There are two ways to crochet a circle – in continuous rounds or in joined rounds. While joined rounds end with a slip stitch and then a chain 1, continuous rounds are worked without joining, which does result in a spiral. You can see this spiral in my photos here as well. I use a stitch marker to keep my place since it’s hard to tell where one round ends and one begins without it. Hope that helps!

Jennifer

I would decrease it in the same intervals used to make the initial circle, just in reverse. Hope that helps!

Hi Diana, glad this method was helpful! To continue past eight rounds, follow the pattern of alternating your increases – putting an inc at the beginning of a repeat, then putting the next inc in the middle of the repeat. Continue that for the entire round.