How to crochet around a plastic ring
This is a step-by-step photo tutorial for crocheting single crochet stitches around a plastic ring. This will work for any size or thickness of ring. The rings used in this example are 1″ plastic rings taken from the lids of standard sized water bottles (just beneath the cap).
These are right-handed instructions.
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Make a slip knot
I used a G/6 4.25 mm hook in this example, but you can use whatever sized hook is called for in the pattern you are using. The yarn used here is Red Heart Super Saver in “Blue”.
Attach and tighten slip knot to your hook
Hold the plastic ring in your left hand and your hook in your right.
You will crochet right over top of the tail to eliminate the need to tuck in an end. Yay!
With your thumb and middle finger, pinch your tail to the plastic ring.
Insert hook into the center of the ring from the front.
Grab the yarn (yarn over) with your hook and pull back through the center.
You now have two loops on your hook just like a single crochet.
Yarn over.
Draw through both loops.
One single crochet has been made. Now we will repeat the process for the second single crochet.
Insert hook back into the ring from the front and yarn over.
Draw back through the ring. You will have two loops on your hook.
Yarn over and draw through the two loops on your hook.
Continue working your single crochets around the plastic ring.
Look! You’re tail is gone! No weaving in an end.
Fill your ring with the desired number of stitches.
Insert your hook into the first single crochet you made on the ring in order to make a slip stitch.
Yarn over and draw back through the single crochet and also through the single loop that was on your hook.
A slip stitch was made and your first round is complete.
And…..
Congratulations! You just crocheted around a plastic ring. Your options are limitless with this crochet application. You can make jewelry, belts, garment details (the plastic ring is completely washable!) or my personal favorite…ornaments! You are only limited by your imagination.
If you’re interested in seeing some patterns that require crocheting around a plastic ring, be sure to check out my free Upcycled Garland patterns. There are hearts, stars, acorns, poinsettias, sunflowers, pumpkins and shamrocks!
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Oooh, black and gold! Could you possibly be referring to the Steelers? I’m about 2 hours out of Pittsburgh myself. Big Steelers fans in my house! LOL! That’s a great idea to use your team colors. It makes game day all the more fun! Thanks again for commenting!
You’re so welcome! Maybe you could talk your neighbor into saving the rings for you. I hope you don’t get in trouble recycling bin diving! LOL! Thanks for commenting and I hope you have a wonderful day!
thanks for this cute pattern! Another color thought would be black and gold for my favorite NFL football team! So many possibilities……
Thanks for this super cute pattern. I am going to make a garland for my living room as soon as I find some rings as I do not drink bottled water. That seems to be the most challenging part. I’ll have to go recycling diving in my neighbors recycling bins! Thanks again!
Welcome back to crochet, Laura! Good luck to you!
This sounds real simple, I want to try to crochet. I haven’t crocheted in many many years so I have forgotten. I think I will try with this first!
Hi Sandra! I’m so excited that you were able to work that ring off the bottle! I actually didn’t know that the ring was used to prevent contamination. I always wondered what it was for. Thank you for letting us know! Good luck practicing!
Gayle: Thank you for asking that question about removal of the ring from a bottle. I have wanted to find that out for a long time, but my brain just would not stretch that far.
Erica: Thanks for the illustrated, by word, method of accomplishing the removal of a ring from a bottle. I tried it on a milk bottle and it worked. Now I can practice crocheting around a ring, another item my brain would not stretch around. That ring is a security ring to prevent contamination.
I’m sure you may have peeled an apple with a knife. I hold a knife just like that and wedge the blade underneath the ring. Then I gently lift to where it gets hooked on the first thread of the “screw part” where the lid twists on. (Ha! I don’t know what it’s called) Then I twist the bottle, moving the knife around the bottom of the ring and keep lifting it gently until it slips off easily. I’ve also used my small thread cutting scissors when I didn’t have a knife. I hope this helps!
how do you remove the ring easily so it doesn’t break? will be making sunflowers when I master ring removal. lol thanks for sharing this tip.
Hi Pat!
You’re so welcome for the instructions! I looked through Pinterest and YouTube videos and the only thing I could think of that would help you make a button is a washer that you would buy at a hardware store. You could crochet around the washer the same way that you would in this tutorial. The only thing about the washer is that it wouldn’t look like a standard button with two to four holes. It would only have one center hole. Also, keep in mind, if you intend to wash your button in the laundry, you’d have to choose something that wouldn’t rust. I hope this helps! Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for the instructions. I need to make a button that is filled in more any ideas how to do that. I’m stumped. Bought a towel with crochet top to hang on cupboard or stove handle to use as example but I’m stumped. Hope you can help.
Thank you
Hi Gayla!
You are so welcome and I do hope that you try crocheting again! Thank you!
Erica
Your instructions are so clear I want to try crocheting again. Thank you for sharing.