Photo by Elizabeth MacAndrew.
Hey fellow geeky crafters! I’m back with another update in my learning to crochet journey. Earlier this Spring, I really started focusing on learning to crochet with Woobles after having a good experience with the first kit I bought. I also let you all know as I started leveling up in my skills. Now, I have another skill update for you. Like in my previous articles, I will note that all of my Woobles kits were either bought by my or gifted by a family member and were not provided by the company in any way.
As a quick reminder, I had a series of goals I wanted to accomplish in my learning. I am also adding a few more goals as I try to expand out with what I can do. My goal list is currently as follows:
So this time around, I decided to take on some of the accessory kits. Woobles also dropped a cow based Intermediate kit that looked too fun to pass up. It also looked easier than the Kaida the Dragon kit even if they’re at the same level. I felt like doing the cow first would help me level up my skills for Kaida. Kaida is one of the trickier looking patterns, so that kit is like an ultimate goal, which is why I added a Kaida related goal to my list.
I’ve also been seeing some fun looking patterns released by people who make a living by crocheting and designing crochet patterns. I started crocheting because I wanted to make cute plushies with nice plushie yarn so I want to know I have enough skills to grab a pattern from any creator and just be able to read it, understand it, and make it with plushie yarn. So you might notice that added an additional goal that I wanted to be able to just transfer my Woobles learned skills to patterns and yarn from other sources.
So let’s look at the the next round of what I’ve been making. I would like to note accessory kits cost $5 but do not include hooks or needles, just yarn and some stuffing when relevant. Intermediate kits run at $35-40 depending on whether you get them with a hook or not.
This one was not the neatest accessory that I did, and looking back at some things, I may have made a few mistakes on the lid sides. This was also the first time I was crocheting something other than a single crochet stitch into a magic circle. This might be one I reattempt in like six months or so to see if a second shot might go way better. Definitely a harder accessory than the others I did. Here’s the skills this kit included:
Doing this one after the chest was so much easier and I love that it’s small enough that you might find yourself using leftover scraps to make your amigurumi friends the most highly read stuffed critters ever. This was completed over such a short period of time, I bounded off to make the Le Petit Pierre the same night. Here’s a break down of the skills covered in this kit:
I will straight up say I loved this one so much I used extra yarn from previous kits to help me make a pair of them in the same evening after having made the Tiny Book. I think the fact I had made a full sized Pierre earlier may have helped, but I absolutely want all the cute little critter kits because they are just too adorable for words. Here’s some of the skills covered in making a tiny penguin:
After deciding that Lavender would be as easier Intermediate kit to start than Kaida, I eagerly jumped into completely that kit while Kaida is sort of going to hang out for a little bit while I level my crochet skills. I think I would recommend to others to try something like Lavender as a first Intermediate kit. The biggest challenges for Lavender was the color changer had more variation than in other kits to get the spot so you really had to watch your stitch counts. Lavender also involved an oval, and ovals can get less aesthetically pleasing hole sizes if you’re not doing the tension right. I will also note that the Intermediate kits do not come with the pre-done first magic circle as they assume you can do this already. Here’s the skills covered by Lavender, some of the basic ones it is assumed you can do without a detailed breakdown although the Woobles site does have tutorials for those:
Overall, I really can see that my skills are increasing and It’s really fun that I was able to do at least a simpler Intermediate kit. I did feel like the accessories helped me branch out on some skills and different stitch combos, so that was a fun thing to throw in there. Overall, there’s also more sections I can do without needing videos unless it’s a newer skill or technique. My next update will cover me testing out a simple non-Woobles pattern and remaking a Wooble with plushy yarn.
This post was last modified on July 3, 2024 9:35 pm
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