Crochet Bowl of Rice | Pattern Review
How cute is this crochet bowl of rice?
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If you’ve been following me lately, you’ll see that I have been madly crocheting through my yarn stash and making a lot of food. It all started when I wanted to crochet some dim sum.
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So naturally, I should make a crochet bowl of rice, right?
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Crochet Bowl of Rice Pattern
The crochet bowl of rice pattern I found was from Stringy Ding Ding. I love how she used fluffy yarn to be the rice. It’s so clever!
The bowl is made from red yarn. I like this choice because it reminds me of the Chinese dishes we had growing up. Now, apparently, they were all full of lead, and you’re not supposed to use them anymore (which we don’t), but it is still a fond memory.
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The white yarn that I used was Bernat Pipsqueak. I had this yarn in my stash from making Chinese New Year sheep.
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Now, as cute as this yarn is, I will say it is not easy to work with. That said, it is also very forgiving. You can’t see any of your mistakes. The fact that this pattern uses a slightly larger hook (4mm) makes it easier to work with. I cannot imagine using anything smaller.
Tips for Working With Fluffy Yarn
- Use your fingers (in the hand NOT holding the hook – for me, that would be my left hand) to press and feel the work in order to find the stitches.
- When doing continuous rows of the same stitch, count as you go along. When you see that you’re getting closer to the end of the round, make it work by squeezing in an extra stitch or two.
- For me, the hardest was the decreasing lines. I could never get the right amount of stitches in. Don’t sweat it. As long as you are generally decreasing and the item is getting smaller, it’ll work. I don’t think any of my decreasing rounds were ever correct.
In fact, truth be told, I didn’t even do the last round because my crochet rice bowl was already pretty much closed, so I just cut the yarn and sewed it shut.
The bowl of rice needs to have a rounded shape. As long as it looks like that, you’re fine. Don’t worry too much about accuracy when working with fluffy yarn.
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I used 12 mm safety eyes because that is what I had on hand. Don’t be afraid to adjust or modify things based on what you have. I also prefer to do my embroidery of the smile at the same time as I put in the safety eyes. I find it easier to tie the ends on the inside. I know many patterns have you do all the embroidery after it is closed up, but I prefer it this way.
Just look at how cute it turned out. You’d never guess that I had trouble with those decreasing rounds. Of course, I had to make two bowls! Be sure to make your crochet bowl of rice today!
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