Magic Ring

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Hold yarn in your hand  and wrap working yarn around forefinger
twice to create ring, slip off your finger and insert hook to pick up
first stitch, ch1, then work the nesessary stitches for round 1 and
close the ring tightly by pulling the loose end.

Easy when you know how!

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I love it!! I use it a lot.
When I started making amigurumis, I bought a couple of books, and at no point did they tell you that it looks much better using a MR.I saw it  on YouTube and I was amazed!!