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Hungry Caterpillar Cardi

I made this for My granddaughter

Created by: Helen B

  • Project Details

    About

    Just loved this pattern and had to make it for my 3 year old granddaughter.

    Yarns

    • material-yarn
      Acrylic DK from my stash - Various ✕ 4.0 balls

    Needles & Hooks

    Other : As per the pattern

    Accessories

    • Buttons
    Other : This was fun. I selected random buttons from my button box.

    Measurements

    Notes: I realised too late that allowance had not been made for the front bands in the overall size of this pattern. This resulted in the front being the same width as the back BEFORE the bands were added so the front of the garment ended up being wider than the back. It wasn't too obvious when worn though so I left it this time but will adjust the number of stitches if I make it again.

    Tags

    Craft

    Knitting

    Skill Level

    Intermediate

    Status

    Complete
    Started on: Mar 10, 2017 Finished on: Apr 15, 2017

  • Comments

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    11 Comments

    • Michelle M

      • Queensland

      Ohh this is beautiful, Your knitting is lovely.what a gorgeous pattern
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    • Amandine

      Incredible! Extremely well done!
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    • Dawn L

      What a lovely cardi . Think this will join my to do list !
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    • Julie R

      Absolutely fab! I'm sure your granddaughter will love it. This is my next project for my granddaughter.
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    • Holly C

      • St Andrews

      I LOVE this!!!! Looking at the pics from the pattern the caterpillar on your's seems larger. Did this just happen, or did you scale him up or something? xx
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      • Helen B

        Hi Holly, yes you're right I did modify the Caterpillar to make him look a bit more like the one on the cover of the book. Thanks for your comment. Helen
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      • Jan H

        @Helen B: Oh Helen, did you just increase numbers of stitches or rows to make the caterpillar larger? How did you do it. Must say I prefer your version to the original!
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      • Helen B

        @Jan H: I think you'd describe my technique for the Caterpillar as 'free' knitting but I did start with a few more stitches. Then I simply looked at the picture on the cover of the book and experimented. It took a few attempts to get started. Once I'd finished the head looked too small so I used a crochet hook to add an extra stitch all round.
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    • Jan H

      I love this, just fab. Well done x
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