EASY crochet balaclava tutorial | BEGINNER friendly | Made in the Moment

[@teasipper9984]

Making a mini balaclava for my cat using this video as a guide. So far so good! 😸😸

[@madeinthemoment]

oh my god I love that !!!!!!

[@tamaraholler6870]

oh no thats an amazing idea - i wanna do it for my 3

[@qrae9033]

Oh❤ I would love to see that ❤

[@Elli813]

Just wanted to say your videos are amazing, clear, and so so helpful for a beginner! you and other fiber artists that share your knowledge and skill are incredibly inspirational. thank you for helping me find my creativity again ❤️

[@lisolette_d6678]

The video is great and the balaclava too but I have to be honest it was not understandable to me how to include my personal measurings. I would have loved to see you trying on the balaclava in-between just to see how it has to look and whether I had to make my parts bigger. I redid the hood the second time now and am a bit unmotivated now :( I hope ill get there soon :D

[@ciaraserapiglia2570]

Great tutorial! I had to adjust things a little bit to fit my head right but it turned out so cute! I added ruffles to the edges of mine!

[@Creative_Toadstool]

THANK YOU for explaining all the components at the beginning of the video. Super super helpful with processing how I'm going to approach this project

[@taylorvasquez7941]

yay!! thank you i followed this to complete my first crochet project!

[@valebbbx]

sorry one question about something I didn't understand: when i'm reducing the stitches, i have to keep reducing it adding one or I have to reduce just three stitches together for every round? thank you so much i really liked this video!!

[@fennogan4498]

so question You start the decrease rows with just one regular decrease because you have an even number of stitches. For example, if you had 50 stitches, this would take you to 49. You then do a hdc3tog on the next row as a decrease, since you have an odd number of stitches. In our example, this would take you from 49 stitches to 47. This number is still odd. So my question is, how and why would you alternate regular decrease rows with hdc3tog decrease rows if the subsequent row has an odd number of stitches?

[@cass8353]

i was thinking this exact same thing about to comment it, since you stitch together 3 on the second decrease i think it'd be 3 - 49 which is 46 so it makes sense

[@sd8229]

Somehow I made the hood short (horizontally) so I made up for it with the rubbing but it’s still a bit snug! Thanks for the tute 🤗

[@kileywiedeman7373]

Ah I’m excited for ALL the new patterns! 🤗

[@atmreads]

i dont crochet (only knitting lol) but this was still super enjoyable to watch!

[@madeinthemoment]

Aww thank you!!! I do have the knit version of basically this same pattern if you’re interested !! 🥰

[@akihitori1250]

this is an amazing tutorial, definitely subscribed! i have such a hard time understanding things if not presented to me with a visual, so this helped sooo much

[@lesleysmith8300]

Brilliantly clear instructions for this project. Thanks for sharing. ❤️🙂

[@meganberryman9448]

I love your tutorial, I knit and crochet, I'm interested in knit shorts, I have crocheted shorts for my daughters and grand daughters so I would like to try knitted ones!

[@KushKussh]

Omg this is so amazing i wish i was able to learn from videos i am so ahhhhh im full or constant reassurance questions. Youre so cool.

[@sski2440]

I love this tutorial!! Finished mine in one sitting and im really happy with the result💗 thank u soo much

[@florencenorwood4675]

You do nice neat work, thanks for the tips .

[@mixbekon4314]

thank you i feel happy with this hat

[@mrsmoonheaven]

i like to see your rings when you crochet

[@madeinthemoment]

hehe

[@reeseancheta9319]

hey! absolutely loved this tutorial!! i was curious to know what size yarn you were using here ! thank u so much

[@Ariammis]

It's a really good tutorial thank you ♥️

[@smwms8922]

Best teacher thx

[@call.meatrina107]

Thank you for the video, it helped me alot

[@emaniehester7172]

With the decreasing I have odd numbers, so it was kind of hard to follow after that but it look nice so far lol

[@rheanna13]

hi!!! i love this and am planning to make it- I want to add mohair with it preferably, so working both yarns at once- how much mohair should I get? the same amount as the original yarn, more or less?

[@samcisne]

me encantó el tuto, te amooo

[@dominiquepepin9649]

Thank you so much for the tutorial! Does the pattern still work if i do the neck part a bit longer?

[@madeinthemoment]

yes !!!!!

[@TheEbonySa1nt]

Will post update as i make this project this may be helpful for others. So i cant find my 4.5mm hook (typical) and i ended up using a 5mm. My measurments were a inch bigger then yours. Since its a half size bigger i assume if i use your measurements 4inches/17 inches it may fit properly. Wish me luck

[@TheEbonySa1nt]

Hi it took me 2 weeks to do the ribbing lmao the 5 mm hook is fine I'm using measurments in the video just adding a extra inch. I'm at the half double crochet now instead of 9 inches I'm doing 10 to play it safe.

[@laur.michelle]

girl mine came out CRAZY i look like a damn poppy 😭

[@juru5488]

Jump cutting the only parts I need to look at

[@madeinthemoment]

for future reference for myself, which parts?? I try to only jump cut really repetitive things but sometimes im sure I skip something that a beginner would’ve liked to see

[@anoukschlicht]

do you keep hdc three together or do you alternate between two and three?

[@resaav6645]

Alternate

[@graceharris3998]

so after the first decrease are we decreasing by 3 every time? or do we only decrease by 2 when theres an even amount of stitches/ decrease by 3 if theres an odd amount of stitches?

[@jennaflores622]

Girl idk what you did to make the hood fit your head but it was way too small for me. 😭From the side, the hood sat more towards the back of my head. The ribbing part for me was 18.5 inches and I didn't have a tight tension so i'm so confused. Also would help so much if you tried it on throughout the process. Or showed it on a styrofoam mannequin head.

[@chobanichunks4480]

Maybe your yarn was too thin ?

[@chobanichunks4480]

Or the midfle part was to short at the top ?

[@varanchio]

27:27 is this decreasing there to make the ribbing tighter? How much of it I should do, how many rows in between?

[@carolpuder7784]

Gonna do a tiktok making this!!

[@char1633]

where did you get the grip for your crochet hook!? so cute!

[@kapigirlypop_]

would it be okay to use half double crochet for the ribbing??

[@sarahwalsh6209]

How do you double the yarn? Do you unravel a load?

[@kiwiuza9990]

What i do is buy two yarn balls and use them at the same time as it was one single string

[@cranberr1]

Using one skein you find both ends of the yarn and and use them at once, the yarn end can typically be found in the middle of the skein

[@angelicdivin]

does it matter what yarn weight and hook you’re using in using weight 4 yarn and a 6.5 millimeter hook I’m not very familiar with resizing

[@madeinthemoment]

If you're not sure what size to use, I'd recommend checking the label on your yarn to see what the recommended hook size for the yarn is. Try that out and if you don't like the resulting fabric then you can size up or down from there. It will really depend on your tension. For me a 6.5mm hook with weight 4 yarn creates a fabric that's a little loose but for some people it might be too tight. Hope that helps!

[@zoekay9177]

Base was fantastic but my ribbing is coming out crazy lol

[@mahleecrahan6613]

dumb question, but when i’m trying to do the rubbing it keeps getting smaller and smaller what’s happening and how do i fix? :( it went from 4.5 in to 2inches within the first like 5 rows

[@mahleecrahan6613]

*ribbing

[@FullMetalMachine]

hi you're probably not crocheting the very last stitch it's very finicky to find if you're a first timer ! try and count the stitches as you go for the first rows, after a while it should be automatic

[@Middleok]

why is the width shrinking more when i hook?

[@resaav6645]

You're probably missing the last stitch

[@willowinghook]

16 inches 4 inches

[@aura224]

How do you do to crochet with the double yarn?

[@mishythepescado]

you can either get two skeins and just hold both ends together or you can grab both ends from one skein and crochet as you normally would with one strand

[@camiller4100]

How many ply?

[@claudiacarolina1969]

❤

[@luqmanhakim8110]

I DID THIS 3 TIMES AND GET STUCKED AT THE DECREASING AND I GAVE UP

[@kirbykohrig9856]

do I have to do the double yarn or if i’m using a slightly thicker yarn can I leave it one strand? working in the back is harder for me and I want to just use one strand but if I have to use both I will!

[@madeinthemoment]

You can just use one strand! I used 2 so that both of my yarns would be about the same thickness but using one strand is perfectly fine :)

[@sky-zo2ml]

i wish you used metric measurements or just measured it with the amount of chains

[@resaav6645]

What I don't like about this tutorial is the end at the top of the balaclava, it looks like a gnome's hat

[@wowyummyyy]

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[@patriziapiccioli8752]

😢😢😢😢le spiegazioni in italiano?????????

[@blablaire]

okay for anyone with a bigger head .... don't follow this. it absolutely doesnt work lol

[@blablaire]

even without decreasing.... its not going to fit around my head lol

[@isabel_le_fay]

I have a bigger head I just increased the rows and number of stitches and tried it on throughout the process to make sure it would fit. This is a good base pattern though you just need to fudge it a little bit to make it work for you

[@cheyennelomax6191]

It’s made to measure so you’d definitely have to do a bit more work than following exactly. Like my ribbed strip was 22in because my head is bigger and I accounted for my super thick hair that would stick out. I hope that can help.

[@divinefeminine696]

@@cheyennelomax6191 How many rows did you do? also have thick hair and trying to figure out how many i should go up. thanks!

[@mojirahbari7782]

@@blablaire once you’ve created the ribbing for the neck and stitched around it for a row, used a stitch marker where you want it to be open (remember to save room for the face framing ribbing u do later), chain 1, and begin increasing the number of stitches gradually throughout the back of your head until it fits around the back of your head nicely, then crochet a few rows without increasing (to ensure that it can stretch over ur crown if u need it to). then decrease as you normally would. then it should fit around your head better. i feel like that’s a good variation to this pattern for ppl like u and i lmao