a crochet PSA to all my crafty adhd friends

[freyjavanadis]

As someone with ADHD this is the most realistic advice for any hobby you're interested in EVER. That's just how it works.

[jukeboxopossum]

As someone who crochets regularly and also started with granny squares:
I made one granny square and didn’t pick up a crochet hook for two years
I made seven Bees in one weekend

[deltaloraine]

The idea of having a little stuffed animal by the end of it is SO motivating

[jamesterkelly]

100% correct. Stuffed animals are my absolute favourite things to make. Attainable mission, can see visible progress, clear end goal and you get a cute prize when you're done. Dopamine and serotonin!

[cevinwest]

“Every single row is a new mission to unlock in your brain.”
That is my favourite line today. Thank you.

[MM-qjys]

“it has EYES” *shrugs* “that’s cute”
is me describing a new crush I barely know

[LeftNamesNO]

*nervously glances over to the four squares I made 2 months ago*

[RavenTheElder]

ADHD here—I just started doing Tunisian crochet and the instant gratification is rocking my world. Highly recommend 💕

[Lenaaa]

As someone who crochets and doesn't have ADHD;

Do not start with granny squares, start with stuffed animals 😂


Honestly its a good advice for everyone. Just pick a chibi, round toy to start with.

[HannahThompson-et]

As an adhd crocheter, this is 1000% accurate! Stuffed animals are nearly all I crochet! (Winter hats are also an ok starting place)

[wendypenrod]

I’ve been crocheting for 39 years. Just a little over a months ago. I started making granny squares for a blanket and I now have 197 done. Still making more. They’re so fun and easy to make.

[dulceloquens]

This is so accurate. As someone with ADHD, the only crochet project I've ever finished was a stuffed animal

[conUsagi]

My adhd friend got into crocheting and the only thing she’s been making is bees, tiny squids, scarfs and hats for the bees it’s literally so adorable 😭

[mswolfy]

My mom literally made "unfinished" blankets because the cats liked to lay on them, and 1-2 squares is the perfect size for a cat blanket. The first one was actually cuz she started a blanket and the cat laid on it constantly so she just left that one and restarted with a slightly different pattern to leave the cat's tile unique

[AmethystSamuraiBun]

I made a big triceratops in one weekend. Cannot bring myself to even try to make anything else besides plushies. My mom spent two years on two two big blankets 😭 but man one time i had to make 11 jellyfish plushies in four days. Easy.

[Arcane.after.hours-]

for christmas as a very beginner crocheter i made my entire family little blobs with eyes and ears. they loved them

[Ros-Pictures]

As a crocheter I’ve never seen truer advice

[odonnelln]

As an ADHD crocheter... I approve this message

[StarWonder]

I started with hats! I have a box of almost 200 granny squares unassembled in a box & I feel so borked with putting it together. It was gonna be a minecraft creeper blanket. XD I love making cup cozies, fingerless gloves, hats, ponchos & cat-carrying sacks (I made a beach-bag but cuz my cats love being toted around it turned into a cat carrier 😂) but I did end up finishing 2 granny square projects - one, a diamond pickaxe from minecraft, it's small, made of single row granny squares so I had less to connect. The other was a massive blanket made from old granny squares with pretty rainbow yarn from the 80's from a blanket that never got finished by my adhd parent passed onto me, one of 3 adhd kiddos, that I frogged, & remade & added some new yarn & doesn't even look like most of it is almost 35 year old yarn! 🥰

[MarcusMedomRyding]

Yesss, loving the ADHD hobby advice, can this please be a genre