Another Mermaid Photo Prop

Pattern can be found at Caleigh’s Clips.

I knew I was going to end up making several of these. I just love the crocodile stitch and how pretty the yarn works up. This time I tried out the Prism¹ colorway with an Amethyst² top and crown. As much as I love the colorway of the tail, I had a really hard time coming up with colors to match for the top, crown, and flower. I originally wanted to do some sort of magenta color to make the top really "pop", but the colors I tried just looked out of place in the end. Then I tried a darker purple, and it still didn't really "go". Then I thought about a turquoise or green ... but nothing quite looked right. I'm happy with the Amethyst, even if it's not what I really had in mind. The flower I like for the most part ... I just wish I could have found a blue that matched a little better for the bottom layer. I'll have to keep looking for next time. And the crown was the most frustrating. I didn't want it to be the same color as the top. I wanted each piece to "pop" separately, on their own ... but no other color looked right for the crown. I tried green, blue, and that golden color you can make out here and there, but they all looked very wrong with the rest of the set. Oh well I guess. I think the flower headband is cuter with the set anyways, lol. :-P Overall I think it turned out pretty cute though. Hopefully when I see it modeled by a sweet baby girl I'll like it even more!

1: Lion Brand "Tweed Stripes".
2: Hobby Lobby "I Love This Yarn".