Crochetilly publishes crochet guides and patterns for information. This page explains the limits of that information, and it contains a safety section that matters if you make toys or anything for a baby. Please read it.
Last updated: 3 September 2026
Safety of crochet toys and baby items
A handmade crochet toy is not a tested toy. Items made from patterns on this site have not been submitted for CE, UKCA, ASTM or CPSIA testing, and they should not be treated as certified safe for children.
- Never give a toy with safety eyes, noses, buttons or beads to a child under three. Those parts can be pulled out or worked loose and are a choking hazard. For any child under three, embroider the features with yarn instead.
- Stuffing can escape through loose stitches. Work amigurumi at a tight gauge, and check finished toys regularly for gaps, thinning fabric and loosening seams.
- Keep cords and ties short. Ribbons, drawstrings and long ties on baby garments and in cots are a strangulation risk. Follow the safe cord length guidance that applies where you live.
- Nothing loose in a cot. Do not put toys, blankets or bumpers in a sleeping baby’s cot, whatever the pattern shows in its photographs.
- Supervise play, and retire damaged items. A toy that is coming apart should be repaired or thrown away, not handed back.
If you sell what you make, the safety rules of your own country apply to you as the maker, and they can include testing, labelling and record keeping. Find out what they require before you sell anything intended for a child.
Patterns, sizes and yarn amounts
Every figure we publish is either taken from a named source or worked out from figures that are, and we say which. Even so, your result will differ from ours. Tension, hook material, yarn brand, dye lot and blocking all change the finished size and the amount of yarn used. Treat published yardages as a starting point, work a gauge sample, and buy a little more yarn than the number says.
Materials and allergies
Yarn fibre matters. Wool causes reactions in some people, and some fibres, dyes and stuffing materials are unsuitable for babies or for anyone with sensitive skin. Check the yarn label, and wash finished items before first use.
Links to other sites
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No professional advice
Nothing here is medical, legal, financial or safety-certification advice. If you need advice of that kind, ask somebody qualified to give it.
Use of this site is at your own risk, and to the fullest extent the law allows we accept no liability for loss, injury or damage arising from anything made using information found here.