Today I released my new no-sew baby bunny crochet pattern! This small bunny plushie is designed to be super quick to make, which is perfect for market prep! It comes with two styles: solid-colored and Dutch bunny (2 colors). I used Premier Yarns Parfait Chunky in the colors Seal and White for my gray Dutch bunny, but of course you can use any yarn you’d like!
To make these baby bunnies, you will need to know the following stitches and techniques:
slip stitch
single crochet
half double crochet
increases & decreases
working in the front loop only
bobble stitch (photo instructions included)
puff stitch (photo instructions included)
Thank you to my wonderful pattern testers from Instagram:
This baby bunny pattern is a smaller version of my original no-sew bunny pattern. They pair great together, so why not get the patterns in a bundle? The bundle is available on Etsy, Ribblr, and Ko-Fi.
Today I released my new no-sew hedgehog crochet pattern! This small hedgehog plushie is designed to be super quick to make, which is perfect for market prep! I used Premier Yarns Parfait Chunky in the colors Shell, Apricot, and Chocolate, but of course you can use any yarn you’d like!
To make this hedgehog, you will need to know these stitches / crochet techniques:
single crochet
slip stitches
single crochet increases
single crochet decreases
bobble stitch (photo instructions included)
Thank you so much to my pattern testers from Instagram:
Get your copy of my Hedgehog pattern on Etsy, Ravelry, or Ko-Fi 🦔
I sell my handmade crochet plushies at vendor events in Lower Bucks County, PA (northeast of Northeast Philly). In 2025 I attended 6 markets, most of which were the monthly Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll.
My Crochet Plushies for Sale
I sell a variety of small handmade crochet plushie animals. My most popular products are my Minis Plushies Basket, mini kitties, axolotls, turtles, frogs, and mushrooms.
My first event of the year was the April Sunday Stroll! It was a sunny day with some wind.
This market was the debut for my new banners that I made in February and March! I designed a crochet pattern so you can make your own custom banners – check it out here.
I always bring way too many plushies, so it’s hard to tell from my before and afters, but this was my second-best market of the year.
In June, we hoped for another sunny and successful day, but the weather had other plans. We set up as usual a few hours before the event.
But then everything changed when it started raining out of NOWHERE. There was no forecasted rain that day at all. By the time the event started, we were soaked.
Usually at the Sunday Stroll events, the beginning of the event is the most busy. This is because A) it starts at noon and there’s always good food trucks and B) parking fills up fast so people have learned to get there early. So with the sudden rain right as the event started, a lot less people than usual ended up coming, despite the weather clearing up within an hour.
This unexpected rain also happened at the June Sunday Stroll in 2024. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen like this again lol.
September Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll
The Sunday Stroll takes a few months off for summer, then returns for the fall. I was actually lucky that I didn’t sell as much in June, because it meant I had plenty of inventory left. I moved at the end of August / beginning of September, so I didn’t have much time to prepare for this event.
I had almost enough inventory – I actually sold out of mini kitties! I wish I had had a few more.
November Bensalem High School Craft Fair
Next up was an indoor craft fair!
I love doing indoor events, even though it is more difficult to get nice pictures of my displays. This event went well.
November Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll
My next event was the Sunday Stroll again, which was scheduled for the day after the BHS Craft Fair. I don’t normally like to do double weekends, but sometimes I’ll make an exception. However, mother nature had other plans.
When we got there to set up, we noticed just how windy it was. We were expecting a cold day, but not the insane wind.
I was nervous about setting up, especially seeing how other people’s tents were moving in the wind. But we still made an attempt. After only 20 minutes we decided to take the tent down so it wouldn’t break.
The wind was making it so uncomfortable to sit outside, and in the 2 hours we were there I was honestly hoping they would cancel it. The organizers really didn’t want to cancel, but the fire department helped them decide to cancel for everyone’s safety.
Luckily, they were able to reschedule it for the following Sunday. Fortunately, that Sunday was just the cold November day we expected with no wind.
I am not yet signed up for any markets this year, but here’s what I plan to sign up for:
Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll
This year I plan to be at most of the Sunday Stroll events. Follow their Facebook page here for more details.
The dates planned for this year are April 26, May 17, June 28, September 20, October 25, and November 15.
I’m not sure if I’ll make it to all 6 dates. Make sure to follow my Facebook and Instagram where I will share what events I will be at.
Snyder Spring Fling and Snyder Fall Fling
This year I hope to be able to attend Snyder Middle School’s events in the spring and fall. I couldn’t make it to either in 2025. This is the flyer for their spring event on May 2nd:
These events take place in the parking lot of Bensalem High School.
Bensalem High School Craft Fair
I don’t think the date is announced yet, but I do hope to be back at the BHS Craft Fair this November.
More Events?
I am open to doing more vendor events this year! If you know of any in the area, please let me know!
Today I released two new crochet patterns for Capybaras! An adult Capybara and a baby Capybara. They are made with Premier Yarns Parfait Chunky in the colors Apricot and Acorn, but of course you can use your favorite yarn instead! Both patterns are entirely no-sew and work up super quickly, making them great for market prep. You don’t even need safety eyes, as the eyes are embroidered on.
Both patterns include a bonus pattern for this tiny orange!
To make these capybara patterns, you will need to know these stitches / crochet techniques:
single crochet
single crochet increases
single crochet decreases
half double crochet
working in the front loop only
bobble stitch (instructions with photos included)
Check out some more details below, with the links to where you can purchase each pattern.
Adult Capybara
This is the larger of the two capybara patterns. It turns out to be about 5.5 inches long when made with Premier Yarns Parfait Chunky. The adult was designed to be similar in size to my rat pattern.
Thank you so much to my pattern testers from Instagram:
Get your copy of the Capybara pattern on Etsy, Ravelry, or Ko-Fi
Baby Capybara
This is the baby version of the capybara! It turns out to be about 4″ long when made with Premier Yarns Parfait Chunky. The baby was designed to be similar in size to my baby rat and baby opossum patterns. More baby patterns to come!
Thank you so much to my pattern testers from Instagram:
Get your copy of the Baby Capybara pattern on Etsy, Ravelry, or Ko-Fi
Capybara & Baby
You can get these two crochet patterns in a bundle on Etsy and on Ko-Fi. They’re combined into a single PDF for your convenience!
As a crochet business owner, I use a LOT of yarn. I design crochet patterns and make plushies to sell at markets and in my Etsy shop. In 2025 I decided to keep track of how many skeins of yarn I finished.
The yarn I use the most is Premier Yarns Parfait Chunky. I am an affiliate with Premier Yarns so I earn commission on purchases through my link at no extra cost to you 🙂
I finished a total of 74 skeins of chenille yarn in 2025. These are the exact yarns I used up and where to get them:
In 2026 I plan to track more than just skeins finished, as I have a LOT of open yarn skeins that I started in 2025 or before and didn’t finish yet. So my actual total yarn usage is more than 74 skeins, as partial usage wasn’t tracked. I use a lot of different colors, and the plushies I make are so small that I can make a lot of plushies with the same skein before finishing it. For example, my tiny birds crochet pattern uses a ton of colors in such small amounts, or really anything in my market minis basket.
The number 1 thing I crochet the most are rats, so it’s no surprise to me that most of the top colors used were for rats. Check out my rat crochet pattern, and my rat statistics post from last week. I also use the ballet pink as the base color of pink axolotls. In 2026 so far I’ve already finished skeins of ballet pink and seal.
What yarn colors do you think you use the most?
Looking at my yarn usage per month was interesting to me. I think January’s usage was high because I probably ended 2024 with a lot of almost-empty skeins, the same way I did December 2025. In February I was mostly working on my Banner Letters crochet pattern, which doesn’t use chenille yarn (and I didn’t track my acrylic yarn usage). Check out all the crochet patterns I released in 2025.
My usage in May was likely so high because of market prep, but my first market of the year was in April so I would have thought April to be larger to match. I don’t do markets over the summer, so that explains why July was so low in yarn usage, but then in August I did my best to crochet as much as possible to prepare for my move (so I had less messy partial skeins to pack up, and I was trying to finish my box of polyfil).
And in November and December I was so busy making rats for Etsy orders.
In 2025 I set a goal for myself to use up more yarn than I purchased. I definitely failed, but I’m actually blaming Premier Yarns for this one because they kept releasing new colors of Parfait Chunky last year! The new greens and browns especially are SO GOOD.
Also, after I moved I was able to buy more shelves for yarn storage! I previously had only a small bookcase and the rest stored in plastic bins, but now I have two Ikea Billy bookcases with glass doors to store yarn in. And since they’re so big I had to place another Premier Yarns order to fill them in a bit more LOL.
Are you trying to use up more of your yarn stash in 2026? I think that I’m just going to track my yarn usage and just try not to go overboard with yarn purchases, without setting a specific goal. But I am very curious if I will use more yarn in 2026 than I did in 2025.
Handmade crochet rat plushies are the biggest seller in my Etsy shop. In the 2025 holiday season, I was making multiple a day. It felt like a never-ending stream of rat orders, which is a great problem to have. 😆 So let’s look at some statistics for November and December 2025. I want to know which rats are most popular so I can be prepared for 2026.
The #1 color ordered: dark gray! I always thought light gray would be most popular, but I sold 15 of these dark gray rats in November and December. This is may more than any of the 11 other color options I offer.
The second most popular color was cream. Almost half of the cream rats were ordered with red eyes instead of black.
Did you think dark gray would be most popular? Which color is your favorite? Let me know in the comments!
I think I will be using the bar chart to prepare inventory for the 2026 holiday season. It seems I could benefit from having a few dark gray, cream, cream with red eyes, cloudy gray, and light gray rats in stock ahead of time. My rat listing is made-to-order, but if I have them prepared ahead of time I can ship sooner.
Speaking of red eyes, 10 of the 65 total rats were ordered with red eyes. 5 cream, 2 marshmallow, 1 cloudy gray, 1 black, and 1 dark brown. I was surprised to see these ordered with the darker rat colors, but I actually love how the red eyes look against the black rat.
Another surprising stat is that I sold rats in groups of 3 more frequently than I sold them in groups of 2. Of course, the most were sold individually.
The busiest weeks for rat plushie orders were as expected: the week of Thanksgiving and the week after. And rats were practically the only plushies I sold this holiday season, unlike previous years that had more variety.
These statistics were for just November and December of 2025, as I sold way more rats in those two months than the rest of the year. But made to order rat plushies can be ordered from my shop at any time, and they make excellent gifts! Get yours here.
In 2025 I set out to release 12 crochet patterns. I didn’t quite make it there, but I’m still proud of all the designs I created this past year. And I couldn’t have done it without all my lovely pattern testers <3
1. Baby Rat
My first pattern of the year was a baby version of my popular rat pattern! This baby version is now also one of my most popular crochet patterns.
This pattern was my only non-amigurumi pattern of 2025. I wanted to make some banners for my market booth, and figured I should also design every letter of the alphabet – and numbers and some symbols – so other people can customize their own banners as well! This was a very time-consuming pattern to design, and I’m very happy that it is now one of my best-sellers.
My next pattern was for these adorable mini axolotls! I made them to be the same size as my baby rat and baby opossum patterns. I think the legs on these make them so fun. This is another of my best-selling patterns.
In May I decided to release a freebie pattern to celebrate 30k followers on Instagram. This is actually the same pattern I used to use to make bee keychains.
Get the mini bee pattern for free at the Instagram post linked above, or get the PDF version here.
May 2025
6. Tiny Birds
I developed my next pattern to be part of my market minis basket. It was based off my bird keychains pattern, but I changed up the shaping a bit and made a ton more styles. Which bird is your favorite?
2025 was the year of the snake, and halfway through the year I finally figured out how to make a fun snake pattern. I love the way this snake is squiggly, and I had a lot of fun coming up with all the stripe patterns.
Get the tiny pumpkin pattern at the Instagram post above, or get the PDF version here.
September 2025
11. Frank Fungi
My last pattern of the year was Frank Fungi. I made Frank as a fun decoration that can sit on my desk, but still have a purpose. He holds my crochet hook! What would you make Frank hold?
Which patterns from 2025 were your favorites? And what do you want to see me make patterns for in 2026? I have a few patterns in progress that I can’t wait to share with you <3
As a crochet vendor at markets, my best-seller is always the cheapest: plushies from my minis basket. I sell these minis for $6 or 2-for-$10.
This minis basket was new for my market booth in 2025. Let’s see how well it performed at markets over the course of the year. I’m going to show you which patterns I use to make these miniature plushies, how many of each one I make, and how many sold at each market.
April 2025 Mini Plushie Basket
I started putting together this minis basket in March. Some of the tiny plushies, like the baby leggy frogs, I had been making already for a few years. But I wanted to add more variety, so I asked for pattern suggestions on my Instagram stories. So to start I had baby leggy frogs, whales, mini bees, octos, baby birds in 2 styles, and strawberries.
In April I attended the Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll. It was a pretty good market, and I ended up selling 33 of the 65 mini plushies. The whales sold the most, and my tiny birds sold out entirely.
I spent a few weeks restocking before my next market in May. This time, I added way more styles of tiny birds, as I was working to design all 16 styles for my Tiny Birds Pattern. I also restocked whales and octos, and added sharks.
The May Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll was my best market in 2025. I sold a total of 50 mini plushies out of the 87 I brought with me. I was happy to see the tiny birds were so popular, so after this market I finished all the styles and released the pattern. I also sold out of strawberries.
In June, I restocked the most popular mini plushies, but I also experimented with a few new mini plushie styles. I added the carrots, frog heads, boba, and cherries.
The June Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll was not as well attended as usual due to some unexpected rain during the setup hours. So this time I brought even more mini plushies than ever before (95 total), but only sold 20. The tiny birds were still most popular, and none of my new additions (like the carrots) sold.
I had 75 mini plushies left in June. Which turned out to be a good thing, as I didn’t have time to restock before my next market.
September 2025 Mini Plushie Basket
My usual markets skip the summer (which I’m happy about because I don’t want to sit out in the heat lol), so the next market was in September. I moved in the beginning of September, so I really did not have time to market prep at all. I was still painting and unpacking in my new house. Because of this, I completely forgot to take all my before pictures to make my usual minis basket update posts. But I started with the 75 minis I had left in June, and sold 33 of them.
November 2025 Mini Plushie Basket
I had more time to restock in October and November. I made plenty of the tiny birds, focusing on the styles I thought would sell most. I started November with 87 plushies in the minis basket.
I had two markets scheduled for the same weekend in November: the Bensalem High School Craft Fair and the Bristol Borough Sunday Stroll.
The Craft Fair went as expected, but the Sunday Stroll did NOT. We showed up to set up on the street as usual, but it was so windy that the fire department shut down the event. Luckily, the organizers managed to reschedule it for the next Sunday.
Between the two markets, I sold 40 mini plushies. Nearly half of those were tiny birds.
At this point, I’m sure you’re wondering: what sold best overall?
Here’s the top 5:
5. Strawberries
Strawberries seemed to be a hit or miss in the minis basket. Some times I sold a few, and other times I sold none. I sold a total of 15. Get the strawberry pattern by crochetwbay here.
4. Octos
Octos were more popular in the beginning of the year than the end. I sold a total of 20. The octo pattern is based on several patterns by All From Jade.
3. Baby Leggy Frogs
I was not expecting this to be one of my top sellers, considering how I didn’t make a single additional baby leggy frog from the initial batch of 22 I started with in April! But I ended the year with just one left, selling a total of 21. Get the baby leggy frog pattern by knotjaded here.
2. Whales
Whales were quite popular – I sold a total of 34. Get the whale pattern from All From Jade here.
1. Tiny Birds!
I’m sure you saw this one coming, but tiny birds were the most popular in the minis basket. I sold 59 of them!! Across all 16 styles, the top sellers were the chick (14), mallard duck (9), and the call duck (7). Get the tiny birds pattern here.
These are the crochet patterns I’m using the most in 2025 for my markets! Each of these crochet patterns can be made in less than an hour, which makes it super easy to prepare a bunch for your next market! For each pattern listed below, I’ve included details of how many I’ve sold this year so you can be prepared with enough inventory for your own markets this year!
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Mini Kitties
So far in 2025, I’ve sold 26 of these at markets! I bring 18 with me each time.
I have 16 varieties of these tiny bird plushies available as part of my minis basket. I’ve sold 21 so far in 2025, with the best-selling variety being the chick.
This is the size I use the most in my crochet plushies.
No-Sew Pattern Bundles
My no-sew rat pattern is my most popular crochet pattern of all time! With good reason – it’s adorable and looks just like a real rat, while still being super quick and easy to make.
Rat & Baby Bundle (2 in 1)
This crochet pattern bundle includes my original (2023) no-sew rat plushie pattern as well as my newer (2025) no-sew baby rat crochet pattern! You can make a whole rat family!
This crochet pattern bundle includes my two newest crochet patterns (2025): my no-sew baby rat and my no-sew baby opossum! They’re both super quick to make.
This crochet pattern bundle includes my two original (2023) no-sew patterns: my no-sew opossum pattern and my no-sew rat pattern. They take me about 30 mins to make each one, and I’ve made lots over the years!
This crochet pattern bundle includes my original (2023) no-sew opossum plushie pattern as well as my newer (2025) no-sew baby opossum crochet pattern! You can make a whole opossum family!
Ultimate Rat & Opossum Crochet Pattern Bundle (4 in 1)
In this crochet pattern bundle, you get all 4 of these patterns: my original (2023) no-sew opossum and no-sew rat patterns, and my newer (2025) no-sew baby rat and no-sew baby opossum patterns.
In this crochet pattern bundle, you get all 3 of these patterns: my no-sew opossum and no-sew rat patterns, and my no-sew raccoon/red panda 2 in 1 pattern. Since the raccoon and red panda patterns are already bundled, this 3 in 1 bundle is actually more like a 4 in 1 bundle!
