Perfect Circles and Semi-circles

Jun 18

Jun 18 Perfect Circles and Semi-circles

Ashley Nicole

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Abbreviations

Sc- Single Crochet

Inc- (Increase) single crochet twice into same stitch

Sl St- Slip Stitch

Materials

In this tutorial I used cotton worsted weight yarn and a 4.25mm hook, but you should be able to achieve this with any combination as long as it is single crochet format.

Semi Circle

We will do the semi circle first

Row 1: Start with a magic circle and SC 6 stitches into the circle. Tighten circle but do not join

The key is to start each row by chaining one (counts as first sc) , always INC in second stitch, then continue with the standard increase form for each row

Row 2: CH 1 and turn/ INC / Sc / INC / Sc / INC (9)

Row 3: CH 1 and turn/ INC / Sc / Sc/ INC / Sc / Sc /INC / Sc (12)

Row 4: CH 1 and turn/ INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc/ INC / Sc / Sc (15)

Row 5: CH 1 and turn/ INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / Sc /INC / Sc / Sc / Sc (18)

Continue in this manner until you have your desired size.

This is 2 rows

This is 4 rows

This is 6 rows

Close up of the beginning of a row.

There you have it, a straight edged semi-circle!

Perfect Circle

Row 1: To start create a magic circle, SC 10 into center

The key in this case is to treat the chain one NOT as a SC and to always finish with an INC stitch.

Row 2: Ch 1 / Sc / INC / Sc / INC / Sc / INC / Sc / INC / Sc / INC (15)

Row 3: Ch 1 and /Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / INC (20)

Row 4: Ch 1 and / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC (25)

Row 5: Ch 1 and / Sc / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC / Sc / Sc / Sc / Sc / INC (30)