So this may just be a me thing but I just want other’s opinions. also, I didn’t really know what to title this so I just chose a title that best match what my post is about.

I saw on Instagram someone made something for a plush, I was influenced and I thought “I can make that I should make one for my plushies!” It was a simple design it was basically a granny square with a few extra fancy things. I gave it a try and the product turned out great, so I made a few more for myself to put on other plushies I have to accessorize them.

I see lots of crochet items for plush toys that people make and sell so though their seems to be a market for it I should maybe offer to sell them, they didn’t take me a long time and it is simple to make so it wouldn’t be priced super high but people would be interested in it. As well it is easy to have people choose their own colours for it to fit whatever plush they put it on. This person also sells this product as well, I don’t think they are in the same country as me but they do sell them

So would it be bad if I started to sell it? I’m unsure of how the other person exactly made it, since I saw the photo and did my own “interpretation” of how it was made and made it how I wanted to. And I’ll be honest it is a very easy pattern to do and many crocheters know how to make granny squares which is kinda the foundation of how it’s made.

I don’t want to start selling it and post on my social media’s and then that person sees it and dm’s me stating I copied them.

Thansk in advance!

TL;DR: saw someone post something they made on insta and I made it in my own way and want to sell it. But worried this person may can I copied them.

Sydney domestic airport, Gate 47 - I will NEVER forgive you!!

Now sitting in my hotel room with nothing to do and wondering how to replace my baby.

I’m a crocheter and realized I’ve spent years stacking pillows, moving yarn bowls around, and balancing drinks on random surfaces while working on projects.

It got me wondering:

If you could redesign your crochet setup from scratch, what would you change?

What’s the biggest annoyance in your current setup?

I have been working on this bloody (but gorgeous!) Beaming Buddha mosaic overlay crochet project (pattern by Crazycrochetcatlady) for the past THREE years. I'm down to the last 9ish rows and border, but I am sick of it. Not of the pattern, but it's taking me so looooong. I started it back in 2023 for someone I considered a close friend and his wife, then I met my boyfriend and the blanket got tossed in a corner, until the beginning of this year. I picked it up to finish it, but now I'm not so sure about the friendship anymore and this will likely be more of a "goodbye" gift than anything else. And it sucks. I do really want to finish it, though, it's just very hard to find the energy to do so.

I'm a 50 year old man who decided to learn crochet. It's been a joyful ride, but... I don't know. Sometimes I make something thinking&of gifting it to someone, but part of me thinks I'm just giving bad gifts and people are now stuck with them.

How can I keep on crocheting without imposing my hobby on others?

i’ve been trying to filet crochet all day but i somehow keep messing up! i’m trying not to give up but wow this is so frustrating! and every single video i see on youtube just kind of confuses me more

I wear medium hard gel/acrylic stilettos most of the time & I love them but I just got my hands on gold fluffee yarn & I want to make a scarf because people get all happy when I give them hand made stuff for the holidays & I want it done early since scarves take me a long time. Problem, I’m actively jabbing myself in the palm with my acrylic nails, anybody who crochets have a special trick for this?

yup, it says knit... correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm not... its crochet, on Amazon, tiny work, for cheap....

i have frogged this project twice already and i am so frustrated. after the first time frogging it, i looked up the creator’s name/pattern on reddit and saw a lot of people have had problems with the sizing, the first one i made was the size for an average 5-6 year-old even though i used the measurement for size M/L. it’s my bad, i didn’t research the pattern well enough before buying it and didn’t see the lack of testers (huge red flag) so i am partly mad at the creator and partly mad at myself.

had no idea who i could complain to about this so this subreddit is a godsend lmao

Now be for anything I want to express that of course everyone is able to partake in any craft they choose including crocheting.

However I need to rant about this, it seems like EVERYONE is an amazing crochet maker and deserve to take every single spot in local gift shops. I have been into som local shops recently and have been looking at some crochet items and sadly I have found some that are not so good quality as they use cheap yarn (sweet snuggles before Micheals changed the way it was made) and poorly made like understuffing and construction. And as a maker myself trying to get into some local shops, it’s sad to see them accepting items that are not constructed well as per how I make it.

Of course, I understand. Everybody is at different levels and might not be as advanced or experienced as I might be. It’s just a little bit of a blow to myself as I always try to hold my products to a certain standard and make sure it’s constructed well and the quality is up to a high standard. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth when I see people sell crochet goods that are not as good of quality as it could be.

Of course I’m not talking about every single person who crochets I know there are markets who accept young children who make items, and obviously those have their own charm in their own way, as they are made by younger kids or people with disabilities as well. But this is more or less other adults.

Hi I have bought this yarn holder from this brand Knotiq for my mom as a gift but it didn’t even last 5 minutes before it snapped off. If anyone has bought it did you have the same problem with it? I just wanted to know if I was the only one with this problem, it has left me very embarrassed and disappointed. I have contacted them but no answer yet. It also took almost a month to arrive. Thank you for your time if you read this. 🥲

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Has anyone sold any crochet items on shopify ? if anyone could tell how they started selling any items, I would appreciate it?

So I've been crocheting for almost 7 months and I never learned how to do anything granny but I wanted to make a bandana and so I tried to learnt the granny triangle which leads me to my rant. HOW DO PEOPLE LIKE CROCHETING GRANNY TRIANGLES AND SQUARES?! I almost threw my hook against the wall multiple times in frustration. This may also be because I've naturally always been more inclined to use smaller hooks, like I'm using a 1.5 mm for filet crochet, and I have to use e a 4.5 mm for the triangle but like how does anyone find this relaxing or enjoyable.

I swear counting stitches in my chain sends out of beacon or something because it's everytime😭

Also why do dye lots change so drastically? Why don't they have a formula for each color so it's consistently the same? Why does Sunrise yellow all of a sudden look like it should be named Fanta?

I'm frustrated. Over the last few years of people in my small town saying "I'd love if there was a crochet/craft/etc. group here" I set one up. I created it like a year or so ago for people who want to learn a new skill or just make some craft friends. But with the nature of the people in my town, they complain about not having things to do and once it's there, they don't go. When I was a kid, a bunch of parents complained that there wasn't a safe place for teens to hang out, so someone spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and built an arcade. It went out of business because no one would go. There's nowhere to eat, so new restaurants open, and no one will go. Food trucks don't even come here anymore because people DONT GO!

So yeah, I made a craft group, got a bunch of members from our area, did meet ups, taught some crocheting, and people just don't come. Everyone complained because they wanted a pattern lesson/crochet a long. So I set one up. Guess who showed up? Me. Just me.

It's really frustrating. Like I get we all have shit to do. People are busy. So am I. I really feel like shutting it down because it's just been an energy drain lately and just listening to people bitch about every little aspect just sucks. There's no interaction in the group Facebook page, there's only me and one other person as admins because no one else wants to. Not even mods or specialists or experts or whatever. It's open to all ages but ages 10 and under must come to the group with an adult and no one under 13 is allowed in the fb group as per fb rules and regulations.

Honestly, I think people just want to bitch about shit.

Some extra info: this is a free program I set up that is run out of our local library. We have a bunch of resources there and the library ladies help with advertising. The Facebook page is public and it's open to all crafters, but has been geared more towards crochet since no one else participates. When it was time to set up an updated flyer, the librarian didn't until the day that the live lesson was set for. The meet ups were in the evenings at the library every other week.

I watch crochet and other craft tutorials. I love them but I HATE the creators who do craft with brightly painted nails, sometimes with glitter and stickers. Like why??? All I see are those freaking nails when I want to concentrate on the craft. I swipe those vids away and only watch those with normal, unpainted nails now