So far, January has been pretty chilly. See those two completely purple circles? Those are days it didn’t get above 10 degrees, and on January 7, the low was -8! On those days, I didn’t even want to take the dog outside! Interestingly, I think one day will be in the 50s this week. This… Continue reading A Chilly January
I’ve been subscribing off and on to Happy Yarn Mail for the past eight months. It is exactly what it says. Happy. Yarn. Mail. I will say what was good got even better. A month ago, Sewrella announced that the HYM format would change. Instead of charging $39 plus shipping for the pattern, yarn, and extras, she… Continue reading Happy Yarn Mittens
For two years now I have participated in the Moogly Crochet Along (CAL). Every two weeks a new pattern is posted for a 12×12″ block. The patterns are from different designers and introduce us to new stitches and techniques. I posted a bit about the Moogly CAL last spring. I did not complete the 2017… Continue reading Crochet-along Blanket
I have made the executive decision to use my artistic license when there is no precipitation. For Day 2, I chose to make the low temperature one circle and the high temperature two. If today is the same color pattern (which I think it will be), I will do two circles of the low temperature… Continue reading Day 2: Joining the squares
Well, today is much like yesterday. I saw snow in the air, but weather.com isn’t claiming any, so I won’t either. I found this to be one of the hardest parts of the blanket: tracking the weather. It’s easy to find what the current weather conditions are and what the forecast is, but it’s harder… Continue reading Tracking the Weather
It’s a new year. It’s a new project: Temperature blanket 2018. In my previous posts, I’ve outlined how the blanket works. I do a square for each day of the year which corresponds to the high temperature. I decided to make mine a little more complicated. The middle circle is white because we got some… Continue reading Day 1: Temperature Blanket
MY YARN ARRIVED!!! I couldn’t be more excited unless it was January 1 and I could actually start this thing. There have been many questions about how this is going to work. First of all, I have assigned every color to a range of temperatures, assuming this area has temps from 0-100 degrees Fahrenheit. It… Continue reading Temperature Blanket Part 2
Hook, line, and sinker. I took the word of a this book that told me I could finish a blanket in a weekend. Maybe someone can. I think this blanket took me 25+ hours. I suppose if I’d done nothing but crochet this weekend. But I guess in all honesty, I started the blanket on… Continue reading The Weekender?
I’ve been wanting to do a temperature blanket for a couple of years, but it seems like a big undertaking. What is a temperature blanket? Every day for a year you crochet a row of the blanket color-coordinated to the high temperature of the day. The challenge is 365 rows makes a HUGE blanket. I’ve… Continue reading 2018 Temperature Blanket
I told myself I wasn’t going to order any more Happy Yarn Mail because money was a little tight, but somehow, when those emails came out telling me they are for sale, I just can’t resist. This is the October box. This yarn is beautiful and the style is so me! Happy Yarn Mail comes… Continue reading Pom Pom Slouchy Hat
