> with this easy trick!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Single<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you want to make a single crochet circle in the round, let’s say for an amigurumi, a coaster, or a hat, you might notice that your circle is not round<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, the more rounds you crochet, the more your circle looks like a hexagon<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is that? Where did you go wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that most likely, you did not do anything wrong<\/strong>. The problem is in the pattern itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s see why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pin this tutorial<\/a> to your favorite crochet board on Pinterest using this pin<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Why Do you Get a Hexagon instead of a circle?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most common crochet pattern for making a circle will look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make an adjustable ring or magic circle (MC)<\/a>*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Please, find all the abbreviations at the bottom of this blog post.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round 1. <\/strong>Sc 6. (6 sts<\/em>)
Round 2. <\/strong>Sc inc 6. (12 sts<\/em>)
Round 3. (<\/strong>Sc inc 1, sc 1) 6<\/strong> times. (18 sts<\/em>)
Round 4. (<\/strong>Sc inc 1, sc 2) 6<\/strong> times. (24 sts<\/em>)
Round 5. (<\/strong>Sc inc 1, sc 3) 6<\/strong> times. (30 sts<\/em>)
Round 6. (<\/strong>Sc inc 1, sc 4) 6<\/strong> times. (36 sts<\/em>)
Round 7. (<\/strong>Sc inc 1, sc 5) 6<\/strong> times. (42 sts<\/em>)
Round 8. (<\/strong>Sc inc 1, sc 6) 6<\/strong> times. (48 sts<\/em>)
Round 9. (<\/strong>Sc inc 1, sc 7) 6<\/strong> times. (54 sts<\/em>)
Round 10. (<\/strong>Sc inc 1, sc 8) 6<\/strong> times. (60 sts<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so on…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the problem with this pattern is that round after round, all the increases are all stacked<\/strong> on top of each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get a more visual understanding of this, take a look at the image below, where the increases are highlighted by the white Vs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Of course, you can use this to your advantage when you actually do want to crochet a hexagon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, take a look at this simple and elegant Hexagon Trivet<\/a> that is made using the knit stitch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Knit<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

How to Single Crochet a Perfect Circle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To fix the hexagon shape, all you need to do is to shift the placement of the increases<\/strong> at each round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many ways in which you can alternate the position of the increases and get a perfect circle, but essentially, there are two options<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n