Photo by Elizabeth MacAndrew.
So this is an exciting post for my crocheting journey, as it’s my final update for this series. To quickly summarize things up, I tried out my first Woobles kit back in November and then when the holiday rush and a few other projects were completed, I seriously started working on learning to crochet with the Woobles in April. I chronicled that journey across four posts (one, two, three, and four). Like with my other posts, I want to note that no products were sent to me from Woobles or any other company whose products I mention.
Here is a look at my final updated goal list:
I hit all of my goals, so I feel like I’m in a place where I can say that I crochet things now. While there’s likely some more advanced techniques for me to master, there are quite a few fun and adorable things that I can make now. Here’s a closer look at what helped me master these last goals.
Kaida seemed so overwhelming when I had done my first kit and realized that she had lots of little bits that were from techniques I had not yet mastered. The wings were clearly not your basic stitches in a circle and there were parts that were crocheted into her. As I picked up more skills along the way, doing those things felt more and more possible though. I do think doing Lavender the Cow before Kaida weas helpful for me, but even some of the mini kits introduced concepts like a slip stitch join so I was much more ready to take this kit on.
It actually went a lot smoother than I expected it to which was sort of a pleasant surprise. While not everything was perfect, it came out pretty decent for the first time with some of those techniques and I was proud of myself. Kaida used the following techniques:
It’s really cool to see what I can do now when I look over all of those skills.
My cryptid loving self could not turn down a chance to make myself a Chupacabra although I think my kids are over the “do you know what really gets my goat?” jokes I made along the way. Since these patterns are less specific on how to attach limbs, I sort of did my best based on the pictures featured. I think I’ll get better at that as I practice more, but this little guy turned out pretty decent. Since I was using heavier yarn than what was listed, I had to sort of guess on the safety eye size. I know I went a bit too big or should have spaced them apart just a touch more since the eyes ended up much closer to the fangs than in the picture. I know I also have work to make the top of the head less cone like and more flat.
With that said, I think he turned out pretty decent and I was really excited to see that I could crochet something without video guidance to help me. Like the last non-Woobles yarn project I did, I made this little guy in Bernat Blanket yarn with Smoky Green and White for the colors with a Clover 6mm hook. The skills Woobles taught me that I used included:
Like so many other geeks, now that I was crocheting for real, I needed a fun dragon plushie of my very own. With the colors I had on hand from other projects, I only needed to add one more color to my small but growing yarn hoard. I picked up yarn in Purple Sunset because I love the variegated yarns and used some leftover Gold for the horns. Both colors are from Bernat Blanket line. The dragon was a lot of fun to make and the most challenging part was probably the wings because I really had to trust the process on them, but I pulled it off enough that my younger kid bought some yarn so that I would make him one.
The skills Woobles taught me that I used included:
So in conclusion, yes, I was able to learn how to crochet with the Woobles and I am able to make the exact kind of items I had admired for so long. I have already started recommending the kits to learn when showing off what I’ve recently made to others. The next big question might be if I would buy any more kits now that I know how to crochet? I think if something really fun gets released or if it looks like a kit uses a skill that I have not learned yet, I absolutely would. In the meantime, I have a lot of fun new patterns to try and new yarn colors to collect.
This post was last modified on July 24, 2024 9:36 pm
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