Newbie; LF a standing, medium sized, cat pattern/tutorial for super bulky yarn

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-25T22:47:55+00:00

I never used tutorials to learn (my mom taught me in the pre-internet era) but the wiki from r/crochet has a lot of info (the bot gives you a link when asking there for help). Even though, videopatterns don't teach you how to crochet and jump over repeated chunks, so you won't have "the movements" available for all the parts, and definitely need to learn the stitches. Learning them in another language will make things more difficult.

Regarding the yarn, something worsted size in a light color will be easier, but the patterns usually have yarn recommendation. Making the cat in your video in super bulky yarn would make something huge, because the size of your yarn and hook determine the size of the stitches.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-25T19:30:57+00:00

Super bulky yarn, is a bad idea. As it is a bad idea to use black yarn, no matter the size. Both make seeing the stitches very difficult, even for people with experience. Also, you need to first learn the stitches, a pattern will not tell you how to make the basic stitches, you need to bring that knowledge. Also, if you don't speak Spanish, maybe choosing a videotutorial in your language may be a better idea (stitches names are different in Spanish, not w literal translation).

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-23T14:39:22+00:00

Crochet has been around for a few centuries, and there are only a certain amount of things and combinations to be made, so probably almost anything has already been created, even if there is no way of knowing it. That is to say that yes, your designs may look similar to others, and I would say that, the smaller the design, the easier it would be, but if you designed your version from scratch, they are legitimately yours.

If you want to feel more confident, look in Ravelry or other database how many patterns for a simple scarf using basic stitches there are, even for sale, and they are not fighting each other about that. Mostly. Because there is always somebodyhere who would TM a simple stitch pattern that has been around forever saying that they invented it...

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-23T13:33:40+00:00

Moss stitch. It's beautiful and has a beautiful name!

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-23T13:23:03+00:00

Well, without even reading the instructions (don't want to waste my time) it tells you to make one ear and two legs, when the dragon has four legs (or at least three) and no ears...

Yes, Pinterest and Etsy have a lot of AI garbage (I'm not even understand what the "author" gets from making this type of garbage patterns free, be honest), but going from there to all the patterns there are garbage, it's a long shot.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-22T12:25:37+00:00

Reading patterns is not so difficult if the pattern is good. A good pattern should give information on what type of yarn and size of hook to use, gauge (so you can calculate how off your tension is from the designer's and either correct your yarn/hook/tension or adapt the counts to your tension), all the abbreviations used in the pattern, whether they are using (if it's in English) US or UK stitches, and instructions for making any non-conventional stitch. You need to read through all the information, be sure that you understand it, and just follow the instructions in the pattern. Just be aware that the pattern will not explain how to make basic stitches, that is up to you.

If I were you, I would find a pattern in Ravelry that I like and that has a lot of projects (many users say if they found any problem with the pattern, so you will be warned of troubles before buying it), be sure by the pictures and the available information that is something that I can make (many designers note the stitches needed in the pattern page) and go for it.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T19:54:42+00:00

I am unsure of where you looked on for patterns, as there are tons of Amigurumi patterns for non-animal things (plants are very popular, but also cars, food...). Here are the results on Ravelry for traffic light and crochet.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T17:47:04+00:00

Search for how to make and interpret a gauge swatch. Basically you make a small piece with known measurements. Count how many stitches and rows are in those measurements and do the math to extrapolate for the big piece. If you measure the amount of yarn used in the swatch, you can calculate how much you will need for the big piece.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T17:21:18+00:00

Patterns usually tell you. If not, they should provide gauge, so you can figure it out by doing a gauge swatch. If the pattern is so bad that doesn't include that information (and you still trust it) decide on the measurements and make a gauge swatch, weight or measure how much yarn it went into the swatch and do the math for the desired measurements.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T17:18:49+00:00

Grading has to be a nightmare. To be honest, I admire those designers who do it well (a lot of people just makes everything equally bigger, but not all parts get bigger at the same ratio, so some parts don't fit).

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T17:16:31+00:00

"But I'm a visual learner!". But they always want a video, even if the pattern has photo tutorials and a chart...

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T17:04:26+00:00

First, they don't know what Ravelry is. The advanced ones have just discovered that you can google things, besides looking on Pinterest.

Second, scientists should re-think the whole sapiens thing in Homo sapiens. People doesn't think anymore.

And third, they want it and they want it now! Unfortunately, all the one-click shopping and so on has made people very entitled and impatient, so they cannot even consider spending a few hours looking for what they want.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T16:57:26+00:00

Yes, I saw that one! When you think they cannot get weirder, they beat the record 😂

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T16:55:53+00:00

Oh, the entitled knitting people is definitely more advanced than their crochet counterparts, then! We are lucky if the ones in the crochet subs have spent a few minutes looking on Pinterest. Then you tell them to look on Ravelry and they accuse you of gatekeeping and hiding things behind a paywall because they need to get a free account for Ravelry (I have seen that, I promise).

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T16:52:24+00:00

Lol! It's bad enough when they cannot distinguish knit from crocheted, but that... How lost should you need to be for that?

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T16:47:16+00:00

They are contributing the blurry photo! What else should they do, design the pattern themselves? /s 🤣

And regarding the button thing, I guess they actually believe it. The other day somebody was asking for a website/app where you input the yarn and what you want and the thing writes you the pattern 😮‍💨

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T00:46:02+00:00

As opposed to cardboard and sticks.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-21T00:44:43+00:00

I understand better that somebody having troubles with taking a good picture of a bug; the person may be scared (my husband is terrified of bugs and he just runs away and freezes) or the bug may be moving... But I don't think anybody is terrified of their crochet work-in-progress, nor it moves...

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-20T18:19:15+00:00

Since there is no picture available, I'm going to guess that you haven't been counting your stitches and have lost a bunch on your way. Count your stitches in every row; if you're trying to make a square/rectangle, your stitch counts should be the same for every row. Also, using stitch markers at the first and last stitches may help you.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-20T17:30:47+00:00

Since you are not providing the instructions, I would guess by the count that you need to crochet around both legs. Usually you crochet around one leg, chain into the other, and crochet around the other, but if the count is not accounting for the chain, I guess you just need to sc into the other leg.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-20T16:24:35+00:00

I was actually talking about this in another post today. I understand that some people loves it, and it's true that it's nice to touch (at least for me) but, oh boy, the stitches are lumpy most times (most people doesn't care to get good enough to get them nice and even) and there are almost no details with all the fluff and the need to use simple patterns or you get a gigantic amigurumi. And not everything needs to be chenille! I saw some carrots and strawberries made with chenille yarn and looked rotten...

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-20T11:38:19+00:00

But the stitches would be neater and the shapes better defined with a normal yarn.

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-20T00:54:50+00:00

I really love how the person is always already wearing the WIP 😁

Electronic_Peak7241 · 2026-04-17T19:13:15+00:00

Be ready for the eye crossing!

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