You will have to return to Ireland and purchase more that are similar. Woops there goes the budget. Thank you for responding to my comment. Have a wonderful day Mrs. Tuula.
If I find a mistake too far back to fix I just say that the wrong stitch is to prove that life's not perfect. Helps me to not stress about it too much. X K
That's great! I actually meant to say on the video that there is this Finnish crochet designer and author who makes one deliberate mistake in everything she makes!
Always interesting, never boring !! We all need to be reminded at times, how things should be done for the best results. You stop me from making quick easy get outs which get to me sooner or later. Thank you for keeping me on the good path, it does mean less frogging in the end. Kind regards from London
The to for choosing yarn from the Ravelry search is awesome. I didn't know about this, so this will make finding the right yarn so much easier. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much! As a new crocheter, I really appreciated your tips, especially about use of markers, keeping edges straight, and the types of fibers. Loved seeing a glimpse of Norway. Beautiful ! Thanks so much!
I've been crocheting for over fifty years and over the more recent decades inherited an aunt's and my mom's crochet hooks, which included a few that my dad had whittled from local trees back in the 1960's (all those in addition to my own collection of hooks). Believe it or not, I never knew there were two types --tapered and inline! I learned something new this evening by watching your video. ❤
Handmade hooks are lovely if they are nice shape! A great memory too! I didn't go too deep into the hooks in this video, there are also hooks half way between the two main types!
One of the things that can help fix tension issues, etc. after completion is properly blocking the work. You can stretch certain areas a bit to resolve some issues and square things off, but of course it is not going to fix major problems. Thank you so much for your videos!
U are awesome! You'll have a million soon! I went n visited my daughter in belgrade,mt-she took me to joannes in bozeman n I met a lady from New Zealand and she was taking pictures for her friend the "big balls of wool" to send to her friend that knits! It was really cool and reminded me of you for some reason! I thought u might get a kick outta that story...lol god bless thanks for your tips!
Thank you so much! Next time I film outside I have to check the microphone - the bits filmed inside are because there was too much wind in the original for the editing programme to fix them! 😄
Your videos are always helpful and practical. They always point to common sense solutions: counting & stitch markers; working for accuracy instead of speed. These are my biggest problems. Thanks for these tips; I will look forward to more! Congrats on the 250K subscribers!
Yet another really useful video, you have such a wealth of knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Lovely scenery too. Congratulations on reaching 250K subscribers 🧶
I am thrilled that I came upon your channel today. I had searched something completely different and watched that then saw this video presented on my feed. As I am texting I am only half way though but I didn't want to miss a chance to say Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I have been crocheting since age 9 off and on. I am 65 now always learning.
Thank you Tuula for a really helpful video, as always ! I have been crocheting for over 60 years and still learning new ways. Especially your straight edges,👏. I always look forward to your views of Turku which I am lucky enough to be visiting in July, if only for a few hours. We will be visiting the ports of the Baltics , my husband is “addicted to ports and boats, and Turku looks beautiful. 🥰
Thank you! I think we will always continue learning, there is always something new or new ways of seeing old things! Oh that's interesting you are visiting Turku on your cruise! Would be lovely to see you but I suppose it is a tight programme!
@@TuulaMaaria yes it would but as you say ,we will be sailing around the archipelago for most of the day, but I will certainly be thinking of you as we do.
Thank you! Occasionally I have considered doing live videos where people could ask. But then of course there would also be questions I wouldn't know to answer!
I followed a tutorial for a 0-1yo dress. I made sure I used DK cotton like it said in the tutorial, but the dress still became almost too big for my 5-year-old granddaughter, rather than her baby sister. I know that I crochet loosely, but not THAT loosely!
@@TuulaMaaria I don't understand why it happened. I mean, yarn in the same weight category can vary a lot, but not THAT much. Perhaps I got that yarn cheaply because the label was inaccurate and it should have said 4 instead of 3. I had the same issue with Aldi yarn in UK: my crochet teacher who is also a designer, said the yarn was 5 but Aldi label claimed it to be 4. I didn't know about yarn weights back then, so I just went by what the label said.
@@TuulaMaaria A bit late answer, but I never got a notification until now that you replied. There was no information about what the swatch size should have been, only stitch counts for different age groups. The dress was my first piece of clothing and I didn't know about swatches anyway. I've watched quite a few video tutorials for clothing since. A lot of them give a stitch count for approximate sizing but no swatch. Or, they only give the measurements of a finished product, which is not that helpful. Written patterns usually come with swatch instructions, I'd the size is important, but I'm dyslexic so I prefer tutorials, particularly if I there is a new stitch for me. (Charts would be preferable but they take a lot of space, especially if they are easy-to-read size.) Now I cannot buy paper patterns anyway, or I doubt I could understand them because of the language.
Thank you so much! Next time I need to check my microphone though, wind problems on this one! I'm glad that doesn't seem to have put people off watching, most people watch quite a lot of this video!
Thank you ❤. This is a fantastically helpful video. I would love you produce an ebook covering ‘smooth edges’ if you are able. I have subscribed to your lovely channel.
I feel like I have learned a lot in just the past couple years because of you tube. I grew up in a very small town so there wasn’t a big network of people getting together and sharing crochet lessons. I did my share of doilies and afghans. Now I am doing Amigurumi and learning how to crochet garments.
Tuula, thank you so much for answering some of my most common questions/concerns 🧶 I have experienced all 10 😢, without anyone to ask help from. I appreciate you ❣️❣️🥰
I love your tips & tricks & problem solving videos. They are so informative! I have learned so many things! Thank you❣I enjoy the scenery too 🙂 I am working with a pattern now & keep having to take out stitches when I get going on a roll & don't check my work as I go. It's a queen size blanket & I Hate it when that happens. 😁 If you do an e-book on straight edges, I AM IN! Those are some of the best tips I have ever used! Love that you share your crochet knowledge & do these videos!! ❤
Well if I think I'm going to smite that subscribe button. Thank you for explaining the common crochet problems. I'm crocheting a dish cloth but I keep making mistakes so I figure its only for washing dishes.
Great video, thank you! I found the explanation of how to move up to the next round with the “modified” single crochet especially interesting. Going to try to use that for working in the round. Excellent! 🦋
Thank you for teaching me crochet! It helps me with my brain injury. I have watched many videos and you are clearly the best! I love your soothing voice and how you explain things! Thank you kindly ❤️
Thank you for another great video!!! You are so great at explaining things, you’ve helped so many people, around the world, to get more enjoyment out of crocheting. 💜🫂💜
Thank you for the advice on the bamboo advice. I just made 3 sunhats in a bamboo/cotton blend for my grandchild. I thought they would be able to get them wet without any trouble because of the cotton in the yarn... But now I'm not sure. I will test them first before they get them wet in the pool
That will depend on the amount of bamboo in the yarn. The yarns I normally use have only 25% cotton so that is not enough to keep it from being stretchy when wet. But test how your yarn behaves when it's wet!
This is a great topic! I'm crocheting as I'm watching, and making some of the "mistakes" you discuss here, but intentionally... I'm trying a baby bootie pattern for the first time, so I'm using scratchy, inexpensive yarn with a hook size a bit too big. And, I'm having to stop to count each round, since I almost added an extra stitch at the beginning. I've been crocheting for about 45 years, and it's good to know I'm not alone in some mistakes, and also good to know how to avoid or fix them. I'm looking forward to future mistake videos!
So many useful tips! Thank you so much! My current issues are crocheting with fine silk yarn. I will search youtube for tips on with different weights! I love the way you hold your yarn and working yarn: if I didn't already have 50 years of habit to break I would definitely try it.
Thank you! My way of crocheting is close to what I learned at school, I have changed it a little bit. I have rarely used fine silk yarn so don't have any tips about that except that I remember I had to use a bit more pressure on my left hand than normal because it was slippy!
For uneven edges, I find using a scrap of yarn at least 6 inches or more at beginning & end. It is a running reminder of the correct stitch to use, easily pulled up as you go, making a straight line.
Thank you very much, these tips are so useful. My problem is definitely number 2 - more practice needed!! ☺️ Congratulations on your 250K subscribers 🎉
Love your example of crocheting straight edges, that would make a great ‘short’. I also closely inspected my hooks for similarities and differences. My go to currently are Susan Bates ergonomic - long neck and long enough for my hand though sometimes catches in my project and tulip which is rather short for my hand. Clover is a good runner up and if only my new Prym hook was metal. I’m Trying Dots I found for a major price reduction, just waiting on them to arrive. Suggestions? I appreciate your tips and videos, and of course your instructions as well.
Thank you! I should really make a new short about the straight edges, the one I have is over 2 years old! However it continues to get around 50 views every day still. TH-cam is great in that content doesn't stop getting seen with time. Different countries have partly different brands of hooks. The Japanese Clover seems to be the only one been sold worldwide. Susan Bates things don't really sell in Europe, when I wanted to make the video about their finishing needles, I had to order from the US and with postage and customs the pack came to about $30. I have heard of Tulip as well and some online stores in Finland sell it, so need to try them!
Very helpful tips. Thank you. I have a question though. I don’t understand what “the weight” of the yarn is, neither the gauge. I’ve seen it and it must be important but always just ignored it. 😬
Weight when talking about yarn simply means how think it is. How many meters of yarn in a certain amount of weight. Some are super thin, other jumbo thick and everything in between. Yarn weights are attempts to categorise the different thicknesses. Gauge is important when you want your work to be a certain size. Two people can get different size of a crocheted piece with the same yarn, same hook and the same number of stitches and rows because one crochets tighter than the other. So we measure that and you can affect the size by changing to a bigger or smaller hook, or possibly changing the yarn you use.
This is very helpful. I like to follow technical talks. I’m wondering for the dc edges, if you do the dc two together, you are decreasing, right? I have not tried on a piece, but am visualizing.
Is there a way to carry yarn at top of stitch instead of the bottom of the stitch on a top down pullover, when using multiple colors? Luv your videos. Have learned alot.
@@TuulaMaaria I’m using double crochet. So crocheting my pullover the carrying yarn is at the bottom of the stitch but when I turn sweater the carrying yarn is at top of stitch since I’m working from top down. Wish I could send a pic.
@@ericaavery1786 I'm still not sure I undersatand. You mean putting the yarn inside stitches to carry it until you need the next time? I don't see why it matters if it at the top or bottom. You could send a picture to my email, it is in the About section of the channel!
Thank you for the explanations. Yes my serious problem with knitting is UNEVEN EDGES. Just cannot get it right My edges look terrible and I hv difficulty sewing them together. Can you help or give a tutorial for knitting? Thank you so much.
In knitting it often helps to slip the first stitch purl-wise without knitting, then you get a row of stitches at the edge that you can sew together if needed. In some stitches like seed/moss stitch, I knit the first stitch quite tight.
I love your tips and trix videos but I feel that I need to point out that the UK used the term single crochet till about the 1920s and back wards and that means a US slip stitch but after the 1920s and forward the term single crochet are only used in US terms.
Just a little question for you, are there a good supply of crochet thred in Finland? I'm from Sweden and here is the supply very bad. I started working on Irish crochet about 2 years ago, but here in Sweden you can only find threds in white, naturell, grey and black. This boring colours are good when you start to learn but now I will actually do something and I love colors. Congratulations 🎊 for 250k subscribers, it's wonderful 🥳
Thank you! Crochet threads depends on how fine they need to be. We have all sorts of colours but they may not be fine enough, close to sewing thread thickness if they need to be. Here's one example of what there is in Finland www.menita.fi/search/?q=virkkauslanka# That store ships abroad. Or have you checked Karnaluks in Tallinn? Their online store ships abroad shop.kl24.ee/, it is hard to find things there so best just use the search "crochet thread"!
Oh right, that can happen as well, one reason would be that your way of crocheting is slightly different from the one who made the pattern and stitch heights are different.
Does anyone know where to find Tunisian double pointed crochet hooks in sizes .6-1.5? I want to create miniature crochet projects but with Tunisian style hooks but I have had no luck finding such small hook sizes.
Yes, it is easier even to add accidentally in the round than in the flat. Travelling seams and adding go together, both have to do with where a round ends and a new one starts. There are so many different ways, depending on what stitches are being used. But in general, you need to check that you start a new round in the same stitch where you have starting chains (if any), to me it feels like almost starting to backwards with the first stitch. And that you don't end a round in the same stitch where you started, that adds one stitch. (Would need a video, hard to explain in writing!!)
This is my first time watching you and I love your channel and your videos and if you keep making videos I will keep watching them and what is your favorite crochet project to work on right now and favorite types of yarn to used when crocheting and keep up the great work on your TH-cam channel and keep up the great work on your crochet projects
Thank you so much, glad you found my channel! I normally publish every Sunday and have a large library of former videos so trust you will find other videos to watch. Right now I love the lacy summer top I'm working on in cotton. My favourite yarn would probably be merino wool, it feels lovely in your hands and suits so many projects.
I do not agree with the grams - meterage for size. Because, how many meters it will be for the same gram, depends mostly on the weight of the material used. Even if 2 yarns are same thickness, one might have less meterage than the other. Sometimes even, whole lot of different meterage not in tens but in hundreds. I wish someone experienced could have say yarn thickness in milimeters for which size, instead of weight-meterage. So it would be way easier to understand size when the label does not say size.
Yes, sorry about the wind noise at some places. I did film the places again where the wind seemed very distracting so that the editing programme couldn't remove it (the parts filmed inside are retakes). I realised afterwards that I had the wrong top in the microphone. But it had been so much work, and the edit removed most of it so I didn't do it again. And I'm glad that most people watch very long, the view duration is up.
Watch also the next 5 questions and answers! th-cam.com/video/yocbQYR9QRk/w-d-xo.html
Greetings from Tennesse USA. Your top is so pretty, and the scenery is unique. Thank you for bringing us along on your crochet tips excursion .
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it! The top is a recent buy when I was in Northern Ireland.
You will have to return to Ireland and purchase more that are similar. Woops there goes the budget. Thank you for responding to my comment. Have a wonderful day Mrs. Tuula.
If I find a mistake too far back to fix I just say that the wrong stitch is to prove that life's not perfect. Helps me to not stress about it too much. X K
That's great! I actually meant to say on the video that there is this Finnish crochet designer and author who makes one deliberate mistake in everything she makes!
This video is jam packed with so much valuable information. Just the way you snuck in the definition of frogging - seamless.
Thank you so much!
Yes, this video was very helpful all the way around. I love the scenery. Thank you so much for showing us more of your lovely town. 💞
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Always interesting, never boring !! We all need to be reminded at times, how things should be done for the best results. You stop me from making quick easy get outs which get to me sooner or later. Thank you for keeping me on the good path, it does mean less frogging in the end. Kind regards from London
Thank you, so glad to hear! I hope I can get to London again at some stage, haven't been since covid!!
You are so wise Tuula. I've been crocheting for ten months, about an hour a day. I'm addicted! Your tips are just what I need.
Lovely, thank you! Great that you have started to crochet
I do count my stitches and use stitch markers, makes a big difference for me. Thank you for your tips.
Thank you! Yes, counting often has saved me a lot of unnecessary work! 😊
Excellent info. An E-book would be fantastic!
Thank you! I have been thinking of an e-book for a while, just never really sure about the exact content!!
Your tips are always extremely helpful. Thank you Tuula 😊
Thank you, so glad!
Yes, it hasn’t occurred to me to use a marker for rows. I often get lost trying to count how many rows I’ve crocheted. Thanks for the suggestion!
Great! Happy crocheting!
I think I have made most of those mistakes throughout my crochet journey! Thanks for the tips x
Thank you! I have too, that's why it is easy to understand that others do too!
The to for choosing yarn from the Ravelry search is awesome. I didn't know about this, so this will make finding the right yarn so much easier. Thank you so much.
Thank you! Yes, it is so handy, I use it at least weekly!
I love how some of your videos let me "visit" Finland 😊
Glad you like them!
Thank you for this. I have been crocheting for as long as you have and still have some issues with some things.
Thank you! Yes, we will probably always have some issues to learn to overcome no matter how long we crochet!
Thank you so much!
As a new crocheter, I really appreciated your tips, especially about use of markers, keeping edges straight, and the types of fibers. Loved seeing a glimpse of Norway. Beautiful !
Thanks so much!
Thank you, so glad the video was useful! Always glad to hear that there are new crocheters!
(Sorry, Finland, not Norway but not far! 😊)
I've been crocheting for over fifty years and over the more recent decades inherited an aunt's and my mom's crochet hooks, which included a few that my dad had whittled from local trees back in the 1960's (all those in addition to my own collection of hooks). Believe it or not, I never knew there were two types --tapered and inline! I learned something new this evening by watching your video. ❤
Handmade hooks are lovely if they are nice shape! A great memory too! I didn't go too deep into the hooks in this video, there are also hooks half way between the two main types!
One of the things that can help fix tension issues, etc. after completion is properly blocking the work. You can stretch certain areas a bit to resolve some issues and square things off, but of course it is not going to fix major problems. Thank you so much for your videos!
True, you can also fix some problems afterwards! 😊
U are awesome! You'll have a million soon! I went n visited my daughter in belgrade,mt-she took me to joannes in bozeman n I met a lady from New Zealand and she was taking pictures for her friend the "big balls of wool" to send to her friend that knits! It was really cool and reminded me of you for some reason! I thought u might get a kick outta that story...lol god bless thanks for your tips!
Thank you so much! A while to a million... That is interesting that a lady from New Zealand would remind you of me! 👍
Thank you, Tuula! Great video in a lovely (& lovely!) setting!!! ☺️🧶AND! Congrats on the 250k subscribers!!! WOW!
Thank you so much! Next time I film outside I have to check the microphone - the bits filmed inside are because there was too much wind in the original for the editing programme to fix them! 😄
Thank you for posting this video. You helped me with the increase/decrease problem and with straight edges. I think of you as my crochet mentor 🙂
Lovely, thank you!
Awesome video as always 🤗 Missed you on Sunday, so happy to see you today🥰
So glad, thank you! Yes, this video took so much time to edit and I started too late!!
How nice you video. Thank you very much! And I love Finland! I have been in Turku too! Kiitos!!
Thank you so much! How interesting that you have been to Turku!
Your videos are always helpful and practical. They always point to common sense solutions: counting & stitch markers; working for accuracy instead of speed. These are my biggest problems. Thanks for these tips; I will look forward to more! Congrats on the 250K subscribers!
Thank you so much, happy to hear you find the tips to be common sense ones!
Yet another really useful video, you have such a wealth of knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Lovely scenery too. Congratulations on reaching 250K subscribers 🧶
Thank you so much! I hope the weather will be good enough throughout the summer to be able to film outside often!
I have been crocheting for over 50 years and I still find your tips very useful. Thank you!
Lovely, so glad to hear!
I am thrilled that I came upon your channel today. I had searched something completely different and watched that then saw this video presented on my feed. As I am texting I am only half way though but I didn't want to miss a chance to say Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I have been crocheting since age 9 off and on. I am 65 now always learning.
I'm so glad you found my channel! I'm the same, in my 60s and continuing to learn! All the best!
Thank you
Looking forward to more . . .
Namaste
Thank you!
@@TuulaMaaria
@@TuulaMaaria Looking forward to crochet in the round changes between rows and is it possible to keep the seam straight?
Thank you Tuula for a really helpful video, as always ! I have been crocheting for over 60 years and still learning new ways. Especially your straight edges,👏. I always look forward to your views of Turku which I am lucky enough to be visiting in July, if only for a few hours. We will be visiting the ports of the Baltics , my husband is “addicted to ports and boats, and Turku looks beautiful. 🥰
Thank you! I think we will always continue learning, there is always something new or new ways of seeing old things!
Oh that's interesting you are visiting Turku on your cruise! Would be lovely to see you but I suppose it is a tight programme!
@@TuulaMaaria yes it would but as you say ,we will be sailing around the archipelago for most of the day, but I will certainly be thinking of you as we do.
More help with problems would be great. I really appreciate your videos!
Thank you! Occasionally I have considered doing live videos where people could ask. But then of course there would also be questions I wouldn't know to answer!
Thank you very much for your effort and your tips for solving many crochet problems; some of the information was new to me and very helpful
Thank you, glad to hear there was something new in it!
I followed a tutorial for a 0-1yo dress. I made sure I used DK cotton like it said in the tutorial, but the dress still became almost too big for my 5-year-old granddaughter, rather than her baby sister. I know that I crochet loosely, but not THAT loosely!
Oh wow, that is a big difference! 😳
@@TuulaMaaria I don't understand why it happened. I mean, yarn in the same weight category can vary a lot, but not THAT much. Perhaps I got that yarn cheaply because the label was inaccurate and it should have said 4 instead of 3.
I had the same issue with Aldi yarn in UK: my crochet teacher who is also a designer, said the yarn was 5 but Aldi label claimed it to be 4. I didn't know about yarn weights back then, so I just went by what the label said.
@@oakstrong1 Ok. Did you make a swatch to see if that was correct? Or did the pattern not give you how many stitches and rows make 10 cm / 4 in?
Yup….when making clothing unless it’s unfitted, you NEED to swatch.
@@TuulaMaaria A bit late answer, but I never got a notification until now that you replied.
There was no information about what the swatch size should have been, only stitch counts for different age groups. The dress was my first piece of clothing and I didn't know about swatches anyway.
I've watched quite a few video tutorials for clothing since. A lot of them give a stitch count for approximate sizing but no swatch. Or, they only give the measurements of a finished product, which is not that helpful. Written patterns usually come with swatch instructions, I'd the size is important, but I'm dyslexic so I prefer tutorials, particularly if I there is a new stitch for me. (Charts would be preferable but they take a lot of space, especially if they are easy-to-read size.) Now I cannot buy paper patterns anyway, or I doubt I could understand them because of the language.
Am really happy for you Tuula N your Channel,you reaching 250K🤗
WOW.
🎉Congratulations🎉 what a huge milestone.
Thank you so much!
@@TuulaMaaria No need to say Thanks you. I'm here to Support your channel. Thank you for making amazing content.
Congratulations! Im glad your subscriber numbers are growing. I love seeing your country. Its a great idea to record outside!
Thank you so much! Next time I need to check my microphone though, wind problems on this one! I'm glad that doesn't seem to have put people off watching, most people watch quite a lot of this video!
Thank you ❤. This is a fantastically helpful video. I would love you produce an ebook covering ‘smooth edges’ if you are able. I have subscribed to your lovely channel.
Thank you for subscribing! I should really start an ebook, work on it even 20 minutes a day, that way I would get it done!
Your edging tips are the best! I love these tips so much!! Thank you!
Glad to hear, thank you!
Bril video. Thank you very much!🎉
Glad you like it!
Thank you for your tips, I've learned so much in a very short time.
So glad to hear!
I feel like I have learned a lot in just the past couple years because of you tube. I grew up in a very small town so there wasn’t a big network of people getting together and sharing crochet lessons. I did my share of doilies and afghans. Now I am doing Amigurumi and learning how to crochet garments.
That's lovely! You are doing a wide variety of different crochet
Tuula, thank you so much for answering some of my most common questions/concerns 🧶 I have experienced all 10 😢, without anyone to ask help from. I appreciate you ❣️❣️🥰
So glad this video was helpful!
You are a wealth of knowledge! Thank you❤
Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge about crocheting
Thank you!
Everything. For both knitting and crocheting.
Great!
I love your tips & tricks & problem solving videos. They are so informative! I have learned so many things! Thank you❣I enjoy the scenery too 🙂 I am working with a pattern now & keep having to take out stitches when I get going on a roll & don't check my work as I go. It's a queen size blanket & I Hate it when that happens. 😁 If you do an e-book on straight edges, I AM IN! Those are some of the best tips I have ever used! Love that you share your crochet knowledge & do these videos!! ❤
Thank you so much! Yes, the larger item you are working, the more unpleasant it is to have to start fixing something! Happy crocheting
Thanks Tuula. Nice to see you again!
Thank you!
Well if I think I'm going to smite that subscribe button. Thank you for explaining the common crochet problems. I'm crocheting a dish cloth but I keep making mistakes so I figure its only for washing dishes.
Thank you! Keep crocheting many different kinds of things, it will get easier and easier 😊
Great video, thank you! I found the explanation of how to move up to the next round with the “modified” single crochet especially interesting. Going to try to use that for working in the round. Excellent! 🦋
Lovely, glad it was useful!
Thank you for the tips😊
Thank you for teaching me crochet! It helps me with my brain injury. I have watched many videos and you are clearly the best! I love your soothing voice and how you explain things! Thank you kindly ❤️
So glad to hear, thank you! All the best to you!
Your red nails look nice !
Thank you, I wish I got round to having nice nails for every video!!
Thank you for another great video!!! You are so great at explaining things, you’ve helped so many people, around the world, to get more enjoyment out of crocheting. 💜🫂💜
Thank you so much it is such a joy to see that someone has been helped!
Thank you for the advice on the bamboo advice. I just made 3 sunhats in a bamboo/cotton blend for my grandchild. I thought they would be able to get them wet without any trouble because of the cotton in the yarn... But now I'm not sure. I will test them first before they get them wet in the pool
That will depend on the amount of bamboo in the yarn. The yarns I normally use have only 25% cotton so that is not enough to keep it from being stretchy when wet. But test how your yarn behaves when it's wet!
This is a great topic! I'm crocheting as I'm watching, and making some of the "mistakes" you discuss here, but intentionally...
I'm trying a baby bootie pattern for the first time, so I'm using scratchy, inexpensive yarn with a hook size a bit too big. And, I'm having to stop to count each round, since I almost added an extra stitch at the beginning.
I've been crocheting for about 45 years, and it's good to know I'm not alone in some mistakes, and also good to know how to avoid or fix them.
I'm looking forward to future mistake videos!
Thank you! I have also tried some of the mistakes I mention, intentionally! It isn't actually easy to do if you know how to avoid them
So many useful tips! Thank you so much! My current issues are crocheting with fine silk yarn. I will search youtube for tips on with different weights! I love the way you hold your yarn and working yarn: if I didn't already have 50 years of habit to break I would definitely try it.
Thank you! My way of crocheting is close to what I learned at school, I have changed it a little bit.
I have rarely used fine silk yarn so don't have any tips about that except that I remember I had to use a bit more pressure on my left hand than normal because it was slippy!
Thank you so much❤ Blessings
Thank you, you too!
For uneven edges, I find using a scrap of yarn at least 6 inches or more at beginning & end. It is a running reminder of the correct stitch to use, easily pulled up as you go, making a straight line.
Not sure I understand how that goes but sounds interesting!
I’m a subscriber!! I love your instruction
Thank you for another wonderful video!
Thank you!
Thank you very much, these tips are so useful. My problem is definitely number 2 - more practice needed!! ☺️ Congratulations on your 250K subscribers 🎉
Thank you so much! It will get easier the more you crochet!
Love your example of crocheting straight edges, that would make a great ‘short’. I also closely inspected my hooks for similarities and differences. My go to currently are Susan Bates ergonomic - long neck and long enough for my hand though sometimes catches in my project and tulip which is rather short for my hand. Clover is a good runner up and if only my new Prym hook was metal. I’m Trying Dots I found for a major price reduction, just waiting on them to arrive. Suggestions? I appreciate your tips and videos, and of course your instructions as well.
Thank you! I should really make a new short about the straight edges, the one I have is over 2 years old! However it continues to get around 50 views every day still. TH-cam is great in that content doesn't stop getting seen with time.
Different countries have partly different brands of hooks. The Japanese Clover seems to be the only one been sold worldwide. Susan Bates things don't really sell in Europe, when I wanted to make the video about their finishing needles, I had to order from the US and with postage and customs the pack came to about $30. I have heard of Tulip as well and some online stores in Finland sell it, so need to try them!
Learn from your mistakes… let them teach you!
So true!
Very helpful tips. Thank you. I have a question though. I don’t understand what “the weight” of the yarn is, neither the gauge. I’ve seen it and it must be important but always just ignored it. 😬
Weight when talking about yarn simply means how think it is. How many meters of yarn in a certain amount of weight.
Some are super thin, other jumbo thick and everything in between. Yarn weights are attempts to categorise the different thicknesses.
Gauge is important when you want your work to be a certain size. Two people can get different size of a crocheted piece with the same yarn, same hook and the same number of stitches and rows because one crochets tighter than the other. So we measure that and you can affect the size by changing to a bigger or smaller hook, or possibly changing the yarn you use.
Love all your tips, thank you 😊
Thank you, glad you like them!
This is very helpful. I like to follow technical talks. I’m wondering for the dc edges, if you do the dc two together, you are decreasing, right? I have not tried on a piece, but am visualizing.
No, it doesn't decrease or increase any, you make the two dc in the same stitch and crochet them together. Just to have a fatter stitch !
Great tips, thanks
Very informative good advice
Thank you so much!
Thank you
We in South Africa use the US crochet style sc and dc
Is there a way to carry yarn at top of stitch instead of the bottom of the stitch on a top down pullover, when using multiple colors? Luv your videos. Have learned alot.
Glad to hear. I'm not sure about the question - it depends on what stitches you are using.
@@TuulaMaaria I’m using double crochet. So crocheting my pullover the carrying yarn is at the bottom of the stitch but when I turn sweater the carrying yarn is at top of stitch since I’m working from top down. Wish I could send a pic.
@@ericaavery1786 I'm still not sure I undersatand. You mean putting the yarn inside stitches to carry it until you need the next time? I don't see why it matters if it at the top or bottom. You could send a picture to my email, it is in the About section of the channel!
@@TuulaMaaria ok thx
Very useful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! 💗
Thank you for the explanations. Yes my serious problem with knitting is UNEVEN EDGES. Just cannot get it right
My edges look terrible and I hv difficulty sewing them together. Can you help or give a tutorial for knitting? Thank you so much.
In knitting it often helps to slip the first stitch purl-wise without knitting, then you get a row of stitches at the edge that you can sew together if needed. In some stitches like seed/moss stitch, I knit the first stitch quite tight.
Obrigada pelas dicas! ❤🇧🇷
Thanks
Thank you so much! All the best, happy crocheting!
Thank you again for a fab video...I'm a new fan 😊
Lovely, thank you! Glad you found my channel!
I love your tips and trix videos but I feel that I need to point out that the UK used the term single crochet till about the 1920s and back wards and that means a US slip stitch but after the 1920s and forward the term single crochet are only used in US terms.
Oh really, never heard that, very interesting! Wish everyone had kept the same terms - but too late now! Thank you for letting me know!
Thank you so much for your tips... Much appreciated 🙏🏽...
Cheerio from Down Under 🌺
Thank you so much Great to have viewers from all around the world!
Just a little question for you, are there a good supply of crochet thred in Finland? I'm from Sweden and here is the supply very bad. I started working on Irish crochet about 2 years ago, but here in Sweden you can only find threds in white, naturell, grey and black. This boring colours are good when you start to learn but now I will actually do something and I love colors. Congratulations 🎊 for 250k subscribers, it's wonderful 🥳
Thank you! Crochet threads depends on how fine they need to be. We have all sorts of colours but they may not be fine enough, close to sewing thread thickness if they need to be. Here's one example of what there is in Finland www.menita.fi/search/?q=virkkauslanka# That store ships abroad. Or have you checked Karnaluks in Tallinn? Their online store ships abroad shop.kl24.ee/, it is hard to find things there so best just use the search "crochet thread"!
Thanks 4 z tips,from Uganda.
Lovely, I don't think I have had a comment from Uganda before so that I would have known! Have a lovely day!
Hi tulaa could you pls do tutorial on the crochet mash top
Wonder what kind of a top...
Very helpful
Thank you!
Georgia USA checking in! ❤
Very informative
Wish tips of yarns for baby blanket?
I normally use superwash 100% wool for baby things.
Sometimes when I make a swatch the number count can be correct horizontally but not vertically.
Oh right, that can happen as well, one reason would be that your way of crocheting is slightly different from the one who made the pattern and stitch heights are different.
Yes this has happened to me at times! What the project is can make a big difference in amount of yarn needed. Sizing problem . What do you do?
Frogs go "rip it rip it"...:P
Yes... 😄
Where is this lady from?Love the yarn color.
She said: Turkku in Finland.
@@beeenie822 I skmmed thru it and will watch it later.I was in that city 46 years ago
@@hattiem.7966 Oh that's interesting!
Does anyone know where to find Tunisian double pointed crochet hooks in sizes .6-1.5? I want to create miniature crochet projects but with Tunisian style hooks but I have had no luck finding such small hook sizes.
Hopefully someone knows. The smallest ones I have seen are 3mm.
Thank you for the tips. I do not like the traveling seems in hats. Also, I always add stitches when I crochet in the round. Any help with these?
Yes, it is easier even to add accidentally in the round than in the flat. Travelling seams and adding go together, both have to do with where a round ends and a new one starts. There are so many different ways, depending on what stitches are being used. But in general, you need to check that you start a new round in the same stitch where you have starting chains (if any), to me it feels like almost starting to backwards with the first stitch. And that you don't end a round in the same stitch where you started, that adds one stitch. (Would need a video, hard to explain in writing!!)
This is my first time watching you and I love your channel and your videos and if you keep making videos I will keep watching them and what is your favorite crochet project to work on right now and favorite types of yarn to used when crocheting and keep up the great work on your TH-cam channel and keep up the great work on your crochet projects
Thank you so much, glad you found my channel! I normally publish every Sunday and have a large library of former videos so trust you will find other videos to watch. Right now I love the lacy summer top I'm working on in cotton. My favourite yarn would probably be merino wool, it feels lovely in your hands and suits so many projects.
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I would rather count as I am going rather than rip out and start over later.
True, counting goes faster! 😊
I have problems with crocheting in round I keep getting ruffles I can't get into stay flat
Your tension is too tight, try going up a hook size or two until you work on it 😀
Yes, that ^, or that you increase too often. There are many diagrams online that give the different stitch counts for different circles.
You say 'Frog'. In North East England, we say 'Rattle It/ Rattle it Down or Back"
Yes, I'm a lot in contact with American crocheters and frogging is used a lot!
I do not agree with the grams - meterage for size. Because, how many meters it will be for the same gram, depends mostly on the weight of the material used. Even if 2 yarns are same thickness, one might have less meterage than the other. Sometimes even, whole lot of different meterage not in tens but in hundreds. I wish someone experienced could have say yarn thickness in milimeters for which size, instead of weight-meterage. So it would be way easier to understand size when the label does not say size.
You couldn't measure yarn in millimeter thickness, that would depend completely on how tightly spun yarn you have so would be super unrealiable.
... when i translate uk or us terms into my language i always think: oh, this is double trouble (triple...treble) 🙃
😁😄 That's a good way to put it!!
😂😂 true!
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I misunderatood skip rhe first stitch of the second row.
Hope it works for you, not really sure!
Thank you, sorry couldn’t watch to the end the wind noise not pleasant
Yes, sorry about the wind noise at some places. I did film the places again where the wind seemed very distracting so that the editing programme couldn't remove it (the parts filmed inside are retakes). I realised afterwards that I had the wrong top in the microphone. But it had been so much work, and the edit removed most of it so I didn't do it again. And I'm glad that most people watch very long, the view duration is up.
I'm a frogger.
That way we learn 😊
New subscriber here. I'm from the state of Oklahoma in the USA.❤
Lovely, thank you and welcome!