Crochet Tutorials & Tips

Most AI crochet patterns fail: the picture shows a toy its rounds never make. One real example built round by round, how to spot an AI pattern, and a generator built the other way around.

We took an AI crochet pattern with a lovely picture, a blueberry turtle, and followed every round as written. Here is what it really makes, the eight mistakes in it, and a pattern that matches its picture.

Sewing arms, legs, ears, and heads on amigurumi so seams stay hidden and nothing wobbles: pin them first, whipstitch around the edge, and then hide the tails.

Change yarn colors in amigurumi with no messy jump: finish the last stitch in the new color, keep the jog at the back, and tie the tails inside.

The invisible decrease helps your amigurumi decreases pretty much vanish. Here's how you do it in single crochet, step by step, with photos.

A few ways to add eyes to amigurumi: safety eyes and how to pick the right size and spacing, crocheted eyes, and embroidered eyes for toys made for little ones.

Amigurumi is a Japanese craft where you crochet little stuffed toys. What the word means, how you say it, how amigurumi gets made, and what you need to begin.

How to follow an amigurumi crochet pattern in US terms, step by step: rounds, stitch counts, repeats shown in brackets, and checkpoints.