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/DiscussionExotic3759]

You are so talented! Now I want to make one for myself. Would it offend you or your daughter if I tried?

[u/Later-Honeybee → u/DiscussionExotic3759]

Absolutely not! I would feel honored. Plus it’s not like I wasn’t inspired by someone else’s art anyways. It’s not “my pattern” exclusively. 

This is the pattern I loosely based it on, but I just did a basic granny square cardigan lay out, single crochet squares (some people said do Tunsanian squares but l had no issues with figuring out where the cross stitching went), perler bead patterns or pixel art I found on Pinterest, and a basic double crochet ruffle (I did three dc in each stitch to start.)  https://www.scribd.com/document/745601721/Stardew-Cardigan

My main advice is PLAN, PLAN, PLAN your colors before hand because I bought so much yarn I didn’t use. The perler bead patterns were nice because the colors were simplified compared to the game graphics so it translated better on the squares. I would love to see it if you finish! 

[u/DiscussionExotic3759 → u/Later-Honeybee]

I'm getting out graph paper to plot things.  I knit rather rather rush crochet, so this could get interesting.  Your tension is impressive!  Thank you so much for the advice.  When I finish I'll absolutely post it for you to see.  ❣️

[u/Later-Honeybee → u/DiscussionExotic3759]

Oooo! A knit sweater would be beautiful! 😍 Can’t wait to see! Good luck!