Journal

What product pages leave out.

Investigations into what boxes actually contain, what a kit really costs once it's on your table, and how to read a page before you order.

Money6 août 2026

Starting crochet: the list, with prices

Six purchases if you start from nothing, one if you take a complete box. Both sums, side by side.

Materials6 août 2026

Embroidered eyes or safety eyes

Eleven of our kits use plastic eyes, nineteen have you embroider them. That isn't a matter of style — it's the age of the person you're giving it to.

Materials6 août 2026

Which yarn for an amigurumi

An amigurumi isn't made of wool. It's made of cotton — and the word “wool”, written across every aisle, is what sends beginners to the wrong yarn.

Materials6 août 2026

Which hook for an amigurumi

3 mm, and smaller than the yarn label says. Here is why — and why no box will tell you what's inside it.

Money5 août 2026

This €6.87 kit costs €30.36

The cheapest kit on the shelf is often the dearest once it's on the table. Two boxes, one sum, and a reversal.

Crochet15 juillet 2026

The beginner's guide to amigurumi

Six stitches carry the whole technique. Learned in the right order, they cover every kit in the catalogue.

Materials16 août 2026

Which needle for punch needle

Two incompatible systems are sold under the same name. The needle isn't chosen on its own — the yarn decides.

Materials16 août 2026

Printed cloth or blank cloth

One carries the design and tells you where to punch. The other is blank. It decides what you'll be able to make next.

Materials6 août 2026

What product pages leave out.

Starting crochet: the list, with prices

Embroidered eyes or safety eyes

Which yarn for an amigurumi

Which hook for an amigurumi

This €6.87 kit costs €30.36

The beginner's guide to amigurumi

Which needle for punch needle

Printed cloth or blank cloth

Which stuffing for an amigurumi

How long your first amigurumi takes

Five handmade gifts people actually keep

Punch needle is lost at the end

Latest articles

Starting crochet: the list, with prices

Embroidered eyes or safety eyes

Which yarn for an amigurumi

Which hook for an amigurumi

This €6.87 kit costs €30.36

The beginner's guide to amigurumi

Which needle for punch needle

Printed cloth or blank cloth

Which stuffing for an amigurumi

How long your first amigurumi takes

Five handmade gifts people actually keep

Punch needle is lost at the end