You crack me up…so real and comfortable!💕 The bobble arms and feet are difficult to master. You are so talented, so you’ll get to liking your plushies using plush yarn. 🧶🧶
Bees seem to sell really well. There are many free patterns and of different sizes. Birds are also popular such as mallard ducks, chickens and yellow ducks.
Ideas: hats and scarves, dish clothes, hot pads, face scrubbies, loafas, dish scrubby. I follow many other channels that do tutorials on all these items. Many you could use cotton yarn for. Good luck with your market.
Hi there, I'm really enjoying your video's, they make me feel like I'm not alone on my journey. I have all the materials but not enough experience and I'm sure the skill will come with practice. I think it's safe to say the best results for me have been the paid for patterns recommended by others I watch and take part in the crochet along video's so I'm being guided as I go. Your wee loaf cats were fab! I prefer the leggy frogs, I find them really cute and the black marl plushy yarn would make a great chicken...which are really easy and fun to make. I will look forward to watching your successes and seeing you grow. Keep on hooking.....we didn't learn to walk the first time we got to our feet, we gained confidence and skill with practice and encouragement. I love your sense of humor and your ability to see the funny side of your makes. Keep them coming. Good luck with your market prep. warm hugs Sheila :0)
Thank you for your lovely comment Sheila :) I'm going to give chickens a try I think as they look easier than the disaster of the dinosaur I keep trying to do LOL xx
I’m sure you’re following the pattern correctly, it’s just tension. Sometimes I may look where the bobble is and I may add a stitch or take one away to line up the bobble where it should be. 🥰
I'm def going off-plan with these patterns I think :) I have to admit that sometimes my brain stops counting stitches and then it just goes crazy from there LOL xx
You're officially my new comfort channel! I started crocheting plushies literally a week ago and the goal is to start a small business of my own. Seeing your realness has been very comforting. Sending you lots of love ❤
You can do it! It's hard work especially if like me you get side=tracked by all the patterns and possibilities but I do love crocheting... though 3d printing is coming in a close second love :D xx
I like your video. I don't mind the wobbling it makes my wobbling brain feel right at home! I have found the crochet tutorials are easiest for me. Watching someone else doing the hard parts helps me tremendously and you can even slow up the speed or pause as you need to catch up and all. Also, I ALWAYS watch the tutorial without crocheting first. I know that takes extra time but it kinda gives me an idea of what I'm going to be doing. As people have said below, do more and practise and you will see it gets better. Also, if you watch a tutorial that seems complicated then try another for the same item if you can. And if you do well with the lighter weight yarn make the pattern in that first and lots of times you will have a keychain! (I have loads of keychains btw). Good luck to you! Don't give up! Oh! Your kitties are awesome!
Hi from a fellow UK crocheter 👋🏻 I started making alllll the things I saw the US crocheters making. Then I found out about the uk regulations for UKCA testing 🤦♀️ and now I’m concentrating on one or two patterns! Look forward to following you 🎉
Hellooo, yes the UKCA regs where scary to start with but once you figure it out and do it a couple of times it gets easier. I have found that using the plushie/chenille type yarn much more harder than my cotton yarn as it's just not as strong. xx
@@beaflamingo i tried chenille but got frustrated (plus my tension comes too loose and the items would fail the poke test 😩). I now use Bernat blanket or Utopia Cuddle or Hello Love brands which suits me better! If you’re happy to share … where did you get the glittery eyes , I can’t find compliant ones?
Practise makes perfect... keep trying, you've got this!!! You are so sweet and funny... love your personality and honestly.... I will be back for sure!!! MUCH LOVE from Canada 🇨🇦!!!
The more you practice, the better your stuffies will be. Turtles and chickens are very popular in the states. As well as octos and frogs, which you already know. Keep at it. Hugs!
❤ your personality is so delightful! I've found that if I made things I really liked, it was always a success. Also, make 5 or 6 of each of the smaller items. And offer a few different larger items. Like a duck, cat or dinosaur.
you need to figure out your audience. For instance, in the Midwest (USA) I understand cows and chickens do well. Anyway- I’m sure you’ll do fine. You have a winning style! All the best. ❤ I think I’m your 62nd subscriber. Yay!
yay thank you for subscribing :) crochet Plushies over here in the UK are a new thing so its a bit of an experiment at the moment but cats and dogs are always a hit with anything xx
My suggestion, Tour the market before you sign up and see if there are other crochet sellers there and see what they sell. If there are others you should have something that sets you apart so you're not in competition but yet you stand out by offering things others don't have. Having a couple bigger items to draw people in is a good idea but lets not forget the UK as well as the US are in a economic crisis right now so therefore extra funds to spend on non essentials is not something a lot of families have. That being said I would stick to lots of smaller affordable items. Keychains can also be marketed as backpack buddies to the younger kids who don't drive. The axolotls have been made popular from the game minecraft and every crocheter I've see said the pink sell out first. I guess if you're just starting out doing 3 of each item is a good place to start. I don't crochet but have made hair bows for 11 years and I guess I'm in the minority because I DO NOT think selling out is a good thing or a success because i look at is me being under prepared and I missed out on potential sales because I didn't have the products available. I am established so when I purchase or restock my ribbons or hardware I am doing so with profits from my business it's never taking money out of my pocket or personal money (hope that makes sense) so If I have products made up and left over from one sale then that's perfect they carry over to the next sale and I can focus on bringing in a new item or batch making more of the item I'm currently on. Right now I am making Halloween Mouse (mickey) Ghosts hair bows and my plan was to make 12 but then that leaves me with the supplies to make 8 more so instead of stopping at 12 I am going to batch make all 20 and then I'm done with that item. If they sell out then they are done for the season and I can therefore batch make something else instead of having to go back and make just a couple mouse ghosts to replace what sold. Best of luck I hope you do a market, I'm looking forward to watching.
Thank you so much for your comment :) I shall visit some local craft markets over the next month or so and see what is out there. I admit I dont go to them often so will be an eye opener I think, may even record my visit so everyone can join me. I love your thoughts on 'selling out' so many of us think selling out is the best thing but you are so right in that it is better to not sell out and be prepared with stock. Definitely has given me food for thought so thank you xx
