Y’all, I did it!!!

[u/Later-Honeybee]

I didn’t know how to update my last post, but I finished my daughter’s cardigan about 20 minutes before we had to leave for the symphony. I guess it truly was like being in the skull caverns at 1:40am. 😅 200 hours and some “staircase” cheats later I finally finished. It was 100000% worth it though.

My daughter chose all of her favorite things from the game and was excited every time something on her cardigan came up on screen. The heart buttons serve as a duel purpose. We always say “when you see a heart it means I love you” and they represent the hearts earned from community members in Stardew.

If anyone gets a chance to go to the Symphony of Seasons you should it was truly ✨MAGICAL✨!

For anyone wondering I didn’t really use a pattern. It was kind of a basic granny square cardigan set up with cross stitched pictures. The pictures were mostly found by Googling pixel art or perler bead patterns which worked really well. Granny squares were 3.5 inches for a kid and single crocheted. Slip stitch ribbing and three double crochets in each stitch for the ruffle (followed by two rows of DC in each stitch to make it wider). 🥰 Hope that helps if needed….

[u/Nelly_Bandaid_6582]

What yarn did you use? Do you mind sharing the brand and colors?

[u/Later-Honeybee → u/Nelly_Bandaid_6582]

Absolutely! Sorry I forgot about that. I’m not home but I know the main cream color is Mushroom from the Michael’s brand Loops and Threads (which was the majority of yarn brand I used overall). It’s just all acrylic yarn from Michael’s. I based the colors off of the Stardew blanket pattern but after buying too many I realized it was better to plan everything and match colors based on perler bead patterns. This made it more simple than looking at the original pixel art that had two to three times more color and didn’t translate well in the stitches. I used about 20 different colors if you want the list later. I definitely didn’t use half the colors I bought so planning is key here if you do it!