Glad to see your feeling a bit better. Love your animations. Delightful. I’ve got an old yarn needle that was my grandmothers and it’s terrific. The eye is slightly different to the modern ones and I think that’s the secret, I have no trouble threading with it. I guard it with my life. My Aphid you made me wants some piercings but I think he should wait till he’s a bit older. 🌈🐞♥️
Hi ❤️ I’m limping along again (actually, I’m wheeling… 🙄😆). I’m so glad you liked the little videos! I had a lot of fun making them and I have a few more up my sleeve that I will try to find an excuse to include in a video soon (I’m thinking they’ll be good to put at the end, in that ‘dead’ bit of a youtube video that half the time just gets cut off.) I’d be interested to see your mysterious antique needle, maybe snap a pic and email it?? The little aphid is definitely too young for piercings, young amigurumi these days - next thing it’ll be wanting a tatt!! 👩🏻🦼
@@wheeliemadeitcrochet your reply gave me such a laugh. Yes, every morning from my mantelpiece, he wants a tattoo of a rose bush…more like him and his mates eating said rose bush, no way, what is it with young insects these days? I’ve said he can get one of a can of insect spray (environmentally friendly of course . ) I’ll send you a photo of my wonderful yarn needle, I’m amazed the crochet burglars haven’t been after it before this,
Hi Amanda - I’m so pleased you laughed!! 😊😊 the paper saves me so often with really chunky yarn - and my son tries to turn all my random folded triangles into tiny paper planes 🤣😂 Wheelie x
Thanks so much Jessica, I had fun making this one ☺️☺️ So glad you like the paper trick! I felt very inventive when I came up with it - when I first started crocheting I only owned sewing needles, so threading yarn was a *time*. Working out I could use paper seemed like a magic trick 🪄🎩. I’ve since realised that I’m not even close to the first person to come up with using paper in similar ways, but it’s still very cool to have a way to thread even seriously chunky yarn without a struggle 👩🏻🦼 Wheelie
Happy New Year, Lorraine ❤️ Haha, thank you! My son and I had a lot of fun giving the sheep their piercings - the poor pink sheep is still a little knocked around 😂😂
Thanks Susan ❤️ I am feeling quite a bit better, thank you! I had this video pretty much finished except for the subtitles when my son generously gave me Covid, so it was nice to have something easy to finish off when I was recovering. Now it’s up, I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to do next 🤔. Usually I have approximately 15 million ideas for what to do next… at the moment I just want to sit in the air con (it’s *hot* here), crochet repetitive blankets… and fall asleep. I am so grateful for crochet at times like this, it’s good to have something to do that is just relaxing 😌. Happy New Year! 👩🏻🦼Wheelie
@@wheeliemadeitcrochet glad ur feeling better now, crochet is a nice way to relax. I have heaps of ideas I’m like do I want to use that yarn for it lol then go out and find more 😂😂 Happy New Year to u too 😊🧶🥰
😂 I am the same!! I make the same kind of resolution each year that I’m going to use the yarn I already have, not just buy more all the time… but there’s always a *very good* reason I need to buy a different yarn 🧶😍😂
A sturdy straw or something like it, pass a cord through with a loop on the end. Put the yarn through the loop and pull through. Different size tube would allow very large or small yarn to be threaded.
Omg the second one is magic
It’s saved me so many times! I leave little trails of paper triangles around the house 😂 Wheelie x
Glad to see your feeling a bit better. Love your animations. Delightful. I’ve got an old yarn needle that was my grandmothers and it’s terrific. The eye is slightly different to the modern ones and I think that’s the secret, I have no trouble threading with it. I guard it with my life. My Aphid you made me wants some piercings but I think he should wait till he’s a bit older. 🌈🐞♥️
Hi ❤️ I’m limping along again (actually, I’m wheeling… 🙄😆). I’m so glad you liked the little videos! I had a lot of fun making them and I have a few more up my sleeve that I will try to find an excuse to include in a video soon (I’m thinking they’ll be good to put at the end, in that ‘dead’ bit of a youtube video that half the time just gets cut off.) I’d be interested to see your mysterious antique needle, maybe snap a pic and email it?? The little aphid is definitely too young for piercings, young amigurumi these days - next thing it’ll be wanting a tatt!! 👩🏻🦼
@@wheeliemadeitcrochet your reply gave me such a laugh. Yes, every morning from my mantelpiece, he wants a tattoo of a rose bush…more like him and his mates eating said rose bush, no way, what is it with young insects these days? I’ve said he can get one of a can of insect spray (environmentally friendly of course . )
I’ll send you a photo of my wonderful yarn needle, I’m amazed the crochet burglars haven’t been after it before this,
Thanks for the early morning laugh over breakfast 😅. Seriously they are great tips. Love the paper idea for threading.
Hi Amanda - I’m so pleased you laughed!! 😊😊 the paper saves me so often with really chunky yarn - and my son tries to turn all my random folded triangles into tiny paper planes 🤣😂 Wheelie x
I love the creativity of the whole video! Really liked the 2nd tip to thread the needle. Never seen that before.
Thanks so much Jessica, I had fun making this one ☺️☺️ So glad you like the paper trick! I felt very inventive when I came up with it - when I first started crocheting I only owned sewing needles, so threading yarn was a *time*. Working out I could use paper seemed like a magic trick 🪄🎩. I’ve since realised that I’m not even close to the first person to come up with using paper in similar ways, but it’s still very cool to have a way to thread even seriously chunky yarn without a struggle 👩🏻🦼 Wheelie
Hello Wheelie, happy new year. Thank you for the great tips. Love the punk sheep. Nice piercing 😍 🤪. Cheers Lorraine
Happy New Year, Lorraine ❤️ Haha, thank you! My son and I had a lot of fun giving the sheep their piercings - the poor pink sheep is still a little knocked around 😂😂
Thanks for sharing, great tips, hope ur feeling better now. ❤
Thanks Susan ❤️ I am feeling quite a bit better, thank you! I had this video pretty much finished except for the subtitles when my son generously gave me Covid, so it was nice to have something easy to finish off when I was recovering. Now it’s up, I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to do next 🤔. Usually I have approximately 15 million ideas for what to do next… at the moment I just want to sit in the air con (it’s *hot* here), crochet repetitive blankets… and fall asleep. I am so grateful for crochet at times like this, it’s good to have something to do that is just relaxing 😌. Happy New Year! 👩🏻🦼Wheelie
@@wheeliemadeitcrochet glad ur feeling better now, crochet is a nice way to relax. I have heaps of ideas I’m like do I want to use that yarn for it lol then go out and find more 😂😂 Happy New Year to u too 😊🧶🥰
😂 I am the same!! I make the same kind of resolution each year that I’m going to use the yarn I already have, not just buy more all the time… but there’s always a *very good* reason I need to buy a different yarn 🧶😍😂
@@wheeliemadeitcrochet already got more this morning found online lol but couldn’t say no 😂
Great tips! I do have some of the metal ones with the nylon loop instead of an eye & they work quite well.
Ooh, that is good to know, thank you!! 😃 Wheelie
A sturdy straw or something like it, pass a cord through with a loop on the end. Put the yarn through the loop and pull through. Different size tube would allow very large or small yarn to be threaded.
That’s a very clever idea, Pam! Love it! 😃 Wheelie