My daughter wanted a mermaid blanket in rust. I went to my stash and found 3 skeins of Caron Simply Soft in Autumn Red and 5 skeins of Vanna’s Choice in Brick. I am combining one strand of each color. The colors are slightly different and one is a light worsted and the other is a thicker worsted. I think this adds a little depth.
Crochet by Jennifer’s Mermaid Tail Blanket was the pattern I chose to base my project on as it uses two strands of worsted weight yarn. Jennifer’s patterns are wonderful as they are detailed and well written. The format is very easy to read and follow. I didn’t want the feet to fit in the tail, so I only made one and used the method in her Mermaid Tail Photography prop pattern to join the blanket and tail continuously. For the blanket portion I used v-stitch.
Didn’t have enough yarn after all, so had to order more. Finished tail took 4 skeins of the Simply Soft and 8 skeins of the Vanna’s Choice.