Future me here. Yes, it's time to double up on posts again. :) After finally finding the right pattern to use for my Sweet Roll Cinnamon Pop thrifted yarn, I waited a bit to start the project while I took a long break to do smaller things and test new-to-me yarns.
I finally began the throw on April 27th.
From the start I knew I'd been right to test swatch to determine the best choice. Sometimes yarn and a particular pattern just feel right together, like this.
Most projects demand my constant attention, but this two-row repeat is so easy I think I can do it in my sleep.
Because the pattern is beautiful and yet simple it works up fast.
By the third night of working on it I didn't have to look at my stitches anymore to crochet it, which is a hallmark of a really good repeating pattern.
The stripes turned out uneven, but that didn't bother me. Perfection isn't as interesting to me as random shifts.
I also used the yarn from the second skein from the outside to switch up the colors and see how that would look. I liked it a lot.
I considered making the throw longer to use up more of the yarn, but by the time I got this far I realized it was going to be smaller than the pattern's listed size, so I went and checked the pattern. The recommended yarn is Red Heart soft, which is a worsted weight yarn like Sweet Roll. Then I noticed the foundation chain number -- what I had read as 110 stitches was actually 116! No wonder I'm off on size.
Since I'd made a mistake that was impossible to correct without frogging the entire throw I went ahead and finished it rather than add more length. It will make a nice nap throw, and serve as a reminder to check my pattern numbers more than once. :)
I finished the throw on May 6th (I did set the project aside for a few days to work on other things), and my mistake version is smaller than the pattern, so I'd say the regular version would likely take ten days to two weeks for a fairly fast crocheter to make. Definitely recommend Sweet Roll yarn for it; just make sure you hit your chain count accurately and figure on using about five skeins. :)
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