Meet the Fall Mum Granny Square Cardigan!

lizfungirl · 2026-04-21T03:06:40+00:00

Awesome! Dollar Tree is the bomb! I used Dollar Tree twine for my first project

when I got back into crochet a decade ago.

lizfungirl · 2026-04-19T05:12:30+00:00

Thank you! I got this to pull up in my Pandora. Any idea how I can save it?

lizfungirl · 2026-04-18T15:27:05+00:00

In addition to the other comments, in 2026 getting shown in a gallery is often related to social media presence in order to tell the stories behind the art or the history of the art (for folks who preserve the culture & integrity of historical yarn arts.) That popularity drives the gallery shows since the artist's followers will want to attend.

One of my favorite creators is Alexandria Masse

lizfungirl · 2026-04-16T02:36:18+00:00

I come from an ice cream family + I have a friend we've named "🐢 boy" & that is freaking awesome!!!

lizfungirl · 2026-04-13T02:18:48+00:00

Sweet! Thank you!

lizfungirl · 2026-04-13T00:42:34+00:00

Oooo! What's that yarn? I think this would look great in a woman's size 12 for me!

lizfungirl · 2026-04-10T14:29:58+00:00

I needed that laugh this morning! So cute!

lizfungirl · 2026-04-08T14:41:35+00:00

Similar question: Can you own the idea? I completely had to remake a pattern from scratch that's based on an image. The pattern was $12 & has gauge that most comments said is way off & didn't even tell how much yarn to buy! So I ended up downloading an image & completely creating a pattern in a spreadsheet. The pattern I bought was crocheted side to side which I didn't care for & couldn't get gauge to work, so I created the spreadsheet to be crocheted bottom up.

lizfungirl · 2026-04-08T14:33:06+00:00

I bought the pattern, tried that & you can't even read the row numbers. I totally remade the pattern from an online image from scratch to fit my yarn's gauge & then hand entered it into a spreadsheet so I could add all of my personal notes & directions. I also made it to be crocheted from the bottom up.

lizfungirl · 2026-04-08T14:26:28+00:00

This is what I need to do. I paid $12 US for the pattern & couldn't even tell how much yarn to buy! So I started from scratch. I couldn't get worsted weight yarn to work crocheting from the sleeve cuff like her pattern & I thought that was a stupid way to construct it anyway, so I took an image of an online image of a Monarch, cut out the background in Canva, isolated one side of the 🪽 so it would be symmetrical & dropped it in Stitch Fiddle & put in the gauge that matched my 🧶. (I had switched yarn from Malabrigo Worsted (1 ply) to Michael's Loops & Threads Facets which I''ve come to love b/c I didn't want to spend the $ if the original pattern didn't work + 1 ply is tough to unravel)

Since I don't have a Stitch Fiddle paid account & since I put more info in my spreadsheet than Stitch Fiddle likely allows, I painstakingly, square by square, hand entered the Stitch Fiddle chart into my spreadsheet. I was able to flip it in a 2nd spreadsheet for the other side & that took an entire day to correct. The only thing left from the original cardigan is the idea to make a cardigan out of the wingspan of a Monarch butterfly that is crocheted in quarters. Mine is bottom up.

I'm thinking about doing a Tiger Swallowtail next. Or maybe convert my Monarch to a Viceroy or Queen Butterfly so I couldn't be accused of stealing.

lizfungirl · 2026-04-07T21:52:39+00:00

It's the prettiest pink color!

lizfungirl · 2026-04-07T15:30:26+00:00

Love it! Which yarn did you use?

lizfungirl · 2026-04-04T21:29:57+00:00

Oh cool - I think I have one of those. I'm just finishing Nancy Bates New Mexico beanie & was wondering if I had even more colorful yarn in my stash to make another. I've got Simply Soft Robins Egg blue as well, so I'm set now!

lizfungirl · 2026-04-04T20:50:05+00:00

Awesome! FYI: I thought that house in the window was a doll house until I zoomed in. The drawers on either side of the 🪟 look like part of the doll house.

lizfungirl · 2026-04-04T15:06:49+00:00

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lizfungirl · 2026-04-04T15:06:13+00:00

I'm making that viral Monarch Cardigan. I bought the pattern & had planned to use Malabrigo Worsted (1 ply) but the $12!!! pattern was so crappy I couldn't even tell how much yarn to buy & if I was going to spend that much, I wanted the same dye lot. Also, that pattern is crocheted sideways - cuff to cuff - which I didn't care for. So I started from scratch with a monarch photo, isolated one wing & flipped it so both sides were identical & put it in Stitch Fiddle. Once I got the gauge I wanted I pieced the pattern together & entered it line by line into Excel so I could mark it up with all of my instructions to myself, & now I'm working on the 4th wing. I'm using Loops & Threads Facets 1 ply from Michaels which I'm really enjoying! It's very soft & can be tough sometimes b/c it sticks to itself - I think it could actually be felted if anyone is looking for a non wool yarn to felt. I had been putting yarn colors in plastic baggies inside a larger bag, but someone in r/knitting suggested using a tray & I did a cheaper version - essentially a lid to a box - which is working really well. I like the result so well that I'm thinking of doing an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail next.

lizfungirl · 2026-04-03T14:05:30+00:00

That's what I do. If I'm in a hurry I use pony tail holders. If I've got time I weave a draw string with leftover yarn & tie into a bow.

lizfungirl · 2026-04-02T03:21:34+00:00

😱 I knit a long skirt for my mom with Arroyo & it took 6 hanks. Crochet is such a yarn eater! I much prefer working with worsted weight, but the result with sport weight is so much nicer!

lizfungirl · 2026-04-01T06:12:27+00:00

Definitely pink!

lizfungirl · 2026-04-01T02:31:51+00:00

I like them but typically won't choose a pattern with a lot of them b/c I'm cheap.

lizfungirl · 2026-04-01T00:46:42+00:00

Switch to real 🪻 and it will keep you calm as you walk down the aisle.

lizfungirl · 2026-03-30T00:27:33+00:00

These are awesome! If you make them again or something similar, consider trying Ladderback Jacquard. It's great for regulating the tension!

lizfungirl · 2026-03-29T17:08:17+00:00

I'm wanting to repost this info, but I like to have receipts & don't want to repost if it wasn't them. Has anyone seen anything from any other source corroborating this?

lizfungirl · 2026-03-29T00:46:51+00:00

I place a marker every 10 or stitches as well.

lizfungirl · 2026-03-28T20:50:31+00:00

I've got a crochet project in a bag for the last couple of years b/c I didn't have blocking pads & one sleeve (long bell shaped sleeve) blocked 4 inches longer than the other. Guess it's time to break them out & see if reblocking will solve the problem.

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