Ever had any frustrations or problems trying to crochet a perfect circle? I know I have in the past! So many projects require perfectly round circles so it’s important for the serious crocheter to know the best way to do this. Getting it to be perfectly round and lay flat takes a few tricks and techniques. The way that I am going to show you today also makes the seam a lot less noticeable…. which, of course, is a good thing.

My hair is in a messy bun, I am wearing a less than perfect matching ensemble today and I am drinking what is probably way too much coffee to make up for the lack of sleep I got last night because…… babies. So I can’t claim perfection…… far from it…. BUT I can crochet a perfect circle. So lets get started with this little tutorial.

You will need….

For this tutorial, we are just practicing the circle technique so the weight of yarn and size of hook does not matter. Whatever you have convenient and comfortable for you will work the same.

For the example, I used worsted weight (medium #4) yarn and an I hook (5.50 mm).

You Need To Know….

This tutorial is written in American crochet terms.

For this tutorial you will need to know how to DC (Double Crochet)

St/Sts – Stitch/Stitches
Rep – Repeat
Ch – Chain
Sl St – Slip Stitch
DC – Double Crochet

Start with a “Magic Circle / Magic Ring.” If you do not know how to start with a Magic Ring, try this tutorial by LoveCrochet here.

For most circles, it’s common to start out with 12 stitches. If you need to adjust the number of starting stitches, the basic math will remain the same for figuring out how to increase for each round. I will explain this further along. For now, we are going to go with the 12 stitch start.

Each Ch 2 at the beginning of each round does not count as a stitch and will be ignored when joining the end of rounds with slip stitch. You will join to the first actual DC of the round and ignore the starting chain stitch. The reasoning for this is to minimize the appearance of the seam. It just looks neater and cleaner with this technique.

How To Crochet A Perfect Circle

Round 1 Ch 2, 12 DC into magic ring. Join with Sl St to 1st DC of round (ignore ch 2) {See #1 in photo below}

Round 2 Ch 2, 2 DC into SAME St, 2 DC in every St around. = 24 DCs total. Join with Sl St to 1st DC of round {See #2 in photo}.

Even if you are using a different starting stitch number, other than twelve, you will still do 2 DCs in every stitch because you are actually doubling the size of your circle on the second round.

Round 3 Ch 2, 2 DC in SAME St, 1 DC in next St, *2 DC in next St, 1 DC in next St.* Rep * all the way around = 36 DCs total. Join with Sl St to 1st DC of round. {See #3 in photo above}.

Round 4 Ch 2, 2 DC in SAME St, DC in next 2 Sts, *2 DC in next St, DC in next 2 Sts.* Rep * all the way around. Join with Sl St to 1st DC of round.

Round 5 Ch 2, 2 DC in SAME St, DC in each of next 3 Sts, *2 DC in next St, DC in each of next 3 Sts.* Rep * all the way around. Join with Sl St to the 1st DC of round.

As you may have noticed, each round adds one more DC in between the Stitches with 2 DCs in them. So Round 6 would have a DC in each of 4 stitches between the stitches with 2 DCs in same stitch. And Round 7 would have a DC in each of 5 stitches between the stitches with 2 DCs in same stitch. And so on.

This method of increasing is same for Single Crochet and other crochet stitches as well. And as I previously mentioned, if you started with a different number of stitches than twelve in the magic ring, you still increase the same with the rounds.

In Conclusion…

Well friends, that is all it takes to crochet a perfect circle. A flat, even, perfectly round circle! And while some people count the chains in the beginning of the rounds as a stitch, if you follow the method I showed you, you will have a less noticeable seam and therefore, a better looking circle.

I hope you found this tutorial useful. If so, check out some of my other tutorials to help you crochet better, such as my post on Foundation Stitches. Hope you come back and join me again soon and if you would like to find me on social media follow my links here on the website.