Romatic Boho Granny Square Sweater 2 Finished!

I’m on the fence on if I want to keep or sell this.  It takes about 45 dollars of yarn and since I was tracking it on my Raverly account, a solid MONTH to finish. I made changes to the border and sleeves and decide to skip the picot border.  I should have added more squares to the sleeve (1 more) but instead added a border to match the inner border, and at least 3 to the front and back if I wanted it floor length on me, but now that it’s done it’s about to my knees when I’m not wearing shoes which is acceptable.  But man, it takes forever!

In my shop now!

It’s just like creating fabric yourself, plus creating around 50 squares, sewing them together, sewing the coat together and sewing in all the tails.  This may be a ‘once a year’ project!

Romantic Boho Granny Square Coat

So I went ahead and tried making another one of these.  I talked before about changes to the border and yarn, but I found I needed a few more fixes.  For one, since the Landscapes yarn doesn’t stretch out (and rip) terribly like the Unforgettable, I should have made more squares.  I wanted this to be nearly floor-length on me but instead it comes just below my butt.  The sleeves were also too short. In hindsight I should made made 5 squares for the arms and 10 for the front and back.

That being said I am improvising with a border on the sleeves and length to make it look longer.

Another Llama

This one came out a touch smaller than the white one but I like it anyway.

Boho Romantic Fall Sweater

I decided to make myself a version of the coat I made my mom, but with a number of changes.

First, I will not be using flimsy Red heart Unforgettable for the squares, I am using Lion Brand Landscapes.  It’s much more sturdy and uniform in size.

I will still be using Caron Simply Soft for the main portions such as on this sleeve:

but I will be using double skeins on the inner border OR possibly a ribbed border.  The stitch on the sleeves and sizes is a layered front post double crochet which makes the ‘fabric’ feel very thick.  It didn’t make much sense to use such a thick stitch on the arms and sides and then use a simple thin double crochet on the insides and around the hood.  So I am either just going to do the double crochet part with two skeins to thicken it up OR make a ribbed border.  The reason why I’m not just going to repeat the front post crochet is because it makes the material curl up, and unless you are sewing it down, like we’re going to do on the sleeves and sides, you’ll end up with curly insides.  Making it ribbed alternates so it lays flat.  More than likely just doubling up the yard though because I will be sick of front posts by then.

Resizing Patterns

There have been very few patterns I’ve used lately that went completed unaltered by me in some way.  Some were complete and utter fails like the granny square sweater (the arm holes were WAY too narrow) or the first mandala vest that was way WAY too long.  Those were a total loss.

In some cases I just had to modify the pattern slightly like making the arm holes smaller per my preference, using a smaller hook, but the No Drama Llama pattern was the first one I more or less rewrote.

See, the original llama while cute, was just TOO BIG, imo.  We’re talking like 15” long, 17” tall, and 7” wide.  I felt like it was far too large for a baby gift, which is essentially what it looks like it should be for.

So, I made some stitch revisions to the original head, neck and the body just fell into place, size-wise.  Modified the legs, ears and tails and I think it came out amazing! It’s now 11” long, 12” tall, and 5” wide

I also made the blanket in the virus blanket stitch because it’s pretty.