I finally finished the Celestine Crochet (a knit version is also available). The pattern was a bit interesting to follow. Each point is made from the bottom up. With the first cone made, the second base is made by chaining a portion and then slip stitiching the rest on the adjacent points. After the first few points, the general idea is easy to pick up.
The yarn is a beautiful mixture of a brilliant blue and golden browns, hand dyed by Kayla of The Yarn Bearer. The 100% wool content and fingering weight made it difficult for me to keep yarn tight. The fibers felt more ‘sticky’ to me and even with a size C hook, I have little holes where the stuffing shows through.
The hardest part of the Crochet Celestine was the stuffing. This was my first project with stuffing since I was a kid. I found out very quickly that just taking big clumps of polyfil and shoving them in the points made a really bumpy texture.
The second time around I fluffed the stuffing by pulling and stretching it. Much better! Also, I found that the whole shape looked more symmetrical when the center part was stuffed well. If I ever make this pattern again I would stuff it with a wiffle ball in the center to save on stuffing and make the whole thing lighter.
Question is, what do I do with it?
lol, I know what you mean by “what do you do with it?” I have been wanting to make that since I first saw it, but have no clue what I would do with it either!! Yours is beautiful though. I love the colours!
Oh, I love this yarn! So pretty. What to do with it? Um… I don’t know but it sure is pretty! Just enjoy it!
It looks fantastic! Do you have a shelf or cabinet that you can display it in? I have a cabinet with glass doors that I display my crochet and knit animals and toys.
Nice. I think I will play catch with my kids in a circle and whoever drop it is out. Something like that. Other words wouldn’t know what else to do with it lol.
Cute great job.
I love the colors on this!
I have been thinking about making one in Christmas colors and using them around the tree, or even on top of the tree.
Its beautiful…the colorway of that yarn is gorgeous. I have no idea what to do with it. I always thought it was meant to be a baby toy.
I’ve always wanted to make one of these, ever since I saw one! I wonder if the crochet one is easier. Knitting all those cones seems kind of tedious!! It’s beautiful at any rate! :)
It’s very pretty. I would leave it on my desk and throw it at idiots.
AWESOME! So glad to see that yarn worked up. Good job!
What to do with it?
Admire it, from all angles.
Gorgeous yarn! Tie another piece of yarn through a point, and use it as an ornament. Or, you can give it to me. LOL!
This is soooo neat!!! I like the Christmas idea or just display it on a shelf.
I actually purchased a crochet magazine because I saw a baby dress in it that I loved but I still haven’t bought any crochet needles!!!! And have no idea how to crochet yet!!!!! Crazy! I’ll get there though. I’m amazed at all the things you can crochet….
I’m too excited to sleep since I will be induced tomorrow and having my baby!!!!!! So I’ve been checking in on all the Swap Swap Gals’ blogs.
Can you help me? I’m fine with the 1st 2 points, after that I’m confused