How I Leveled Up My Crochet in 2023
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- 2023 was a double jump in skills and confidence. See how I did it and the crochet projects that made my year.
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// TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Welcome
1:23 2023's Projects
16:40 Let's try some snacks
30:12 End of the Year Musings
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Hey babes! I’m Toni, the designer and instructor behind TL Yarn Crafts. I've designed over 100+ chic and practical crochet patterns for modern makers. Find your next sweater, shawl, and blanket project in my shop at tlyarncrafts.com/.
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Toni, you are like an IV of straight endorphins into my system. Such a gem. Thanks for being you and sharing a piece of you with all of us. Much love to you and happy new year!
This is the most adorable text yet . I felt that . Toni is a breath of fresh air.
I agree! Her energy is infectious and brightens my day in these sunless Michigan winters!
Your Grinch sweater could totally be an excellent Easter basket sweater. It's almost exactly the same color as that plastic grass!!
Bobbles are jelly beans!
@@brendajohnston7505or the eggs!
It is so good to see you making wearables for yourself and realizing just how good you look in them. Looking forward to the sweater dress.
Agreeing. I got your Tunisian crochet handbook for christmas. Signed by you.. super stoked but curious why you were not modeling any of the items that you created. Your model is stunning but so are you!
I really appreciate how you have emphasized the customizable nature of making your own garments. I hope to make some that truly suit me in 2024.
I don’t crochet, I just like watching your progress and videos. 😊
Awww that means a lot. Thanks for hanging with us
You got me hooked on crochet! Thank you, you’re a great teacher
Yay! Welcome to the crochet fanatics club :-) Happy stitching in 2024
I managed to stay on track with my first temperature blanket last year & finished it right on time on NYE. I loved it but definitely don't have the capacity for it this year. Instead, I'll be using the same idea to make a tapestry that tracks my running mileage for the year! Just like with the temp blanket, I have colors picked out by run length from 1 mile - 13 miles. I'm really excited to see my distance grow over the course of the year
Toni...ma'am...if you want me to focus on what YOU are saying in your videos, you can't have the ball of cuteness that is Mr. Pepper in the background. He was ALL I could see! LOL
So we're going to make that dress for sure. I'm gonna hype my daughter up. I'm going to be fearless and get a little content together. Color fearless color. 😅😅😅😅😅😅
We'll do it together - you push me to make that dress and I'll help you make some content. A win-win!!
I think the reason I've never cared for crochet garments is because I never saw anything I liked. Watching this video changed my mind. Your sweaters really look nice. Found your channel for the first time today.
I would love to see more advanced projects on this channel! I think there is waaay too much content catering to beginners online and I so often find myself wanting a real challenge.
I get that, but I also like the beginner and easier stuff. I don’t always want to do something that’s a stretch project for me. High impact low effort can be really fun while still being relaxing. Maybe one or two advanced projects every once in a while would be cool though.
I’m still working on a few Christmas gifts (I know, I know!), but my goal for 2024 is to make my first sweater. If you haven’t done this already, a video on how to customize fit for sweaters might help some of us newer crocheters. Thank you for all that you do! ❤
Or some of us old crocheters too!
I'm hoping to make my first sweater this year, too! A video on customizing fit would be excellent, great suggestion!
2023 was shaping up to be a year I finished NOTHING. We moved house, my daughter was in her senior year (Australia’s school year is a calendar year), and my crojo was gone.
Then, in about October, I felt the urge to create, and dug out my Persian Tiles blanket from years ago. Still in shock I managed to finish it, including the biggest border I’ve ever done! I also did my first chenille amigurumi, an otter, where I learnt that choosing dark colours for chenille yarn is not the best beginner move 😂
2024 I have two goals. A mosaic crochet blanket to use up Hobbii Twisters I’ve had for many years, and finish a garment for my teenager before crochet isn’t ’cool’ anymore 😂
I just want to say that your videos on making sweaters inspired me to finally create wearables for myself. Your joy is infectious and I'm so glad I took the leap as well!
Love your videos you should do a video with Elise rose crochet or Holly Auna❤❤❤
YES,That would be awesome❤
It would cause there all sorts of great❤❤❤
Thanks for the ideas!!
Oooohhhh yessssss or with PassioKnit Kelsie! She makes a lot of wearables (basically only) so having you collab on some works like that would be really interesting
YES!
Hi Toni! My name is Ricardo, and I am a doctor from South Africa. I absolutely love all your content. You are so inspiring. I absolutely love to crochet, and your garments look so amazing, but I myself have never made a sweater/jersey. When will your hexagon cardigan tutorial be out? ❤
I was so excited for your collab with Hobbii! I bought a cardigan pattern from you because I knew my first thing I was going to make with your yarn was one of your patterns. I’m not very far on it but I do keep coming back to it. My goal for 2024 is to finish one of my wips, and I’m hoping I finish the cardigan. You have been a massive inspiration for me as I’ve grown from the very beginning of this hobby. Cheers to 2024!
Oh I want to do a hexagon cardigan! Yours looks amazing! And I want to try a dress. And I want to see your Tunisian crochet hooks. And and and! Thank you for all your work and generosity of your time and gracious spirit! Happy 2024!
In 2024, I am focusing on working down my stash and my pile of WIPs, and one of my stash-down projects is a temperature blanket. For this year’s blanket, I decided to go from my birthday in 2023 to my birthday in 2024 using the high temperature for each day. This will allow me to “work ahead” while it’s cold and not feel so stressed when the summer “blanket-avoidance” comes.
My 2024 goal is to make my first crocheted sweater. I’ve started many sweaters but never finish any of them. And I would love to see more day in life vlogs❤
WOW! My aunt taught me basic crocheting & needle point when I was in jr. high/middle and I really never did anything with or ventured to learn anything more bout crocheting. it! . Wakte up to December of 2023 and my daughter ( the grown adult daughter …time went all to fast.) her questions made me feel awful (talent & time missed)! Well…we went out and brought some yarn, crochet needles etc.. We lerned together to make few hats & hand warmers as gifts! So much fun & a beautiful memory. Talk about feeling inspired! Soooo me being picky/particular I searched U Tube and thank God I found your channel. I’m having fun and learning I’ll have my daughter help me figure out how to buy you a cup of coffee or two so I can continue to sip & learn. You are a FANTASTIC teacher & make feel like you are talking to me. I love being able to rewind more than once, I love your patterns, etc…an enjoyable experience all around. Thank you for being the phenomenal you that you are. Keep up the wonderful job that you do. May God continue to richly bless & keep you. 💝
2024 for me is about addressing bad habits that I've let fester. More technique videos, swatching, frogging to correct a mistake, and trusting my instincts when something doesn't feel right as I'm going.
Toni there was no way you would have won the ugly sweater, because that sweater is gorgeous, you did a good job on it , it looks gorgeous on you .
i’m almost finished with my hexagon cardi that i started what feels like forever ago… i’ve been working on other projects recently and neglecting it, but this video inspired me to continue, and honestly it’s closer to being done than i thought it was!
As I was sitting here watching your video, I was trying on the very beginning of my first pull over sweater. I'm taking two patterns and combining them to make something I really love. I wanted a v neck sweater, which seems not as popular as crew neck, and I also wanted a v design rather than a horizontal design. I also wanted something more than just every row being DC, sc etc. so I'm combining a raglan crew neck design with I Need It Crochet Sum Of It's Parts Pullover. Who knows how this will turn out, freehanding my first pullover 😂 but you do what you gotta do when you can't find a pattern that matches your vision!
Thanks Toni, love you ❤
I was at a planner conference and someone told me about you and I am happy to have found your channel because I’m going to up my crochet game for 2024
I’m fairly new to yarn work! I’ve knit and crocheted for years, but have never followed patterns or finished products. In 2023 I knit my daughter a blanket, made several crochet blankets and hats, and I’m currently making her a pair of pants! I’m excited about wearables, for her and myself! I really want to make several different cardigans in different colors/patterns. I already wear a ton to work, so I’d love some that I’ve made!
Go for that dress!! As a large size woman myself, I understand not being comfortable with crochet garments. But I made myself a little red number for a banquet that was awesome (if I do say so myself). It was supposed to be an empire waisted tunic, but a few extra rows, and she became a dress.
Give yourself plenty of time (unlike me), and it'll be as awesome as everything else you create.
For the past 10 years, I made only amigurumis to sell (up to 200 a year). I decided that in 2024 I was going to make things for me and, to get back into Tunisian crochet. I just completed the Mulberry blanket and now I'm working on the ripple stitch pillow. I also plan to make some sweaters and learn to make them to fit and flatter my size (2x).
I would like to learn how to do Tunisian work using graphed designs and how to master colorwork.
Peeping Ted Lasso in the background... love that show! And love all of these pieces!
I am making a year long mood blanket, like a temperature blanket, only we do it by the week, and our mood dictates the stitches we use. There are 4 designs to choose from, a blanket that is row by row, a granny square blanket, those are both by Cosy Rosy UK and 2 shawls one in a triangle and one in a rectangle, both designed by Bernadine from Me 'n' My Hook. I think I decided to do the rectangle shawl. They are both hosting this year long project and when I saw their videos drop, it just spoke to me. Even my husband was interested, although he sounded a bit disheartened when I mentioned doing one of the shawls over the blanket. Maybe I'll be printing out another copy of the mood tracker for him, then I'll end up with 2 very different blankets this year. Lol
Toni- you are, and always have been one of my top 5 favorite designers. For sure my number 1 when it comes to Tunisian crochet! Even if I have to slow you down and rewind 10 times for some parts 🤣🤣🤣 (jk). I love just about everything you have ever had come off your hook! I bought Sewrella's Autumn Mini Sock Set just so I could FINALLY make your juniper cowl. I have been in love with that pattern since you first released it. I didn't have the money at the time to buy a set of coordinating minis to make it and the minis I did have just wouldn't have looked right, some were sport weight, some were fingering, some were DK and even have a few worsted in there. (Mystery bundles.) I admit, I have a problem. I am completely and utterly addicted to minis. And I am totally okay with that. 😂😂😂
Toni..you encouraged me to use all my scraps of yarn n i made 2 queen oversized throws n 2023 covild.. using two strands at a time n all the colors light n dark..I am so proud n warm.because of you Toni..thanks❤
I only have one year crochet experience and you've inspired me to try a sweater or two or three. I'm starting with a sunflower granny square cardigan with a burgundy background in merino wool. I'm giving myself plenty of time to have it done by fall.
I wanted to make myself a beach cover-up for a carribean cruise later this month but I'm not ready for that kind of pressure. I'm the meantime I'm working on a lightweight cotton cuff to add to a pair of cropped jeans. If they're done for the cruise, great! If not, I'll wear something else.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how your dress turns out. I have a couple patterns but I'm having a hard time envisioning them on my body.
My list of home decor plans is extensive and I'm hoping will serve as nice breaks from my larger projects.
I think it goes without saying I'm really loving your channel. Thanks for being there for us!
my goal is to make more things for myself. In my 6 years of knitting and crocheting i can count the amount of things I've made and kept for myself on one hand. Currently finishing up my first sock (singular) so that i can go onto knitting a colour work jumper. Would love to look back n everything I've made at the end of the year and they all be things I can enjoy for myself
I have a backpack for a purse and I ALWAYS have some sort of project in it. All my friends and family get concerned if I don't have my backpack with me. 🤣
i was watching this with my dog and when you said "i love you too" she looked up at my laptop and then when she saw your dog she started barking at my screen 😆
Love all of your 2023 makes! Just beautiful!
YOUR DOG IS SO CUTE 😭😭😭 I WAS STARING AT HIM THE WHOLE VIDEO
I’m only halfway through this video and had to stop to comment. I’m so glad I was directed towards your channel.. actually it was first your book then I found you myself!
I’m just sitting here smiling as I watch. One can’t help but be impacted by your positive energy.. like seriously I’d have to struggle to NOT smile watching this.
You’re beautiful on the outside and all the way in! Best wishes for a wonderful year ahead!
im making a relationship blanket. im starting it on our anniversary. different colors for "date night, great communication, a rough day, a great love day, etc"
Excited to see what you do in 2024! It sounds like you're already planning to do the video I most would like to see - how to make a project fit an actual person's body. I got Cardigans for Every Body (I think at your recommendation actually) and while it's great, I've discovered I learn much better from videos than books. I have a body with unusual propotions so most patterns aren't quite right but I'm not sure how to fix that. And a long shot since making a dress is on your "to try" list and might not be something you want to film, but I would LOVE if you came out with a dress video on the process of making a dress and making it fit. Most of the crochet dress patterns I see seem to assume only young skinny people who want to show tons of skin will be wearing them and that's... Not me.
That Misha sweater is georgeous! I've been making garments for myself for a little over a year and just started a mosaic work cardigan for myself which is way out of my comfort zone. I think that Misha sweater might be my next project. I really appreciate your talking about fit with sweaters. I'm starting to look at patterns as suggestions and ideas as I can never get a good fit if I follow a pattern completely. I'd love to learn more about this. I am a plus size woman but not very booby, heavy upper arms but short arms over all so I always have to make adjustments. The best thing I've done so far is keep a sheet close by of all my measurements and then another column of the measurements with ease added in.
Love everything you do!
Wow!! I love them all ❤
This year I´m going to (try, atleast!) crochet 90% of this years christmas presents - wish me luck!
Last year I was commissioned to make my son’s daycare 12 plushies for the infant room for Christmas. The parents loved it so much that they asked me to make 12 more for this year. Very excited about that!
Toni love your gorgeous garment makes. Please consider a sweater/top CAL for 2024.
this year I’m really hoping to be able to create a blanket for MYSELF!! Everything I make is always gifted and it’s high time I made something for me that I’m really excited about (: I made a big move in October of 23’ from living in the city to a small farm town and I’m really excited to figure out how I’m going to incorporate my passions for crochet and knitting into my lifestyle here!!! It’s definitely not easy, but I’ve been loving the process so far and I think my environment has been so inspiring ❤❤❤
I like your 2023 projects. I started 2024 making stuff for family. I plan to make a temperature blanket, poncho, shawl, sweater, and cardigan for me this year. I am trying wearable this year.
❤ the hexi cardi customization series! Great idea for a mini stash buster.
More hubby cameos, please. I giggled when you gave him treats.
Oh my gosh!! I totally think of patterns as suggestions! I almost always have from the day I started using them. I love that you said that!!!
loved every single make! 😊
Beautiful!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
I put a dent in my WIPs and UFOs in 2023, and I want to continue that in 2024. I get to see how my ideas worked out, and it gives me the mental (and physical!) space to cast on NEW things!
Whoa. Your Misha Sweater made me gasp and then hold my breath a little bit!!! Soooo pretty. I think it fits you perfectly.
Thank you so much! I was really nervous about the size when I first finished, but I'm really pleased with it now. It's so cozy!
Your work is gorgeous. Thank you, Miss Toni❤
Your designs are so beautiful!
I got so happy watching you be happy! Thank you! I’m so proud of you for completing so much! 💗💗💗
Lovely seeing all your makes for 2023. I really enjoy watching your videos. 😊
i love love love the fringe that you use as finishes... honestly bringing back the "crochet with me/podcast" style videos (i.e. long-form content) would be amazing! I'm heading into my final year of undergrad and having the "___ along" style vids goes a long way during exams :)
Toni, I cant wait to see what 2024 has in store for you and TLYarnCrafts! I know you will continue to knock it out of the park.
I have total faith that you can design and create your very first dress! I look forward to seeing you in it!❤
I loved revisiting your creations, especially the sweaters. I would love to see some more sweaters...I have yet to attempt to crochet one!
I am still working on my 2022 temperature blanket and I am enjoying every second of it. Like you, I sometimes don't work on it for months, but your video's back then helped me pick a stitch, colour palette and yarn that I LOVE.
Thank you for all the inspo over the years, and I can't wait what new exciting things you share
Toni - I don't know how I found you because I have never crocheted in my life. But I watch all of your videos from start to finish. That being said, I finally bought a skein of yarn and a hook and am about to start actually learning to crochet! Thank you for your inspiration!
Yayyy! So glad I could interest you in crochet. You got this! Have fun :-)
Oh my. Tobago bag. I've never heard of this...i don't crochet yet😊. I'm from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹. Enjoying your channel❤
For 2024 I plan to crochet my first sweater! I'd also like to try crocheting some floral garlands. So far I've only made small stuff like scarves & hats.
I’m looking forward to your hexagon cardigan tutorial - it’s such a fun construction technique and it would be great to have that fun technique combined with a great fit!
You are literally my favorite crochet channel!! All of these are so beautiful!! ❤❤❤
I love all the pieces! And I love your energy and joy!!
I want to make a dress too! I cannot wait to see yours!!!
You are so inspiring! I love, love, love the sweaters. Crocheting one is one of my 2024 goals!
Oh my goodness, beautiful lady! I just love your energy - you continue to inspire me to try new things. Thank you, for that. So this year I AM going to make my first sweater and it’s gonna be for ME! Most of everything that I have made in the 2 years I’ve been crocheting, I have gifted to loved ones. Their appreciation and awe of my work also keeps motivating me to do more and more. I’m also FINALLY gonna try Tunisian crochet. I have your book and the clover bamboo hooks so I’m ready!!!
I woke up today and saw this video was up-perfect to watch with my coffee and morning knitting!! Thanks for posting it:) Your projects and positive attitude always inspire me to push myself as a crafter.
Now I know who's hexi cardi pattern I'm going to use. I'm waiting for Toni's 😂
I love how you kept saying 2023 when you meant 2024. IT’S NOT JUST ME!!!!!!!
All great pieces. Looking forward to seeing your hexagon cardigan tutorial, just made my first one and winged the finishing construction.
Toni, this was so inspiring! I am working on stash busting but after watching the beautiful things you made in 2023, I am going to try more natural fibers this year! You’re so talented and so creative
Your work is wonderful ❤️❤️❤️
Absolute legend! Thanks for including the towel set, I missed it when you posted it. I’ve been wanting to try Tunisian crochet and this is a perfect starting point! Thank you Toni for all that you do! ✨👏🏻✨ ps, on the edge of my seat waiting on that Happy Place restock! The color palette is ❤️🤌🏻❤ All the love from Copenhagen ✨✨✨
Ohhh girl yes please with the hexagon cardi content. I am new to your channel and just picked up crochet again last month after 16 years of knitting. I am making a granny square hoodie for myself and a cocoon cardigan for my bestie at the moment and after that I want to make myself a hexagon cardigan. But I am tall with a long torso, and a guy, and most of the hexi cardigan things I've seen are either crop top style or just oversized with circus tent arms. I am soo looking forward to learning how to customize and shape them from you!!!
i just finished my 5th hexagon sweater, including a giant double pocket, and now i'm working on a purple maxi skirt!
My goal for 2024 is to finish 24 items that have been in my WIP pile or in my someday pile with yarn already purchased for it and to work through my stash. I also want to publish some patterns that have been knocking around as samples in my craft area for years.
I loved seeing all your projects! I'm coming up to my 1 year anniversary of starting crochet (I think it's tomorrow now that I see the date) and while I have very little to show for my first year, I'm happy with some of the pieces I have and adoring my new obsession! :)
Thank you for being such an inspiration! Also, that Christmas cardi is one I need to try and make sometimes. It's adorable!
That Grinch sweater is EVERYTHING! I think it would be stunning in early spring, too! LOVE all the colors!
Fabulous collection of makes.
Thank you for sharing, Toni.❤
I loved making my hexi cardigan.
I love your grinch sweater. My first thought was, looks like a birthday party 🥳
Love to see all your projects!! Love the variety and customization of your garment items this year. Also, your video taught me how to crochet, and now I crochet every single day. Thank you for all your videos!!
Love all your sweaters!! Can’t wait to try some out! This year instead of a temp blanket I’m making a book blanket. So I’m doing granny squares based on book covers that I read! Can’t wait!!
you're so talented with colours
All of these projects turned out so beautifully! Instead of a temperature blanket, I’m making a mood cardigan! It’ll be my first year long project, so we’ll see how it turns out! So excited to see your work this year! 💕
I love seeing a supportive good sport spouse so adorable. One of your Tunisian crochet blankets was my first foray into Tunisian. I bought your book and look forward to trying another this year. I am primarily a knitter with some crochet projects but Tunisian opens up a whole new world! Keep being you and inspiring our world!
Love seeing you and your hubby together on here - y’all are absolutely precious! You’ve given me a lot of inspiration to make my own sweater this year. Not super comfortable in this postpartum body but gotta learn to embrace it and what better way?!
Your work is inspiring! I’m tackling my first temperature blanket this year and would love to make my first garment! Excited to see watch your amazing content this year. Happy 2024!
The temperature blanket is gorgeous ❤
Love you and your patterns. Thanks for sharing your talent and exuberance!!
Ugh what a great video I wishhhh u uploaded more 😭❤️
Very beautiful work.
love all the projects this year! I am starting my first sweater and hoping to go to rhinebeck and wear it there!