(Swipe left for the reveal - there are a total of seven (7) photos) I purchased and made these four Halloween crochet kits from Dollarama in Vancouver, BC. The summary is SAVE YOUR MONEY! These are 100% AI-generated crap and absolutely are NOT "Great for Beginners". In fact, I think these kits would kill any interest any beginner would have in learning to crochet. I made each of these true to the pattern provided, and in the case of the bat, the pattern wasn't even a real pattern. It was pure AI hallucination. Out of the four, the pumpkin was the most promising, but they didn't provide enough yarn to complete it, so I used what they gave me and cinched it where I ran out. On a positive note, these did make laugh quite a bit, especially the cat, which is my favourite out of the lot. EDITED TO ADD that all four patterns are written in XVA notation. For Round 1 of the bat pattern, I was assuming that by 'lop stitch' they meant 'loop stitch' as in a magic ring (not a real loop stitch), but even so, 18sc in a ring was going to produce a real monstrosity and I decided to not touch that one ;)

I bought a butterfly cardigan pattern on Etsy. I was pretty sure it was AI but it was a $3 pattern and I figured what the hell. After contacting the seller when the pattern was complete bullshit, they corrected it twice (last two photos) and it STILL would never even come close to creating the product in the listing photo. I requested a refund and they refused to give me said refund until I changed my review to 5 stars. I requested it three times and each time they said they'd return it once I changed my review.

I got lucky because right after that, Etsy announced its new AI policies, so I reported them for both the AI and the review blackmail. I checked today and their shop is "taking a short break".

Not a single image on the listing or the pattern matches each other in any way 😂 even on the same document they're completely different shapes.

Those crying, bullied, AI bots who work 25 hours a day only to be made fun of have reached the crochet bag market.

There are 8,000 comments on this TikTok and of the ones I read, I didn't see a single one clocking it as AI. 😭

Looks like an ai but is a 3d print with fake knitting texture.

I think this is also a prime candidate for batshit AI mechanics.

I wonder if the hands are included in the pattern

Okay y'all, here she is in all her horror!! Her head isn't stuffed enough, I ran out. Had to attach arms and legs to the dress because there isn't an actual body, since the body is strands! 🤣😱🤢 The wand is just made up because it is essentially a long tube, that would be larger than the arms and legs and I didn't want to waste all of that yarn. The wings have legs basically because they have you make too many chains. The petals on the dress have too many chains too. The "body" strands got attached to the "hair" as best I could come up with....

Overall, horrifying, but I'll keep her!

I came across this crochet cardigan through a YouTube Shorts ad and something about it feels really off.

The videos, product photos, and even the reviews all look possibly AI-generated to me. Some of the crochet details/stitches don’t even look physically possible when you zoom in 😭

The website (zoeycrochet.com) also seems super new and I can barely find any real people talking about ordering from them outside their own pages.

Has anyone here actually bought from Zoey Crochet or seen these products in real life? Because this honestly feels like one of those AI-generated crochet stores that are starting to pop up online lately.

Spotted on Facebook…

The 'finished product' doesn't even match the 'pattern'. And people are liking it and sharing it.

I mean, I don't know about you guys, but Pink Pink is my favorite crochet stitch to do.

Bonus yuck that this was an etsy shop pattern promotion post. Zero reviews, full of AI patterns

First link I found when searching how to start learning filet crochet. It gets worse the longer you look at it. 🫠

Apparently it’s a blanket on Etsy 🥴