I don't think I have ADHD, but I started crocheting by just doing a regular square for so long. Then I made a handful of octopuses in a week and then went on to make pigs and then went on to make my own patterns of sharks, cacti, and succulents

😂sound advice thank you❤

literally the funniest thing i’ve read all week and dead good advice

I startet a blanked with a lot of hexagonal little parts.... I started 5 years ago... all the parts are done and put together... I just need to close off some seams 😅 it's a nightmare.... but i also started an animal... Also not done. And another blanket... all unfinished. I suck 😅

@@Chakrenqueen no you don't. you can finish a project ANY time. I have all sorts of things finished and unfinished, and sometimes i even have to force myself to do a project imperfectly, just to get it done, like my biltong box i finished a couple days ago...i'd waited months to find the perfect display cabinet and i freaking still can't, so i literally took a couple hours and made one with a cardboard box, clear packing tape, a dollar tree fan and dollar tree metal skewer set, some hooks I made with wire, and some old fabric. i now have home made jerky, and will forever...and eventually i will find my box and upgrade it. The major takeaway is that the people who would criticise us for being this way, never freaking do anything cool tho, for real. I've noticed that every single time. At least we have varied interests, learn new things, learn new ideas, gain skill sets, and become inspired, and to the right people we inspire them as well. Keep doing as many projects as you feel like whenever you feel like it. I find it has a natural cycle of working itself out if you embrace it. there are some days i will get out 2 or 3 things to finish. The time it takes me to finish has nothing to do with how awesome something turns out. It is what it is. In general every new project I take on takes 5 times longer than Ithink it will.

YES! i want a little animal ❤

IKK i tried to crochet but i gave up trying to do the first part with like the wrapping hook thingy 😞 i might try it again since i still have all the hooks

Yessss like lemme go buy yarn rnnn TAKE MY CARD

i might have adhd because i have the same problems listed in the video so i wanted to make a jacket, but i only did 1.5 of the squares and i currently made a plushie of one of my ocs (if anybodys hella curious its at the end of my last fanart vid/ my pfp, just uncolored) in like a week or 2 i started those squares last year i made the plushie fully by myself, not even using a pattern (since all of the ones i liked were buyable only)

Yess I crochet little animals for my daughter.❤ started making a granny square table cloth and nope lmao gave up halfway

100%!

Was told putting yourself in difficult or doing stuff that's difficult is A LOT more fulfilling than doing mundane tasks with ADHD, why do you think most people with ADHD are adrenaline junkies? Hahahahaha😅

If you have ADHD and hyperfixations pro tip: crochet a doll that looks like your favorite character. Start off with something easy. There’s a crochet cactus tutorial I followed because I had a bunch of green yarn left over from when I tried crocheting when I was *10* (yes, that’s the last time I crocheted before this year), then I moved to a small doll of Kim Kitsuragi, and now I’m making little Weebee dolls of Honkai Star Rail characters.

This really doesnt seem like a specifically ADHD thing but okay

certified ADHD second recommendation

​@theshanamaster it's not so much adrenaline junkies as dopamine junkies. It's all in the dopamine. Our reward centers need more stimulation with novelty to keep the same level of motivation going through long term projects. So we have to learn to trick our brains with smaller more frequent rewards, or turn the process into a game or a race, or add novelty with new challenges or things to learn.

Trying soooo hard not to laugh out loud right now.....sammmme

Wait so barely a crush?

😂 gave me Eminem vibes from the music video Monster with Rihanna lol

*Saaaame* * *high-five* & *fist-bump* *

LMAO

Audhd solidarity

@@edgytoucan3444 🤝

@@cactusbuds5630 I have all the focus issues and fixation issues of adhd but none of the energy. I have a handful of the social issues and sensory issues and behaviors and fixation issues of autism. And none of the intelligence (or at least none of the intelligence spent in the right places) but at least I can write my favorite characters and tell you literally everything about them‼️

Are you able to ship the plushies or is it just local? Cause I would love you buy some of your products

Where's that etsy store link?! 😊

That’s so cool! Do you have an online store?

Yaaaaas. Go youuuuu!

Good for you! I just started making plushies too and loving it. Share links to your store!! 👍🏻

😂same

*three years ago

Don't worry. I'm still working on the baby blanket for my friend. Her son is 14 YEARS old now. I feel your pain.

Same dude

SAME

This line has gotten me back into crocheting in general more. I've been avoiding things that require referring to a pattern regularly and just making things with simple repeats but it's not satisfying me anymore. I started working on a pair of horns last night and I was so happy every time I finished a row just because of the difference in outlook :D

🤩😍

Yes, I love that tooooo! Girl you’re so awesome and THANK YOU for posting this great info … now I feel the dish cloths are too advanced for me 🙄😅🤪 I think 1 out of 10 coming out perfectly square sucks but . . . I keep trying (now Wisteria is giving me 🤯) at least it’s only for our kitchen (I did make an embarrassing wonky one for a friend)

Same !!!😮😮😊🙋🏾‍♀️🥰

The stuff animals scare me. They look so complicated. But they are so gosh darn cute. I really should try and break my scarf habit and make one of those.

@@kindledragon2687 Do it! The first crochet piece I ever made was a stuffed penguin. The only hard part of it was figuring out how to make a magic loop, the rest was just single stitch and remembering to put in a stitch marker at the start of a row cause losing your place when working in a round is Pain.

​@@kindledragon2687honestly the sphere shaped ones are the easiest cus you just do a flat circle, even walls, then the same circle in reverse. Then some arms legs and sew a face. ✨Ta da✨ all done and it is so cute. Then you can learn the more complicated one from there. 😁 I recommend tiny turtles 🐢or octopi🐙

Was literally told, you could plonk someone with adhd out on the middle of nowhere they'd capable to figure it out within 6 hours or so, compared to someone normal, we with adhd NEED DIFFICULT THINGS

​@@kindledragon2687maybe the cuteness will encourage you to keep going! And of course your little plushie buddy will need a plushie friend. 😂 you cant let him down!

I MADE THE FROGGYYYYY

​@@baileycronin6745CONGRATS I WISH I COULD SEE IT

As an intermediate crochet person, do it. Its so rewarding! Careful your wrists tho, dont hurt the hand that crochets

mood

Real.

Congratulations on your new addiction 😂

* hands them a hook and some yarn* 🥹🥹🥹

I have a whole book on small animals and another book on small like human things with stumps so they can stand, easiest thing I did. I tried learning with normal "easy" stuff but couldn't

I did something similar, so so true

I'll say even making a simple sweater/cardigan is way better than tiny granny squares 🤣

OR MAKE BRACELETS FIRST JUST TO MAKE A STRING AND ITS JUST A LINE

Kirby!!

omg that’s such a good idea! brb got to go dress my mushroom man

I dont have adhd but i will back everything you said 100%

@@jessicacollins8049 wholeheartedly agree

@@gia5279 i love that 😭

I've got ADHD as well and I swear the first animal I thought of was a chonky bee plushie hehehe

I love crochet animals and dolls. I saw the cutest loonette and molly patterns on etsy and now I want to learn

Same 😔 when i started to crochet I started making a granny square but somehow it ended in a lil guy.

where do i find some good tutorials?

@@thatsailorgirl8170 KZfaq has great tutorials.

Can concurr, I started with hats, very easy

I second this, HARD. 🧶

Yup

Sameee

Thirded!

Fourth 😂

Everyone who has ADHD is a hoppy serielest yk .....

Idk if that's actually a word but you get the idea

Literally! I played guitar for YEARS as a kid but I never wanted to practice unless the song I was learning was fun to play or I really really liked how it sounded. As an adult the only times I ever pick up a guitar is to play a specific song that I wanna learn. I don’t remember the basic stuff anymore but I have more motivation to play than I did as a kid. I also taught myself a few songs on the piano this way. No idea how to play piano but I learned those songs so technically i *can* play the piano. Just not as well as most people who play the piano can. But it’s still better than the people who can’t play it at all!

I have adhd

That is so cute! And so relatable to pet owners! My home is barely accessible to me anymore, because of all the accommodations I've made for my elderly dog with IVDD 😅🥰

That's adorable 😭

My mom did the same but for a different reason she started a blanket with one type of yarn and was doing a pattern but only had enough of the yarn to do that one section so it got turned into a cat blanket which was good since we had a couple month old kitten and it was winter

As a kid I would just crochet blankets for my stuffed animals cos I didn't have the patience to do more than that lol

I was making a baby mobile and one day I couldn’t find a couple of the pieces, come to find out my cat had stolen them. I put them back in my project bin, got taken again, it happened a couple more times until I understood they were his now and I better made replacements 🤣

im too gay i read boobs instead of blobs wtf

@@le3_r0seWTF😭

@@le3_r0sewhat. 😨

@@le3_r0selmao

@@le3_r0sedamn broski got too silly

Almost 500 likes and no comment, let me fix that.

FR

this now two crocheters confirming this information.

Ppl with adhd experiencing universal human situations and attributing it to adhd is getting pretty old

@@AmmoGus1 So true

@@AmmoGus1 It's not that these are unique to people with ADHD - which, by the way, don't assume it's not something you yourself are affected by - it's that they experience all of it in a much more drastic way. But like, idk, just let people commiserate? There's no harm to you. This video and these comments are not made for or about you. Just move on, bro. You're wasting your time. You could be playing video games you like, instead.

@@AmmoGus1this is actually a trait of adhd, if you google it for two minutes plenty of good reliable sources explaining this part of adhd will come up. It’s a huge struggle we have, not being able to complete tasks. It greatly impacts our lives, outside of crafting. Why are you just minimizing that as a general human struggle we all face when it’s quite specifically not? Can you not see the thousands of ADHDers relating in the comments and thanking her for the great advice? This is for people with ADHD. It’s not for people who want to invalidate the difficult realities of ADHD. Go somewhere else. There’s probably hate forums you can join to spread your nastiness but keep it away from Elise. She creates a safe space here to discuss what it’s like to live with ADHD. You’re not welcome here.

​@AmmoGus1 tell me you don't actually understand what ADHD is without actually telling me

same 😭

That train's a 3:10 to burnout

Same 😭😭😭😭😭😭 lol

Okay but yes and put them all together and make a beautiful ugly blanket thing

That makes a great quilt too. Lots of times I get tired of a color and I just use a different one. Who cares how the blanket comes out

Same!!!

same!!

Woodworking but only coasters

Seriously! It’s much needed in my life.

@marcusmedomryding Ooooo! 💯💯

Yeah, IDK why this has to be about ADHD, its just human behavior. We do not like the repetitive and boring things.

​@@Xxx-dh3bgIts just harder for people with ADHD because its really hard for them to concentrate, and focus, no-one is saying its only hard for people with ADHD

@@colettebarrett-morris3962 Well there seems to be a lot of women out there that want to say that everything is ADHD. Tons of people out there are claiming that they have ADHD for no reason.

​@Xxx-dh3bg so you verified every claim that they weren't dx or tested for adhd? Women and girls have historically been under dx, in the last 20 years research as aided women and girls to be recognized outside of their male counterparts. This could explain the uptick you observe but don't believe.

​@@Xxx-dh3bgYeah people sadly do that a lot, but it still does exist :)

For real!!! So many non-ADHD people think the best thing to do is a repetitive, dull, task over and over. And then they wonder why we get sick of it! And they go “Oh well if you can’t even do the easy things you can’t do the hard ones!” and just- NO! It’s the exact opposite!!!

I am a thousand percent more likely to enjoy a craft if it has eyes. I cannot tell you how many bead critters I made in the ‘90s. So many.

​@@emilysmith2965 aawwww same!

That's true ❤

​@Dont_click_this_profile_1I wanted to reply that I didn't, but while replying ur name came like right into my face. Sorry.

Same

Ive never heard somone describe how my brain works so well without giving examples of symptoms

Same do you also start working on one place of the work and then skip to the next basically jumping around you artwork 😭🙏

Except dont do an octopus. That was my mistake. I now have an octopus body sknewhere with two out of eight legs. 😅

😅😂😂

Same!!

I have ADHD too and NOTHING ever gets done, I don't crochet but I could so see how a stuffed animals would be easier

This!!

As an idiot, I love crochet

‘Oh shit how am I at 42 stitches instead of 40… ah I’ll just do an invisible decrease and keep going’

Also thicker the yarn the better! Lol less stitches. Duh

As someone that crochets and has made a lot of stuffed animals, I can confirm the eyes will guilt you into finishing the project

Granny squares are so boring

That what i do! That and hats are my specialty.

I ain't never in all my days! Gonna have to look this one up!

Same

Yes!!! It's an awesome blanket to make:)

Came to say this. Just keep doing one granny square until you have a blanket. Made a few of these

I have made 2 hats and I love the repetitive nature of them. Granny squares are a wishlist item for me but so far every attempt has ended up a rounded pot holder.😅

My husband stopped for a while because of COVID and then school, but he started by making baby beanies to donate to hospitals 🏥

HATS ARE RHE BEST PLACE TO START!!!!! Everybody needs hats too, and it’s not never ending!😅

Yeah, I started with hats too. Made a ton of them for me & relatives. Got v good at it. Have started several granny sq throws & have never finished one. lololol

me too!

Yes , same here 🖐🏾

It also allows you to put it down for unspecified periods without losing your place or stitches, unlike knitting.

Same!! And it's a good stim

Plus it looks impressive to anyone that can't do it.

​@@michellebyrom6551I love it over knitting because you can easily take out a mistake and correct it.

Worst case scenario now you have 2 cute coasters

@@ruminationstation4200 exactly!! That’s the perfect mentality.

Another option is to find a pattern that uses multiple different types of granny squares (like different flowers or different stitch samples) so it's less redundant.😊

Another option is to attach the squares as you go. Might seem like it takes more time, but will actually save you lots

ooooo! or lik a lil kid bag if u only have to and crochet a long lil handle or lil one

omg if you're not quite ready to start projects but don't wanna learn granny squares, just make a bunch of little rectangles with yarn you like. Im talking the size of a phone. It's fun to see the stitches make a pattern and theyre soft and nice to hold

Sameeee! I'm always anxious I'll start something new and my ADHD getting me to drop it because I get bored so easily! I loveee that there's more and more people creating content for us 😭💜

When you start try flowers like tulips, sunflowers cause that's my start point and I absolutely love it.

@@lulupang690 I've been wanting to make flowers, I'm absolutely gonna try now thanks for the motivation!!

I heard you should start with squares

OOH!! I love that daisy granny square pattern. In fact, i have two granny squares of one. 😂😂❤

@@yourmomsaccount69 it’s so pretty! I saw it on allaboutami and she has a tutorial and I was like omg I need that.

no fr, i've made so many stuffed animals for people i love, i always go through phases of crocheting a lot and then stopping for a bit. i think i've made at least 30 plushies over the last 2 years or so (i'm not sure, hell, my boyfriend alone has 8 currently).. but how many granny square projects have i made? one. small bag. which has been unfinished (missing lining) for a MONTH. edit: ok 30 is definitely too low of a number but you get the idea

@@nicodiangelo1942 yeah lol! Idk why but granny squares took me longer to figure out than a magic ring (which is like the hardest thing to figure out imo) because I kept chaining on the sides but you are only supposed to chain on the corners? Still confused but yeah haha

Hey, I've been crocheting on and off for more than 10years, designing my own patterns now....never ever did a granny square 😂😂😂

Do look at your work or the TV? I am enjoying crafts so much along watching TV but I realized I watched entire shows and movies without knowing what they look like

@@glacialimpala yeah same, I rarely even know what the characters look like 😂 might as well be a podcast really haha

Are you sure you don't have adhd? I didn't find out until I was 40. No one told me that a lot of the symptoms are internal, especially for girls.

Impatient with bad focus?? Maybe you do have ADHD ;)

Maybe i do!

same 😭 i always get in trouble bc i can’t focus and i’m the worlds best procrastinator

⁠@@Tim_ra Maybe, but it’s not only one symptom that ADHD has, so it’s hard to say is it just bad focus or really adhd /without negativity (I forget how this calls sorry..)

This! This is me

Stop living my life 😂

So just a lot of coasters now? At least that's what I use mine for 😂

Yes yes yes

@@kaypgirl great idea! 😂 maybe I’ll try attaching a few and make a dish rag or something

omgg i've been dyingggg to make that but i can't find a good pattern to follow what pattern did u follow?? also, congratulations on making it btw its still sooo daunting to me!

5 days?? That is impressive. I've started knitting my folklore cardigan since january, still far from finish.

OMG TELL ME HOW. Where did you get the pattern?? I crochet but I figured I’d have to learn how to knit to make the cardigan

Omg I need to make that

Omg that’s so cool!

Same 😭

i ended up making a scrap blanket out of all of my unfinished crochet/knitting projects! i had a lot that was either squares, scarves, or just other flat pieces, so it worked out perfect! it's definitely not the prettiest thing, but i think it's cool 🤣