Crochet bunny blanket/ working with fluffy yarn.
This little blanket came out super cute, but working with this kind of yarn can be super difficult when you’re new to crocheting. I actually found it pretty fun to use. I’ll talk you through some tricks that I did that made the project easier for me to tackle that you might find useful.
Firstly, the pattern I followed for these cute little blankets can be found on Youtube for free. There’s also written PDF copies that you can purchase ad-free from the creator.
The pattern was super easy to follow, and like she says, this yarns’ difficulties are its greatest highlights. Since you can’t see anything, they can’t either. That takes a lot of the pressure off. As long as it feels like it’s the next stitch, it’s probably the next stitch. shrug emoji If you get to the last supposed stitch and there’s two stitches left, just shrug, skip one, and keep counting. Nobody’s gonna tell on you.
Something that I found to help me differentiate stitches was using my fingers to find the body of the stitch instead of trying to look up top for a V you’ll never find. Even just feeling around for it on top of the stitch can be hard. That’s why I just stick the tip of my finger through the space between stitches– and sometimes my thumb through the other space to make sure I’m holding one stitch– and I make sure that stitch doesn’t already have a stitch on top of it. That way I don’t increase or decrease by accident.
Technically, this isn’t where you’re supposed to stick your hook. This way, you’re crocheting in the spaces instead of crocheting into the stitch. You can use the same method with your fingers to find the top of the stitch, where you’re actually supposed to put your hook. With yarn this fluffy, though, you could definitely get away with crocheting in the spaces instead. It takes more yarn to crochet in the spaces, but it’s easier to do and nobody’ll really notice. This yarn won’t tell on you like normal yarn would.
For better visuals, I’ll circle the top of the stitch you’re supposed to crochet into and the space where I crocheted into with normal yarn, so it’s easier to see.
With normal yarn, it’s easy to tell if you do a project by working in the spaces instead of the stitches, but with this fluffy, novelty yarn, it’s harder to notice, so I just worked this pattern in the spaces to make it easier. It seems to take more yarn that way, but it’s up to you. You can use your fingers to find both the top of the stitch and the space, so do what makes you happy. Here’s a sample comparison of doing it either way.
Crochet in the top of the stitch:
Crochet in the spaces:
For this bunny blanket, I used my fingers to keep track of which stitch to work into, and I worked in the spaces instead of the stitches. This made it way easier to keep track of where I was through all the fluff. While doing the blanket portion, I made sure to count every couple of rows just to make sure I still had the right number of stitches.
The bunny head was a little harder cause of all the intentional increases and decreases, but as long as you count on each row and know what number stitch you need to end on, you’ll be golden. And please PLEASE use a stitch marker. Preferably the safety pin kind. There’s a chance the spiral one’s might fall off while you’re crocheting, and that would suck.
When it comes to ending the round, it can be hard, at least for me, to find where to stick my hook so it goes through the entire stitch. With this yarn, I don’t really care, cause nobody’s going to see it. I put the hook wherever I damn well please, and guess what? That bunny head still came out cute AF.
What was truly difficult was putting on the eyes and nose! They came out okay, but I feel like they could have been better. Maybe I should get into needlework…