Crocheters Thread

[HobbyHoarder]

I finally have the motivation to crochet again after about 6 months and started working on a seagull for my friend's birthday next week. I was doing great until it came time to turn the circle for the head into an oval and realized I forgot how very much I hate crocheting into a chain.

 

[Finnie]

And that right there is why I’m too ashamed to show off my newest completed project. I will never be that good.

Don’t sell yourself short! Your potato isn’t too rough looking. I’m sure your next amigurumi project will be smoother and if you keep going, before you know it you will be great at it. After all, amigurumi is almost all single crochet stitches and therefore not too hard to get them uniform.

One thing to pay attention to is the direction you yarn over. You can do it in either direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) as long as you stay consistent throughout the whole project. When I do amigurumi I usually do the opposite direction from my usual crocheting. Yarn under, if you will, rather than yarn over, if that makes sense.

The first couple of things I made I think I did them normally and they were ok, but I may have switched back and forth without realizing it. Then I read that some people do the yarn under for amigurumi and that’s when I realized that I needed to pay attention and do it consistently one way or the other.

And, a great project to learn on for me was emotional support chickens! I used #6 super bulky yarn and a large size hook and that was way less tedious than the small amigurumi projects I’ve been doing lately. (Like I bet your potato called for a tiny hook.) You can find free patterns on line, or you can buy Mabel the Chicken on Etsy, which I thought was worth paying for because I liked the shape of her better than the free ones I found. (I have made both.)

Keep at it- you will be surprised how quickly you become proficient at the amigurumi!

 

[Finnie]

One thing to pay attention to is the direction you yarn over. You can do it in either direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) as long as you stay consistent throughout the whole project. When I do amigurumi I usually do the opposite direction from my usual crocheting. Yarn under, if you will, rather than yarn over, if that makes sense.

The first couple of things I made I think I did them normally and they were ok, but I may have switched back and forth without realizing it. Then I read that some people do the yarn under for amigurumi and that’s when I realized that I needed to pay attention and do it consistently one way or the other.

I need to edit this part-

I’m sitting here working on an axolotl for my grandson and I realized that I only do the yarn under when I poke the crochet hook into a stitch and pull up a loop. That is the “yarn under” loop. But then when I finish the single crochet, I go back to the normal yarn over to do the last loop. I don’t think I could get a yarn under to work for that last one because it would keep slipping off my hook.

For me, “yarn over” means clockwise around the hook and “yarn under” means counterclockwise.

I hope that makes sense.

 

[BullChick]

I appreciate your kindness.
I do understand yarning over, and yarning under. I have also heard that yarning under is best for the amigurumis.
I made a bee for my housemate a few nights ago. Anything to get out of finishing my blanket, I guess. I didn’t follow a pattern, I was watching House. I do know that I can make a stinger. Now that I have black, I will be more likely to follow a pattern, which I’ve never actually done, to make another bee. That will be it for stuffed animals though.