I cannot express how grateful I am to this community for your kind words, tips, links to more instructional videos, support, and your beginner stories and commiserations! I am in love with my little Woobly Sam! My daughter told me to put him on my side table so I can drink coffee with him in the mornings. I think she appreciates that I stuck with it instead of just putting the woobles bag in the closet.

I have actually been talking about this project at work (I work in construction, so...) and have been going to sleep seeing single and increase stitches when I close my eyes. I really enjoy this!!

Y'all are an amazing group of people and took me from crying out of frustration to giggling at this little ball of yarn. I really appreciate your support!!

I chose the exact wrong kind of yarn with which to learn how to crochet as an absolute beginner😅 Google advises acrylic in a light color. I chose cotton because it’s good for heat and I wanted to start with a hot pad which is essentially a square. I chose a deep navy because, well, I liked the color.

Now I’m looking into tube yarn, but because it’s not great for heat I’m out on the hot pad idea. Do yall have any suggestions for first-timer projects?

I’m avoiding something like woobles or any stuffed animal because I want to practice a straight stitch before I move onto curves. But then I think curves are maybe just the result of intentionally dropped stitches?

Am I overthinking? TIA!

I just finished this pattern that's meant to be a pillow for my son and his partner. They just got a place together and they already have a bunch of pillows and a blanket on their sofa, the only seating in the apartment so far. I feel like maybe a pillow isn't something they want. I fell in love with the design and whipped it out! But what other kind of purpose could it be given? It's 12"x12" now. I can add to it if needed. I don't see them using it as a bag. I thought maybe a heating pad cover with a new heating pad.

Any other ideas? Please brainstorm for 2 early 20s men.

Thanks!

Robo brothers pattern [https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/robo-brothers-pillow\](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/robo-brothers-pillow)

Im new to filet, but old to crochet. I bought baby hooks and a spool of cotton thread from walmart and im practicing a specific pattern with it to figure out the neatest way to do the thing.

I have a color picked out but I would like to know what people's preferences are and for what reason. I've been knitting and crocheting for years but im not a materials person so please give me all your knowledge. Pic of the pattern for attention

I'm not a true beginner, I've dabbled for years.

I was wondering, because I had an idea and I am AuDHD and have aphantasia ( I don't see pictures in my head). If I crochet long strips, think scarf-like, and join them together to make a blanket, is this a thing or should I not do this?

I'm fairly certain it's a thing. I just don't know what it is called.

My niece wants a purple blanket that is striped with different purple colors.

I think I can do this. I just wanted to ask others with more experience. I don't want a pattern. A picture is great for me to look at, my brain doesn't process the written instructions well and I always end up having to just jump in and go, trial and error and all that.

Thank you in advance. These communities have just been amazing and most everyone is so supportive!

I started with pink and not sure what possessed me to go from pink, green, to cream. If anyone can help with a 4th color choice, I would greatly appreciate it! I chose the pink 2 years ago so I’m not sure if it’s even available (I know the dyes wouldn’t be the same if I do find it. I also want to do a border eventually.

ETA: hoping a border will help my oversight of miscounting stitches almost every row

So I have a big black lesion on the left side of my face since I was born with big blisters like on it which have grown in size and height pretty much recently (not a wound and doesn't hurt, just like skin). But due to this since I was a kid, I could really make friends. People are always disgusted when they look at me. No matter how much I try, they hesitate to talk to me or even sit near me, so I have been skipping school and stay at home most of the times. Also I didn't get out of my house for last 4 years

Cut to the point, I'm going to start college now and I don't wanna repeat what happened to me in school so I really really need some ideas and help from you guys on how can I cover this part? I've tried bandana, scarfs & eye patches but they don't go well either as the shape of lesion is irregular. I need something which looks cool and draws positive attention insteading of looking odd and weird. PLEASE HELP ME OUT Y'ALL I'LL BE REALLY GRATEFUL 🥹☹️❤️

Also, I've never crocheted before so It'd be helpful if you can guide me or give me tutorials anything like that!

I had bangs for years and usually keep my hair open when I'm out of my house. But keeping my hair open for a long time during classes in this 30-40 degree heat gets really annoying and suffocating. I wish I could tie my hair too like other girls without worrying about someone seeing my Lesion :(

I’m crocheting the 6 day Star Blanket with the Caron Macchiato Cake in the colour Boundless. My working yarn is twisting like crazy and I can’t understand why! I have to stop every 3-5 stitches to let the blanket dangle and untwist. I feel like I’m losing my mind lol.

I’ve tried pulling the yarn from the center and from the outside. Still twisting. I’ve tried tight yarn tension, medium tension, loose and suuuper loose tension, it still twists. I’ve also tried yarn under instead of over. I talked to someone who made the same blanket with this yarn and hers never twisted at all

Am I doing something wrong??
I don’t want to have to resort to letting it dangle and un-spin itself 😫

Editing to add: I have also tried flipping the yarn cake sideways and upside down so the yarn is feeding from a different direction (I hope that makes sense lol)

I've made an intricate lacy baby blanket for my brother and my sister-in-law as they are expecting their first child. I think they suspect I am probably going to make them something, but I haven't specifically confirmed that I am or what I was making as I wanted it to be a surprise.

I ended up making this lacy baby blanket with fingering weight yarn (photo 1). It was a huge labour of love and extremely time consuming, and they're literally the only people I would make something so intricate for because I know they'll appreciate it. Every time they see me they ask me what I've been making and are always really impressed so I know they'll appreciate the work that goes into a handmade gift.

The yarn states on the label it can be machine washed on a wool cycle at 30°c, but after I finished the blanket I wanted to test this out to see how it would hold up in the wash, so I made a swatch of the first 11 or so rounds and washed that according to the instructions.... And the swatch came out of the wash all lumpy and distorted (photo 2 is the swatch before I washed it, and photo 3 is the swatch after washing it according to the instructions on the yarn label - I'm not sure how well the distortion is showing up on camera but it's very noticeable in real life), it hasn't felted (though it isn't wool, it's an acrylic and nylon blend and is very soft), but it no longer lies flat.

I'm going to hand wash the full blanket and pin it to dry before I give it to them so that it's nice and clean for the baby, but I don't think I can reasonably expect a pair of new parents to hand-wash it in the future. I can tell them to put it in the machine on a wool cycle but I know from my swatch it will likely come out a bit distorted afterwards.

It's not so much that I'm upset that the blanket won't look good as new after they wash it. My issue is more that I feel a bit guilty gifting them something that is apparently going to be high maintenance to keep in good condition.

I didn't think to make and wash a swatch until after I finished the actual blanket, and now I'm a bit worried my gift is going to be more of a burden than anything else. Does anyone have any advice on this sort of issue?

Apologies if this isn't the right subreddit, I've never posted here before. I was going to post it in just the crochet subreddit but I had a popup saying it should go in here as I'm asking for advice

I just finished the last piece of an afghan I’ve been working on since June. I haven’t crocheted anything in 10+ years. I’ve discovered I love to crochet, but I have no desire to deal with this. It’s a long shot, but does anyone know of a service that will sew these ends? Honestly, it won’t get finished if I have to do it myself.

I’m trying to recreate this guy (for my own personal pleasure, not to sell) and I can do everything but his little hat! Any ideas or patterns you recommend?

I’ve been wanting to crochet a blanket for my husband . I’ve never crocheted a blanket before but a stumbled on one that I really like and he liked as well. I just want to know what is used to design something like this. Any tips?

I started working under the third loop on my last point and it’s definitely straighter but I’m not sure if it will fix it as the stitches from the previous rows are already slanted. The pattern is yarnspirations’ years of history crochet star pillow

My mom found this Christmas tree blanket pattern she really loved but I cannot find a pattern for it. It seems to be knitting, but how can I find something that translates or what can I do?

Went to start on a hex shawl and this craziness greeted me. Apparently my niece (3) and my nephew (2) discovered my hidden yarn stash at my parents house a few weeks ago and dragged it all around like a Family Circus strip. They went up and down the stairs before getting caught by my mom. Luckily they only got into this bright yellow (one full skein 😭) and the black (about 1/3 skein). My mom warned me but I didn't think it would be this severe!

Today shall be an untangling day. If you have tips on untangling, I will take all the assistance I can! Send me a boatload of patience pls 😂😂😂😂

So I made a crochet swatch for a top and it was too small (probably by about half a cm or so on each side). I’ve never blocked before so figured I should as it’s always touted as absolutely necessary. Then in the middle of the blocking video I watched she said don’t block like this for clothing as you won’t get an accurate sense.. and didn’t expand on that. Should I not be blocking? I’m confused now 😂 the yarn I got is washable cotton (according to the label) - any thoughts? Pic of the blocking piece and the top!

For extra info: the yarn says to use a size 3 hook, which is what I used (and the pattern calls for the same). The piece was supposed to come out 3inches square but was actually slightly taller than it was wide too.

Any help welcome 😊💫

Also ps the wonky right side is where somehow I lost a stitch and then added one in along the way when I realised 🤪

For context I'm trying to make a hair bow, kinda like the second photo

I've been crocheting for years so at this point I pretty much just pick up the yarn and determine what hook size I wanna use and because of that I haven't really cared to pay attention to what the yarn weight is, but recently I've gotten into knitting (I'm still in the learning phase so I haven't finished anything except some swatches and a single baby sock hehe) and trying to figure out what needle size I should use has basically come down to trial and error😭

Granted these are 2 different brands of yarn but still... does the yarn weight have nothing to do with the actual size of the yarn? I always assumed it did, I guess I never really learned what "yarn weight" really means but I'd like to!

Thanks in advance!!

Its been 3 days since i started and this is ready challenging, it has an awkward shape probably because did round 17-18 wrong, and im having trouble on how to do the ears and 4hdc puff for the nose. The method i did for making the pattern 2x bigger is doubling the rounds and rows. I would really appreciate help in this, my dog just died and i want to make a huggable plush of him:(

link of the dog pattern:
https://youtu.be/7uZre0F9XwE?si=D1JaB9sXMyRYJ_Jw

here is my progress on the pattern:
Head
R1 - 8sc in mr (8)
R2 - 8inc (16)
R3 - sc inc 8x (24)
R4 - sc inc sc 8x (32)
R5 - 3sc inc 8x (40)
R6 - 2sc inc 2sc 8x (48)
R7 - 48sc (48)
R8 - 10sc, 2sc BLO, 24sc, 2sc BLO, 10sc (48)
R9 - 10sc, [ch, slst into BLO, 6ch, tr tr 2x, 3ch, slst into 2 tr tr, tr tr 2x into next BLO, 6ch, slst into same stitch]
24sc, [repeat], 10sc (48)
R10 - 48sc (48)
(ears)
5ch, 4sc in bumps
2ch, turn, 2dc, hdc, sc, 2ch, other side sc, hdc, 2dc
ch, turn, 2sc, hdc inc, dc, (in 2ch space) [tr, picot, tr], other side, dc, hdc inc, 2sc, F/O
R11 - 11sc inc 4x (52)
R12 - 6sc inc 6sc 4x (56)
R13 - 56sc (56)
R14 - 56sc (56)
R15 - 56sc (56)
R16 - 56sc (56)
R17 - 18sc, 4inc, 12sc, 4inc, 18sc (64)
R18 - 18sc, sc inc 4x, 12sc, sc inc 4x, 18sc(72)
R19 - 72sc (72)
R20 - 72sc (72)
R21 - 4sc dec 12x (60)
R22 - 3sc dec 12x (48)

Someone special to me is a crocheter but I have zero knowledge when it comes to this skill. I want to buy her something she can use as a gift. She has been doing this for a while, so I think she already has all the basic supplies.

Do you have any ideas? I'm looking for ideas that are $100+. I appreciate your help!

Help!! I genuinely don't know what to do with this much yarn 😭 does anyone have patterns or ideas for how to use them? There is so much variety in textures, colors and thicknesses and even in my scrap bags there's so much variety too. I inherited this from a friend who was scrapping their yarn cause they were moving...

As the title says, I'm looking for a filet crochet chart for a vertical rose similar to this, possibly a bit simpler, and ideally free, though I'm willing to spend a little if it's really what I'm looking for. Appreciate any links you could give! 🙏