I Tested a Circulo Crochet Kit So You Don't Have To | Crochet Kit Review

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  • Опубліковано 10 жов 2024

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  • @Letitsia
    @Letitsia 4 дні тому +16

    Círculo is a Brazilian brand and I can usually find their kits here for 20-45 BRL, which would be like 3.60-8.25 USD at the current exchange rate. 20 USD sounds really crazy... I think their patterns are pretty confusing in their native Brazilian Portuguese as well.
    Also, Clover does make 2.5mm hooks! I got a set of 8 from one of my friends who bought it in Japan and it came with 2.0mm, 2.3mm and 2.5mm hooks.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +2

      @@Letitsia that is so interesting! I wondered if there was a translation error but sounds like that’s not the case.
      So it looks like I’m missing some clover hooks from my collection then!

  • @susanhessler801
    @susanhessler801 2 дні тому +3

    Thank you!!! I got stuck doing this kit! I ran out of the off-white yarn, but what really stumped me was the cord for the cape!
    If you haven't tried a Wooble kit, they are awesome!

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  16 годин тому

      That part was written in a really confusing way! I’m sorry you ran out of yarn. Ughh

  • @staeseia
    @staeseia 4 дні тому +5

    While watching I was crocheting a test pattern for a pumpkin bowl. Thank you for checking these kits out. It saved me from getting this one. I doubt it'd have enough yarn for me.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +1

      I’m happy to be a guinea pig. I was definitely expecting more from this one. I can’t wait til I find a 10/10 kit.

  • @denovogiovanna
    @denovogiovanna 3 дні тому +2

    as a brazilian it's so refreshing to see my favorite content creators testing products I have easy access for! circulo is an amazing brand, I'd say their amigurumi yarn is my go to almost every time. I still find their kits kinda underwhelming* though 😂 with this yarn I always use a 3.5mm hook

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +1

      I liked the yarn! Cotton isn’t my fave but for cotton I do like it 😆 People are getting on to me in the comments for using a bigger hook but 2.5 seems so small! You would def run out of yarn with a 3.5 hook!

    • @denovogiovanna
      @denovogiovanna 3 дні тому

      @Tfwcrochet oh yeah, you probably would! I've never used the kits, just the regular size donuts. their color selection is fantastic here in Brazil, I think there are more than 100 different colors to choose from. they also have different sizes and components, there's a thinner one (amigurumi slim), a softer one (amigurumi soft) and a chenile like one (amigurumi pelúcia). they used to have a thicker one called amigurumi maxi, but it's been discontinued. hope you can try more from the brand, I'm sure you're going to like it

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +1

      @@denovogiovanna you’ve totally inspired me to look into this brand more now! Thank you for telling me. Jealous you can find it all in person!

  • @co-opchemistry1437
    @co-opchemistry1437 4 дні тому +6

    Such a cute kit! The vampire is giving me Grandpa Munster vibes 😂.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      @@co-opchemistry1437 oh my gosh totally

  • @jenbrooke403
    @jenbrooke403 4 дні тому +2

    He turned out cute! I love your thorough reviews! I finally got my first Clover hook last week and thought of you… you are totally right! I couldn’t image it would make that big of a difference comfort-wise and glide-wise, but boy does it ever! 💕

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +1

      Welcome to the club!!! 😁

  • @ginacrochets
    @ginacrochets 4 дні тому +1

    Love watching you when you doing a review on a product or pattern. You are honest about what you think and how they work . Thank you for that. Today im working on a Christmas tree skirt.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      Glad you appreciate my honesty. I always want to provide feedback that is helpful. Look at you working ahead. I know I need to look ahead towards Christmas but it’s so hard right now to think about

  • @showandtellmeg
    @showandtellmeg 4 дні тому +1

    I was crocheting 2 panels of a Halloween pillow cover together while watching this lol.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +2

      Glad to join you in the sewing process 😄

  • @kwstasgkoumas4909
    @kwstasgkoumas4909 4 дні тому +2

    Loving the kit reviews !
    Keep em coming 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      @@kwstasgkoumas4909 I have such a love hate relationship with them 😅 Do you have a specific kind you’re interested in?

    • @kwstasgkoumas4909
      @kwstasgkoumas4909 4 дні тому

      ​@@Tfwcrochetthe first crochet thing I ever bought was a kit from Temu, which looking back at it, was horrible
      It would be fun to see you rip into one of those

  • @eldritchyarnbeing3295
    @eldritchyarnbeing3295 4 дні тому +3

    personally im a fan of the shirtless dracula with a mullet🤣 fr though, it turned out really cute and makes me wanna abandon all my current wips to focus on halloween projects lol

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +1

      lol! Maybe I need to work on another version that’s like that 👀
      I can only think of Halloween projects right now and I need to start thinking of Christmas but I just can’t 😖

  • @ayanadixon4763
    @ayanadixon4763 3 дні тому +1

    I have to be one of the few people who don't like Clover hooks. The metal portion and the handle are too short for me. The vampire turned out really cute! Great job!

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +1

      I’ve heard from some that from some. Or that it’s too light.

  • @Ardnaid253
    @Ardnaid253 4 дні тому +1

    Clover definitely makes smaller hooks! I have some that i never use, haha.
    Also, for show suggestions maybe What We Do in the Shadows? Its silly and spooky but not scary. Also, Our Flag Means Death, which isn't spooky but ots my favorite show so i have to rec it

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +1

      I love what we do in the shadows but funny story- there’s an episode where a character is saying “siri call 911” and the joke is that it isn’t working. Well it set my phone off! I had to explain to them it was just a show 🙈
      I will look up that show! I have never heard of it.

  • @Crocheniacs
    @Crocheniacs 4 дні тому +2

    Hi Rachel! I recently found your channel and girl I really like your style! You mentioned you bought the kit on Amazon, have you ever seen them in local stores? I have been wondering because they are quite popular in Brazil (which I am originally from btw), but It's not that easy to find them in Europe. Again, Congrats on your content 😘

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      @@Crocheniacs Awh thank you! I love your channel!!
      They don’t have them in local stores here. The only amigurumi kits I have ever seen in stores here are Woobles and I saw a Red Heart one once. Not a lot of selection in person.

    • @Crocheniacs
      @Crocheniacs 4 дні тому

      @@Tfwcrochet Oh thank you so much, my dear! Good to know about the kits! I have seen some kits here in my city, but there aren't that many brands available either.

  • @audreymarsh5090
    @audreymarsh5090 4 дні тому +4

    I can’t unsee it - he definitely looks naked!! 😂🙈
    Also I’m Team Cotton Yarn for amigurumi, and Team Blunt Needle for the same…. I’ve had to suck my own blood out of my work too many times to use a sharp needle anymore 🧛‍♀️🩸 (y’know, because *your* saliva will break down *your* blood without staining)

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +3

      Right? Its so hard to unsee.
      Yeah I wish I saw this comment before my next video. Just a lil preview 😩🩸

    • @gaylewinds4808
      @gaylewinds4808 3 дні тому +1

      That's one of my favorite blood facts!

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому

      @@gaylewinds4808 one of 👀 how many blood facts do you know 😆

  • @darktastee
    @darktastee 2 дні тому

    Working on a shawl to wear to my sisters wedding. I think a kit works for intermediate and advanced crocheters - for instance, I almost never do amigurumi. I’ve made doilies, blankets, shawls, cardigans, etc, but not amigurumi. I recently was gifted a gift card to Woobles and purchased a couple of their intermediate kits. It was fun, the instructions had some of the same issues that you mentioned in this review - shortening repeats and not calling it out specifically - even tho the pattern was online, so it wasn’t a printing cost saver. However, I never would have ventured into amigurumi without a kit and I’ve been crocheting for over 30 years.

  • @teacheraprilrogers
    @teacheraprilrogers 2 дні тому

    I just completed a Wednesday doll that has you do slip stitches like the red on the Vampire. The Wednesday pattern has you crochet the row that the slip stitches are suppose to go in the back loop only then you did the round of what would be the red slip stitches in the front loop of that same round. It was supper easy and looks really great.

  • @azraelthanos9400
    @azraelthanos9400 4 дні тому

    Vampire turned out cute !
    Not as I was watching but my current project is a little high necked collar I'll be able to take on and off bc I'm perpetually in need of just enough presence around my neck.

  • @RissaLikeLisa
    @RissaLikeLisa 4 дні тому +2

    I totally agree he looks shirtless 😂

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +1

      Definitely looks better with the cape on but I can’t unsee him shirtless

  • @jessicapoemape3067
    @jessicapoemape3067 4 дні тому

    He turned out cute!

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      He really did! It was a journey getting there though 😅

  • @thequeenofindie7227
    @thequeenofindie7227 3 дні тому

    I have no idea why but dark colored yarn and wool attract dog hair like magnets! 🙈 I've given up on plucking them while crocheting. Gotta wait til I'm done with the project to do some clean up lol (Love your shirt btw) 🧛🏽‍♀👑

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +1

      @@thequeenofindie7227 I feel like natural fibers are worse about attracting dog hair than others.
      Thank you! It’s my favorite shirt ever!

  • @justbeingme7965
    @justbeingme7965 4 дні тому

    Over the Garden Wall was literally my suggestion. I have been wanting to watch it.
    I think you can go to suggestions on where you watch it and find similar.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +2

      @@justbeingme7965 I watched it again with my kids yesterday. Gravity Falls is under the suggestions which I like as well as Steven Universe. The rest don’t have the same vibe though unfortunately

    • @justbeingme7965
      @justbeingme7965 2 дні тому

      @@Tfwcrochet understandable. I am more into the beautifully creepy. so i only have suggestions for that

  • @kathiemagee5594
    @kathiemagee5594 3 дні тому

    He turned out cute. I am not an Amigurumi lover,however,I was curious and bought the Circulo Black Cat kit. I completed making it BUT I loathe sewing on the pieces. I put it in a project bag and TOSSED it. LOL. I did it last year and I cannot remember if the pattern was an issue. I think I will just go on making wearables and blankets.
    Thanks for sharing your experience.
    I cannot use tapered hooks. I love Clover and Susan Bates IN-LINE hooks. I am a pencil holder

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому

      I’m a weirdo who doesn’t mind sewing but I know I’m one of the rare ones. Everyone has to find their own place in the crochet world. I make the occasional other project but mostly love amigurumi. 😅
      I wish I liked inline hooks! I have a furls hook that I love the way it feels in my hand but the inline isn’t my fave.

  • @Snek_Go_Boop
    @Snek_Go_Boop 4 дні тому

    I love the owl house! Its so good haha

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      One of me and my family’s favorite shows to watch together! I wish there would have been more seasons 😭

  • @ElainefromPenguinPlaceCrafts
    @ElainefromPenguinPlaceCrafts 4 дні тому

    I was sewing together an orange puppy as I watched... With a metal needle with a blunt tip. I would have preferred my needle with the sharper bent tip, but didn't have the energy to search for it! 🤣

  • @cathiesmith0812
    @cathiesmith0812 4 дні тому

    I like the movies Coraline, Frankinwinnie, and Nightmare Before Christmas.I also like the Twilight Saga. I prefer the Resse Cup over Resse Pieces, however I absoluely LOVE M & M's.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +1

      I love nightmare before Christmas. But haven’t seen the other two. I need to get on that. I prefer peanut butter m&ms over recess pieces!

  • @cjoy413
    @cjoy413 4 дні тому

    Morrigan Crow in the back 🖤

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +1

      Yessss! I was hoping someone would notice! I love this little book series. Can’t wait for book 4

    • @cjoy413
      @cjoy413 4 дні тому

      @@Tfwcrochet Me too.

  • @tinmanlover1994
    @tinmanlover1994 4 дні тому

    Yes I see it Edward from twilight taking his shirt off sparkling

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      @@tinmanlover1994 they’re basically twins

  • @JoannThomson-s1f
    @JoannThomson-s1f 4 дні тому

    I bought kits just for the pattern, I didn't use anything. I was working on a Grim Reaper. Love your videos, I'm also a Patrion.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      Did you find the pattern as confusing as me?
      I bet your grim reaper is so cute! And oh my goodness thank you 🥹

    • @JoannThomson-s1f
      @JoannThomson-s1f 4 дні тому

      @Tfwcrochet I have done it 3 times, 2 were great, they were very simple. The third not so great, but I winged it, and it came out ok.

  • @drakenhart
    @drakenhart 4 дні тому

    I think you would like Sabrina the teenage witch ( the original series from the 90's). Also recommend the Good witch series and movies from Hallmark! Really great watch

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +1

      I LOVED Sabrina as a kid. One of my favorites. I haven’t tried it as an adult. I’ll look up the good witch.

  • @minervan5754
    @minervan5754 Годину тому

    I’ve tried Circulo cotton once but my problem was that it’s too thick 😂 Definitely in the fingering weight cotton camp here

  • @Mikabellaa
    @Mikabellaa 4 дні тому

    Clover does make a 2.5! They’re just not easily found in the US but I got mine online along with a 2 and 3mm which also don’t come in the 10 pack

  • @judyclem65
    @judyclem65 4 дні тому

    Hi Rachel! I subscribed recently and have really enjoyed all your videos. I've bought Loops and Thread metal crochet hooks from Michael's and I can't believe how easy the yarn glides over them. Have you ever tried one? They look similar in shape to the kit one. Thanks!

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +1

      I haven’t bought those. I don’t have a Michaels locally so sometimes I forget about them 😆 But I’ll have to look at them.

  • @cinnamon2559
    @cinnamon2559 4 дні тому +1

    As for the material con unless I misinterpreted what you said you had switched to a clover hook that was larger even just that .25 would still be 10% larger then the hook it gave you. Might not seem like a lot but with kits like this thats a large flaw that you dont have a lot of leeway with changes to the materials. On the topic of intermediate kits i think they tend to be more intermediate/advanced Beginner. These kits dont seem all that hard for someone who’s crocheted amis before but its fair to say “hey dont make this as your first ever crochet plushie” theyre also seemingly a little more low waste as you are getting just what you need and arnt forced to buy a whole skein of yarn that youll only use a few feet of.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      @@cinnamon2559 I see your point. I tink there should be a bit more leeway though. Especially since I yarn under and crochet pretty tight. People crochet with all different tensions. So it’d be better to me if they provided you with just a little more instead of almost not enough

  • @LyraStitchery
    @LyraStitchery 4 дні тому +2

    I don't know about the sharpness of the needle but I will use whatever needle that has an eye big enough for the yarn to fit through.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +3

      I may or may not have learned my lesson about sharp needles in next week’s video 👀

    • @alisong826
      @alisong826 4 дні тому

      I naturally tend to crochet super tightly but also love Tunisian crochet where I’ve over compensated and sometimes crochet too loosely, so tension and I agree to disagree and I’ll just change hook size to make gauge. I LOVE the Lykke interchangeable crochet hooks but if I’ve had a few cocktails I may change go another project so I don’t poke my hands as much 😂😂

    • @alisong826
      @alisong826 4 дні тому

      I naturally tend to crochet super tightly but also love Tunisian crochet where I’ve over compensated and sometimes crochet too loosely, so tension and I agree to disagree and I’ll just change hook size to make gauge. I LOVE the Lykke interchangeable crochet hooks but if I’ve had a few cocktails I may change go another project so I don’t poke my hands as much 😂😂

  • @gaylewinds4808
    @gaylewinds4808 3 дні тому +2

    Thank you SO MUCH for not crinkling the bag against your microphone before you opened it! I almost didn't want to learn to crochet thanks to those obnoxiously loud Woobles ads.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +1

      lol! I don’t really like the crinkling sound either. ASMR videos do the exact opposite of what they’re supposed to do to me. They make my skin crawl. Not sure why.

    • @rachelnoggle1239
      @rachelnoggle1239 3 дні тому

      Yes!!! Those stupid Chewy ads are driving me crazy! I can’t stand those sounds. 😖

    • @tiannagraham5210
      @tiannagraham5210 День тому +1

      @@rachelnoggle1239ohhh those chewy ads with the eating sounds drive me up the wall! Usually I don’t mind animal chewing sounds (human chewing sounds are a different story) but my goodness, those make my skin crawl

  • @cristyhampton
    @cristyhampton День тому

    I think Circulo mainly sells cotton yarn, so that would explain it.

  • @Donteatacowman
    @Donteatacowman 2 дні тому

    I imagine the yarn ran out because you sized up to a 2.75 hook. Great video!

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  2 дні тому

      Yeah a few people have pointed this out but it was really the best hook for my tighter tension. If someone has looser tension even with the same hook the results would be the same I’d guess.

  • @HuskyMama1009
    @HuskyMama1009 4 дні тому

    There is an old movie with Fred Astaire & Melvin Douglas named Ghost Story that is really good, not gory but has an unexpected twist. I don't like bloody "dead teenagers" movies either, but like a good psychological thriller

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому +1

      I can usually handle psychological thrillers as long as weird imagery doesn’t go along with it.

    • @HuskyMama1009
      @HuskyMama1009 3 дні тому

      @Tfwcrochet this movie has a good story too, so do recommend it. Brw, the project was cute but if too big you could have tried to gently cinch/drawstring it in using 4 or 5 places. Or frog it entirely.

  • @maryb6872
    @maryb6872 4 дні тому +1

    All of the extra black yarn they included to make a monstrously big hairdo could have been switched out for extra red yarn!

  • @bookwrm100
    @bookwrm100 4 дні тому

    I exclusively only eat the regular reeses cups! I feel as if the seasonal ones are too greasy...if that makes sense

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      I’ll allow it but I’m immediately suspicious of you 👀😅

  • @melodymalone4076
    @melodymalone4076 3 дні тому

    You also changed your hook size to be bigger so it could've used a bit more yarn than the smaller size hook. I like buying crochet kits especially if there is something I would like to make ie an elephant and its also useful when I dont wanna go out and buy yarn for a pattern I find or think about what to make for a project.

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому

      Yeah I get that but my tension is already pretty tight. Just would have been helpful to have a bit more to account for different tensions.
      Yeah that’s the point I was making in the beginning was that I liked there was a small amount of the yarn but just wished they had a liiiittle bit more

    • @melodymalone4076
      @melodymalone4076 3 дні тому

      @@Tfwcrochet yee, I just wish they included a bit more too just for safety precautions.

  • @croissant5418
    @croissant5418 4 дні тому

    I don't know if youve seen or tried them before but red heart has amigurumi kids :)

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому

      I actually did see one once but I didn’t pick it up. Now I kind of regret it. May be doing one soon!

  • @Babybearcroche
    @Babybearcroche День тому

    I started crocheting with a circulo kit, it was for a snowman i think but i could not understand the instructions for the life of me so i just used the tools to make a octopus following a online pattern. Now as a more advanced crochrter, i still don't understand some of they're patterns, they're pretty popular here un Brazil so I'm a very loyal costumer of them but still, i have a little book of animal patterns but some of the instructions are so confusing i just end up doing my own thing

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  16 годин тому +1

      Glad I’m not the only one who finds it a bit confusing. I feel like they need more pattern testers!

  • @LyraStitchery
    @LyraStitchery 4 дні тому

    If you can find it Psychos in Love.
    It is more horror comedy love story. Is there something below a B-movie. Because that is what this movie is.

  • @LyraStitchery
    @LyraStitchery 4 дні тому

    Can you make him a top hat to cover up the seam in his hair?

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  4 дні тому +1

      That would be cute! Still so confused why the hair was so big 😖

    • @LyraStitchery
      @LyraStitchery 4 дні тому +1

      @@Tfwcrochet right that is weird.

  • @Snickerdoodle0627
    @Snickerdoodle0627 4 дні тому

    Hello

  • @LyraStitchery
    @LyraStitchery 4 дні тому +1

    Maybe they labeled it intermediate because they don't give you complete instructions?

  • @fabulousjaxx
    @fabulousjaxx 3 дні тому

    Cute vampire but I think you could have done a better job with one of your patterns than the kit
    I'm working on a huge bed sized throw as I watch you xx

    • @Tfwcrochet
      @Tfwcrochet  3 дні тому

      @@fabulousjaxx next week I’ll be working from one of my own patterns so stay tuned 👀