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11-21-2019, 08:53 AM #1
My latest finished project Toddler Vest for a Girl
The Pattern is from The Lavender Chair and is called Ring Around the Rosie using Caron Cakes.
I used almost the same colors as her but I think I used the Caron cakes incorrectly. I unraveled the huge cake and cut the yarn in order of how I wanted it to look. It took time to do it that way and I was pleased with the results but I would not do that again I would use the yarn how it comes off the roll.
I like her patterns and she shares them for free.
The size I made is for a 3 year old my little Grand daughter. The back has a nice design in a circle and when I had enough yarn left I decided to make a hat to go with the vest. I used a smaller version of the back circle design then just finished the hat with HDC and some shells to cover her ears.
Spoula
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11-21-2019, 08:10 PM #2
Hi Spoula,
Nice job. You said you cut the yarn in how you wanted it to look. That's something to be able to do that!
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11-22-2019, 06:37 AM #3
Thanks, Jean Marie,
Spoula
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11-22-2019, 05:16 PM #4
That is the cutest little set. About cutting the yarn - you would have to do that to get a variety of colours when working a small project like that. Otherwise, the whole thing would be the same colour (as far as I can tell). Me, I'd never go to that trouble; I'd just buy 3 or 4 small balls.
That granddaughter of yours must have a whole closetful of your creations by now.
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11-23-2019, 04:40 AM #5
That's cute and quite creative on the hat. I am with you on just letting it come out of the skein how it may!
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11-23-2019, 05:23 AM #6
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11-23-2019, 05:47 AM #7
Hi MeToo, Those Caron Big Cakes yarn have a lot of yarn on those rolls. I think it was either 5 or 6 different shades of lavender from the lightest to the darkest. I started from the bottom and pulled out the lightest first. After I cut up all the yarn I then rolled each color up on toilet paper rolls in a crisscrossed design and lined them up in front of me on the table in the order of the color I wanted next.
The pattern was very easy to do it only took a couple of hours to do the longest part was the cutting and rolling of the yarn. Ha Ha
Also it was cheaper to buy 1 Caron cake then 6 rolls of other yarn.
I have made a lot of things for my granddaughter and have enjoyed doing it. It keeps me busy.
SpoulaLast edited by spoula; 11-23-2019 at 06:44 AM.
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03-16-2021, 08:47 PM #8
Spoula, this is an adorable set. I used the same website and made one of these for an adult friend of mine in her favorite color of emerald or as close to that color as I could get and she loved it.
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03-17-2021, 01:43 AM #9
Good work! I like it
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03-17-2021, 08:53 AM #10
Hi Lynda, I forgot about this as I made this one a while back. I like the color emerald so I bet yours turned out lovely.
Spoula