What I do for tiny tubes: I use a chopstick for larger ones but smaller ones I will get one of my old steel crochet hooks (think a size 14 tiny old steel crochet hook or you could glue together toothpicks and file the sharp ends off, I've done that too) and use the handle and when I have tube collapse I'll insert that handle into the tube and sort of move it about so I can find my stitches. Also, every round, I use contrasting yarn to mark my starting ch and another to mark my stopping ch which gives me a sort of guide. If I know where those two stitches are I can find the two middle stitches. Maybe I'm strange but I do a lot of various types of stitch markers all the time for crochet (probably too many but I crochet with a better safe than sorry approach), my German grandmother did all types of thread crochet with intricate dimensional flowers with stems/stamen and these were her tips/tricks.
Hello Cassandra. Your bee is gorgeous and what a lovely story. I am lucky I have both of these books already. I have finally caught up on all your videos. I love your channel My son in law comes from South Africa but he and my daughter and two grandsons live in the UK so it is lovely to hear the accent. My husband also visited Denmark years ago and loved Copenhagen. He used to work for Bang and Olufsen. He has retired now. We are from Australia. Lovely video. Thank you have a great week. ❤
Wow, you have a very international family, that's awesome! I'm really pleased with these 2 books, and look forward to working from the doll book soon 😍
What a pity you didn’t have a bit of time to relax here. You came in the hottest week of the year. Yesterday it cooled down a bit. We had some thunderstorms. But today is sunny again and it’s 24°!! I have Sandra Muller’s book in French. I bought it when it came out. I love her style. I waited for Khuc Cay’s book to come out in English but I may go with the French version after all because it’s less expensive.
I wish I could have seen a bit more of Lisbon, because I really enjoyed the tiny bit of site-seeing I managed to do. And it was good to feel some proper sunshine again 🌞
I've also been very tempted by Julie's book looks to go on a book buying binge. 😄 The two books you got are definitely on my list. The little bee is adorable!
Hi Cassandra, I'm actually very glad I enabled you because I loved hearing your thoughts on the book and I am super excited to see you make something! 😂 I love how your little bee came out, so cute! I've got that book on my list of wants. I just want that deer in my life! I'm hoping she makes her Christmas book in English. I want that so so bad, but translating takes sooo long! Glad you made it home safely and I look forward to seeing your mushroom cat. I've had a hard time finding a pattern I wanted to do, but I think I have finally decided on something to make. Hoping I can get started soon, thank you for giving us a good amount of time to do something in! 🤗
The worst thing to do is to watch other crochet youtubers 🤣 There's just so many amazing books out there, and I see something new I want almost every time I watch someone's video! I'm so excited for all the mushroom cats. Everyone is doing such great jobs on it. I need to get a move on and start working on mine.
Glad you’re home. Lovely bee. I can’t wait for June to see everybody’s mushroom cat creations. That’s hilarious how you and Pamela had the same vision from that new book! 😂. Have a great week!
I had a complete brain block, because I couldn't even remember that Pamela showed that book! O my word, I'm blaming it on my old age 😂 I'm so excited to show everyone's mushroom cats!
I just purchased the Wonderful World of Amigurumi. I love that designer and i can’t wait to receive the book. Thank you for showing these wonderful amigurumi books. 😊
I have given up on fighting new book temptations! This will be my motivation for going to work everyday, earning money so I can spend it all on crochet books 😂
Hi Cassandra, I’m with you on the 4stitch tube grr they make me nuts 😂. Your bee is absolutely adorable and that one colourful wing is just so cute. Thank you for the video I love seeing all the different books 📚
Not sure why designers torture us with those tiny tubes 😂 I really liked working on that bee, perhaps I'll consider 2 rainbow wings next times, because I really love rainbows 🌈
Hi Cassandra. Your bee is so cute! I want to make the mushroom from that book. The patterns are all so adorable. I may have to get Lulu’s book. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Cassandra! Now who's being the enabler? I think I might have to get the Lulu Doll book for sure, and maybe even the other one too. I am in love with the deer at the end of that book. Your bee is so adorable, and I love the one rainbow wing! Still working on my cat. Have a great week Cassandra and rest up from your travels.
Welcome back! Glad you're safe. Missed your face and shiny personality. Even tho I'm not a big fan of bees (allergic in real life, so not allowed to get too attached. lol) your little buzzer sure is cute. Odd to have any rainbow wing, but 🤷♀️ makers choice. I think your choice for cat and mushroom cap are gonna be top notch. Can't wait to see. Have some lovely rest now. C ya.
Thank you 🤗 I'm glad to be back home. Travel is great, but not when you have to work! I'd better get started on my mushroom cat. But I've had severe start-itis lately, and just can't seem to focus on 1 thing at a time (too many things I'm dying to make, with way too little time...)
Now you have become an enabler! My yarn for the M&M challenge shows it was delivered yesterday.....but sadly it is AWOL. Now I need to just make my cat with something else and fight with UPS or yarn company to get the right yarn. Rats!! Those critters in the book are adorable. Except the monkey, which is cute but I am terrified of monkeys. I'd take the angler fish before a monkey. JK, but they do scare me. Good grief! TMI, I'm sure. Have a great week!
I will happily wear the 'enabler' badge 😁 So frustrating when parcels go missing. Postal services...can't live with them, and can't live without them! I'm certain whatever you use for the M&M challenge, it will turn out amazing!
Both you and Julie are enablers. Lol I just bought the wonderful world of amigrumi. I had already bought the lulu book but because of Julie @ ksmom I bought the cute crochet wild animals and the woodland creatures both by the same author. I'm trying to prep for a market coming up this weekend and I really want to make something from all these new books I've bought over the past month. I've literally bought either 11 or 12 books.
The Bee is very cute, the little fuzzy scarf made me think of their little bristly legs collecting pollen to take back to the hive 🐝 Love the books, I think the winter doll with the striped socks is my favorite 💖
Hi Cassandra, Your little bee is gorgeous. I have ordered those two books as well as a couple others a week or so ago, amazon said they will be delivered today, I can't wait.
Living in SA, it's hard to be enabled...But now that I am moving to the land of Amazon, I am going to be in trouble! Love both books. Thanks for sharing!
I could never live in SA again, now that I know what it feels like to have access to almost anything 😂 I would need 3 jobs if I ever end up in the US...my head cannot even wrap around the choices people have that side, and my poor salary just wouldn't cut it!
I’m sorry you don’t like anglerfish! Actually, I received that book recently, and I have started on Sunny the anglerfish. Debated with myself for quite a while about trying to crochet him because I felt like the fins would be quite the challenge. However, I am not new to crochet and have been around the block with it so I decided to try it. I just finished the smaller fin as a test run, and it is beautiful. Granted, it takes a GREAT deal of concentration to do all those color changes in each round. I feel like I met the challenge. Although now I have more to do!! My Sunny will be a happy Anglerfish and not scary. 🐟
I am glad there are people out there to give angler fish some love 🥰 I'm certain your Sunny would be adorable and I would love to see it once it's done ❤️
I just bought that book today for the super hero kitten. Found you through Ginger Cat Crochet. Your bee looks fabulous! Lots of love from the Pacific Northwest 🧡
Thank you for sharing! Amazon delivery incoming!😂 I bought high powered reading glasses and a magnifying light that helps tremendously with black yarn and teeny tiny stitches.😅
Sorry to hear that the trip was a little on the stressful side 💝 Huzzah for online shopping 😂🫶 Perfect remedy. I wonder if you could use the Lulu’s Dolls head bases in the place of the ‘bullseye head’ heads? Or perhaps accessorise the Lulu Dolls with the clothes, etc. from the ‘bullseye heads’ book? If so that would be fantastic and a real time-saver 😅💕 They look to be roughly the same size? Omg summer girl! Yes! Those arm floaties 🥰💛!! Oh for goodness sake…the bee…I can’t…🥰💛🖤 She’s beautiful! The fluffy collar is so adorbs 💕 The 4sc in the round 😂 the bane of everyone’s existence. LOVE the skunk! Man, you’ve got a stack of cute makes in your future 🥰❤ Can’t wait to see them all Xx
Hello Lee 💕 I'm naturally an extremely anxious person, so traveling to a place I'm not familiar with, and working under more-than-usual stressful conditions...well, it's a struggle! Add to it being an introvert that has to be more social than usual 😱 But, sadly I need a job to fund my ever so slight book addiction 🤣 I am very excited for a ton of ami cuteness in my future!
Haha you picked the same projects as me from Wonderful World. And then wouldn't you know, I picked Yen The Reindeer from my tin and I'm doing it now. I hated business trips, in fact, meetings of any kind!
Hi Pamela 💕 Great minds think alike 😅 Yen the reindeer is for sure going to be made, I might just her some Christmas vibes... Business trips are terrible! Can't wait to be retired one day 😁
The projects in the books are adorable……my question is, are the Patterns in English terms?????? I recently purchased a couple Doll patterns from someone and I couldn’t understand his instructions…..the dolls looked just like the ones in Lulu’s books……it was a waste of my money and I was so disappointed…..your Bee is adorable too!!!!!! You did a great job……
The projects in these books are really cute 💕 The 'Wonderful world of amigurumi' book I made the bee from is written in US terms. The doll book is written in UK terms. I used to stay away from patterns written UK terms, because I had to concentrate more in order to convert to US terms. But I've gotten so used to converting now, I don't mind if a pattern is US or UK terms 😊
What I do for tiny tubes: I use a chopstick for larger ones but smaller ones I will get one of my old steel crochet hooks (think a size 14 tiny old steel crochet hook or you could glue together toothpicks and file the sharp ends off, I've done that too) and use the handle and when I have tube collapse I'll insert that handle into the tube and sort of move it about so I can find my stitches. Also, every round, I use contrasting yarn to mark my starting ch and another to mark my stopping ch which gives me a sort of guide. If I know where those two stitches are I can find the two middle stitches. Maybe I'm strange but I do a lot of various types of stitch markers all the time for crochet (probably too many but I crochet with a better safe than sorry approach), my German grandmother did all types of thread crochet with intricate dimensional flowers with stems/stamen and these were her tips/tricks.
Thanks for the great tips! I'm definitely going to try it if I have to work tiny tubes again 😊
@@craftablyeverafter You are so welcome! I feel like sharing what we know keeps the craft alive and that's so important.
Hello Cassandra. Your bee is gorgeous and what a lovely story. I am lucky I have both of these books already. I have finally caught up on all your videos. I love your channel My son in law comes from South Africa but he and my daughter and two grandsons live in the UK so it is lovely to hear the accent. My husband also visited Denmark years ago and loved Copenhagen. He used to work for Bang and Olufsen. He has retired now. We are from Australia. Lovely video. Thank you have a great week. ❤
Wow, you have a very international family, that's awesome! I'm really pleased with these 2 books, and look forward to working from the doll book soon 😍
What a pity you didn’t have a bit of time to relax here. You came in the hottest week of the year. Yesterday it cooled down a bit. We had some thunderstorms. But today is sunny again and it’s 24°!! I have Sandra Muller’s book in French. I bought it when it came out. I love her style. I waited for Khuc Cay’s book to come out in English but I may go with the French version after all because it’s less expensive.
I wish I could have seen a bit more of Lisbon, because I really enjoyed the tiny bit of site-seeing I managed to do. And it was good to feel some proper sunshine again 🌞
I've also been very tempted by Julie's book looks to go on a book buying binge. 😄 The two books you got are definitely on my list. The little bee is adorable!
My book addiction is quite severe 😅😅 And my to-buy list gets longer every time I watch RUclips 🙈😁
Hi Cassandra, I'm actually very glad I enabled you because I loved hearing your thoughts on the book and I am super excited to see you make something! 😂 I love how your little bee came out, so cute! I've got that book on my list of wants. I just want that deer in my life! I'm hoping she makes her Christmas book in English. I want that so so bad, but translating takes sooo long! Glad you made it home safely and I look forward to seeing your mushroom cat. I've had a hard time finding a pattern I wanted to do, but I think I have finally decided on something to make. Hoping I can get started soon, thank you for giving us a good amount of time to do something in! 🤗
The worst thing to do is to watch other crochet youtubers 🤣 There's just so many amazing books out there, and I see something new I want almost every time I watch someone's video!
I'm so excited for all the mushroom cats. Everyone is doing such great jobs on it. I need to get a move on and start working on mine.
Glad you’re home. Lovely bee. I can’t wait for June to see everybody’s mushroom cat creations. That’s hilarious how you and Pamela had the same vision from that new book! 😂. Have a great week!
I had a complete brain block, because I couldn't even remember that Pamela showed that book! O my word, I'm blaming it on my old age 😂 I'm so excited to show everyone's mushroom cats!
I just purchased the Wonderful World of Amigurumi. I love that designer and i can’t wait to receive the book. Thank you for showing these wonderful amigurumi books. 😊
That book is turning out to be one of my current favourites (just finished another project from it 😉) 🌸
Excellent choice on that bee! And those season dolls - I don't know how I could choose! I cannot wait to see your mushroom cat!
Working from the doll book has been great, and I'm not really a crochet doll person 😅 I finally started on my mushroom cat, I'm so excited 🥳🥳
Thank you for sharing the books. Temptation 🙈The little bee is very cute. 🐝❤️
I have given up on fighting new book temptations! This will be my motivation for going to work everyday, earning money so I can spend it all on crochet books 😂
Oh my the bee is adorable!! Awesome video as always.
Thank you so much 🤗
Hi Cassandra, I’m with you on the 4stitch tube grr they make me nuts 😂. Your bee is absolutely adorable and that one colourful wing is just so cute. Thank you for the video I love seeing all the different books 📚
Not sure why designers torture us with those tiny tubes 😂 I really liked working on that bee, perhaps I'll consider 2 rainbow wings next times, because I really love rainbows 🌈
Aww so cute. Love your bee. Very cute books. I haven't seen this book before. I will have to put them both in my cart. Thanks for sharing.
There are so many great books out there, I wish I could crochet faster to get to all the gorgeous patterns 😅
Hi Cassandra. Your bee is so cute! I want to make the mushroom from that book. The patterns are all so adorable. I may have to get Lulu’s book. Thanks for sharing.
The mushroom from that book is so adorable! There's a few patterns from that book I want to make.
I really love your bee! I can't make 4 SC in a tube either. Loved the books, too!
Thank you 🌼 Those tiny crochet tubes will be the death of me 😂
Hi Cassandra! Now who's being the enabler? I think I might have to get the Lulu Doll book for sure, and maybe even the other one too. I am in love with the deer at the end of that book. Your bee is so adorable, and I love the one rainbow wing! Still working on my cat. Have a great week Cassandra and rest up from your travels.
😂 happy to wear the 'enabler' badge 🤣 It's very difficult for me to see people showing all these amazing crochet books, and not want to buy them all!
Welcome back! Glad you're safe. Missed your face and shiny personality.
Even tho I'm not a big fan of bees (allergic in real life, so not allowed to get too attached. lol) your little buzzer sure is cute. Odd to have any rainbow wing, but 🤷♀️ makers choice.
I think your choice for cat and mushroom cap are gonna be top notch. Can't wait to see.
Have some lovely rest now. C ya.
Thank you 🤗 I'm glad to be back home. Travel is great, but not when you have to work!
I'd better get started on my mushroom cat. But I've had severe start-itis lately, and just can't seem to focus on 1 thing at a time (too many things I'm dying to make, with way too little time...)
Now you have become an enabler! My yarn for the M&M challenge shows it was delivered yesterday.....but sadly it is AWOL. Now I need to just make my cat with something else and fight with UPS or yarn company to get the right yarn. Rats!! Those critters in the book are adorable. Except the monkey, which is cute but I am terrified of monkeys. I'd take the angler fish before a monkey. JK, but they do scare me. Good grief! TMI, I'm sure. Have a great week!
I will happily wear the 'enabler' badge 😁 So frustrating when parcels go missing. Postal services...can't live with them, and can't live without them! I'm certain whatever you use for the M&M challenge, it will turn out amazing!
The doll book is great..:)
Hi Kelly 🌷I can't wait to make something from the doll book.
Thank you for enabling me i love the wonderful book of amagrumi it's on my wish list
Happy to be an enabler in this instance 😅 That book is awesome!
Both you and Julie are enablers. Lol I just bought the wonderful world of amigrumi. I had already bought the lulu book but because of Julie @ ksmom I bought the cute crochet wild animals and the woodland creatures both by the same author. I'm trying to prep for a market coming up this weekend and I really want to make something from all these new books I've bought over the past month. I've literally bought either 11 or 12 books.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who've bought that many books lately 😊 I'm going to have to make a proper effort to work from all of my books.
@craftablyeverafter over the last month I've bought at least 11 or 12 new books.
I can't believe how quickly you made the bee, after having just been a business trip! She is so adorable! Thanks for sharing the books. 😊
I can be very motivated to crochet sometimes (especially when I couldn't crochet for a week 😊) . I really liked working from that book.
I really enjoy your videos. I did Charlotte from Lulus dolls. I love her. Planning in make them all. I love dolls just like you love bears.
I am definitely making more of those dolls, they are awesome 🥰
Both books are beautiful,love the bee
Thanks, Shaundell 💕 I really like both those books.
The Bee is very cute, the little fuzzy scarf made me think of their little bristly legs collecting pollen to take back to the hive 🐝 Love the books, I think the winter doll with the striped socks is my favorite 💖
Aaa, I think possibly that's what the fuzzy scarf is meant to represent. Great to finally know the fuzz has a purpose 🤗
Hi Cassandra, Your little bee is gorgeous. I have ordered those two books as well as a couple others a week or so ago, amazon said they will be delivered today, I can't wait.
Hi Michelle 💕 I've been enjoying your videos where you show the books and magazines you have.
Living in SA, it's hard to be enabled...But now that I am moving to the land of Amazon, I am going to be in trouble! Love both books. Thanks for sharing!
I could never live in SA again, now that I know what it feels like to have access to almost anything 😂 I would need 3 jobs if I ever end up in the US...my head cannot even wrap around the choices people have that side, and my poor salary just wouldn't cut it!
I’m sorry you don’t like anglerfish! Actually, I received that book recently, and I have started on Sunny the anglerfish. Debated with myself for quite a while about trying to crochet him because I felt like the fins would be quite the challenge. However, I am not new to crochet and have been around the block with it so I decided to try it. I just finished the smaller fin as a test run, and it is beautiful. Granted, it takes a GREAT deal of concentration to do all those color changes in each round. I feel like I met the challenge. Although now I have more to do!! My Sunny will be a happy Anglerfish and not scary. 🐟
I am glad there are people out there to give angler fish some love 🥰 I'm certain your Sunny would be adorable and I would love to see it once it's done ❤️
I just bought that book today for the super hero kitten. Found you through Ginger Cat Crochet. Your bee looks fabulous! Lots of love from the Pacific Northwest 🧡
Hello 💕 Pamela over at Ginger Cat Crochet is fantastic, and a good friend of mine. That book is great!
Such a sweet cute bee! 😍
Thank you, dear Marsha 🤗
New books! Always so exciting. Love the bee, it’s so cute.
I love new books (which explains my constant flow of books coming into the house...🤣)
I’m definitely putting the wonderful world of Amigurumi book on my shortlist!
☺️💖🙌
Hello Jo 💕 That books is just lovely!
I’m so excited to have emailed you my mushroom kitty from Virginia Beach USA :-)
Hello Karen 🪷 Thank you, I have received your lovely entry (will also reply on the email). So excited to see everyone's mushroom cat!
Thank you for sharing! Amazon delivery incoming!😂 I bought high powered reading glasses and a magnifying light that helps tremendously with black yarn and teeny tiny stitches.😅
It feels like I permanently have an incoming Amazon delivery 😅 I just love ami books so much 🥰
Sorry to hear that the trip was a little on the stressful side 💝
Huzzah for online shopping 😂🫶 Perfect remedy.
I wonder if you could use the Lulu’s Dolls head bases in the place of the ‘bullseye head’ heads? Or perhaps accessorise the Lulu Dolls with the clothes, etc. from the ‘bullseye heads’ book? If so that would be fantastic and a real time-saver 😅💕 They look to be roughly the same size?
Omg summer girl! Yes! Those arm floaties 🥰💛!!
Oh for goodness sake…the bee…I can’t…🥰💛🖤 She’s beautiful! The fluffy collar is so adorbs 💕
The 4sc in the round 😂 the bane of everyone’s existence.
LOVE the skunk!
Man, you’ve got a stack of cute makes in your future 🥰❤ Can’t wait to see them all Xx
Hello Lee 💕 I'm naturally an extremely anxious person, so traveling to a place I'm not familiar with, and working under more-than-usual stressful conditions...well, it's a struggle! Add to it being an introvert that has to be more social than usual 😱 But, sadly I need a job to fund my ever so slight book addiction 🤣
I am very excited for a ton of ami cuteness in my future!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the new amigurumi books. The bee is very cute 🐝
Thanks, Jacqueline 🌼 I am really happy with these books.
beautiful bee beautiful book so cute thankyou for sharing missed you 🧡🧡
Thanks, Cheryl! I missed you all as well 🤗
dolls are lovey I am still on my doll that you made in green a fariy mine is yellow 😅
Those fairy dolls are so cute! I would love to see how yours turn out 😊
I'm partial to bee's if you can't figure that out. I don't like the actual bug, but I do think they are so adorable
I've actually got a load of bee patterns (I recently bought a super cute bee pattern from Sarah Dee crochet that I have to make very soon 🐝💕)
@craftablyeverafter I'm be waiting to see your upcoming bee project.
Haha you picked the same projects as me from Wonderful World. And then wouldn't you know, I picked Yen The Reindeer from my tin and I'm doing it now. I hated business trips, in fact, meetings of any kind!
Hi Pamela 💕 Great minds think alike 😅 Yen the reindeer is for sure going to be made, I might just her some Christmas vibes...
Business trips are terrible! Can't wait to be retired one day 😁
@@craftablyeverafter it'll be here before you know it! 😊🧡
The projects in the books are adorable……my question is, are the Patterns in English terms?????? I recently purchased a couple Doll patterns from someone and I couldn’t understand his instructions…..the dolls looked just like the ones in Lulu’s books……it was a waste of my money and I was so disappointed…..your Bee is adorable too!!!!!! You did a great job……
The projects in these books are really cute 💕 The 'Wonderful world of amigurumi' book I made the bee from is written in US terms. The doll book is written in UK terms.
I used to stay away from patterns written UK terms, because I had to concentrate more in order to convert to US terms. But I've gotten so used to converting now, I don't mind if a pattern is US or UK terms 😊
Hi Cassandra 🤗🥰🧶🤩
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