Working In Spirals

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  Step 1

  Using stitch markers
  After making many mistakes, I now always use a stitch marker when working in crochet spirals. It helps me to identify where each round begins, and is invaluable if you are increasing or decreasing to create shape. Unwanted added stitches can really affect the look of your finished crochet article and using a stitch marker will help you keep track of where you are in the pattern. You can use an interlocking stitch marker (as shown here), but if you don’t have one to hand you could simply use a piece of yarn in a contrasting colour or a safety pin.

  Place the marker, then when you get to the end of the round, remove the marker, work the stitch and then replace the marker between the last stitch of the previous round and the first stitch of the next round.

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  Step 2

  Working in a spiral
  To work in a spiral you begin by making a magic circle and then build your fabric on that.

  Make a basic slip knot. Pull up the loop and slip this loop onto your crochet hook.

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  Step 3

  Before you tighten the ring, yarn over hook (outside the circle) to make the first chain.

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  Step 4

  Insert the hook into the ring, yarn over hook and pull through the ring so there are two loops on the hook.

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  Step 5

  Yarn over hook again (outside the circle).

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  Step 6

  Pull through both loops.

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  Step 7

  You have made your first double-crochet stitch.

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  Step 8

  Continue to work in this way until you have completed the number of double-crochet stitches required in the pattern.

• Step 9

  To join the ring, slip stitch the end of the round to the beginning. Work your first double-crochet stitch into the next stitch (without a starting chain). Continue to work around the ring in double crochet without joining any rounds with a slip stitch or creating height for the 
next round with a chain.

• Step 10

  Counting rounds
  As you work in rounds you will be able to see that each round of stitches creates a ridge. You can count the ridges to see where you are in the pattern. You work out from the centre; the first round is the circular centre, and the rounds then grow out from this central point.

  [Image labels]
  Round 1 (centre)
  Round 2
  Round 3
  Round 4
  Round 5 (outside)

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