Last year I bought a few balls of yarn at the Made Marion moving sale and went in search of a crochet pattern to suit the oversized yarn.
Its a DMC Natura XL Just cotton in 07 lagon and its 'super chunky'. I found a pattern I liked on ravelry (Bear Hooded Cardigan) and I was off.
It took far too long to make this despite the small size of the finished product. I ran out of yarn and Made Marion was out - I assumed they weren't going to stock it any more as they made product changes during the move. But I should have asked as it was back in stock BEFORE my order arrived from overseas. Also having chatted with the lovely Brendan at the counter, I really should have asked as they would have been more than happy to accommodate if possible. Bah! Hopefully a mistake I don't make again.
I found the hem stitches a little hard to follow and realise my mistake now after I managed to get it working beautifully on the sleeves. Ah well.
Hem
Sleeves
I sorted through my button stash for suitable closures but they were far too small after I sewed them on. I should have read the instructions a little more carefully. I swapped the stash buttons out and made another trip to Made Marion for ones that would work.
Too small!
Just right!
The pattern calls for a 5mm hook but I have a tight stitch and I sized up to 6mm. I'm not convinced in hindsight it was enough! I made up size 2-3 but its a little small on my 2 year old so its going to a great home to her cousins.
Pattern: Bear Hooded Cardigan (currently US$4.99)
Hook: 6mm (pattern calls for 5mm)
Yarn: DMC Natura XL Just cotton in 07 lagon super chunky from Made Marion (mostly). I lost track of how many balls it took - I think 7?
Size: 2-3y
Changes: I left off the ears as I ran out of yarn and didn't want to buy another ball for just those pieces.
See? So close...
You get to choose the number of buttons so I used my trusty SimFlex expanding sewing gauge - ha! any excuse!
Verdict: Cute and I'm really disappointed it doesn't fit my little one - the only way I could find motivation to finish was to realise I could gift it to her cousins!
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