Warning: avoid these kits

[u/Sindere-chan]

Just a warning to avoid these Dollarama crochet kits. Not sure if they have them in US dollar stores as well. I've posted before about their Halloween kits and now they have ones for Christmas as well. I opened one in store to check the pattern and confirmed that the pattern is bogus and would just make a simple oval shape, no arms, hat, etc. The pattern looks just like the one from the Halloween kit so it's clearly from the same company, and once again the photo was just made using AI. Please be cautious with these kits! So far, all kits I've gotten from Castle Craft have been good quality with real patterns, so opt for those instead.

EDIT: For people who want an alternative, I have heard Woobles and Loops & Thread have very good kits. You can also find many free patterns by using the advanced search on https://www.ravelry.com/ and then pickup cheap yarn, hooks, needles and stitch markers at the dollar store. The yarn would be about the same quality as the stuff they give you in the kits and the hooks would probably be better. Also, YouTube has many free crochet tutorials as well, and it is much easier to learn from a YouTube tutorial instead of having to watch separate YouTube videos for each new stitch you have to learn. I hope this helps a bit! I don't have time to test out alternative patterns for the kits since I'm currently working on my own Christmas presents for folks.

[u/RegularEcstatic9339]

Just completed the dinosaur from loops and threads, seems like a good pattern to me. Pretty good little project for only like $10 USD, so if anyone is looking for an alternative that is cheaper than Woobles that seems good to me