omg thank you!! It brings me joy that someone is inspired by my content 🥰and yes!! you should totally start! The first few I found were at card shops that had bins full of random common pokemon cards and I was able to find quite a few for cheap, there are some that are a bit more difficult to find because they're considered rares but I love looking at them and they're a perfect combo of both things I love (crochet + pokemon) 😄
Agree about the bernat browns, they also have an "almond" which is even lighter than "sand". More of a cream than a brown. They really need to up their brown game, theres never any in stores for me.