Let's time travel!

[Callmemimo]

It’s a new year so let’s time travel to the first time we tried crochet​ cause it’s a lot to soak in its 2026 guys​ and let’s all name one thing we thought was amazing but was truly a rookie mistake I’ll go first​all I could do anything but chain and sc​ so I made chain bracelets​ and I was thinking of selling them at school​(I did not end up doing it)after that I tried to crochet a scarf but I did not know what stitches where​ so I just pop it in somewhere and do a SC​ and out of nowhere it decreased and ended looking like a dress so I made it after that I tried again​ after a month​ I finished and it was crazy​ some rows with increases some with decreases​ tell me your stories of your rookie mistakes​

Baii​

[CakeGirl42]

The first project i made… I think it was a worm. Made out of chains . From a skein of yarn…! And i kinda just repeated it abt 10 times??? (it ended up looking like I braided the thing 9,000 times over and over again )

I currently do amigurumi, and I think i’ve done pretty well! (and then you look at your past projects ) I tried making a whale (out of cotten yarn, ofc, bc OBIVOUSLY it was the best yarn for beginners?!?) . With a 4 mm hook?? (silently juding myself). And then I didn’t have any stuffing, so I stuffed it with… shredded socks ○( ＾皿＾)っ Hehehe…

soo yeah… (I still don’t know how to make a granny square, don’t come at me )

[Callmemimo]

Lol I do amigurumi too so we don’t do granny squares and stuff I get it lol​

[CakeGirl42]

Amigurumi = make plushies until your room is filled with them, then move them to a different room, repeat

Clothing = see bootiful cardigan/sweater that costs 20$, make it for free, spend 60$ on yarn

[Callmemimo]

It’s just crochet logic​

[Lazura]

I‘m new with crocheting. I began a few days after Christmas last year because I saw so many cute amigurumis and wanted one too. But I don’t wanted to buy one because I thought makeing one on my own is cheaper and not that difficult
Absolutely wrong thought. I learned it by myself with YouTube videos and ChatGPT to translate patterns for me
My first try was a turtle with cotton yarn. Hated it. Isn’t fluffy like I wanted. So I directly switched to chenille yarn dark brown and made a bunny. The head have no proportions and nearly no filling
And my now latest project was a cow. Not perfect but definitely better

[Callmemimo]

Congratss

[Elliyaya]

I started with amigurumi, or at least tryed to. I was able to do the magic ring but after that was tricky. if the pattern said “1sc, inc” I would just do 3sc in one stitch. after a while though, I figured it out, and I”m so glad that I did not give up.

[Callmemimo]

What you did..A MAGIC RING and successfully

..wow

[anoswaldoddity]

Your Beginner Mistakes

Hi guys I was just wondering what some of your beginner mistakes were when you first started to crochet. I taught myself to crochet, so there are quite a few for me lol . I have mostly done only amigurumi so far, except for 1 small bucket bag. Anyway, mistakes: 1. Using sl st instead of sc 2. Crocheting in the FLO 3. My amigurumi projects were flipped inside out and I would finish them off like that because I didn’t know I hope beginners can learns from some of these mistakes P…

[anoswaldoddity]

Just some feedback, the emoticons after each sentence is messing with my comprehension of what you’re trying to communicate.

[Callmemimo]

Oh oki srry I’ll keep that in mind next time

[K9Queen]

my mom made me practice just single crocheting and my rws were not straight

i ended scing into the sides to get the right st count.

my first plushie was a cat from a kit and both the arms and the tail fell off

[kitkat2026]

my first plushie was a cinnamoroll woobles and it looks absolutely terrible I lost it a while ago and made another one with the leftover yarn and it looked even worse . I don’t know where either of them are but they are both terrifying

[CakeGirl42]

try using a chenille/plush yarn, because woobles yarn is kinda hard to crochet with

[kitkat2026]

I do use chenille yarn but mostly worsted yarn because its cheaper

[CakeGirl42]

for real tho!!

[kitkat2026]

yeah lol!!!

[Callmemimo]

Ohh wow

[K9Queen]

yeah….