If you're not ready to sell the amigurumi that you just learned how to make, don't let your mom post pictures on her facebook. She will absolutely tell all her friends that you'll make them one 👍 coming from someone who is sitting here at midnight making 5 baby yodas :')
7 tips: 1. use smaller hook, loosen my tention to avoid holes 2. use invisible decrease 3. It is best to work in spiral, don't join at the end of each round 4. Always use stich marker 5. use locking stich markers to help with seaming. 6. use cotten yarn whenever possible 7. Do not stuff too much a little goes a long way
A tip I've found over the years.....I prefer to use left over scraps of yarn to stuff my amigarumi. It's a nice way to recycle those scraps instead of trashing them and it works actually really nice to shape too! 💓💓💓
yes, its really nice too since fiberfill can sometimes spread on the outside of your project, but with yarn it just stays in there. its a really good method to use, especially if you have lots of scraps! 😊
Happy little accidents can be part of the learning curve, but also can be incorporated into the animal with a story or scarf or.....anything that sparks the imagination.
If you're a starter, keep a photo of what you're making in front of you, years ago, I made my daughter a wolf, after so much work, suffering, loving doing it, crocheting and undoing over and over again, I was done, I ran proudly showing my daughter the finshed project, she said, oh mom, love the mouse you crocheted. LOL 😆. I never made that mistake again. Have fun lovely people 💕 and laugh with me.
LOL, this sounds just like me! I have been crocheting most of my life, but just sticking to the usual hats, gloves, slippers, and blankets. What i truly enjoy is trying different stitching for different looks. I don't have children so making cute creatures is new to me, but what you aaid about your wolf really hit home and yes you made me laugh! 😄 I feel like I'm 12 again and just learning to crochet, but I'm determined to have fun! 😁👍
One thing I have found that helps me with my Amigurumi projects is that I create a Line count sheet that I can check at the end of each round. So in addition to marking the beginning of my new round, I also can set my work down and pick it back up a week later and see which round I last completed. It does take a few minutes to prepare, but it has saved me many a headache. Thank you, Brittany for all your tips and guidance. Your videos have helped me the most of any I've found.
The advice about smaller hook, less tension is a total game changer. Now I can keep crocheting amigurumi without the hand and wrist pain that made me stop before. And, the result is better! I was suffering for nothing! 🙄😄
When finishing off an open edge of a piece worked in a spiral (like a hat), work the last 2 or 3 stitches as slip stitches. It reduces the 'step' as you finish off.
For stuffing amigurumi (not sure if that's spelled right) you can also stuff it with chopped up socks or tee shirt, especially if it's going to be given to a child to play with. Using the chopped up clothing gives a bit more structure but also is cheaper than fiber fill.
You did spell it right, so well educated. That stuffing would also be good as a doorstop. Waste yarn works too. My sister cross-stitches, she saves the waste thread for me to stuff my traditional fur fabric teddy bears. If you are making a larger toy, the scrap cloth may make it a bit too heavy. All the best.
My "hack" is that wherever possible, crochet the limbs first and then crochet the whole project as one piece where you have no seams to sew. Yes, I mean crochet the limbs on as you go. For example, if I am doing a doll, I make both arms and one leg, then I start at the foot of the other leg and when I get to the top of the leg, I start to crochet the torso adding the other leg. When I get to where the armpits would be I crochet a round with the lower half of the arm and the next row would include the upper half of the arm. I them decrease across the shoulders to the neck, after a few rounds of neck I increase to make the head. This way I have no seams. Of course you will stuff parts of the doll as you go.
I recently saw a tip to use a longer piece of yarn as a stitch marker and weave it in and out of either the beginning or end of each row. This has been a wonderful tip when working a spiral, as I can easily see the number of rows I have crocheted. I tend to lose count of where I am, especially if I leave the project for a while and come back later. This way I don't have to write it down or make a mark on my pattern! This tip has been extremely helpful!
Yes! I did this when I started amigurumi simply because I didn’t have stitch markers. I just leave a long tail on my original circle and use it all the way through the project. Works great and anchors securely! 😊
Running stitch markers are my favorite, they also allow you to see where the first/last stitch of the round travel so you can adjust accordingly if needed.
I use waste yarn for marking, with the length from a double magic ring, I can mark the start for quite a way. A paper clip also works in a pinch. Mark every 5th round to make re-counting easier. A separate strand of waste yarn, of a different colour used horizontally over 3 or so stitches, can save heaps of time.. Stitch markers just get in the way. I fold the top of head while relatively flat and mark centre front, back and both sides, and continue down as I work more rounds. Yarn stays in until the toy is completed, without causing marks or holes. I use staggered inc and dec rather than invisible. Kristie Tullus explains this well in her tips. You can brush yarn to make doll hair, then use the waste to line the body of darker pieces etc, so the white fill can't show. If you stuff well enough, you don't need extreme methods to stop wobbly neck. Stuffing will settle over time with cuddling, so be careful not to understuff. Are you using cotton stuffing, poly isn't so hard when well stuffed? A tip I heard was like an orange, not like a brick. Door stops and cloth teddies can be stuffed with waste cotton /embroidery thread... I stuff just the hands, feet and the tip of tails to keep them round in tiny limbs. Where the limbs are larger, and the tops are flattened, I like only stuffing 3/4s of the pieces, check the pattern. I have a lot of blunt yarn needles, handy to hold limbs on without drawing blood. Doll needles(long), and mattress needles(longer), help to find placements. To wash toys, put one inside a stocking, tie a knot and wash on gentle. Do not press or put acrylic yarn in a dryer, acrylic is also prone to pilling, natural fibre is a moth magnet. Cotton works better for baby toys, and frequent washing, if constantly being wet, it will rot though. Cotton blend is a little softer and more resilient. The best yarn for each toy is dependant on the pattern and design characteristics. Check the pattern. Check colour-fastness before making up yarn. I do not use safety eyes on baby toys, the shaft can snap, I embroider granitos stitch yarn eyes, which can be replaced if they get too messy. All the best.
I like to mark the first or last stitch (choose one) of each row by pulling a contrasting scrap of yarn through each row. This provides a lifeline for those times when I need to frog multiple rows. I am not forced to figure out where the rows below the stitch marker started because I left a trail of scrap yarn to show the way. The scrap yarn can be pulled out easily as long as you haven’t accidentally put a stitch through it. Another thing that made seaming easier is to use a needle with a bend at the tip. It makes stitching curved body parts together SO much easier!
I do my invisible decrease by going in the first front loop, then the second front loop, then wrap around and pull through both instead of doing them both separately
Yes, I agree with going in the first front loop, then the second front loop, then wrap around and pull through both. I believe this way is how it was originally designed to be worked.
Bonus tip from my nan! use YARN as a stitch marker and counter, place some scrap yarn over the loops as you do the last stitch and it'll stay there (sometimes I knot the end to be sure it stays put) then every round repeat with the same yarn and it'll weave in and out and make counting rows SO MUCH EASIER. I tend to use normal stitch markers for my inc and dec rows but when I'm working straight down i always use yarn
Oh my giddy aunt! I am so pleased I watched this tutorial. The tips are just what I’m looking for. Changing hook sizes has made a big difference. Thank you
If I have a scrap of about a yard of yard, I keep it to use as both a stitch and row counter. Leave a decent tail and drape the yarn just before you make that first stitch, inward or outward doesn't matter. When you come back around, drape the yarn in the opposite direction. If you had lain the yarn in, lay it outward. You will wind up with what looks like a running stitch that marks where the first row is... which also helps you count your rows faster.
Although I'm an experienced crocheter, I'm only just starting to dabble in amigurumi. It's important to me to do as much research as possible before attempting anything new, so videos like these are really helpful. One of the things I've been wondering about, and just can't seem to find much info about, is how difficult techniques affect basic amigurumi (3D) shapes. For example: how does alternating increase and non-increase rounds affect 3D shaping or continuous increasing followed by continuous non-increase rounds? How pointy can a cone get and how do I achieve that vs a more even shape (a traffic cone vs a pine needle or the neck of a doll, for example)? For me, everything I do, including crochet, needs to be intuitive and it can only be achieved when one has a basic understanding of "why this happens". Could you perhaps delve into this aspect in an additional video?
So I see that I do my invisible decrease differently. When I do the invisible decrease, I loop the front loops of the next two stitches onto my hook and then yarn over and pull through them both and finish it like a regular single crochet and it is almost impossible to tell that there was a decrease at all. It took me several smaller projects, which at that point to me weeks, to figure out how to tell from both the front and the back of that stitch I never learned to loop it twice like you did in the video. Just one loop through the front loops of those two stitches as if it were a regular single crochet stitch.
This is a different stitch called Crossed Single Crochet. It works great if you want to then work cross stitches on a single crochet project. I just learned about this stitch (CSC - Crossed Single Crochet) the other day.
For any starting people i recommend getting yourself a “woobles” kit, they pretty much taught me most of these 7 tips so I started making amigurumi’s the best way possible from the very start. Not only do they give you all the materials for your amigurumi, but they also provide video tutorials to really teach you how to crochet from how to hold the hook to doing invisible decreases, all of it! It’s really an amazing resource imo for beginners.
Thank you for sharing your tips. They really make life easier. I have had trouble embroidering the inside of an ear till I found an alternative. I crochet another round of the ear in a finer yarn to make a smaller thin piece and sew it to the inside of the other bigger piece of the ear. Hope this helps those who are struggling like me to "colour" the inside of an ear neatly. Amigurumiers Unite!
Thank you so much. I'm starting on a bear and thought I'd watch your tips. I especially love the tip about attaching the limbs temporarily with stitch markers while sewing them in place. Again, some really great tips!!
I used the Re-Up yarn and made a tank top with it. It’s so soft and washed up just lovely, even softer. I also have used it to make kitchen towels and cookware savers(rounds or squares that go between my pots and pans to prevent the surfaces getting scratched when stacked up or nested ) and yes again they wash up great! -.
I'm pretty new to amigurumi and found this video as I was trying to figure out how to get rid of the big holes I was getting in this project I'm trying to do. I'd found tips about smaller hooks in other places already, but the combination of smaller hook AND looser tension wasn't something I'd see until this video, and it fixed my problem exactly! Thank you, what a lifesaver!
Old hooked earrings make great stitch markers, you can squish it together . Also you can crochet a little fingerette (a bit like a bandaid and poke the wool through a couple of stitches and you have a tension regulator
I use a contrasting yarn the length from the top to bottom of the shape to mark my first stitch. When I get to the stitch I just flip that contrasting yarn over my upcoming stitch and make my stitch right over it, When I get around again I flip it back. It stays in the project till you finish that piece. When done with it it just pulls out.
1. Learn the magic circle and invisible seam stitches. 2. This is my #1 crochet tip actually... Learn to read both written and graph patterns. This way you can make ( or design) any pattern you find and fall in love with. I couldn't read graphs for awhile and didn't want to because I understood written. Finally I fell in love with a pattern I really wanted to make & after downloading saw it was graph only. I finally learned. 😊
Can I ask how you learned to read patterns? I don't know really how to read either type--I know what all the abbreviations stand for but that's about it; going from knowing what a direction says to being able to make sense out of what it's telling me to do has proven a difficult gulf to cross so far & if you have any specific book or whatever that you used to learn I would really appreciate having somewhere to start. (I originally learned crochet from my great-grandmother as a child and only recently tried to start picking it up again).
One I learned just last night that changed my darn life: If doing repeated sequences (i.e. sc X 4, dec, sc X 4), put a stitch marker at the end of each sequence so you don't forget where you are. Soooo many times I've gotten distracted and been like "uhhhh...did I already do the dec...?" It saves having to count out stitches multiple times. Also put stitch markers every five or ten stitches to make counting stitches easier!
What I do is that I never leave the project in the middle of a sequence. So if I leave it and need to pick it up, I know I have to start the sequence. But your method is better, especially for not having to frog the whole round if you suddenly don;t know here you are
I do an invisible decrease differently and it truly is invisible. I put the hook through the front loop only of the next stitch, then grab the next front loop with my hook, THEN yarn over and pull through both loops, then yarn over again and finish the single crochet.
The best tip I got was to make and finish the head/ face first! Get the eyes, lashes, brow, etc just right and you will have no trouble finishing the project!
Amigurumi tip: when I make something like an amigurumi Pokémon, I don’t want to use just black beady eyes and I want it to have the same sort of anime eyes that it has in the show. A lot of people will instead use felt or fabric and glue it onto the amigurumi with a hot glue gun. But I like to embroider the eyes on. I’ll usually use a whip stitch a just sew onto the head so u can see the yarn and just keep doing that until I like how it looks.
When doing a sc dec, put the hook up in the from loop of the next stitch, then without doing yo, go straight up in the flo of the next stitch, yo, pull through one loop, yo, through the remaining 3 loops on hook. It’s invisible. You won’t see it. The way you are doing it is wrong 🤗 I learnt it from a lady in turkey that doesn’t have her TH-cam up anymore 😞 When you place the hook up in flo of first stitch, turn your hook and go straight up in next flo. It makes it easier if your hook is backwards to pickup flo of second stitch. I hope this helps. The only problem is you need to frog if you forget where you are as it’s very difficult to see. Happy crochet everyone ❤️🇦🇺
THANK YOU for this video!!! I couldn’t figure out why I had such big holes. Switching to a smaller hook and a looser stitch worked perfectly!!! All of this advice was super helpful but that one has saved my sanity!!!
I prefer some kind of smooth thin scrap cord as my stitch marker, where I loosely weave it into each rounds. So I can count each rows! I also use a knitting counter to keep track of rows. My last tip is, when I have a skinny limb, like an arm, I just weave in the tail yarn into it, acting like stuffing, so it's slightly stuffed. Also a good way to hide and not waste your tail yarn! Happy crocheting!
I use thin garden wire, it's covered with plastic, so it won't rust, it's inexpensive, and very playable, yet stiff enough to stay in place and be released again and again, get the one that comes with a cutter built in.
When you need to take a break from a project put a stitch marker in your working loop so it doesn't accidentally get unraveled. Especially useful with little ones around.
Long time crocheterer, haven't done much with amigurumi for many of the reasons you mentioned. I just may give it another try though. Thanks for all your helpful tips. I love using Lion Brand yarns too.
Yes! My go to yarn is Lion Brand!! Love the variety! Thanks for the re up intro. I had not seen or heard of it! I will surely look for it! Thanks again!
I also use an old stocking and put the stuffing in there, I try to use very light coloured ones so that doesn’t show through. White where my crochet project yarn is white, black for black yarn etc. It is also good because when you sew through you have extra grip and no stuffing pulling through.
I was taught to go through the back loop and then the front loop, and only slip stitch through the front loop to finish. It’s hard to get the hook through both loops but I didn’t know there was an easier way 😂
Thank you so much for your tips, amigurumi is so much fun. Have been making animals for some time and it is always great to learn tips from you and others. You are delightful.
I found your tips to be excellent! I’m a beginner and just started making my first amigurumi. Luckily I knew enough to know I was going to need to watch lots of tutoring videos.
I am so glad to see someone else is just starting amigurumi as well. I thought I was the only one late to the party. I have fallen in love with doing these.
Thanks so much for the excellent tips and from your viewers as well. Every little thing helps! Love amigurumi projects but they can be frustrating sometimes without help.
WOW! WAY TO PRESENT A TUTORIAL!!! Standing ovation from me! Everything was right with your video! Lots of exclamation points here, but there are so many amateurish tutorials online that when I see one like yours I want to sing about it in a Broadway stage song and dance number! The set, the lighting, the audio, the editing, ...all great. But MOST OF ALL, you were prepared on the subject, knew exactly what you wanted to say, and were very eloquent. It was quite helpful to me and I subscribed right off the bat. While I do appreciate the efforts of the more amateur tutorials, it takes longer, much more prep, and lots of effort to make yours. Thanks soooooo much!! By the way, this was the first tutorial of yours that I've seen, and I'm digging in right now to search your other videos. Great job.
Wow, Roberta! Thank you so much!! I have such a wonderful time with B.Hooked TV episodes because it gives me a chance to play with preparation, camera angles, editing, lighting, set...all that fun stuff 😄 I tend to love that just as much as crocheting and knitting! I definitely agree about the new Lion Brand yarns from this year and last. I'm loving so many of them! I too wonder which ones will stick around 🤔
if you ever work with a pattern for the first time, read the pattern COMPLETELY, it´s really usefull to know what´s coming in a project and to be sure you understand every stich and every rown
iThankyou so much .Ive been trying for ages to not get holes .Now i realise i have been having a really tight tension even after going to a smaller hook .
Thank you for these tips, great help. My biggest problem was the floppy head syndrome, I've used several methods depending on what I have to hand. Electric or thicker floral wire are good, I curl the ends round and wrap with masking tape for added safety, the length is from the top of the legs to mid head, making sure it is well covered with the filling, again for added safety. I've even used craft lollipop sticks and pipe cleaners, curling two or three around each other for strength. I'm so grateful for all these tips, as I've never crocheted in my lifetime, now in later life and retired I've done so many projects and yet I'm learn something new every day, cotton yarn produces a much more professional finish x
Thank you for your video. I watched and read that i should stuff more to keep the shape and doing that always made the yarn stretch and then have see through spots. Im glad i came across your video.
@@gloriah8571 Would you disagree with the tip of crocheting loosely then? It's my understanding that yarning under makes the stitches tighter. Could you explain your 2nd tip a little more? Do you mean front loop and back loop instead of front and back stitch?
You can use invisible join. Although a little bit visible about seaming line but it's better than slip stitch. Especially in changing colour. Make sure soft/fine cotton yarn. Too stiff yarn would not be good for amigurumi. I prefer acrylic or milk cotton than 100% cotton yarn.
if you're going to pause a project to work on something else. add a tag to your stitch marker which records what size hook you were using. hard to remember after a few months being packed away
I have made it a goal in 2023 to become efficient in Amigurumi. I know how to crochet and using the smaller hook and tighter tension, hopefully will lead me to my goal of making doilies. That being said, when you mentioned the Re Up yarn I immediately Googled it and it's discontinued. Man! Just my luck. I did buy cotton yarn from Michaels and Hobby Lobby, so I have about 8 skeins on hand to get started. I'm excited to go through your videos!
...cont... :) and you knit, too! Yay! Forgot to say, the newer Lion Brand yarns are incredible. I'm wondering if Re-Up is a trial yarn, as well as some newer ones? New Lion Brand yarns I've tried throughout this summer are Pima Cotton, a medium weight 100% cotton that is wonderfully soft but still holds shape quite well; Truboo, a light weight 100% rayon from bamboo; and Re-Play, which is a 100% tencel. They're all very affordable and beautiful yarns, and I'm hoping they continue, but haven't noticed any re-stocking at JoAnns, or even seen them anywhere else. Anyway...thanks again. Lion Brand should be very happy to sponsor you!
I was wondering why I could still see the stuffings whenever I finish an amigurumi! I never gave it much thought when some of my stitches are tight! Your video is super super helpful! Thank you so much!!!!
Thank you for your tips. I consider myself to be an intermediate crocheter and I'm working on my very first amigurumi animal. And yes, after restarting 3 times I learned that stitch markers will save your life lol. And that invisible decrease was a great tip!! 👍🤗
Thanks for these tips. I just started amigurmi this year. And a few of these tricks I have picked up along the way. Going from this to that. The cotton I haven’t tried cause they tend to be splitters but I will have to give that a shot. If you could do a video on how to sew on limbs attachments that is where I have the most issues.
Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton is nice to work with because the yarn is constructed in a chain so does not split as easily as most cotton. It's also really pretty and sturdy. I got it for one project and found myself choosing it again and again.
Thank you so much for this video! Great tips! I’ve only made a couple amigurumi projects but I think I’m “hooked”. (Yeah. That really bad pun was intended! 😆)
I’m brand new to crocheting and to this style of craft (haven’t attempted one yet). The problem I’m running into is the style of hook I’m using. It’s just your standard metal hook you can get at your local craft stores. I’m looking for a more ergonomic style and was curious what brand of hook you were using? Thank you in advance 😊
I was using Furls Odyssey crochet hooks in this video. They're lovely to work with but they are a little more expensive than other hooks. I'd also recommend Clover Amour and Tulip Etimo hooks. These can be bought individually at a lower price point.
It’s really easy. When you get to your marker showing the last stitch of the round, move the marker, and just keep going. In fact, if you didn’t place a marker at all, but continued to crochet, you would be working in the round ( a spiral).
Tip: the yarn color on the skein of yarn can look different when u crochet it. I recommend crocheting a small flat single crochet square and taping it onto a piece of paper and writing down what the color is called and what the brand is with every type of yarn you have. For crocheting, I usually use 4.25 mm hook or 3.75 mm hook or anything in between. Red heart yarn is the most popular yarn and is one of the easiest ones to find and has the most types of yarn. If you want to use yarn that has a nice shine to it (when I say shine I mean like it’s sparkly not that it has sparkles in it or anything) you should try the brand Charon yarn or I love this yarn brand. I recommend using the same type of brand when crocheting one project.
#1 tip: Use a paper clip as a stitch marker! I didn’t have any thing in mind Bc it was my first time crocheting. I used one of my purple paper clips. I like it Bc they can come in different colors at Walmart! :)
I never realized that doing an invisible decrease would hide the little hole! I recently started doing yarn under in the next stitch and that solves the problem also😊
If you're not ready to sell the amigurumi that you just learned how to make, don't let your mom post pictures on her facebook. She will absolutely tell all her friends that you'll make them one 👍 coming from someone who is sitting here at midnight making 5 baby yodas :')
Never read anything more relatable!! Literally made me laugh so hard 🤣
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Are you sick of baby Yoda yet? 🤣🤣🤣
@@cathharr08 Yes, very much so, lol. I didn't think that was even possible 😂
7 tips:
1. use smaller hook, loosen my tention to avoid holes
2. use invisible decrease
3. It is best to work in spiral, don't join at the end of each round
4. Always use stich marker
5. use locking stich markers to help with seaming.
6. use cotten yarn whenever possible
7. Do not stuff too much a little goes a long way
#5 is a good one! Thank you !
You’re doing gods work
good tips
#2! 🎉🎉🎉
Omg thank you!!
A tip I've found over the years.....I prefer to use left over scraps of yarn to stuff my amigarumi. It's a nice way to recycle those scraps instead of trashing them and it works actually really nice to shape too! 💓💓💓
That's a good idea! Thanks!
Sometimes, I use my leftovers to mark stitches when I can't be bothered to look for the clip things lol. (I thread through)
I just watched the part where she said that she uses the left over scraps XD
yes, its really nice too since fiberfill can sometimes spread on the outside of your project, but with yarn it just stays in there. its a really good method to use, especially if you have lots of scraps! 😊
@@miguelyoutubing It's also better (imho) if an infant might be chewing on it for teething etc.
If you yarn under instead of yarning over when doing your single crochets it makes an x looking stitch that does not make any holes! I love it!
You don’t know how much you just helped me. I just started learning and my first amigurumi I finished (dinosaur) has the holes
@@nakylabrady658 using a smaller hook than the yarn label recommends also makes the stitches closer and less holey
I use that one as well, also if you do a magic ring do not close the ring straight away, so one more round. It helps with finding your first stitch.
I do that and love it. You're absolutely correct
@@georginacambridge3857 so do two rounds on it instead of one
My tip: Count your stitches!!!! I never used to and it would always get messed up and have to be redone. So now I count my stitches in every round.
Yes! So important.
I had this problem ! Lol i started counting so if i mess up I can just fix that round instead of having to restart the project
Yes! So important! I've skipped on a few rows and realized later I messed up. It adds time to the project but helps eliminate error.
OG, so true. I’m making a blanket of squares right now and learned not to be lazy about this.
So true! I keep trying to count but 2 seconds later I've forgotten what number I'm on because I have awful memory.
99 percent of my frustration has been to not using stitch markers. I thought i was a waste of money. But SERIOUSLY! BUY THE STITCH MARKERS.
You can use some yarn scarps as stitch marker, they work just fine and saves you some money
I typically use hair pins/Bobby pins to slide in my stitches
I'm probably the cheapest here using the tail of the project XD
I use paperclips lol, but I need to buy the plastic ones because pointy metals splits my yarn.
Or just use waste yarn.
Hmm a tip would be, dont give up on your projects even if you mess up. Take your time with it! :D
That's such a great tip!
You can lay a project aside and learn new techniques, then go back and finish it with a fresh viewpoint.
But what if I have a deadline
Happy little accidents can be part of the learning curve, but also can be incorporated into the animal with a story or scarf or.....anything that sparks the imagination.
@@ocean0075 try not to accept a deadline, on a pattern you have not done before?
If you're a starter, keep a photo of what you're making in front of you, years ago, I made my daughter a wolf, after so much work, suffering, loving doing it, crocheting and undoing over and over again, I was done, I ran proudly showing my daughter the finshed project, she said, oh mom, love the mouse you crocheted. LOL 😆.
I never made that mistake again.
Have fun lovely people 💕 and laugh with me.
HAHAHAH
LOL, this sounds just like me! I have been crocheting most of my life, but just sticking to the usual hats, gloves, slippers, and blankets. What i truly enjoy is trying different stitching for different looks. I don't have children so making cute creatures is new to me, but what you aaid about your wolf really hit home and yes you made me laugh! 😄 I feel like I'm 12 again and just learning to crochet, but I'm determined to have fun! 😁👍
Omg, thus made me laugh so hard. I feel your pain!
One thing I have found that helps me with my Amigurumi projects is that I create a Line count sheet that I can check at the end of each round. So in addition to marking the beginning of my new round, I also can set my work down and pick it back up a week later and see which round I last completed. It does take a few minutes to prepare, but it has saved me many a headache.
Thank you, Brittany for all your tips and guidance. Your videos have helped me the most of any I've found.
The advice about smaller hook, less tension is a total game changer. Now I can keep crocheting amigurumi without the hand and wrist pain that made me stop before. And, the result is better! I was suffering for nothing! 🙄😄
When finishing off an open edge of a piece worked in a spiral (like a hat), work the last 2 or 3 stitches as slip stitches. It reduces the 'step' as you finish off.
THANK YOU
Great tip!!
For stuffing amigurumi (not sure if that's spelled right) you can also stuff it with chopped up socks or tee shirt, especially if it's going to be given to a child to play with. Using the chopped up clothing gives a bit more structure but also is cheaper than fiber fill.
Excellent idea. Thank you for sharing.
You did spell it right, so well educated. That stuffing would also be good as a doorstop. Waste yarn works too. My sister cross-stitches, she saves the waste thread for me to stuff my traditional fur fabric teddy bears. If you are making a larger toy, the scrap cloth may make it a bit too heavy. All the best.
my mother used to chop up old, stretched out pantyhose.
Using cloth remnants it’s all washable and dryer safe too try it it works honest
I wish I had used your tip for baby gift items. The fuzz can come out as baby chews on the item! Thanks
My "hack" is that wherever possible, crochet the limbs first and then crochet the whole project as one piece where you have no seams to sew. Yes, I mean crochet the limbs on as you go. For example, if I am doing a doll, I make both arms and one leg, then I start at the foot of the other leg and when I get to the top of the leg, I start to crochet the torso adding the other leg. When I get to where the armpits would be I crochet a round with the lower half of the arm and the next row would include the upper half of the arm. I them decrease across the shoulders to the neck, after a few rounds of neck I increase to make the head. This way I have no seams. Of course you will stuff parts of the doll as you go.
Sounds like an advanced technique, I hope to be at that level some day!
I’ve been doing this also!!
deadass, USE STITCH MARKERS. I didn't think it was necessary but oh my god they help so much
Especially if you lose count really quickly
Even with the stitch markers (or piece of thread) I find myself doing a lot of counting or recounting, and still I have to undo and redo :)
Oh gawd I can’t even imagine not using stitch markers I would loose my soul along with my place in the project
I recently saw a tip to use a longer piece of yarn as a stitch marker and weave it in and out of either the beginning or end of each row. This has been a wonderful tip when working a spiral, as I can easily see the number of rows I have crocheted. I tend to lose count of where I am, especially if I leave the project for a while and come back later. This way I don't have to write it down or make a mark on my pattern! This tip has been extremely helpful!
Yes! I did this when I started amigurumi simply because I didn’t have stitch markers. I just leave a long tail on my original circle and use it all the way through the project. Works great and anchors securely! 😊
And then you can use those tails to make knots when finishing off!
Thank you so much, very helpful 😊
Running stitch markers are my favorite, they also allow you to see where the first/last stitch of the round travel so you can adjust accordingly if needed.
When I make dark toys, I use a nylon sock liner for my poly fill.
Awsome tip!!!!
Love it. Been doing that with my dolls foe years
I use waste yarn for marking, with the length from a double magic ring, I can mark the start for quite a way. A paper clip also works in a pinch. Mark every 5th round to make re-counting easier. A separate strand of waste yarn, of a different colour used horizontally over 3 or so stitches, can save heaps of time.. Stitch markers just get in the way. I fold the top of head while relatively flat and mark centre front, back and both sides, and continue down as I work more rounds. Yarn stays in until the toy is completed, without causing marks or holes. I use staggered inc and dec rather than invisible. Kristie Tullus explains this well in her tips. You can brush yarn to make doll hair, then use the waste to line the body of darker pieces etc, so the white fill can't show. If you stuff well enough, you don't need extreme methods to stop wobbly neck. Stuffing will settle over time with cuddling, so be careful not to understuff. Are you using cotton stuffing, poly isn't so hard when well stuffed? A tip I heard was like an orange, not like a brick. Door stops and cloth teddies can be stuffed with waste cotton /embroidery thread... I stuff just the hands, feet and the tip of tails to keep them round in tiny limbs. Where the limbs are larger, and the tops are flattened, I like only stuffing 3/4s of the pieces, check the pattern. I have a lot of blunt yarn needles, handy to hold limbs on without drawing blood. Doll needles(long), and mattress needles(longer), help to find placements. To wash toys, put one inside a stocking, tie a knot and wash on gentle. Do not press or put acrylic yarn in a dryer, acrylic is also prone to pilling, natural fibre is a moth magnet. Cotton works better for baby toys, and frequent washing, if constantly being wet, it will rot though. Cotton blend is a little softer and more resilient. The best yarn for each toy is dependant on the pattern and design characteristics. Check the pattern. Check colour-fastness before making up yarn. I do not use safety eyes on baby toys, the shaft can snap, I embroider granitos stitch yarn eyes, which can be replaced if they get too messy. All the best.
I like to mark the first or last stitch (choose one) of each row by pulling a contrasting scrap of yarn through each row. This provides a lifeline for those times when I need to frog multiple rows. I am not forced to figure out where the rows below the stitch marker started because I left a trail of scrap yarn to show the way. The scrap yarn can be pulled out easily as long as you haven’t accidentally put a stitch through it. Another thing that made seaming easier is to use a needle with a bend at the tip. It makes stitching curved body parts together SO much easier!
I do my invisible decrease by going in the first front loop, then the second front loop, then wrap around and pull through both instead of doing them both separately
So do I and it works great for me
That's right. Me too.
That's how I learned the invisible decrease. :)
Yes, I agree with going in the first front loop, then the second front loop, then wrap around and pull through both. I believe this way is how it was originally designed to be worked.
Same 👍🏻
I use a Q-tip to push in stuffing into nooks and crannies.
So I've run a mini business purely with amigurumi and I completely agree with EVERYTHING you've said. All things I learned also.
Can you give me some tips on running a mini business? I want to start too but don’t know how
Seriously perfect timing, I'm making amigurumi for the first time for my nieces and nephews. Thank you so much!
Rebekah Wood I just decided to make all my nieces and nephews one too
I just made sonic for my nephews now I’m making shadow
How'd everything turn out? Have you made any since? 🤗
Bonus tip from my nan!
use YARN as a stitch marker and counter, place some scrap yarn over the loops as you do the last stitch and it'll stay there (sometimes I knot the end to be sure it stays put) then every round repeat with the same yarn and it'll weave in and out and make counting rows SO MUCH EASIER. I tend to use normal stitch markers for my inc and dec rows but when I'm working straight down i always use yarn
I love the smart idea of knotting the ends. That's really smart. I like recycling yarn scraps all the time. Thank you
I learned this just recently after 50+ years of knitting and it's a total game changer. Free and so helpful. Use it all the time now
Oh my giddy aunt! I am so pleased I watched this tutorial. The tips are just what I’m looking for. Changing hook sizes has made a big difference.
Thank you
If I have a scrap of about a yard of yard, I keep it to use as both a stitch and row counter. Leave a decent tail and drape the yarn just before you make that first stitch, inward or outward doesn't matter. When you come back around, drape the yarn in the opposite direction. If you had lain the yarn in, lay it outward. You will wind up with what looks like a running stitch that marks where the first row is... which also helps you count your rows faster.
If you have an oddments of a crepe type yarn it will not shed fibres into your work, and is less likely to catch a split stitch.
I use Bobby pins as stitch markers!!!
samee
Safety pins work really well too!!!
Same
Although I'm an experienced crocheter, I'm only just starting to dabble in amigurumi. It's important to me to do as much research as possible before attempting anything new, so videos like these are really helpful.
One of the things I've been wondering about, and just can't seem to find much info about, is how difficult techniques affect basic amigurumi (3D) shapes. For example: how does alternating increase and non-increase rounds affect 3D shaping or continuous increasing followed by continuous non-increase rounds? How pointy can a cone get and how do I achieve that vs a more even shape (a traffic cone vs a pine needle or the neck of a doll, for example)?
For me, everything I do, including crochet, needs to be intuitive and it can only be achieved when one has a basic understanding of "why this happens".
Could you perhaps delve into this aspect in an additional video?
So I see that I do my invisible decrease differently. When I do the invisible decrease, I loop the front loops of the next two stitches onto my hook and then yarn over and pull through them both and finish it like a regular single crochet and it is almost impossible to tell that there was a decrease at all. It took me several smaller projects, which at that point to me weeks, to figure out how to tell from both the front and the back of that stitch I never learned to loop it twice like you did in the video. Just one loop through the front loops of those two stitches as if it were a regular single crochet stitch.
This is how I do my invisible decrease too.
Ah, good. Thought I was going crazy! That's how I do it too.
Safety pins and paper clips make good stich markers aswell
Exactly what i commented just now
Yarn under instead of yarn over to eliminate ALL holes or gaps :)
This is a different stitch called Crossed Single Crochet. It works great if you want to then work cross stitches on a single crochet project. I just learned about this stitch (CSC - Crossed Single Crochet) the other day.
How can yo do yarn under instead of over??
How exactly is that done?
@@angelamoyes4974 this is a great video
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@@jessicaaragon4215 this is a great video explaining it
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For any starting people i recommend getting yourself a “woobles” kit, they pretty much taught me most of these 7 tips so I started making amigurumi’s the best way possible from the very start. Not only do they give you all the materials for your amigurumi, but they also provide video tutorials to really teach you how to crochet from how to hold the hook to doing invisible decreases, all of it! It’s really an amazing resource imo for beginners.
Woobles kit???
Thank you for sharing your tips. They really make life easier. I have had trouble embroidering the inside of an ear till I found an alternative. I crochet another round of the ear in a finer yarn to make a smaller thin piece and sew it to the inside of the other bigger piece of the ear. Hope this helps those who are struggling like me to "colour" the inside of an ear neatly. Amigurumiers Unite!
Thank you so much. I'm starting on a bear and thought I'd watch your tips. I especially love the tip about attaching the limbs temporarily with stitch markers while sewing them in place. Again, some really great tips!!
Glad it was helpful!
I used the Re-Up yarn and made a tank top with it. It’s so soft and washed up just lovely, even softer. I also have used it to make kitchen towels and cookware savers(rounds or squares that go between my pots and pans to prevent the surfaces getting scratched when stacked up or nested ) and yes again they wash up great! -.
I'm pretty new to amigurumi and found this video as I was trying to figure out how to get rid of the big holes I was getting in this project I'm trying to do. I'd found tips about smaller hooks in other places already, but the combination of smaller hook AND looser tension wasn't something I'd see until this video, and it fixed my problem exactly! Thank you, what a lifesaver!
Old hooked earrings make great stitch markers, you can squish it together . Also you can crochet a little fingerette (a bit like a bandaid and poke the wool through a couple of stitches and you have a tension regulator
I use a contrasting yarn the length from the top to bottom of the shape to mark my first stitch. When I get to the stitch I just flip that contrasting yarn over my upcoming stitch and make my stitch right over it, When I get around again I flip it back. It stays in the project till you finish that piece. When done with it it just pulls out.
how do you count each round using this method?
Thank you! I haven't started an amigurumi project yet so it's encouraging to know all these tips BEFORE my 1st attempt :)
1. Learn the magic circle and invisible seam stitches.
2. This is my #1 crochet tip actually...
Learn to read both written and graph patterns. This way you can make ( or design) any pattern you find and fall in love with. I couldn't read graphs for awhile and didn't want to because I understood written. Finally I fell in love with a pattern I really wanted to make & after downloading saw it was graph only. I finally learned. 😊
Can I ask how you learned to read patterns? I don't know really how to read either type--I know what all the abbreviations stand for but that's about it; going from knowing what a direction says to being able to make sense out of what it's telling me to do has proven a difficult gulf to cross so far & if you have any specific book or whatever that you used to learn I would really appreciate having somewhere to start. (I originally learned crochet from my great-grandmother as a child and only recently tried to start picking it up again).
“im still a leaner” the giant cow or lamb in the back: 👁💧👄💧👁
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One I learned just last night that changed my darn life: If doing repeated sequences (i.e. sc X 4, dec, sc X 4), put a stitch marker at the end of each sequence so you don't forget where you are. Soooo many times I've gotten distracted and been like "uhhhh...did I already do the dec...?" It saves having to count out stitches multiple times.
Also put stitch markers every five or ten stitches to make counting stitches easier!
What I do is that I never leave the project in the middle of a sequence. So if I leave it and need to pick it up, I know I have to start the sequence. But your method is better, especially for not having to frog the whole round if you suddenly don;t know here you are
I do an invisible decrease differently and it truly is invisible. I put the hook through the front loop only of the next stitch, then grab the next front loop with my hook, THEN yarn over and pull through both loops, then yarn over again and finish the single crochet.
The best tip I got was to make and finish the head/ face first! Get the eyes, lashes, brow, etc just right and you will have no trouble finishing the project!
You do the invisible decrease different than I learned. You go through both front loops before you draw the yarn under
That’s how I do it too. I think it looks better than the way she showed! But to each their own :)
Love the tip about using stitch markers when seaming. I appreciated your video.
Amigurumi tip: when I make something like an amigurumi Pokémon, I don’t want to use just black beady eyes and I want it to have the same sort of anime eyes that it has in the show. A lot of people will instead use felt or fabric and glue it onto the amigurumi with a hot glue gun. But I like to embroider the eyes on. I’ll usually use a whip stitch a just sew onto the head so u can see the yarn and just keep doing that until I like how it looks.
Thank you - I really couldn't figure out what 'working in a spiral' meant until you explained - I'm learning this type of crochet and love it.
I did a project with joining and I hated it. I tried the spiral and it is awesome
When doing a sc dec, put the hook up in the from loop of the next stitch, then without doing yo, go straight up in the flo of the next stitch, yo, pull through one loop, yo, through the remaining 3 loops on hook. It’s invisible. You won’t see it. The way you are doing it is wrong 🤗 I learnt it from a lady in turkey that doesn’t have her TH-cam up anymore 😞 When you place the hook up in flo of first stitch, turn your hook and go straight up in next flo. It makes it easier if your hook is backwards to pickup flo of second stitch. I hope this helps. The only problem is you need to frog if you forget where you are as it’s very difficult to see. Happy crochet everyone ❤️🇦🇺
THANK YOU for this video!!! I couldn’t figure out why I had such big holes. Switching to a smaller hook and a looser stitch worked perfectly!!! All of this advice was super helpful but that one has saved my sanity!!!
I prefer some kind of smooth thin scrap cord as my stitch marker, where I loosely weave it into each rounds. So I can count each rows! I also use a knitting counter to keep track of rows. My last tip is, when I have a skinny limb, like an arm, I just weave in the tail yarn into it, acting like stuffing, so it's slightly stuffed. Also a good way to hide and not waste your tail yarn! Happy crocheting!
I forgot to mention why the cord/yarn marker has to be smooth and thin, for easy removal. Just pull out afterwards!
I use thin garden wire, it's covered with plastic, so it won't rust, it's inexpensive, and very playable, yet stiff enough to stay in place and be released again and again, get the one that comes with a cutter built in.
When you need to take a break from a project put a stitch marker in your working loop so it doesn't accidentally get unraveled. Especially useful with little ones around.
Absolutely!!!!!
or kitty cats
Long time crocheterer, haven't done much with amigurumi for many of the reasons you mentioned. I just may give it another try though. Thanks for all your helpful tips. I love using Lion Brand yarns too.
Yes! My go to yarn is Lion Brand!! Love the variety! Thanks for the re up intro. I had not seen or heard of it! I will surely look for it!
Thanks again!
The invisible decrease would have helped me so much lol Thank you for the tips ❤
I also use an old stocking and put the stuffing in there, I try to use very light coloured ones so that doesn’t show through. White where my crochet project yarn is white, black for black yarn etc. It is also good because when you sew through you have extra grip and no stuffing pulling through.
for decreasing i use the front loop for the 1st one then the back loop for the 2nd so far its worked well
I was taught to go through the back loop and then the front loop, and only slip stitch through the front loop to finish. It’s hard to get the hook through both loops but I didn’t know there was an easier way 😂
Thank you so much for your tips, amigurumi is so much fun. Have been making animals for some time and it is always great to
learn tips from you and others. You are delightful.
Locking stitch markers come in different sizes from very tiny ones to huge ones used on blankets and things like that
I found your tips to be excellent! I’m a beginner and just started making my first amigurumi. Luckily I knew enough to know I was going to need to watch lots of tutoring videos.
I am so glad to see someone else is just starting amigurumi as well. I thought I was the only one late to the party. I have fallen in love with doing these.
Wow! Can't believe how many of my problems had such simple solutions. Thanks so much.
I’m just getting back into crocheting and these tips are so great! Thank you so much. Even the comments are full of tips.
Thanks so much for the excellent tips and from your viewers as well. Every little thing helps! Love amigurumi projects but they can be frustrating sometimes without help.
WOW! WAY TO PRESENT A TUTORIAL!!! Standing ovation from me! Everything was right with your video! Lots of exclamation points here, but there are so many amateurish tutorials online that when I see one like yours I want to sing about it in a Broadway stage song and dance number! The set, the lighting, the audio, the editing, ...all great. But MOST OF ALL, you were prepared on the subject, knew exactly what you wanted to say, and were very eloquent. It was quite helpful to me and I subscribed right off the bat. While I do appreciate the efforts of the more amateur tutorials, it takes longer, much more prep, and lots of effort to make yours. Thanks soooooo much!! By the way, this was the first tutorial of yours that I've seen, and I'm digging in right now to search your other videos. Great job.
Wow, Roberta! Thank you so much!! I have such a wonderful time with B.Hooked TV episodes because it gives me a chance to play with preparation, camera angles, editing, lighting, set...all that fun stuff 😄 I tend to love that just as much as crocheting and knitting! I definitely agree about the new Lion Brand yarns from this year and last. I'm loving so many of them! I too wonder which ones will stick around 🤔
if you ever work with a pattern for the first time, read the pattern COMPLETELY, it´s really usefull to know what´s coming in a project and to be sure you understand every stich and every rown
iThankyou so much .Ive been trying for ages to not get holes .Now i realise i have been having a really tight tension even after going to a smaller hook .
Thanks for this. The tip on the invisible decrease is my favorite.
Thank you for these tips, great help. My biggest problem was the floppy head syndrome, I've used several methods depending on what I have to hand. Electric or thicker floral wire are good, I curl the ends round and wrap with masking tape for added safety, the length is from the top of the legs to mid head, making sure it is well covered with the filling, again for added safety. I've even used craft lollipop sticks and pipe cleaners, curling two or three around each other for strength. I'm so grateful for all these tips, as I've never crocheted in my lifetime, now in later life and retired I've done so many projects and yet I'm learn something new every day, cotton yarn produces a much more professional finish x
I saw a tip recently about using a foam hair roller for the neck to keep the head upright and stable.
Try pool noodles!! You can cut them up and stuff them right in there- no wire and they have a bit of give!!
This is a WONDERFUL teaching video! Thanks!
Thank you for your video. I watched and read that i should stuff more to keep the shape and doing that always made the yarn stretch and then have see through spots. Im glad i came across your video.
Thank you for this great video. I am a new amigurumi crocheter.
Definately use stitch markers. Thank you for explaining why dec in the front loops works over using both loops.
Thank you for this video, trying to learn this magic circle has been so frustrating for me especially since I’m left handed.
so true. One other thing I do for stuffing is reusing old cuttings from yarn or threads for stuffings.
Thanks for the wonderful tips. Have you ever used the yarn under single crochet? One more Tip is when increasing sc in front stitch and back stitch.
Gloria H how is that?
@@angelanarcia8336 Here is a video that demonstrates that technique. th-cam.com/video/UgK5J4wrEG4/w-d-xo.html.
@@gloriah8571 Would you disagree with the tip of crocheting loosely then? It's my understanding that yarning under makes the stitches tighter.
Could you explain your 2nd tip a little more? Do you mean front loop and back loop instead of front and back stitch?
@@jenleffel3213Yarn under is a more tight stitch. Yes front and back loop
You can use invisible join. Although a little bit visible about seaming line but it's better than slip stitch. Especially in changing colour. Make sure soft/fine cotton yarn. Too stiff yarn would not be good for amigurumi. I prefer acrylic or milk cotton than 100% cotton yarn.
if you're going to pause a project to work on something else. add a tag to your stitch marker which records what size hook you were using. hard to remember after a few months being packed away
Where can I purchase a crochet needle like this?? Thanks for the tips!
Looks like a Furl’s Odyssey hook
I have made it a goal in 2023 to become efficient in Amigurumi. I know how to crochet and using the smaller hook and tighter tension, hopefully will lead me to my goal of making doilies. That being said, when you mentioned the Re Up yarn I immediately Googled it and it's discontinued. Man! Just my luck. I did buy cotton yarn from Michaels and Hobby Lobby, so I have about 8 skeins on hand to get started. I'm excited to go through your videos!
The tip is to use a smaller hook and LOOSER tension.
...cont... :) and you knit, too! Yay!
Forgot to say, the newer Lion Brand yarns are incredible. I'm wondering if Re-Up is a trial yarn, as well as some newer ones? New Lion Brand yarns I've tried throughout this summer are Pima Cotton, a medium weight 100% cotton that is wonderfully soft but still holds shape quite well; Truboo, a light weight 100% rayon from bamboo; and Re-Play, which is a 100% tencel. They're all very affordable and beautiful yarns, and I'm hoping they continue, but haven't noticed any re-stocking at JoAnns, or even seen them anywhere else. Anyway...thanks again. Lion Brand should be very happy to sponsor you!
I was wondering why I could still see the stuffings whenever I finish an amigurumi! I never gave it much thought when some of my stitches are tight! Your video is super super helpful! Thank you so much!!!!
Thank you for your tips. I consider myself to be an intermediate crocheter and I'm working on my very first amigurumi animal. And yes, after restarting 3 times I learned that stitch markers will save your life lol. And that invisible decrease was a great tip!! 👍🤗
I can't live without stitch markers too. Total life savers!! hehe
just exactly what I was looking for. I’ve learned so much from you, thank you
Thanks for sharing. I picked up after30 years. Justplugging back in
Re-Up is sold at some Joann stores. That way you can use a coupon or get it on sale.
Walmart carries ReUp yarn also, it not many colors. In fact few colors is true for most of their yarns.
Thanks for these tips. I just started amigurmi this year. And a few of these tricks I have picked up along the way. Going from this to that. The cotton I haven’t tried cause they tend to be splitters but I will have to give that a shot. If you could do a video on how to sew on limbs attachments that is where I have the most issues.
Glad you found them helpful! I like the idea of showing how I sew limbs on. Definitely will get the wheels turning for a future project!
Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton is nice to work with because the yarn is constructed in a chain so does not split as easily as most cotton. It's also really pretty and sturdy. I got it for one project and found myself choosing it again and again.
Thank you so much for this video! Great tips! I’ve only made a couple amigurumi projects but I think I’m “hooked”. (Yeah. That really bad pun was intended! 😆)
You are so welcome!
Me too! Love working in miniature, so these little guys are sweet, neat and quick! So hooked!
I’m brand new to crocheting and to this style of craft (haven’t attempted one yet). The problem I’m running into is the style of hook I’m using. It’s just your standard metal hook you can get at your local craft stores. I’m looking for a more ergonomic style and was curious what brand of hook you were using? Thank you in advance 😊
I was using Furls Odyssey crochet hooks in this video. They're lovely to work with but they are a little more expensive than other hooks. I'd also recommend Clover Amour and Tulip Etimo hooks. These can be bought individually at a lower price point.
You're very pleasant and realistic. Thanks for the tips!
Wow, I’m new to amigarumi. Just saw another version of invisible decrease. Yours is much easier. Thanks
Did you make your cardigan? It's gorgeous. I would love the pattern if it's handmade.
I really like how you explain things, easy and to the point. May I ask what that brand hook was you were using in the video?
Do you have detailed videos about working in the round/spiral?
It’s really easy. When you get to your marker showing the last stitch of the round, move the marker, and just keep going. In fact, if you didn’t place a marker at all, but continued to crochet, you would be working in the round ( a spiral).
Tip: the yarn color on the skein of yarn can look different when u crochet it. I recommend crocheting a small flat single crochet square and taping it onto a piece of paper and writing down what the color is called and what the brand is with every type of yarn you have. For crocheting, I usually use 4.25 mm hook or 3.75 mm hook or anything in between. Red heart yarn is the most popular yarn and is one of the easiest ones to find and has the most types of yarn. If you want to use yarn that has a nice shine to it (when I say shine I mean like it’s sparkly not that it has sparkles in it or anything) you should try the brand Charon yarn or I love this yarn brand. I recommend using the same type of brand when crocheting one project.
Nicely edited. I appreciate the cutaways to the video demonstrations.
Oh! Perfect timing! Thank you for this video🙂
Thanks for this video! I love Lion Brand yarns...so glad they are your sponsor!
I Love your hooks! Where did you get them from, please :)
Thank you so much for these helpful tips. I will keep them in mind when working on my next amigurumi project
#1 tip: Use a paper clip as a stitch marker!
I didn’t have any thing in mind Bc it was my first time crocheting. I used one of my purple paper clips. I like it Bc they can come in different colors at Walmart! :)
I never realized that doing an invisible decrease would hide the little hole! I recently started doing yarn under in the next stitch and that solves the problem also😊
Skip to 3:00 to go straight to the tips. Thank you for these I will try them out.