Years ago when I was a little girl, my Aunt crocheted these, but she called them Ding-a-lings. She made my sister and I every color imaginable. She didn't have any girls, only boys. So she enjoyed making these for us. Now I make them for the little girls on my block. I just wanted to share with you what I've known these to be. This is a great tutorial !
I experimented and did 30 ch + 3 ch. And used half double crochet instead of double crochet cuz i wanted it to be long and thin. Im satisfied with the result. Thank you for the tutorial
Thank you for this tutorial. I used to make them into hair ribbons back in the 1970’s and couldn’t remember how. Brings back sweet memories of pigtails in high school.
Thank you for this video, Brittany. It's the best I've seen so far, slow and to the point. I'm trying to teach myself how to crochet. I make dolls and I want to make some of them with hair made out of curlicues.
I am making my first amigurumi. It's going to be a jellyfish, but they just used chains for the tentacles and I wanted curly's. I was scared to find out how hard they would be, but then I found your video. I can not believe that's all they are!! You have made me very happy. :D
My great grandmother made me an octopus with these curles but not as tight of a curl and very long and I loved it. Not sure what happened to it but wish I had to pass to my kiddo.
This was the video I was looking. I'm going to put the curly cues on some hats I'm making for my great-grand-daughter. She's 2 yrs. old and I'm sure she'll love them.
I've been trying so hard to make good curls, you can wrap them around each other for candy canes and wreaths (ornaments) and my curls always come out terrible. Whenever I crochet into the chain I always crochet under the second loop but after watching this I tried crocheting under just the top loop and my curls are nice and tight and springy. Thanks so much.
Thank you! I am working on some cat toys for a local rescue and it's essentially a ball with a curly cue at the end. My curl wasn't forming correctly. Your video helped me realize that a double crochet gives it better structure (I was doing singles) and that you have to help form the curl a bit as well. I couldn't figure out why mine weren't automatically a nice curl.
My hair is too short to fit around dry curlers...so I'm fixinto wrap it tightly around these curlycues you taught me to make and maybe have curly hair I wish I could Thank youuuu!!!
I'm a first time crocheter, this video was awesome. You are a wonderful teacher. Very easy to understand. I was able to make these on my first try. So kudos to you.😀 Thank you.
Great tutorial once I figured out the stitches used and that they were worked three times into the same stitch before moving on. This is my first crochet project so after going and watching how to make the 3 basic stitches, I came back here and made this. Came out great! Thank you! Not bad for my first time ever! I do suggest perhaps a slow down and showing more specifically where the different parts of the stitches are for working the same stitch 3 times and then picking up the next stitch (just because this is for beginners) but it was great anyway. Nice close-up of the work!
wow, it really worked.i've tried this numerous time with other tutorials and i threw my hands up in frustration. thank you sooo much. eagerly awaiting my next tutorial. you make it sooo easy. thank you
I used to make these, but couldn’t remember how. Thank you for sharing it! My granddaughter’s trying out for cheerleader on Friday. Their school’s colors are red & white with black trim. If I made these red & white I’d trim the outer part with shiny black bugle beads so all the cheerleaders have some for their hair. Do y’all think teenagers would wear them for cheerleading? Like wrapped around and dangling from a pony tail?
Thank you for this. I am a new crocheter & want to try a little easy peasy pumpkin hat with the green tendrils & you explain this sooo well. I will def be doing this in a day or so. I see I'm a tad late for this party haha. Thanx for sharing :D
I think these are gonna make a good fidget toy for me 😁 Very excited to try it 😆 Update: I just made it and I love it!!😍 I can't stop playing with it!! And I did it with this really fuzzy yarn so it feels really nice too😁
This is a great video. Easy to follow. I want to make a curlicue at least two feet long, then hot glue to a 1 feet dowel rod (5/8) and make a fabulous cat toy snake. My cat loves hers so much and playing with it helps us spend quality time together. I want to make more to give to my cat lady friends. I think the multi-colored yarn makes the best looking ones.
Thank you so much you did a great job and I really appreciate how you took the time to slow down for us who are new to this project. Great instructor! Tfs!
Nice tutorial. I've never made anything by Crocheting and with your video I got the Curly Cue made! Thank you for a great tutorial that works really for a person with no skill level at all in Crocheting anything. :)
Thank you for this! I love this video ever so much, as it was informational and detailed! It’ll surely help me because I am a beginner and understood easily! I’m making a crochet unicorn stuffed animal for my sibling, and am delighted at how it is turning out! Thank goodness I found your channel to help me! 🧶 👍 ✨
I tried to watch all the other vedios to learn how to do a spiral crochet but I didn't get them but yours is the only one that help me learn how to do it .
This was a great tutorial ! I made my first crochet project after watching this video. Wish I could post the picture. I made a cat toy with these instructions and I never crocheted before !
wrapping yarn once around hook is American double crochet. wrapping yarn twice around hook is English double crochet. Learned that the hard way when my English grandmother taught me to crochet and I tried a pattern from an American crochet book!!!
I wanted to make it wider so I thought about doing a triple crochet sit then I realized I could just yarn over another time to make it bigger. Just found out about extended triple crochet…I’ve just been making things with messed up tr.😭
When I’m finished, I add a row of sparkly bugle beads down the outside edge of the curls. Making for cheerleaders now and hoping they’re not too cool to wear them?
If I want to make skinny curly cues for little crocheted bug antennae, can I just single crochet instead of double & maybe use a thinner yarn as well in order to get the look I want, or does the stitch have to be double crochet?
3:45 She explains what makes a double crochet and how to start it, and why you need extra chains when starting a double crochet row. The only thing she doesn't explicitly say is "a double crochet is literally just two crochets, that is what double means." You can always set the video speed to 0.5
I agree with Debbie. The video starts by explaining how to make a slip knot, so I thought this was going to be VERY basic. Then she starts on the double crochet and just *does* it -- without explaining which chain to work into or what to do after the yarn over -- while chattering about something else. It's fine for people who already know how to crochet and just want to know how to make a curlicue (which is the actual name of this), but a video for absolute beginners it's not. ETA: also, she says something like "this combination of yarn and hook makes a 6-inch curlicue" but I didn't hear what size yarn or hook she was using.
Years ago when I was a little girl, my Aunt crocheted these, but she called them Ding-a-lings. She made my sister and I every color imaginable. She didn't have any girls, only boys. So she enjoyed making these for us. Now I make them for the little girls on my block. I just wanted to share with you what I've known these to be. This is a great tutorial !
My mom calls guys private parts ding a lings
I experimented and did 30 ch + 3 ch. And used half double crochet instead of double crochet cuz i wanted it to be long and thin. Im satisfied with the result. Thank you for the tutorial
I have been Crocheting for over 30 years now, but I never made, or even seen a Curly Cue before. So, thank you! =)
Thank you for this tutorial. I used to make them into hair ribbons back in the 1970’s and couldn’t remember how. Brings back sweet memories of pigtails in high school.
3:00 when it starts. Very simply explained! Very helpful!!
Geraldine Granado
I’m going to put these on my luggage 🧳 so I can find my suitcases real quick at the airport.Thank you !
Great idea!
Ooh, great idea!
That's a Brilliant idea!
Thank you for this video, Brittany. It's the best I've seen so far, slow and to the point. I'm trying to teach myself how to crochet. I make dolls and I want to make some of them with hair made out of curlicues.
I am making my first amigurumi. It's going to be a jellyfish, but they just used chains for the tentacles and I wanted curly's. I was scared to find out how hard they would be, but then I found your video. I can not believe that's all they are!! You have made me very happy. :D
My great grandmother made me an octopus with these curles but not as tight of a curl and very long and I loved it. Not sure what happened to it but wish I had to pass to my kiddo.
Exactly what I was looking up too. But my animal is a spider 😂
Watching in February 2019. This remains one of my favorites! I use these as cat toys, so it remains one of my cat's favorites too! Thank you!!!
So easy to follow, and right into the instructions, no endless yak before. Thank you very much.
Yay! I didn't even know how to do double crochetes until now, and now I know how to do two extra things!
Amazing! You are a great teacher. You made it easy to learn. Thank you.
This was the video I was looking. I'm going to put the curly cues on some hats I'm making for my great-grand-daughter. She's 2 yrs. old and I'm sure she'll love them.
Perfect! I'm so glad you found it :)
I am trying to understand who are those people who thumbs down vidz like #whoraisedyou #keepingswipping.
Thanks Bri the video
Why do they even click? 😂
I sgtee!
I've been trying so hard to make good curls, you can wrap them around each other for candy canes and wreaths (ornaments) and my curls always come out terrible. Whenever I crochet into the chain I always crochet under the second loop but after watching this I tried crocheting under just the top loop and my curls are nice and tight and springy. Thanks so much.
Thank you! I am working on some cat toys for a local rescue and it's essentially a ball with a curly cue at the end. My curl wasn't forming correctly. Your video helped me realize that a double crochet gives it better structure (I was doing singles) and that you have to help form the curl a bit as well. I couldn't figure out why mine weren't automatically a nice curl.
My hair is too short to fit around dry curlers...so I'm fixinto wrap it tightly around these curlycues you taught me to make and maybe have curly hair I wish I could
Thank youuuu!!!
I'm a first time crocheter, this video was awesome. You are a wonderful teacher. Very easy to understand. I was able to make these on my first try. So kudos to you.😀 Thank you.
Omg thanks I think that is one of the best beginner friendly I finally completed my jellyfish ❤❤❤❤❤
Only 89 k likes this deseeves more! This is the best tutorial ever I dont think anyone can explain it better
This is probably the cutest and easiest idea ever! Thanks!
Great tutorial once I figured out the stitches used and that they were worked three times into the same stitch before moving on. This is my first crochet project so after going and watching how to make the 3 basic stitches, I came back here and made this. Came out great! Thank you! Not bad for my first time ever! I do suggest perhaps a slow down and showing more specifically where the different parts of the stitches are for working the same stitch 3 times and then picking up the next stitch (just because this is for beginners) but it was great anyway. Nice close-up of the work!
Thank-you! Clearly I am more visual when it comes to patterns than I care to admit because I understood this video way better.
Erin Mcleese I’m the same. Can’t read them but can follow videos
I have never successfully made a these before. Thank you for making this tutorial!!
wow, it really worked.i've tried this numerous time with other tutorials and i threw my hands up in frustration. thank you sooo much. eagerly awaiting my next tutorial. you make it sooo easy. thank you
I used to make these, but couldn’t remember how. Thank you for sharing it! My granddaughter’s trying out for cheerleader on Friday. Their school’s colors are red & white with black trim. If I made these red & white I’d trim the outer part with shiny black bugle beads so all the cheerleaders have some for their hair. Do y’all think teenagers would wear them for cheerleading? Like wrapped around and dangling from a pony tail?
Thank Gods for Brittany! 🤩 Now I making unicorn, and curly cue is perfect for his hair! 🦄✨
Thank you, I just tried making the curly cue, and it came out great. Your video was easy to follow.
Using this to make the mane for my Pinkie Pie hood. Can't wait to finish it! Thanks for the tutorial!
I bet that looks so cute!
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What's a pinkie pie hood? Show us please Ace . Luna
My first time making these and my spider calls for these for legs. Freaking out i finally stumbled onto this one!!! Thank god for you
Thank you so much! This is so great for the jellyfish I'm making ! 💗
Thank you for this. I am a new crocheter & want to try a little easy peasy pumpkin hat with the green tendrils & you explain this sooo well. I will def be doing this in a day or so. I see I'm a tad late for this party haha. Thanx for sharing :D
Thank you so much this helped with me learning how to make a little bookworm for my friend ✨🙏
I think these are gonna make a good fidget toy for me 😁
Very excited to try it 😆
Update: I just made it and I love it!!😍 I can't stop playing with it!! And I did it with this really fuzzy yarn so it feels really nice too😁
Thank you so much, I have wanted to make these for a long time but I thought they would be too hard, your video made it very easy!
This is a great video. Easy to follow. I want to make a curlicue at least two feet long, then hot glue to a 1 feet dowel rod (5/8) and make a fabulous cat toy snake. My cat loves hers so much and playing with it helps us spend quality time together. I want to make more to give to my cat lady friends. I think the multi-colored yarn makes the best looking ones.
Thank you so much you did a great job and I really appreciate how you took the time to slow down for us who are new to this project. Great instructor! Tfs!
Nice tutorial. I've never made anything by Crocheting and with your video I got the Curly Cue made! Thank you for a great tutorial that works really for a person with no skill level at all in Crocheting anything. :)
When I was in elementary school I use to see these made as Hair ties for pony tails..
Thank you for this tutorial. Now to sew them onto a twiddle muff or a sensory blanket.
I enjoyed your video so much. I am home bound so I started crocheting. You make it is beginner friendly. I make all time cause made hat.
Fantastic... I am a novice at crochet, but I did this ...amazing
Great tutorial. Thank you! Three of these babies made a super cute embellishment to a tea cosy! Sweet! :))
Thank you I used my curly cue for my crocheted pumpkin
I thought these were going to be hard but I can’t believe how easy they are!
My aunt made some of these in all colors for me and my sisters as hair bows. I am going to attempt to make some for my granddaughter.
Thank you for the tutorial! It helped me a lot! Great job explaining through the whole process.
Awesome! I'm making dolls and I've been searching for a fun way to do the hair
I found this video extremely helpful and easy to follow. I am making the curly cue to be a cactus Thank you
Thank you for this! I love this video ever so much, as it was informational and detailed! It’ll surely help me because I am a beginner and understood easily! I’m making a crochet unicorn stuffed animal for my sibling, and am delighted at how it is turning out! Thank goodness I found your channel to help me! 🧶 👍 ✨
Your the best love it when it’s simple and to the point. Great teacher ! 👍🏾
Thanks for your video, simply what I was looking for to make the hair for my crotchet dolls
I tried to watch all the other vedios to learn how to do a spiral crochet but I didn't get them but yours is the only one that help me learn how to do it .
THANK YOU it was so hard to do it in other vids but this is easy
I love this. So simple but it would work so well. I am making jelly fish and this should work nicely thank you!
Ah yes, these would be perfect for that!
Really great, easy video thank you. Going to add these curly embellishments to my baby sets x
This was a great tutorial ! I made my first crochet project after watching this video. Wish I could post the picture. I made a cat toy with these instructions and I never crocheted before !
Wow, that's incredible! I would love to see a picture :) If you follow me on my Facebook page, facebook.com/bhookedcrochet, you can post it there!
That yarn is so cute. It reminds me of a jelly candy my grandma used to give us when we were kids.
Thanks! I love it too! I was given a partial skein of it so I don't know for sure what it is. It feels like redheart super saver though.
Thank you for this great and simple tutorial
I make earrings &ponytail holders with these
Thank You they turned out perfect this time!
wrapping yarn once around hook is American double crochet. wrapping yarn twice around hook is English double crochet. Learned that the hard way when my English grandmother taught me to crochet and I tried a pattern from an American crochet book!!!
I wanted to make it wider so I thought about doing a triple crochet sit then I realized I could just yarn over another time to make it bigger. Just found out about extended triple crochet…I’ve just been making things with messed up tr.😭
Thanks for making it so easy. Going to try adding beads.
When I’m finished, I add a row of sparkly bugle beads down the outside edge of the curls. Making for cheerleaders now and hoping they’re not too cool to wear them?
And Kim, I hope you’ll find a way to share pics once you’ve added beads.
it would be funny to make several curls for a judge wig for someone who studies law
Keknegen kai Hahaha
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Thank you! So many of my projects will be greatly improved!
That's great! This is a fun little technique to have in your bag of tricks!
You have beautiful hands an nails!
Thanks so much. Looks easy. I going to make some for a hat.
Great to follow tutorial
Thanks so much for making a easy to follow video.
If I want to make skinny curly cues for little crocheted bug antennae, can I just single crochet instead of double & maybe use a thinner yarn as well in order to get the look I want, or does the stitch have to be double crochet?
Thank you very much.Great easy-to-understand tutorial!
Omg that was so helpful thank you sooo much
I'm so glad!
thank you so much now I know how to make it:) your video is awsome!!!
I love the curly cue!
Easy . and beautiful thanks .
Great tutorial. Very clear 👍 Thank you so much.
Great video. So easy to understand. Thank you.
Thank you much for your time & show love it very easy to follow can you please crochet easy kids dress thanks again
It´s ridiculously easy, thank you so much.
Thank you for this video 😊
For this to be a Beginner Tutorial you really should take the time and show how to to do a DBL Crochet.
3:45 She explains what makes a double crochet and how to start it, and why you need extra chains when starting a double crochet row. The only thing she doesn't explicitly say is "a double crochet is literally just two crochets, that is what double means." You can always set the video speed to 0.5
I agree with Debbie. The video starts by explaining how to make a slip knot, so I thought this was going to be VERY basic. Then she starts on the double crochet and just *does* it -- without explaining which chain to work into or what to do after the yarn over -- while chattering about something else. It's fine for people who already know how to crochet and just want to know how to make a curlicue (which is the actual name of this), but a video for absolute beginners it's not.
ETA: also, she says something like "this combination of yarn and hook makes a 6-inch curlicue" but I didn't hear what size yarn or hook she was using.
Sandy Hausrath It’s NOT a double crochet video.
Thank you so much for slowing this down! I can do it now
Thankyou, multumesc frumos.
Pony tail holders and as Octopus legs too! :) Just stitch them on to an amigurmi ball body!
That's a great idea! I need to go make an octopus now!
Haha! :)
I make jellyfish with these lol
Great video! Thanks. I’ve been wanting to make these!
This was super helpful, thank you!!
this helped so much thankyou
Your nails are gorgeous!
Thank you ever so much, that was precisely what I was looking for!
They are soo cute! Can you teach us how to do a crochet doll?
Easy to follow, thank you!!
Thank you.
Love from India, nice video 😍
What brand of hook are you using? Looks nice and comfortable.
Looks like a Clover Amour. It's a bit expensive but super nice to work with.
Thanks!
Do u do it the same with thin yarn ?
Thank you great tutorial very easy to do
Thank you!
What yarn is that I love that color!!!
If I wanted to make a curly cue approximately 40 inches long when finished, how many chains do I cast on?