How to Crochet a Pointed Oval. Part 4 - Magic Ring
Oval Series
How to crochet an oval
How to crochet an ovoid - foundation chain and crochet around (part 1)
How to crochet an ovoid - treble bobble crochet (part 2)
How to crochet a pointed oval - foundation chain and rotate (part 1)
How to crochet a pointed oval - foundation chain with varying heights (part 2)
How to crochet a pointed oval - using tall stitches (part 3)
How to crochet a pointed oval - using Magic ring (part 4)
How to crochet a biconvex (3D pointed oval)
Welcome to the 4th part of making a pointed oval, this time using a magic ring as a starting point. If you are still struggling with making a magic ring - check out the pictorial tutorial here or even the video tutorial right here.
If that’s pretty easy for you, then let’s move onto the pattern!
How to crochet a pointed oval - using magic ring
Just in case you missed in the previous tutorial on using tall stitches to make a pointed oval, the terminology for tall stitches are:
Terminology
Sc = single crochet, no yarn over
Hdc = half double crochet, yarn over 1 time
Dc = double crochet, yarn over 1 time
Tr = treble crochet, yarn over 2 times
The crochet pattern is as follows:
Round 1: Magic ring 6 — 6st
Round 2: 2sc6 — 12st
Round 3: Sc4, hdc1, [(dc1, tr1, ch1 and sl st 1 down, dc1) all in same st], hdc1, sc5 — 14st
Check out the video tutorial right at the bottom of this blog post for easier reference.
Start off with a simple magic ring of 6. You can always adjust this to be smaller by doing a smaller starting ring size.
Increase the stitches in round 2 to get 12 stitches in the round. Step 3-10 are all in the 3rd round.
Slowly increase the height (similar to the previous tutorial on tall stitches), from hdc1 to dc1. Note that steps 5, 6, 7 and 8 are all into the same main st.
After the treble crochet (tr1) in step 6, chain 1 and sl st 1 downwards, then dc1 back into the same main st.
Finish round 3 with hdc1 and sc at the end.
The final pointed oval! I often use this method for ears, I did use this for a very old Yoda I made. See how it points outwards?
More recently, I used it for Pigling Bland from my Peter Rabbit collection. It’s great for using on animal amigurumis and is a great companion to the other 3 methods I used for making pointed ovals. Check out my Peter Rabbit collection here if you have not seen it.
The video tutorial for this whole technique is below, if you are more of a video person than a pictorial person, hope it’s useful!
Do share this post or pin it if you would like to come back to it later and remember to check out the previous posts on making pointed ovals just before this. Last up next, is how to make little biconvex shapes which are essentially 3D ovals!
