Saaame! I just used what I had. Lol. I made my own handles with hot glue, too. If you catch it while it's warm enough, you can mold the grip to your hand with a tight squeeze!
@@juzahyodo3706my first crochet hook was a 5 mm plastic one from a crochet kit 😀 the yarn was like 100% wool (knitters yarn) and was the size as your average acrylic yarn. it needed a 3 - 2.5 hook
I gasped and said “I need it!” to every item in this video, but when I tell you I melted from the cuteness of the amigurumi sticks?!? I’ve never seen or heard of anything like that but it’s such a perfect idea and they look ADORABLE?!? (They made me think of the little decorative pick things you can find in bento box kits for decorating your food, but for plushies! 🥰)
those amigurumi sticks are just knitting needles.. as a knitter and a crocheter for years.. I can do without the sticks cause i like having as much space as possible for my knits.. -but the yarn winder, is what I am keeping my eyes on.
They're useful if you've taken enough of the centre out that the yarn is collapsing, or if it's been frogged and you need to wind it back up. (Or if you're using the fancier yarns that only come in hanks, but I don't think that's entirely relevant here)
then you don’t need the yarn holder- i crochet using one pound skeins that collapse and lose shape about 400 yards in, so i need to wind it into balls to use it.
When you have your yarn in that cake take the inner end of the yarn. That way you do not need a yand holder, it stays put while it unravels from the inside.
As someone who has tried and is still failing (and possibly giving up) to do the starting crochet stitch, I have no use for these but I still want them all
I need to get an electric one. I have a manual one which doesn’t work the best as it was cheap and it takes time to wind it up with the handle when the electric one seems so nice.
There is a hand cranked version of the electric yarn winder that I found that is $20 on Amazon. The hand cranking isn’t much harder than the electric version, as the crank is designed easy to use and one full crank spins the yarn around about 5-10 times. The only downside is the clip thing that holds it to the table MUST be used on stone countertops of some type, as I had to learn the hard way it will eat into wood. It also is very squeaky, even though it’s well oiled. Mine has served me well though, and is 100x easier than making balls of yarn entirely by hand
I think all those things are unnecessary but they help out if you don’t have much time. I know how to knit and crochet and I do everything by myself but maybe that yarn winder would help me out, but a manual version might be cheaper
I used to do that when I didn’t have a yarn winder, but the store bought yarn would get caught on the bottom of the yarn holder because the shape isn’t ideal, so although it was better than having no yarn holder, it still had issues. Especially with the magnetic yarn holder, if it got caught at the bottom, the holder would come off the magnet completely. Once I got the yarn winder, it made the yarn the perfect shape for storage, and also the perfect shape for crocheting with or without the yarn holder. Another perk, is that if you have a lot leftover yarn from a project and it’s become a mess, you can clean it up by winding it. That’s why I personally love both my yarn holder and yarn winder. ❤😊
I dont have money- soooo... I made a make shift yarn holder in the past which is a giant super long chopstick, and wedge it in between the large drawer infront of me and then shove the yarn onto the stick, and find whatever i can shove to like.. Keep the yarn plugged in 😅 Its cheap looking.. But hey it works! 😂
A YARN HOLDER IS A THING??!!!!! I want to cry all my problems have been solved, I hate having to tug on the yarn to get a bit more. It’s such a minor thing but when you crochet for a long time it’s just a little thing that constantly given you like -1 pt happiness. A tiny quality of life improvement but it makes me sooo happy to know there is a fix
I don't understand the point of a yarn holder when you have already made your center-pull balls. Why would you go through the trouble of winding your yarn into cakes if you're then going to pull from the outside of the ball?
I want to make my gf some decorated crochet hooks like those, other than the hoot itself, what areas should I not put anything on so they are comfortable?
Thank you! 🥹🥰 and Yesss! To me they feel the same as using any other hook with the handles, but that’s my experience so far! It might depend on your crochet style ❤
I have a question, why is it better using the yarn in "cake" then how they come in store? I've been doing crochet since like 16 years and to me i don't think it changes a lot 🤔 i prefer mine in a ball so it rolls when I pull my yarn 😂 does the cake do almost like this ?
Fr, before consumerism culture shorts started popping up in my reccomendations, I've NEVER met even a single sould in my life before who winds their yarn?! No one in my family, jone of my friends, acquaintances, nor the one classmate i had once The only "winding" ever done was if some very specific novelty yarn got easily tangled up and they had to wind it around a stick or unused knitting needle to make sure it doesnt tanke again I just dont see why there's a reason to wind your yarn outside of accessibility perhaps? But that also counts into specific cases Using it as it's bought is the most handy and least time consuming way to deal with it for sure
@HookwinkedFox I'll definitely be waiting! 🤩 I still refer to myself as a beginner crocheter, but one of my goals is to crochet EVERY Pokémon in the Pokédex as of currently. It'll be hard but hey, gotta catch em all... or crochet em all I guess 😹❤️
The Etcokei yarn winder and the yarn holder are for Amazon! I got the amigurumi sticks for KlaudiasKraftyKorner on Etsy and the crochet hooks from LittleGemsCraftShop on Etsy! I do recommend trying the Woobles beginner crochet kits if you have never crocheted before. They come with the yarn, stuffing, crochet hook, stitch markers, tapestry needle, safety eyes, video tuturorials, and the pdf pattern as well! So it’s great to learn the basics as well as everything you need to get started! That’s how I learned :)
