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Thank you so much ❤️

I’m learning how to do knitting on machine and I would love to learn how to crochet patches

Hi 👋 I can’t give you an absolute yes or no, but it *may* work - try a 4mm hook and your yarn. Once you’ve got the starting chain and slip stitched to make a circle, test to see how it fits on your head (I’ve got some tips in the video). Also it might be worth doing a small swatch of half double crochet with the yarn and hook to see if the fabric you create will be too stiff to be comfortable. Sometimes even if you get the right size with the smaller hook, it’s not worth doing because the beanie ends up being less wearable. Saying that, I’ve made this pattern quite frequently with a 3.5mm hook and no.3 yarn to make kids’ beanies, so using a 4mm hook and 10 ply/worsted weight might be absolutely fine depending on the yarn. Let me know how you go? Hope it works well for you! Wheelie

@@wheeliemadeitcrochet Thanks so much😃

Hi 😊 You can’t wash these - the cable would get wrecked. But I haven’t noticed that any of mine look dirty, maybe pick a colour that won’t show it too much if you’re worried? Maybe go for darker colours rather than pastels? Sorry I couldn’t help more 👩🏻‍🦼Wheelie

Thank you so much! It’s always so nice to meet another Aussie crocheter 😃😃 hope your slouchy turns out well 👩🏻‍🦼 Wheelie

I’m so glad it turned out well for you, I hope you feel it was worth all the effort 🤞 I’ve just finished putting this border on a blanket too and weaving in the final end was satisfying - after crocheting all the large fans on the final round I’m ready for a different stitch 😆👩🏻‍🦼

Sure do 😊 It’s a cotton/acrylic blend from Spotlight called “Anette Eriksson Jeans Crazy Yarn”. I managed to get it super discounted in one of their sales ages ago but I just checked and they still stock it 😃👩🏻‍🦼

@@wheeliemadeitcrochet Thank you!

Hi again 👋 I just answered you on a different video before I saw this - now I’m not sure if you were you asking about the blue-red-white yarn from my granny square blanket… Or the yarn used in the floral square? I hope it was the blanket because I just gave you all the details 🤣🤣 if it is the floral square you are asking about, I used 4 Seasons, Marvel 8 ply, which is a Spotlight yarn. All the best! 👩🏻‍🦼

@@wheeliemadeitcrochet omg I thought I deleted this comment, I was asking about the granny square blanket yarn. Tysm!

Thank you so much ❤️❤️

Thank you so much, that’s so lovely to hear ☺️ I’m really happy I was able to help you learn this technique, it’s such a useful one! Hope I’ll see you around in the comments again 😁👩🏻‍🦼 Wheelie

Thank you so much! ☺️☺️

That will be so cute! 🐘🥰

❤️ I’m really happy your gloves worked out well! Thanks so much for the lovely message, you made my day ❤️

Thank you, I’m so glad you like my video ❤️❤️ have you already started making your throw blanket? I’ve found there isn’t really a ‘standard’ size (and what’s called standard seems to vary a lot by country). For my blankets I tend to do it by eye, chain the starting chain and see if it looks right - I know that’s not terribly technical! If I were to give you actual measurements I’d have just googled them, I honestly just make most of my blankets either to fit a specific bed or based on whether they’ll cover me when I’m curled on the couch 😉 I hope that’s some help, sorry I’ve been so long replying, I’ve had a couple of weeks of ill health and haven’t been around TH-cam as often. It’s nice to have ‘met’ you ❤️👩🏻‍🦼 Wheelie

It does seem I’m alone in calling it a triptych!! 😆

It’s an Australian 8ply (DK weight), if you’re in Australia it’s Spotlight’s 4 Seasons Marvel, the blanket is in Duck Egg and the border in Natural, I used the recommended hook size - 4mm. Hope that helps! 👩🏻‍🦼

Oh, meant to say, it looks great in yarn that’s thinner than what I demonstrated with here but people have shown me how it’s worked out in worsted weight and that looked good too!

I’m so glad you like it! (Also, you made my day by appreciating my mathematical struggles 🤣). ❤️👩🏻‍🦼

You’re so welcome - I’m really happy it worked out well for you! ❤️👩🏻‍🦼

Thanks so much, I’m so glad you found it helpful! 😃 I think I’m a little like you by the sounds, I’m always trying different ways to bring in the next colour or ball of yarn, looking for the perfect method. I actually do have a one particular technique I pretty much always use for this specific pattern, I like to bring in the new yarn and then alternate a couple of stitches crocheting with the tail from the old yarn and a couple of stitches crocheting with the tail from the new yarn for several stitches (I’ll explain below) and then I usually actually sew in the tails as well. Because this blanket is one I give as a baby gift or donate it to be sold as a baby shower gift, I want it to be indestructible, definitely no chance of ends escaping. I make sure the joining happens at the beginning of one of the blank squares, so the slightly thicker stitches don’t show too much or interfere with the dragonfly design. What I mean by ‘crocheting with the tails’ is I bring in the new yarn on the final yarn over of a stitch, leaving myself a long tail of both the new yarn and the old yarn, then for the next double crochet I yarn over and insert the hook into the top of the next stitch as usual, then I yarn over with not just the working yarn, I also hook one of the tails (doesn’t matter which). So I have a double thickness of yarn on my hook when I pull up a loop (at the same time I also make sure whichever tail I’m not crocheting with is held against my work so it will be wrapped in the stitch as well - complicated!) then I work with the two strands held together for the next part of the stitch: yarning over and pull through two loops. Then I drop the tail and with just the working yarn I yarn over and pull through the final two loops to finish the stitch. So I’ve basically crocheted the bottom half of the stitch using the working yarn and one of the tails, while also crocheting over the other tail. I do that for the 2nd stitch after the join as well. For the 3rd and 4th stitch I use whichever tail I didn’t use for the first two stitches, I work these stitches over the tail I’m not crocheting with. The 5th stitch is with the first tail and the 6th stitch is with the second tail. Then I go back to crocheting as usual and when the blanket’s done I weave in the tails. It’s super secure. If you need to unravel your work you can’t just tug on it as usual, you have to go slowly and kind of untie the threads. I know this is quite a long complicated reply and I’m not sure if it will be a new technique to you, or how experienced you are with crochet - or how badly I’ve explained it! Let me know if you’d like more detail. I’m sure someone has made a video demonstrating this, I have a vague memory that Hooked By Robin put one out a few years ago 🤔 I’d love to make a video on it but I’m not able to make videos at the moment, so it’d be a long wait. All the best! Wheelie

@@wheeliemadeitcrochet Thank you!!! Great explanation.

❤️ I’m so glad you found it helpful!

I’m so glad you found it useful! ❤️

I’m not sure how I missed your comment for so long, sorry about that. Thank you - I LOVE your business idea!!!

@@wheeliemadeitcrochet no worries! Also keep up the great work! I subscribed to your channel :)

@@bakedpotato7746 yay, thank you ☺️

Hi there, that sounds frustrating 😬 and I’m sorry that I don’t have an ‘easy fix’ kind of answer for you. I do find this cord easy to crochet into now, but my tension was definitely too tight my first few tries and it wasn’t smooth to work into until I’d done it a few times. I’ll tell you what worked for me and hopefully that’ll help you! My tension was too tight because I managed to pull/tighten up with the ‘tail’ after I’d made each stitch in the cord. So that side of the cord was then too tight and not easy to work into. When you next try making the cord, think about deliberately loosening up your tension - but also, between stitches, be careful not to accidentally tighten up the previous stitch by pulling on the ‘tail’ before yarning over with it. I hope that helps a bit. Let me know how you go? Wheelie

You made me smile - I find myself with my tongue sticking out when I’m concentrating. Makes me look very intelligent 😆 I hope that it was the day you mastered the technique and you got some compliments at the event ❤️ it took me the longest time to get the hang of working into the bottom of the chain, I’m still slow with some yarns, but I got there 🤞 you will too. 👩🏻‍🦼Wheelie

Thank you so much!! ❤️ Wheelie

I would also love to see anything else you have made, I had so much fun following this tutorial. From one wheelie to another 🧑‍🦼❤

🥰 I’m not managing to make many videos lately, my health is making it all a bit harder, so there won’t be a new video for a while (hopefully eventually!! I am editing one, but they take me a looong time). I do still spend a ridiculous amount of time crocheting though 😆 if you use Instagram I’d love to meet you there? (My user name is the same as here on TH-cam and the little Lego wheelie is my profile image, so I’m pretty easy to find). Then I can see what you’re making too!😃👩🏻‍🦼

@@wheeliemadeitcrochet I will!

Thank you so much ❤️ I’m so happy it turned out well for you! Wheelie

Thank you so much!! 😃😃

Hi Debi, no, I don’t have a written pattern for this. When I crochet it myself I rewatch the video to get started! 😆 In this video I have written up the stitches etc on the screen as well as showing the steps visually, but I don’t have any plans to release a written pattern for this blanket design. 👩🏻‍🦼Wheelie

@@wheeliemadeitcrochet I am following your instructions and they are wonderful.. got it figured out.. I'm using your info to write the pattern so i have it available when I'm not online. this is so pretty ty so much ... good instructions.. easy to understand

I’m so glad you’ve worked out a way so you can crochet it when you’re offline too ❤️ Is the pattern working well for you? I’m sorry I didn’t reply sooner, I haven’t been very well and there’s also a strange thing happening where I don’t seem to get any notification when someone replies. If you run into any problems could you start a new comment instead of replying? That way I will see it! 🤞🤞 ❤️Wheelie

Thank you so much ☺️ I’m really pleased the pattern turned out well for you - and so interested to hear about the merino wool! I’ve actually just been given an enormous bag full of pure wool yarn (isn’t that about the best hand-me-down ever?) and have been planning some projects, so you have perfect timing. I’d be really interested to hear how your charger cord ‘wears’ over time - I’ve found the cord covers made with 100% cotton yarns stay looking good for a lot longer than those made with acrylic, at a guess I think that wool will last well too. Hope you have a great weekend (with time to crochet) 👩🏻‍🦼Wheelie

That’s so great! Colour changes were the hardest thing for me when I was learning to crochet, but with this square, by the end of a square you’ve done it so many times it doesn’t feel that tricky anymore!! 😜 I’m so glad you enjoyed making it - have you finished the cube now? My boy still has his, it’s looking a little squished a couple years down the track but that means he’s actually played with it 😆 all the best, Wheelie

I hope your baby shower goes well! I’m so glad the border pattern turned out well for you, I know it can look like a LOT is going on, so it’s really great to hear it worked out so well for you 😊 I had the biggest smile when I read your message, it’s so lovely to think that you used my pattern to put the finishing touch on a blanket so special. I’ve still got the blanket I made when I was pregnant - I used it every day with my son right up to when he was at kindy. It feels like that blanket holds so many of the good memories of the early years of my son’s life 🥰 I hope your little one will feel loved and safe when they’re wrapped in it (or lying on it). It’s so special to make something for them, before you’ve even held them in your arms. Hope I’ll ‘see’ you around again the comments 😊 All the best ❤️ Wheelie

@@wheeliemadeitcrochet is there a written pattern for this video tutorial ??

I’m so happy to hear it turned out well for you! Thank you for your lovely comment, you made my day!! ☺️☺️☺️👩🏻‍🦼 Wheelie

Thanks so much! 😃😃 Wheelie

Me too! ❤️👩🏻‍🦼

Thank you for the tip! Much appreciated 😊😊

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❤️ thank you, that means so much, I’ve got the biggest smile on my face right now! ❤️ I’m really happy I could help you make gloves that you love and are a good fit, I spent a lot of time on this video and the pattern, it’s so great to know you’ve found it useful 😄. I hope I’ll see you around in the comment section again 😄👩🏻‍🦼 Wheelie

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Thank you so much ☺️ that’s so lovely of you!! ❤️ Wheelie

What a great idea! That sounds gorgeous 😃👩🏻‍🦼 Wheelie

Hi there - thanks so much, I’m glad you like it! With this pattern your starting chain can be any *even* number, so you’ll be able to adjust it to be however wide as you like 😊👩🏻‍🦼Wheelie