i’m a fairly beginner crocheter and about two years ago a friend of mine was pregnant and her baby shower was coming up so I thought I’d make her a small (supposed to be about 22x35 in) blanket with a pattern i found. I figured this was well within my wheelhouse and started, but I’m pretty slow and life happens and I just didn’t have a lot of motivation to finish it, but I eventually got the main portion finished maybe in december of that year. by then baby was born but I figured I’d just finish and send it over. The issue was (is) I absolutely hate it. Because I took so long to make the main rectangle, my tension is all over the place and the edges are super wonky. It’s also a few inches smaller all over, more in some places than all over. I steamed the hell out of it, I tried adding a border to fix it and still hated it, it still looked wonky. I couldn’t bring myself to fully finish it and give it looking the way it did and instead of figuring it out then, it went into my closet for me to not think about. i had just started a new job around this time and it was out of sight out of mind. I have been getting the itch to crochet again but feel like I can’t bring myself to make anything else when this is sitting unfinished, so I took it out to try and fix it. I decided to take the border off and I think I cut some stitches on the edge of a portion so now there’s that to deal with too. I guess i’m wondering, should I cut my losses, frog it all, and redo it? Or are the cut edges and wonky-ness fixable? Should I frog just a portion of it?? I truly am at a loss after three days of looking at it.

I recently spent the better part of a week crocheting this granny square purse only to have it fall apart while wearing it for the first time. What did I do wrong? Is there a way I can secure the middle of the granny squares for next time? Or is it because I used acrylic yarn? I'd appreciate any advice or feedback. Thank you!

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This store has only existed for 1 month, and it has 290 sales. Great business for something that's just AI-generated patterns and images. How can we trust anything on Etsy?

Hi! Probably a very dumb question I have lol. I’m a very novice crocheter. I’m doing a big blanket currently. Why do all the skeins have this weird knot in them instead of being a continuous piece? Is it a defect or normal?

What are your favorite variegated yarns to work with? I loveeee watching the project shift and change as the various colors of the yarn I'm using become a part of the fabric. This has been one of my recent favorites. It is the Sirdar Jewelspun Aran weight in northern lights.
Made a hooded scarf with pockets from one skein with enough left over to make a little flower tie off to package it.

I'm very bad at like knowing what colours go together or if different motifs clash. I'm thinking brown? But would I do them all this same design or different ones? Maybe different shades of green? Looking for any suggestions at all!

Right now its just pinned in place. I was originally going to sew it on, but then I remembered fabric glue which would probably be a lot quicker but he's a gift and I don't want to accidentally mat his fur or have it end up falling off. What would you guys do here?

I’ve made so many things, yet every time I try to crochet in a straight line in a single or double stitch the edges don’t stay straight. I’m not dropping stitches and I try to hold a similar tension when crocheting. Is it a tension thing? Or am I doing something else wrong?

Hi fellow crafters. I made this keychain for a friend but now that it’s done I’m not sure how I feel about it. Can people tell what it’s supposed to be?

I'd like to make some cute coasters, but since I've only made one amigurumi so far I wanted to do some test first to see if I was able to understand and follow the pattern.

What kind of yarn do you recommend for coasters? I've used dollar store baby acrylic yarn. I think it's 3mm yarn, but it isn't marked. I'd like them to be a bit smaller and maybe sturdier, but since I'm still a beginner I don't want to spend a lot in materials yet. I want to use at least 6 different shades/colours for maybe 8-10 coasters without getting too expensive. In this one I've only used two colours, but the original pattern uses 4.

Also does this kind of stuff need to be blocked? I don't know much about blocking yet.

I think I did a terrible job weaving the ends but since the yarn is a bit fluffy it's harder to tell

Hi. I’m making a dinosaur amigurimi. The beige part are mini puff stitches. They are very loopy (which might not be the best word to describe it, but English is my second language, so please bear with me).

I’ve tried doing them tightly but they don’t look very good. The pattern describes how to do them (Insert hook into the next st, YU and pull up a loop, YO and insert your hook into the same st, pull up a loop (should be 4 loops on hook), YO pull through all 4 loops) which I’ve done when the pattern says “x MPS”.

Really don’t wanna frog, but I’m gonna do it, if someone can figure out what I’ve done wrong - so I can do it the right way 😊

These are what the granny squares look like from it, I'm trying to see if there's a way to get the color phasing to line up more in another granny square. I don't have a lot of experience with color phasing yarn and I just started crochet maybe a month ago, so any help is appreciated! Thank you 😊

Hello! Im making a scarf out of 100% superwash merino. I read somewhere that superwash merino will stretch significantly when washed and it needs tighter tension, so now im worried. Im using a 6mm hook, which was the recommended size for my yarn. Is my tension too loose/will it cause a problem in the future? This is my first scarf project

Hello! I need some help attaching the hair piece to my doll, which is a completely separate piece that I've just pinned in place for now to set the shape/position. The pattern just says 'Attach to doll' so I assume I'd need to stitch this together using regular thread?

I would like to fix pieces of the hair in the positions that I've pinned them in the pictures, and then stitch the dragonfly hair clip on top. Do you have any tips on how to do this neatly?

Also the front individual hair pieces are kinda curled instead of straight - is this because I had uneven tension or something? And can I just use my hair straightener to fix it? The yarn is 100% cotton (mercerized) for reference.

Thanks!!

I'm a complete beginner.

I just started learning and have managed to get this far, but I don't remember how many rows there are. I can't find any video that looks like mine...

The back looks funny; I'm not quite there yet, so thats okay. (It's just to help count.)

(It will be a bunny)

My ND son chews/sucks on his sleeve, collar, shirt while at school often resulting in shirt/hoodie changes. He has rejected "chewlery" and fabric necklaces, but I'm thinking if I make him a snake wrist band he'll likely take to it. It needs to be a fabric safe to chew on that won't leech dye or break down easily. It will also preferably not retain drool (sorry) or be rough in texture. I'm thinking acrylic or maybe yarn designed for baby blankets.

For design, I'm thinking a simple snake with a hole near the end of the tail for the head to loop through to secure and have the head dangle and be the part he chews. I can probably just make one up, but if someone knows of a good design, it would be appreciated.

Pictures from internet source. My daughter likes inline crochet hooks but wants a longer “working area” as shown on the picture before the thumb rest. We have some Susan bates but she says the thumb rest is too high on the shaft. Looking for cheap hooks she can try.

So im following along to a great tutorial. Please note she recommends a 5mm hook. I can't find mine so I used 4.5mm hook. She said if the hat is too small at the end just make a few more rows....

A few more?! This thing is huge!! I already took a row off!

Does she have a big head?

Do I have a tiny peanut head? (Secretly between us, yes i have a tiny head which is why I thought i could get away with a 4.5mm hook to begin with)

Id love to finish this and have it look nice. Any suggestions? Even with the outer row removed its still massive and doesnt look like how she has it on at all.

I am currently in Germany on vacation and was hoping I could find affordable yarn (yarn is expensive where I live). I am looking for advice on where I should look. I am near Frankfurt am Main and Heidelberg

I've never done amigurumi, just sweaters and blankets. Nothing too complicated. I don't understand where I should slip stitch and begin again, I'm stuck on R2. Maybe I'm just stupid lmao🤷🏻‍♀️

Edit: I get it now😭 I just read it completely wrong. This might be an AI kit too (booo ai) , so I won't have high expectations, and the nose is upside down too lol

Thank you for helping me y'all!

I’m still fairly new to crochet, and I made a blanket following a pattern that alternates between split HDC and HDSS. Even though it’s not perfect, I still love it, but the alternating pattern (and my tension) left the edges wavy. What type of border would work best with this? Will blocking it help?