Mario Mondays!

 We are back with Mario Mondays! This year we are tackling Super Mario Bros. 2. This one is a little different than all the other Super Mario Bros. And so this Crochet Along (CAL) is going to be a little different too. All these graphs will make a blanket. But we are going to go above and beyond that. Out of all these graphs, you will be able to make 1 to 5 blankets (not including the bonus graphs!), 2 to 4 pillowcases, and 4 to 6 scarves! That's incredible. And that also means that these graphs are versatile. So you can probably find even more combinations than we are giving you!

Now before we even think of all those we have to think of what stitch this project will be completed in. The graphs are in 8-bit which is what Mario was made in. This doesn't always come out so great when using traditional crochet (single or half double stitches). Often people choose to do C2C crochet for this (or the mini C2C), or a different stitch (like the bobble or popcorn stitch). If you would like to use half-double crochet stitch, we recommend letting each box represent two stitches. This should help the image come out as it is intended.

Now for the colours. You can choose to use the yarn you already have or you can go out and buy the yarn you need. Below you will see the colours we have used in the graphs for the next four months. There is only going to be these colours for now. Once we are done with these sets of graphs there will be more colours, but we will give another list for that. (NOTE: You may need more than one ball of yarn for each colour.)

The colours are:

Red (We recommend Cherry Red)

Blue (We recommend Light Navy Blue)

Green (Keep in mind you will eventually need four different shades of green. Should NOT be Lime or Forest Green - Middle Shade will do)

White

Pink (We recommend Dusty Rose)

Brown (Not too Dark)

Skin Shade (Tanned)

Skin Shade (Lighter)

Next week we will explain the layouts. We have a few of them depending on the project. We encourage the adventurous crocheter to crochet all the graphs and make multiple projects out of them (we will walk you through all of them). But if you don't want to make them all we will walk you through as best we can so you can make the ones you will like the best.