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Ask and ye shall receive ... an answer, hopefully! This is where I answer any questions received at 53stitches, to try and keep it a little less cluttered.

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Hi there, I read your FAQs on selling items from your pattern, and I just wanted to check for sure that it was ok to sell your Starter Pokemon (Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Pikachu) on Etsy, so long as I link your pattern, absolutely?

Go for it! :)

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I can't download your tutorial pdf, is there anot her way to see it? I'm a little confused about how to do back loop only stitches.

Hello! The link should still be working: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6sqgml0yz3gyg8n/Techniques.pdf - you should be able to see that in your browser.

If that still doesn’t work, Planet June is usually where I direct people for tutorials https://www.planetjune.com/blog/front-loops-back-loops-both-loops/

I’m attempting to work on something that will make all of this kind of stuff a little bit easier to find, but the year has been so busy that time has just gotten away from me and I haven’t had a chance to even pick up my crochet hook in over a month!

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Can I get a list of what the abbreviations stand for on the pattern?

Hello! You can find a key for all of the pattern terms on the FAQ page :)

https://53stitches.tumblr.com/faq

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Hi, Do you have classes for crochet Amigurumi? If not do you know of anywhere that goes classes in Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast or Brisbane? Thank You

Hello! I do not have any classes at the moment. I’m not sure how well I would be able to teach in real life haha, it’s a lot easier for me to have the time to work out how to explain something, or re-write a sentence. In real-life I tend to go far too quickly. I had a few friends I would help out for maths in high school, but was terrible at explaining how I knew what I knew haha.

I’ll also admit I haven’t explored what’s offered in Brisbane! I was completely self taught from YouTube and online tutorials. If you did ever find any classes (I think this question has been here for a while and I missed it - sorry!), I’d be interested to hear about them :)

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Have you thought about creating dolls/patterns for the characters for Overwatch? Considering how well you Dragon Age ones came out and how popular Overwatch is, I think they'd be received really well!

I have actually! They’re fairly high up in my to-do list - a friend of mine is a big Overwatch fan and has been trying to convert me. The characters are all really interesting, and I’ve seen a bunch of cool art floating around on my dash. I’ll admit I don’t love the game (never really been a fan of shooters, or online multiplayer games, or games without a story to play through, so it’s like a triple combo of “eh” for me haha) - which is probably why it’s taken me so long - the characters are all really interesting though, so you will see some of it from me in the future!

I’ve been working on a couple of big things lately, so I know it’s been a while since I’ve busted out anything new, but there’s exciting stuff coming soon, I promise!

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Hi, I'm just starting Bulbasaur. Will I be working in a continuous round? The pattern doesn't ever say to chain one at the end of a row and turn, so I'm assuming I am.

Yup! All of my patterns are worked in continuous rounds unless explicitly stated otherwise - to be honest, I’m still not sure I do joined rounds correctly myself haha.

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Do you have a video or picture tutorial on how you sewed the hair on the Wonder Woman doll?

Hello! 

There are a few pictures in the pattern of the technique - and I use a similar technique in my Curly Hair Tutorial.

Hope that helps!

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Hi! The photo tutorial file for download is not available. Is there any other link where I can download it?

Oops, I thought I fixed that, but I’ll update the link now!

You can also find it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bidcf87jmyqhhbs/Techniques.pdf?dl=0

Thanks for letting me know :)

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Hi there! I just found your blog today (thank you so much! I'm going to start making Pikachu right now) so I don't know how active you are. Anyway, I noticed in your FAQ you say something about you having a dropbox with tutorials but when I click the link it says file not found! The only thing I'm looking for is how to do the 4 sc popcorn stitch. I'll google around for it anyway, I just wanted to you let you know that that link doesn't go anywhere. Thank you so much for these patterns!

Oh, thank-you! It looks like Dropbox changed their system recently so that the Public folder doesn’t exist anymore, I’ve updated that link in the FAQ now :)

I hope you enjoy the patterns!

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Hi there! So I've been following you're blog for awhile, and I find your patterns really easy for a semi-beginner like me to follow, and I've been wanting to sell some of the creatures I make using your patterns. I know that you have stated before that we are able to sell products we make with your patterns, as long as we link the original pattern in the description, is that still true? (Also I love your blog, your patterns are amazing and the outcomes are always hella cute:))

Yes, still true! 😊

And thank-you, I’m glad that you like them (and that they’re easy haha, sometimes when I’m writing up some of them I don’t even know what I’m writing haha).

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Have you considered writing a book on how to do dolls in your style? With all the basics that are consistent in all of your patterns (head, wig cap, arms, etc.) as well as patterns for extra details (hats, hair styles, boots, etc.) so that they could be mix-and-matched to customize a doll, maybe something like AmiguruME by Allison Hoffman.

This is a very late reply, sorry, I’m terrible with asks sometimes!

Not necessarily a book, but I have dabbled with the idea of building a simplified pattern generator - my full-time job is as a web developer, so I’ve really wanted to build a small web app that would let people build a rough pattern by mixing and matching body parts. 

Let me know if that would be something you guys would be interested in! I’m working on building a new website at the moment that would hopefully make it a bit easier to navigate and read patterns - especially on mobile phones, which is a bit of a pain at the moment. 

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Hello, I'm French and i found your tutorial (with pictures) very clear and easy. So I want to ask you if I can translate it for friends who wants to learn all the stitches ! Thanks Julia.

Hi Julia! Absolutely, please do!

This has actually reminded me that a lovely person sent me the French translation of the Eevee pattern an embarassingly long amount of time ago, and I’ve completely forgotten to post it oops. I’ll try get that out in the next few days.

Guys, hold me accountable if I forget again haha

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Hi, what kind of glue do you reccommend for putting felt on?

I personally use Helmer’s fabric glue. It’s easy for me to find at my local Spotlight or discount store, and I’ve never found anything else that works as quickly and is as strong. If anyone has any recommendations feel free to share!

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Do you chain a stitch before beginning each next row in your patterns? I wasn't sure if that was implied.

I do if it’s a piece that’s flat (usually starts with a chain of stitches) - usually I’ll write it as “ch 1, turn” - the ch 1 is the filler stitch for the next row. An example is Vaporeon’s ears - that’s something I would consider “flat”. 

If it’s something circular (usually starts with a magic ring), the rounds are continuous, so the next round will just carry on from the last round - there are no stitches that aren’t mentioned. e.g. Vaporeon’s head.

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Are you planning to do other Pokemon, since you're done all the Eeveelutions? Maybe a bit of the starters from each gen? Legendaries? Mystical Pokemon?

I do have plans for more Pokemon, and hopefully to increase the frequency with releasing patterns this year - I’ve had a couple of requests for Mew and some of the other starters, hopefully there’ll be some soon! Thanks for your patience :)

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Hi Clare :) I made your Pikachu and Eevee, they're so adorable. (Im making a Totoro for my sister in law ) I would like to ask if you would give me permission to translate anyone of your amigurumi pattern to Spanish, of course, giving you proper credits and keeping the link to your original post, in order to get posted on my webpage. assuming you tell me what pattern I could do... (maybe Eevee or Totoro? please ) Only Is that ok with you?

Please do! I’m happy for anyone to translate the pattern for others to find - please link back to the original post :)

And if you do post it somewhere, feel free to send me the link! I’ll add links to the translation from the original pattern for anyone else to find.

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do you work your patterns in joined rounds? or all the way around without joining?

Hello! Sorry for the late reply - no I use continuous rounds without joining, unless specifically stated otherwise :)