You’ve been to Michaels. You’ve acquired your yarn. Now, what to make? I found some fantastic Caron Cakes pattern ideas for you on Etsy and around the Internet!
***UPDATE 9/7/17*** It’s been a year since I wrote this post and I wanted to say thank you to the hundreds of thousands of people who’ve stopped by to visit me! *mwah* You rock! Lots of people have emailed me asking to update this post. When I wrote it Caron Cakes were barely out in stores. A year later, we now have TONS of patterns made specifically for this amazing yarn!
So, I’ve given this post an update and added 27 new patterns!!!
Enjoy!
UPDATE (5/19/17) – these patterns are also perfect for Caron Cakes! I’m making the Surf’s Up shawl right now and loving how it is turning out.
If your local Michaels has already been wiped out of Caron Cakes (I’ve heard many of them are) have no fear! According to the Michaels Stores’ Twitter, they are working on restocking as quickly as possible. YAY!
Not sure what all of the hype is about? I test drove this yarn – click here to read the review!
Caron Cakes Pattern Ideas – Paid
Look at all of this amazingness I found on Etsy!
Hooked Homemade Happy’s Circle Vest
Treble Maker Design’s Surf’s Up Shawl (I’ve made this and it is a superfun pattern!)
The Cre8tive Store’s Triangle Shawl
Zuccini Island Knits Waves Baby Blanket
Olga’s Crochet Frenzy’s Cherry Chip Baby Afghan
Left in Knots’ Snow Drops Scarf
Cozy Hat’s Pebbles and Pearls Cowl
Little Panda Mommy’s Mermaid Tail Blanket
Jacquie Craft Boutique’s Kerchief Scarf
Hooked Homemade Happy’s Crochet Cowl
Crochet by Michelle’s Marly Top
bySol’s Mermaid Blanket
Accesorise’s Ripple Poncho
NormasTreasures’ Knitted Scarf
AlaSascha’s Color Block Shawl
The Sweeter Side Mom’s Color Block Baby Blanket
Fifty Four Ten Studio’s Color Block Pillow
Kimberlee’s Corner Knitted Cowl
Digital Pattern Shop’s Vintage Granny Poncho
Ile Aiye’s Knitted Poncho
Paxton’s Promise’s Mermaid Tail
Little Buddy Doll’s Ripple Circular Afghan
I have a couple favorites that I definitely want to try. The School of Magic Scarf is perfect for #BacktoHogwarts day, right?!? I think I’m going to use my Funfetti for that one.
And Crystal Bear’s Chunky Poncho is incredibly gorgeous! It looks so smooshy and warm! Her pattern does call for bulky weight yarn and a Q hook, but you could double the Caron Cakes yarn and make it work. I’m going to try this one in November. I have a big vendor event coming up at the end of October and as much as I want to play around with new yarn, I have to stay focused.
So. Hard. FOCUS
Sidenote: Ponchos need to make a comeback. I am one of those *always cold* people and the idea of a wearable afghan really appeals to me. They’re due to be back in fashion again…I seem to remember they had a moment in the early 2000s so I’m looking for them to come back around in 2020.
Caron Cakes Pattern Ideas – Free!
Make and Do Crew’s Desert Winds Triangle Scarf
B.hooked Crochet’s Caron Cakes Cowl
The Stitchin’ Mommy’s Berry Cakes Infinity Scarf
Iris Rose Knits and Crochets’ Another Cake Shawl
The Crochet Crowd’s Hypnotic Tiles Afghan
Left in Knot’s Lucky Celtic Infinity Scarf
Oombawka Design’s Faerie Mist Scarf
Kriskrafter’s Easy Cowl
The Philosopher’s Wife’s Peacock Hood
Will Run 4 Yarn’s Ex Boyfriends (Ravelry link)
The Crochet Crowd’s Happy Hexagon Afghan
Jessie at Home’s Becky Cowl
The Crochet Dude’s Faux Cable Cowl
Goddess Crochet’s The Easiest Shawl
Olive and Brook’s River Rock Blanket
Fiber Flux’s Maui Blossoms Scarf
Crocheting Crazy’s Lemon Lime Infinity Scarf
EVERYONE is making the Virus Shawl (Ravelry link). Of course they are, it’s gorgeous! If you follow the links from the Ravelry page there are both video instructions and a chart. If you prefer a written pattern, Crazy About Crochet on Facebook has shared written instructions, which are super-helpful if you are like me and can’t follow videos or a chart.
There is also a pattern for a Virus Blanket (Ravelry link), and it also looks gorgeous made with Caron Cakes!
A lot of people are making corner-to-corner blankets, too. Caron Cakes looks really nice in these kinds of projects, like this one by Kindra’s Crochet.
The Open Air Market Scarf is a new pattern designed for Caron Cakes by Left in Knots. I like this one a lot! It is the perfect cross between a scarf and shawl.
The Gemstone Lace Shawl from The Lavender Chair is another beautiful use of Caron Cakes!
Need more ideas? Click on over to this post for even more pattern recommendations!
What are you going to make with yours?
Shelly Barton
September 9, 2016 at 6:55 pmI started a cardigan with cookies and cream. I have the back knit, now im starting the right front panel. here is my problem, I have 4 skeins of the caron cakes , cookies and cream, but none of them are the same , so what is happening is…my back of the cardigan starts out as light gray, and the front is starting out as dark gray. should I continue with this cardigan or frog the whole back and make an afghan?
jensalittleloopy
September 9, 2016 at 10:36 pmHi Shelly! One way to solve this would be to cut the yarn so that you can start on the same color on both the back and the front (basically skipping ahead a color or two). You could look at your skeins and see which one has the color you’d like to start with closest to the end, and then either pull from the center or work from the outside to minimize waste. Or, you could embrace the mismatched colors and call it a design feature. 😉 I hope this helps you!
Kimberlee
September 12, 2016 at 5:52 pmSome great patterns in your treasury! I will have to check out that Cakes yarn – its looks like a lot of fun to knit or crochet with.
jensalittleloopy
September 13, 2016 at 10:39 amHi Kimberlee! Thank you! Yes, Caron Cakes is a must try! =)
Angela
September 15, 2016 at 10:47 amI am making a big granny square out of cake pop and it’s turning out beauti fully
jensalittleloopy
September 15, 2016 at 4:33 pmYay! A big granny square is perfect for Cake Pop, great idea Angela!
Beverly
September 15, 2016 at 7:42 pmWould love to make lots of things if I could ever get my hands on the yarn! All 3 Tulsa, Ok stores sell out within hours before anyone knows they have them! Funny how Etsy, Ebay & Amazon are selling them on-line for 2, 3 & 4 x’s the amount that Michael’s is selling them for! Don’t believe go look on-line!
jensalittleloopy
September 15, 2016 at 7:59 pmBeverly, sit tight! Caron Cakes were planned to be a limited edition yarn, but they are working overtime to get more back in stock…and we will be seeing this yarn well into 2017! Because of the overwhelming response (that was not anticipated), they are extending this line beyond what they had planned. 🙂 From what I’ve heard, your local stores should start to have more back in stock between October and December. I’ll post updates here as I see them. 🙂
Shelly
December 1, 2016 at 5:56 pmI ordered my Caron Cakes online from Micheals. It’s really nice because you get a 3pack which is kinda what you need anyway to make anything.
jensalittleloopy
December 3, 2016 at 5:49 amHi Beverly! Getting yarn in a 3 pack is super-convenient! Enjoy! =)
Judy
January 21, 2017 at 10:38 amTry preordering fro your local craft store. That at when they get it they will hold yours. I have done that here locally with JoAnnes and Micheals. Or go online to Micheals and order directly from them. Then you can use there coupons and take advantage of there sales.
Stella Kritikos
September 15, 2016 at 8:39 pmHi my name is Stella I love to knitting
jensalittleloopy
September 16, 2016 at 6:15 amHi Stella! It’s nice to meet you, thank you for stopping by! =)
Clair
September 16, 2016 at 10:22 pmHi, I am crocheting a chevron blanket for my nephew in Lemon Lime and Key Lime Caron Cakes
jensalittleloopy
September 17, 2016 at 6:13 amHi Clair! That’s a great idea to combine two different Caron Cakes colors! I would love to see how it turns out! =)
Liz s
September 20, 2016 at 11:58 amRight now I am hoarding my Caron cakes yarn until they re-release in oct. Love the cherry chip color.
jensalittleloopy
September 21, 2016 at 6:14 amCherry Chip is super pretty! I’m hoarding mine, too. =)
ladellnford@gmail.com
September 29, 2016 at 3:34 pmHi Thanks for the great review! Very informative!! By the time I got on the Cake Train it had already left the station and I had to jump on the caboose!!! I ended up with 2 cakes of Jellyroll. Didn’t know what to do so I tried out a 12 point star blanket in baby size. Used not quite 2 cakes. I just let the yarn “roll” from the cake to the blanket–didn’t try and manipulate the color changes—a first for me!!! The blanket turned out quite nice. Even though I wasn’t sure of the colors in Jellyroll, now that it’s finished I like the look overall. I think it looks nice for a boy blanket. The yarn was really nice to work with. Soft and easy to come out of the cake–no tangles at all!! –a miracle!! 🙂
A couple of other tips for your readers I’ve read— check the color changes in the roll if you want to try and have even changes. Also I’ve read a few posts where the person said their cake had a kind of weird smell. (Not all just once in a while) So smell your cakes before you buy them. Mine didn’t smell at all, but if they had, it would have been worth feeling “weird” in Michaels smelling the yarn! Then again, I fondle and pet the yarn, so why not smell it too????? LOL!!!!!
jensalittleloopy
October 18, 2016 at 6:56 amHahaha smell the yarn! (I just went and sniffed mine – odor free!) Isn’t it so relaxing to get to use so many colors and have them just do their thing? Thanks for the tips and thank you for stopping by! =)
Karen
October 4, 2016 at 2:34 pmI want to make the scarf shown on my yarn band it is all knit but the pattern inside is crochet. Could you tell me how many stitches are cast on for this pattern?
jensalittleloopy
October 18, 2016 at 6:53 amHrm. I looked at the two colors I have (Cherry Chip and Rainbow Sprinkles) and they are both crochet patterns. Which color do you have?
pam
October 21, 2016 at 11:03 pmcute stuff !!!
jensalittleloopy
October 22, 2016 at 1:37 pmThanks Pam!
Sue Clement
October 22, 2016 at 11:39 amthe scarf pattern on my band said to cast on 30 stitches and use size US 8 needles. It is all knit and the pattern says to knit until it is 70 inches long. Of course, you can use a different pattern, which I did, and used almost one cake and the scarf is over 70 inches long (known as a super scarf these days). Hopes this helps. (I do not crochet, just knit)
jensalittleloopy
October 22, 2016 at 1:36 pmOh cool, thanks Sue! That is a LOT of scarf to get out of one skein of yarn. 🙂
Rose
October 31, 2016 at 4:17 pmI saw an ad for these cakes and went out and got myself some. at first, I didn’t have any idea what to make with them. Then a friend of mine had a baby and I wanted to make something for her. Now I am using the cakes to makes hats for her new baby. I love the way in one cake, I can make several hats that will all be different colors. Next projects will be some that are shown here. Fun times.
jensalittleloopy
November 2, 2016 at 4:52 pmThat’s a great idea, Rose, to use one skein for a bunch of coordinated small projects! Enjoy! =)
Linda
November 6, 2016 at 10:31 amSo can you tell me how to actually use the cakes and manipulate the colors? I’ve just bought my first one and am making a beanie for my granddaughter. When I get to where I want to start a new color I’m rolling the old color into a ball for further use. Any other ideas?
jensalittleloopy
November 6, 2016 at 9:10 pmHi Linda – For small projects, you’ll find that unless you start in the middle of a color, you’ll probably only get one color into a project. That’s one of the disadvantages of the long color runs. It’s great if you want to make a set of coordinated smaller items, but if you really want to take advantage of the colors, it works better in large projects. I really like how this yarn works up in shawls that are v-shaped and circular blankets, because the width of the color runs changes as the project grows.
Kacy
November 20, 2016 at 7:41 pmAre Carron Cakes center pull?
jensalittleloopy
November 22, 2016 at 3:24 amYes, they are, but I always end up with a huge chunk of yarn barf in the beginning. =)
Amber
January 4, 2017 at 12:45 pmYarn barf!!! Love it. Perfect.
jensalittleloopy
January 4, 2017 at 4:16 pm🙂
Jayne
January 27, 2017 at 5:42 pmHi. I’m doing a virus baby blanket in Caron Cakes, but I can’t find how many skeins to use. Any suggestions?
Sharon
January 28, 2017 at 4:17 pmPurchased Caron Cake , opened the wrap with instructions..starts off with cast on three, knit each row, increasing on every other row up to 30 inches..now I am in a flap lost the wrap with instructions, the second cake is a different pattern, is there somebody out there that can tell me how to work the second half the decreasing part..thanks
Carol Cohen
February 4, 2017 at 10:59 pmHow many cakes does it take to make the virus shawl please?
jensalittleloopy
February 17, 2017 at 8:02 amHi Carol – For a decent sized shawl, you’ll need at least three cakes. I like HUGE shawls so if I were making the virus shawl with Caron Cakes it would probably end up being more like six cakes haha!
Sherri Bertrand
February 14, 2017 at 11:53 ami would like to knit and aphgan with the caron cakes just wondering if there is a pattern
jensalittleloopy
February 17, 2017 at 8:08 amHi Sherri! Are you on Ravelry? If you search for Caron Cakes in the pattern browser, and then narrow your search to afghans, there should be TONS of patterns for you to choose from. =)
Hanneke
February 21, 2017 at 11:15 amHi, making baby blanket, went back to get more yarn and Micheals was sold out of the teal to cream color. So hopefully they get more in sooner than later.
Pam Harvey
February 25, 2017 at 1:29 amI love Caron Cakes, the yarn is soft and easy to work with. Have made several scarves. I would love to make an afghan with it but the washing inductions say hand wash. How do you hand wash an afghan? Has anyone tried machine wash, maybe gentle cycle? Would love some feedback.
Debbi
April 5, 2017 at 4:15 amI have made a lapghan c2c with cherry pie and it turned out he great. I am now making a midwife baby blanket with the funfetti and it’s going to be gorgeous. I have four other color groups waiting in my stock for more projects. I love this yarn
Julie
June 17, 2017 at 7:51 amI’m looking-for a pattern to knit a blanket in Caron cakes yarn, it’s got to be a knitting pattern as I cannot crochet, I’m also not very experienced but a love to knit blankets please could any one help me thanks Jules x
jensalittleloopy
June 25, 2017 at 7:26 amHi Julie! I did a search on Ravelry for you (knitted blankets with the suggested yarn marked as Caron Cakes) and found a few: http://rav.to/6gfh If you’re on Ravelry, it’s a lot of fun to play around in the pattern browser to find projects based on the yarn you have! I hope this helps (and also if any readers have suggestions feel free to pass them along!). =)
Kathryn
July 3, 2017 at 8:55 amI wish the photos you’ve included in this post had actually been made using the Caron Cakes!
jensalittleloopy
July 3, 2017 at 10:12 amThanks for the nudge to update this post, Kathryn! I wrote this way back when Caron Cakes first hit the stores, so there weren’t projects/patterns available to include in the post. There are TONS now.