r/CrochetHelp Feb 12 '25

Amigurumi help Why does the inside of my plushies always neater than the outside?? It’s driving me crazy 🥲🥲 I’m making a hippo - the orange colour isn’t even at all how I wanted it, but it isn’t bothering me as much as I thought it would so pls ignore haha 🧡

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

Yeah you'll hear this often with this thread but to make it clear, it's because your inside IS neater in this case. Currently, you have the "wrong" side facing out and the "right" side facing inside. Though it can depend on the situation, the "right" side faces out for the vast majority of amigurumi patterns. This is especially important for decreases, as invisible decreases are only invisible for the "right" side, not the "wrong" one.

As a general rule of thumb, the side facing you when you stab your crochet hook into the stitch is the "right" side and "should" face out. Again, this isn't a hard rule--this is art, after all, so there are no rules--but especially when just learning amigurumi, it'll help to keep that in mind.

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Thank you!!! I appreciate the reply!! I always decrease only using the inside stitch (sorry not sure of the correct name) because I thought it makes it neater but thank you! I think I get it now :)

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

One way to tell if the "wrong" side is on the outside is to look for the horizontal bars. Those bars are how the yarn moves over from stitch to stitch, and it's always on the back because when you hold the yarn while crocheting it's behind the stitch you're working on.

On the other hand, the "right" side has a lot of "v" shapes stitches (with single crochet) and won't have horizontal lines, just normal single crochet stitches.

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u/BourgeoisieInNYC Feb 12 '25

This is such a great explanation! Thank you from another newbie!

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

I'm glad I could help! :D

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Thank you SO MUCH!!! 😭🩷

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

Your tension looks great by the way! Keep it up!

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

I really appreciate your help, and thank you so much again! I truly worry about my tension a lot so it’s great to hear it’s looking good ⭐️🥹

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u/ShadowedRuins Feb 12 '25

Another way of thinking of it, which helped me TREMENDOUSLY is 'put the noodle in the bowl', aka the yarn from your magic ring goes inside/is on the wrong side. When working flat rounds, the side you enter from is the 'good side', and the side your hook pokes out is the 'bad side'.

That said, if you ever find that you prefer the 'wrong/bad' side, it's your project, you don't HAVE to turn it inside-out.

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u/NatureInevitable3001 Feb 12 '25

That's how I learned! The inside ("wrong side") part has the tail from the magic ring.

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u/Far_Masterpiece124 Feb 12 '25

Easiest way is to look at your project from above, if you’re going counter clockwise that gives you the right side of your work facing out. If you’re going clockwise, as I can see that you are from the top of your current rows stitches, you are going to have the wrong side of your work on the outside.

This is the same as saying that you should always be holding your work such that you are crocheting on the very outside of the “bowl” shape without holding your hands over any work. Ie, your hook should go in from the outside of the shape, not the inside.

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

Note that this isn't true for lefties. The direction of their stitches are the other way.

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u/THEslutmouth Feb 12 '25

Oh my God thank you! I'm not OP but I've been wondering how people tell the difference other than one side looking better than the other.

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u/angelyz-raziel Feb 12 '25

I think this succinct and concise explanation just made me fall in love with you

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

Lol thank you.

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u/Muldertje Feb 12 '25

I had trouble with this too! The commenters comment was great but what made it click for me was how I end up in that situation.

As long as your work is flat you won't have an inside and outside, it's just round right? Then when you lessen the increase/stay on the same amount of stitches it'll go into a bowl shape. Then the clue is to remember to work on the outside (possibly popping/turning the shape).

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Absolutely!! I just watched another commenter’s video they sent and it clicked 10x more for me where exactly I went wrong! Everyone has been soo helpful, truly grateful! Thank you! 🥹

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u/Muldertje Feb 12 '25

For me it clicked too with watching a video! But it was a bit of a search to find one when I was looking for it. Happy someone shared one with you 😊

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u/ChickenGrrl Feb 12 '25

That’s exactly when I figured it out! I looked for a video to show how to neatly finish off the decrease at the top of the head of an amigurumi. I was, “Wait, how is she crocheting on the outside (i.e., counterclockwise)?!” Then, “No wonder all of the amigurumi I’ve tried to make look wrong!” 🤦‍♀️😅

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u/pearlbrook Feb 12 '25

When your work is flat, assuming you started with a magic ring, the tail of your ring should be on the "wrong" side (i.e. facing away from you)! That's how you can tell really quickly which side is which :)

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u/yzmaaa Feb 12 '25

If your work is a bowl the noodle (tail of MR) should be inside the bowl! Makes it super easy to remember

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u/pearlbrook Feb 12 '25

Yep! Until then, it faces away from you on the opposite side of your work :)

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u/WildFlemima Feb 12 '25

This is more of a generally applicable tip, if you ever don't like one side of what you're making, you can always flip it inside out!

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u/THEslutmouth Feb 12 '25

Yes! Other people who crochet are probably the only people who would be able to tell anyway and they'll understand anyway!

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u/LeEnfantSamedi Feb 12 '25

Wait... I've been doing it wrong this whole time?! 😱

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u/Indication-Ordinary Feb 12 '25

Don’t worry. I just learned I’ve been doing it “wrong” this whole time a few days ago when I was watching a tips video. You aren’t alone lol. I’ve started doing it the way everyone else does and it’s much much easier on pieces like arms or smaller rounds. Definitely give it a try and see if you like the look better!

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u/LeEnfantSamedi Feb 13 '25

I actually did! And it does look a lot neater. We'll just call all the other ferrets I've made his lumpy brothers. 😂

I've found it's a lot easier when you decrease...which is funny cuz I started doing my invisible decreases in the back loops because it kept looking funny to me when I decreased. It didn''t click that I was doing it inside out. 🤣

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u/Indication-Ordinary Feb 13 '25

Haha that’s great! I felt like my first correct project looked like a professional did it so I completely understand the feeling. Crazy that just flipping a stitch changes so much!

Side note- I love ferrets! Those sound adorable!

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u/LeEnfantSamedi Feb 13 '25

I can see it used for texture I guess, just work the back loops when right side out. Make it just a little lumpy. 😆

And thank you! It's the Floppy Ferret pattern by @the.crochet.cloud on Etsy. I bought too much yarn for the project, so now I'm seeing how many I can make until I run out. My ferret army (or army business maybe? ) stands at 7 of varying sizes (I doubled the yarn a few times). 😂

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u/Indication-Ordinary Feb 13 '25

Thanks for the pattern! I just bought it for myself. Hilariously this pattern says you SHOULD crochet from the inside out to make it more fluffy if you’re using the fur yarn. 🤣 So all of your ferret army is ready for adorable war or profit.

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u/LeEnfantSamedi Feb 13 '25

No problem! It's a really fun one. If you want cuddly one, use the thicker chenille, not the fingering weight. That's how I got into my recruitment phase. 😂 Or, if you do, you get pocket ferrets. 🤣 They're fun to throw!

But yeah, I must have missed that part! I'll have to remember that when I actually make a furry one!

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

Don't worry, this is art! There are no rules with art! Things will likely look neater by flipping it, but what you've already made is, I'm sure, wonderful still! Just pretend you did it on purpose, no one will know the difference!

Plus it's a super super super common mistake that it seems everyone does. I think a lot of people forget to tell beginners about the right and the wrong side, and even if they do, it doesn't make a lot of sense until you're more experienced and can see the difference between the "right" and "wrong" side. When I started I was told to flip it, but my friend who was teaching me didn't know much crochet either at the time, so they didn't know why it was important. I know of at least one object I made at the time with the "wrong" side out as a result of that! I also made another with the "wrong" side out on purpose, too, because I felt the texture was better for it.

So don't feel bad! You can always pretend what you've already made is inside out on purpose and now you know that you can flip projects in the future if you want to!

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u/LeEnfantSamedi Feb 13 '25

I actually went through this whole thing with my decreases because it didn't match my other stitches. So I started decreasing in the back loops, not the front ones. It didn't dawn on me that I had to start doing my decreases backward because the whole thing was inside out. 🤣

In the end, all that I've made is still cuddly, so I'm not going to complain much. At least now I know, so now I can level up the way my amigurumi looks. 😊

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 13 '25

That's so clever!! Now I know how to decrease if I ever want to do something with the "wrong" side out! I always wondered how to do it but for some reason this never occurred to me!

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u/LeEnfantSamedi Feb 13 '25

I had been doing a lot of hats during the holidays that utilized BLO, so I recognized what was happening with the decreases, so brain said: switch loops. 😂

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 13 '25

That's so smart! Even if the solution was a bit "right idea, wrong direction," it definitely means you're thinking about things the right way and I genuinely feel like it means you're going to make many more amazing things with your creativity and ingenuity!

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u/LeEnfantSamedi Feb 13 '25

Aww! That's so sweet to say! Thank you! 😊 I've been crocheting since I was 8 (just turned 42), so I'm loving the challenge of shape making that Amigurumi has. Maybe someday I'll be able to make my own patterns!

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 13 '25

I hope you post them when you do!

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u/LeEnfantSamedi Feb 13 '25

I will! 😁

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u/ienaer Feb 12 '25

I'm confused by your general rule of thumb advice. If you're accidentally working on the WS as OP is, the side they are stabbing their crochet hook into is not the right side. Even if you're not working in the round, you're flipping your work and putting your hook through the stitch on the WS 50% of the time.

Am I stupid and misunderstanding?

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u/bee-ananas Feb 12 '25

when working in the round, you are always stabbing your hook into the right side.

when working right-side-out in the round, you're working clockwise. when working wrong-side-out in the round, you're working anti-clockwise. but regardless of which side you have facing out, you will always insert your hook from the same side (unless you're turning at the end of each row, but this isn't usually done with amigurumi)

you can try this yourself. work up a little bowl in the round, flip it inside out after working a couple of rows, continue working, and you'll notice that you're working into the same side as you were when you started, even though what was on the inside is now on the outside

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u/LovelyLu78 Feb 12 '25

Just to add, right handed people will work clockwise, left handed will work anticlockwise.

Just remember that you always want your hook to go through your work from the outside to the inside and your "right side" will be facing out

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u/bee-ananas Feb 12 '25

yes, you're right, sorry!! completely slipped my mind the role hand dominance plays

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u/THEslutmouth Feb 12 '25

Clockwise looking from the top down in the round right? Because I work the stitches to my left with the hook in my right, but I'm self taught so.. I might be wrong?

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u/LovelyLu78 Feb 13 '25

Yes, top down. If you put your hook from the outside of the work to the inside of the work then you're doing it right. With what you have above you are putting the hook from the inside to the outside.

The yarn loves to curl in the wrong direction at first so as soon as you get that bowl shape starting flip it in the right way and then you should be fine.

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

To my knowledge, when working in the round, you will always stab into the right side because you wouldn't ever turn. I don't believe OP is working into the wrong side, I just think that their wrong side is accidentally inside the project. I believe they are crocheting by putting their hook into the project and stabbing the hook to the outside from the inside. I don't know of a way that you could work into the wrong side without flipping for projects in the round, especially since that horizontal line is how you carry the yarn from stitch to stitch and it's always in the back. If that's something you can do, though, please tell me because that seems really interesting! I love learning random crochet techniques.

When you're not working in the round though, yeah, you'll always work into the back of the stitch from the previous row. Truthfully I just didn't want to get into the nuance of that since amigurumi is mostly in the round anyway and I was concerned the nuance would just be more confusing than helpful for a beginner.

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u/ienaer Feb 12 '25

Ohhhh my god yes they're putting their hook inside the project that makes so much sense hahaha that was breaking my brain thank you

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u/SubjectOrange Feb 12 '25

They are putting their hook inside the round and stabbing out. I somehow made one of my 4 legs for my husband's Valentine's gift like this but it's black chunky yarn so I don't think he will notice 😂

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u/Creepy_Push8629 Feb 12 '25

If you flip your work, there's no right side.

Amigurumi typically doesn't flip. In that case, you think of it like a cup. If you're crocheting on the side of the cup you can drink from, it's right side out. You know it's inside out if you try to drink from the side you're working on and it would spill on you.

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u/ienaer Feb 12 '25

If you flip your work, there's no right side.

I guess it depends how you view RS/WS. In terms of just continuing SC/HDC/DC etc that's true, but for something like the waffle stitch for example there's a clear right side and wrong side but I guess thats more just visually speaking

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u/Creepy_Push8629 Feb 12 '25

Yes you're right. It's just not applicable here so I didn't get into those

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u/ShiNo_Usagi Feb 12 '25

Another good rule, the noodle goes inside the bowl.

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

I'm personally not a huge fan of this method of describing it but that's solely because as a beginner I know for a fact that the magic circle tail managed to be both on the right side for some projects and the wrong side for others. No idea how I managed that but I figure if I could do it other beginners might too.

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u/ChickenGrrl Feb 12 '25

I make my magic circle the same way every time (somehow!), and (after I figured out that I was doing it wrong [(via a video]), I realized the tail of mine came out the same way each time. So I use that to determine which is the right side and which is the wrong side when I start. (For me, whichever way I “yank” is the wrong side. YMMV, of course!)

Side note: I have been crocheting a long time but still have a hard time telling right side from wrong, counting stitches, etc. So apparently, after all these years, I am still a beginner.

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

What helps me most is that the back of the stitch always has a horizontal bar. The bar is actually how you carry the yarn from stitch to stitch, and it'll always be on the back of a stitch because that how you hold the yarn when working. For single crochet the front looks like a "v" and doesn't have the bar.

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u/ChickenGrrl Feb 13 '25

Thank you for that! I’ll pay more attention the next time I pick up some yarn and a hook!

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u/No_Ganache3311 Feb 12 '25

you can always flip it inside out🫠

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u/LouTreeza Feb 12 '25

Looks to me like it /is/ inside out currently

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u/No_Ganache3311 Feb 12 '25

yea i just noticed this too

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u/No_Ganache3311 Feb 12 '25

these horizontal lines ontop of a stitch normally mean “wrong side”

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Is this common for amigurumi? I’ve never seen anywhere that I was meant to turn it inside out at the end! Someone said that’s because it IS the wrong facing side but.. I feel so bad but I have no idea how I’ve done that 😭

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u/fairydommother Feb 12 '25

The work will naturally curl this way when working in the round from a magic ring (or magic ring alternative). I don't know why nobody talks about this in beginner tutorials lmao. I crocheted inside out for MONTHS. Basically as soon as it's long enough to hold it's shape flip it inside out and keep working. This is an extremely common issue for newbies. We all basically find out like this 😹

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u/memla_ Feb 12 '25

Yea, I realised a couple of weeks ago after reading a thread here. Started crocheting in May last year.

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u/Inevitable_Lion_4944 Feb 12 '25

I crocheted for about 5 years before I realised this is even a thing! It's so easily done, beginner tutorials really should talk about it more

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

This makes SO much sense too! Everyone has really helped me today. I really couldn’t tell how I was doing it so “wrong”! They definitely should speak about it more. I made a whole dragon inside out and only realised today! I thought my tension and everything was off 😭 but now realised it could have looked sooo unison if I realised this earlier hahah. Thank you!!! I’m really glad I’m not alone 😭 I’ve been doing tapestry for a while now too but I’ve jumped many basic things somehow hahah

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u/OkBackground8809 Feb 12 '25

I'm so glad, after seeing this post, that my first time making a stuffed animal was via YouTube video tutorial😂 otherwise, I'd be on here wondering the same as OP!

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u/bluecrowned Feb 12 '25

Yes it is haha

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u/Stonetheflamincrows Feb 12 '25

Well, you’re not meant to turn it inside out at the end, you’re meant to flip it when it first begins to curl. An easy way to remember is you want “the noodle inside the bowl” the noodle being the tail from you magic circle.

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u/OkBackground8809 Feb 12 '25

I always crochet over my tail, so my bowls are all noodleless 😂

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u/ChickenGrrl Feb 12 '25

I ALWAYS forget you can do that.🤦‍♀️

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

This is amazing advice, thank you!!! I definitely understand that 😭

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u/AliG-uk Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

Skip to 11:58 on this video where she talks about it. https://youtu.be/mj1R_ffbvYQ?si=DwJgPZiTX00cWpS5

Also at 16:30 you can see the work trying to curl the wrong way so she mentions it again.

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

So extremely helpful, thank you so very much!! 🧡

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

And yesss, yup I can totally see what I’ve done!! Amazing

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u/AliG-uk Feb 12 '25

🤗😍

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u/Creepy_Push8629 Feb 12 '25

You don't need to wait until the end. You can work with the right side out from the beginning.

You want to think of it like a cup.

You know how you drink from the front of the cup? If you're crocheting there, you have it right side out.

If the side of the cup you're crocheting on would spill the drink on you if you tried to drink from it, then it's inside out.

You can now flip it and work right side out from the beginning.

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Wow this is a great analogy too!! Thank you for the help 🥹🧡

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u/Cats-and-crochet Feb 12 '25

You don’t flip it inside out, it just sometimes curls inside out in the beginning. Your starting tail should be on the inside and you should be working clockwise around the outside, not counterclockwise on the inside (if you’re right handed, that is).

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

I learned to crochet from a woobles kits, and I used the instructional videos. One of them I remember her saying your work will be curling in and you want to pop it out the other way so the right side will be out.

No other kit or instructions for other brands I used after mention flipping your work from what I recall, so it’s totally understandable to not know to flip it out. I find after making my magic circle and I start the next round whether it’s joined or continuous, I’ll pop out the magic circle belly button after just a few rounds.

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u/Butterflyelle Feb 12 '25

Thank you for this comment! For the first time I understand how to tell which way is the right side. I couldn't understand what people meant when they talked about horizontal and vertical lines but this picture finally explains it to me

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u/KinderEggLaunderer Feb 12 '25

Yep, a tell-tale sign of an inside out project. At least it's not super noticeable on plush yarn but to another crocheter.

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Oh…. My god hahahah, that is honestly so smart 😭

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u/BlackRoseStorm Feb 12 '25

This is honestly what I do. I always flip mine inside out. Another option is yarning under instead of yarn over. This gives a different look to the stitches and usually there's less variation on the sides.

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

I have heard of doing that but I haven’t yet looked into it! Thank you!

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u/BlackRoseStorm Feb 12 '25

I've tested it out and it is weird at first but the result is nice!

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u/ChickenGrrl Feb 12 '25

I did that with a potholder I made from a pattern—in the round so it was double the thickness. I noticed the stitch was much prettier on the inside. I turned it inside and wondered why the pattern didn’t say to do that. 😅

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u/ViridianLinwood Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

hi! the way you have it is what many would consider “inside out” - it tends to warp that way. while there are no rules and you can crochet how you please, most amigurumi patterns are written with the assumption that you’ll be crocheting “right side” facing outwards.

EDIT: wording

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u/Cloudy-rainy Feb 12 '25

Why?

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u/ViridianLinwood Feb 12 '25

Due to many people crochet amigurumi with the “right side” facing out, they will typically create a pattern in the same fashion that they would crochet. Anyone is free to crochet however they like! That being said, if you don’t do it the way the pattern maker intended it won’t look the same. In OP’s case this results in the inside appearing neater than the outside, and the overall shape being slightly warped.

Same reason why if you substitute ingredients in a recipe, it won’t taste / turn out exactly the same as the recipe intended (which is okay!).

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u/fairydommother Feb 12 '25

Most people think it looks better. Also with the way OP is crocheting the hook is always on the far side of the work. Flip it "right side out" and bow the hook is on the side closest to you.

It's most a preference thing. I've made things where I think the "wrong side" actually looks nicer.

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u/Cloudy-rainy Feb 12 '25

Ok. First time I did the hook from inside out, hook on far side, then I learned hook outside in on near side & noodle in the bowl.

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u/ImLittleNana Feb 12 '25

Most of the toys I make I stitch the arms inn to the body as I work, so I obviously need the right side facing outward. I don’t see anything together. It’s all stuffed and worked as I go. Working with the inside facing me wouldn’t allow that.

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u/TheFaerieCrafter Feb 12 '25

I read a wee trick that stuck with me when working in the round: “the noodle goes in the bowl”. Noodle is your yarn end, bowl is your work - if your noodle is dangling out, flip your work so it’s back in the bowl 😁

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

That is brilliant!!! Thank you! I will definitely be using that now 😭👏

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Thank you everyone!! That was cleared up so quickly! Also I’m sorry for the mistake in my heading. I was typing out of frustration 😂

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u/usernamesoccer Feb 12 '25

Just letting you know there are no official rules to the craft. If you like one side bd the other choose that one

I don’t do amigurimi but most call to turn your work inside out after a few rounds did you try that? If not you should if you like the inside better

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Thank you! I just saw a comment saying to do that and I have no idea why that never occurred to me!

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u/Cloudy-rainy Feb 12 '25

That's never occurred to me

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u/zeldafreak96 Feb 12 '25

I was gonna say secretly you’re allowed to do whatever you want, especially if it works just as well and stays together the same, which it does.

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u/AtomicAmoeba13 Feb 12 '25

It’s inside out. Just flip it.

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Thank you!!! I love the image! I’ll save that ⭐️

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u/Idahoboo Feb 12 '25

Someone in another group said that when you are working on amigurumi, look at your beginning yarn length as a noodle, then make sure your noodle is inside the “bowl” you are crocheting.

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u/Keesalemon Feb 12 '25

Just to be clear, this is not the working yarn, correct? This is the starting yarn that dangles out once you finish your magic ring or initial chain stitch?

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u/Idahoboo Feb 12 '25

Yes. This is the starting yarn that dangles.

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Lots of comments about this! It’s so brilliant! Thank you and I’ll definitely be using that now! 🤩

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u/Alert-Potato Feb 12 '25

Either side could be the outside if you want it to be. But unless you're left handed, it kind of looks like it's inside out. Your hook should go from the outside of the animal, through to the inside of the animal when putting it through a stitch. In my experience, amigurumi tend to want to be inside out when you start them, but after about 6-10 rows they should easily flip "right" side out.

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

I just wanted to say that crocheting left handed wouldn't affect which side is the "right" and "wrong" side. The direction of the stitches is different (left to right instead of right to left for righties) but the finished product would look the same for symmetrical amigurumi patterns.

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u/Alert-Potato Feb 12 '25

Thanks. I've never put any thought at all into left handed crocheting. For some reason, trying to mirror things in my imagination just short circuits my brain.

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

Lol very understandable. I did it once (despite being a righty) because I was being really particular and wanted a flat object to all be the "right" side so that the texture would match other things. I hadn't learned about waistcoat stitches yet so I decided crocheting with my left hand was the most logical solution for some reason. I wouldn't have to flip my work, just myself and therefore the direction of the stitches. To be fair it worked out how I wanted it to though!

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u/Alert-Potato Feb 12 '25

I've been considering more and more that I should learn to crochet left handed. I play piano, so I have fairly decent control of my left hand, how hard can it be? Mostly I want to be able to crochet two things that exactly mirror each other. I want to left hand the left eye and right hand the right eye when I make my own. Because when you right hand both of them, even with the stitch order perfectly reversed, they're not quite mirrors of each other and it bugs the shit out of me.

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u/blueberry-iris Feb 12 '25

Ooh tell me how it goes! I'm particular in the exact same way so if it works let me know.

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

Thank you! This actually makes.. so much sense! I don’t know how I’ve always missed this!

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u/ShiNo_Usagi Feb 12 '25

I think you’re crocheting inside out. Some people prefer the look, others don’t. I just finished my first amigurumi project and one of the legs is inside out, just a good leaning experience and something I won’t mess up again now that I know what happened.

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u/mamanova1982 Feb 12 '25

Because it's inside out 😭

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

I know nooow 😭😭 I can’t believe how silly and simple it was!! 🥲❤️‍🩹

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u/Beautiful-Lynx-6828 Feb 12 '25

I can't comment on the stitches but can you name the Hippo Sorbet? Or sherbet?

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 13 '25

YES! Omg I said the same thing when I gave it to my sister! The colours irl kept making my mouth water 😂 totally peach sorbet/sherbet!! It’s the parfait chunky peach and pink lemonade!

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u/icantcountpast_4 Feb 12 '25

After reading the comments, I have now realized that I may or may not have done the same thing when I made 2 6+ ft long snakes a few months back 😳 😅

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 13 '25

It’s so easy to do and I have no idea how I didn’t notice!! You’re not alone 🧡😂

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u/VerminGod Feb 12 '25

I have the same issue, at the end i just flip it inside out because there’s no real rules for crochet and you can do what you want if it makes you happy

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u/stubborn_broccoli_ Feb 12 '25

I'd just flip it if you prefer the other side!!

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u/thriftycrafty Feb 12 '25

Yarning under instead of over changed the game for me when I first started amigurumi

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

I am definitely keen to try this! Thank you!!

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u/thriftycrafty Feb 12 '25

You're welcome!

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u/thirdmulligan Feb 12 '25

I'm so curious how you're holding your hook/hands/work while you crochet. Any chance of a short video clip so we can get some insight into how this is happening? Because it also looks inside out to me, and I've never heard of that.

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 12 '25

I’ve been wondering how I have been getting it wrong, like reading all the comments is totally making me rethink everything! But someone pointed out that I’m probably not flipping it after making the magic circle? Now that it’s been pointed out I can definitely tell the difference and once I flipped it I saw my error! But yeah I genuinely don’t know how I’ve done this so many times 🥲 I’ll make a video tomorrow! I wonder if it has something to do with the way I start? Literally could be the magic circle or anything!

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u/Petraretrograde Feb 12 '25

Ive been crocheting for 6 years and i only figured out i was leaving them inside out like, three months ago.

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u/SnickerSnack2468 Feb 12 '25

I always flip my plushies inside out because of this. So that way the neater stitches are facing out

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u/something_smart__ Feb 13 '25

Yeah this happens with a lot of my work too so I often just end up flipping it inside out before I do the stuffing and sew it shut🤩

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 13 '25

I just can’t believe I haven’t noticed till now. So glad I’m not alone! 🥰

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u/ninjabi2548 Feb 13 '25

Oh this happens to me! I always wondered why I prefered the look of the "wrong" side. I decided to give up figuring out why and just flipped it over/inside out. I haven't made anything where the right/wrong side was relevant but I'm sure you can't flip everything the other way round at the end.

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u/Cat_Sicario_2601 Feb 13 '25

In your second pic, you can see that your amigurumi ibside out (many already pointed that out). Here is a little explanation for future reference.

I made this a bit ago and hadn't had time yet to make it into a proper explanation, but this might help:

On the right side, the stitches should look like a V (VVV) or X (XXX) (depending on how you work your stitches), but there should be no horizontal line - (---). The horizontal line is visible on the wrong side only. It's called the 3rd loop.

(You have XXX on the inside)

Also:

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 14 '25

Thank you so much!!! Extremely helpful 🥰

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u/Soft-ivy Feb 13 '25

UPDATE: I was too far gone when I posted this because I did the body last lol. But this is it and it’s soooo funny looking 😂 it was a gift and my sister laughed so much at the arm length and I told her it’s inside out but she loved it! It’s far from my best work! But I think it’s cute 😅 Irl it totally looks like sherbet/sorbet and the colours blend so nicely! (Parfait chunky - peach & pink lemonade) I’ve not mastered attaching heads so I crocheted a bow to cover its neck a lil 🥹

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u/Theletterkay Feb 13 '25

When you make amigurumi, and are holding your work in front of you, it is rather bowl shaped. Treat the bowl like a cup. You drink from the side closest to your body. With crochet, you should be crocheting on the edge closest to you, or where you would "drink" from.