I started one for 2023 and instead of doing rows for each day, I’m doing a granny square. The center color is the low temp of the day. The outside two rows are the high temp of the day. And if we get rain or snow, I have a shimmery blue and white to use in the middle row in place of the high temp getting two rows. It’s a bit more work, but so far I’m loving it! Now I need to figure out what color to use to connect them all.
@@loveinspadeshomestead8119 I'm already planning to do one for 2024. I'm a beginner to crochet and a master of procrastination, so I'm not sure how it will go, but I want to give it a go.
I'm starting one for 2023! Seeing your journey with your blanket has really inspired me. Luckily yarn is on sale this time of year! Haha. Also, instead of doing colors for the range of 0-100+ degrees, I'm taking in to account that my area ranges from 40-100+ degrees on average to make sure I use all my yarn. If not, most of the blanket would be red, and no blue!!
That works if you south. I'm in michigan, where it was about -20 wind chill near Christmas. It will be in the 90s July & August. There is a big chunk of the world with similar temperature differences. Don't forget that there are cycles of mild winters and brutal winters. I think this year is one of the years Canada sends air south
@@risariamanx8996 I understand that. I'm giving an example of how you can change your key to your regional difference if you can't use all colors from 0-100.
Where I am the coldest ever temperature on record is 41degrees f and it gets to be about 114. Can anyone please tell me what you would use and what range? Or a link to a commonsense guide on how I could find out?
And this is why I did a lot of research before I started. I was able to avoid all of these issues and stayed on track. Highly recommend doing the high temperature of the day.
The best piece of advice I got about crocheting is don't measure your progress by completing projects but by enjoying the process. I have been working for a month and I've finished almost nothing. I've never been so accomplished. I was never scared to pull out stitches and start again because I will crochet the same amount of time whether I finish anything or not. This isn't about making pretty things for others. It's about crocheting to make yourself feel good.
@@jholt1120 it takes away the out put as the goal and makes the input the goal. I have an issue with being output focused and this helps me to focus solely on the output instead of the output.
Some smaller ideas you can do are temperature snakes, a different blanket for each month, or one big blanket but the months are each their own granny squares. Sometimes shrinking a project makes it feel more manageable.
I tried doing a blanket and got overwhelmed so ended up finding an amigurumi pattern that had 30ish rows so now I have a whole fleet of tiny stingrays. 😊 still need to finish all of them but happy with it so far.
i started mine this year and what i did is for summer - highest temp. autumn - average temp. winter - lowest temp. spring - average. this way you het to use the highest and lowest temperatures ^^
Girl, same! I’ve been loosing my mind going through so many temp blanket tutorials or tip and tricks. I’ve looked at so many colour charts to figure out what colours I was going to use and the ranges. I finally just committed to what I’ll be doing!
You could also do an temperature infinity scarf. I’m planning mine out to make for my mom’s birthday, but doing the temperature of the year and location she was born in.
I’m so glad I found this before I started on mine for this year. I was already thinking I’d use the highs rather than average because I want the extremes!
I’m doing one this year! I printed out a calendar and I write the temp and which color I’m using in each square and check it off when I knit that row. I’ll usually do a week’s or few day’s worth of rows in one sitting instead of one row a day, having the calendar has been very helpful so far!!
@@nerdieeditz8044 it's where you record your emotional state every day for a year. My therapist suggested that I start recording my emotions to help with my anxiety and the idea of assigning a color and making a blanket came when I found Holly. I use this app called Daylio where you can record your emotions on a scale of one to five. You can set reminders and everything. This was very therapeutic for me to because I was able to reflect on how I felt and learn to overcome.
I'm doing more of a quilt for my temperature blanket with 52 plain grey squares for the weeks of the year and 2 blank to keep the rows even. For each "week" square I'm making a 7 petaled flower so each day has their own petal. Then I use 2 yarn threads for each petal so that they are dual toned in the high and low for that day. The only problem I haven't solved yet is that I haven't decided what to do for the last day of the year since 52 x 7 is only 364 but I've got the entire year to figure something out 😋
I would also say to make sure you dont get thin yarn, I tried a temperature blanket last year and never finished it because using thin yarn that wasnt that gratifying. Also, dont use too small a stitch, sc is okay, but it takes forever to reach the end of the row. I'm trying again with thicker, softer warn (not fluffy or super thick yarn, like this stuff is considered a normal type), and I'm doing a moss stitch so it feels like I reach the end of the row much quicker. And I like to keep a chart, so i can see the exact temperature it was for each day. Dont stress yourself out, you got this!
I have never made a temperature blanket, but I'm making a books I've read blanket this year for the first time. Very excited about this! Also, crocheting a blanket for my brother. His first one wasn't very wide so this one I made a LONG chain. After months of working on it, I finally measured it. JUST OVER 10 FEET WIDE! It takes me over 2 hours to do a row!
I saw someone make a really cool, reasonably sized temp blanket by doing rows of just slip stitches. I imagine you'd have to use a larger hook if you didn't want it to be stiff, but it looked nice.
I would remind everyone that your blanket will be 365 or 366,(leap year), rows long before any edgings or month/special occasion rows are added. Your blanket is going to be longer the you suspect. Plus, yarn usually stretches out and "grows". Take all of this into account before you decide the width of the blanket. If you want an estimate of how long your blanket will be do a couple rows in a small swatch. You can then average how tall a row is. Average that by at least 365. If you want more info on that look up how to do a gauge swatch. Ok considering how long your blanket will be consider turning it sideways when done. Then maybe make each row shorter widthwise, because of all of those variables I just mentioned. Most of all, have fun!!!
What about using low temps for those really really cold days? Maybe you should just go with the extreme that defined the day rather than sticking with just the highs or the lows?
I use highest temperature or lowest temperature depending on season (and if it was unusually hot or cold that day for the season) For example, on July 4 of 2015, because it was unusually cold, I used the low temp, and this year, even though it’s winter, it was 65° just a couple days ago!! So I used the 65° instead of the 40° it would have been for the low. That divider line for the month tho… that’s genius af.
Your series inspired me to start a temperature project for 2023! I know I don't have the time to do a full blanket, so I'm making a scarf. Thank you for the advice, this will help a lot!
Honestly I admire anyone who can make a huge blanket in rows, not only for the motivation you have to maintain but also storing something so big! I'm using TLYarnCrafts 2021 temp blanket pattern, it's crocheted in linen stitch squares and while I'm only a month in, I know I'm not going to get overwhelmed by it thanks to working it in nicely sized, fun lil squares! Though I am dreading the border 🤣
I agree with this. I started a blanket, and only got a few months in when I was just disappointed. So I kept it for a baby blanket for my baby, and I’ll make a new one this year sometime.
I'm planning big, an abnormal pattern, sticking to 10 degree ranges and even doing some blocking between months. I'm insane and terrible about easing into crafts. But I'm doing my birth year and not timing it to be finished in one year. So I think the row a day is where stress would hit me and maybe others.
Definitely pace yourself! Im makeing a blanket and as much as i would like to set aside half an hour every days or have a schedule like that. It would hurt like hell for me and i could really redamage my arms. Id rather finish later than i hope to
I am currently planning my first temperature blanket but with a twist. I'm going to use the daily high of every day from my birth year to make it, so it will be my birth year blanket. I'm just not sure how big I should make it, lol.
Hi! I'm currently planning a mood blanket for this upcoming year but I had this same idea before deciding! I was wondering how you've found the daily temperatures from your birth year, as I've only found monthly and I wanted to keep the Birth Year temp blanket for either another time or to swap out. I may end up doing something for the monthly averages, anyways. Thank you in advance! (if you see and respond ^^)
I have been working on a blanket for my dad since mid December and he wants it to be the same size as his comforter he has a queen size bed and it looks like I have barely even started it but also I have used close to 10 balls of yarn and this is some pretty chunky yarn too it's a level six
Or another thing that helps me is writing all of the temps down ( doesn’t matter what range u are using) and take the highest number you get and the lowest number you get and make those your high temp and lowest temp! Fill in everything from there and you’ll get to use all your colors
that's okay. just record the temperatures somewhere and start your project whenever you've decided what to do! it's the start of a new year, but it doesn't have to mean the start of your project (yet). :)
I made an excel spreadsheet that I could note down the temps on and highlight a row as I finish crocheting it… this is great when/if you fall behind (I did, I’m still working on mine from pre-pandemic times… 😬). I recommend a simple stitch too; I stupidly chose a larger stitch, so mine is way too big, and I’m only about half way through it. Hope this helps?
i am doing a mental health blanket, but i met this one woman in a craft store and we were discussing our 2023 projects ! she told me that she was doing a temperature blanket, but she was doing it in the round. she does half the row with the high, and half with the low of each day, and on special events like holidays or birthdays she is going to use a sparkly yarn !! i was so impressed and i think it will look very cool !!
Great tips! Mine are: - Add beads for special days. (Birthdays, weddings, etc.) - You don't have to pick the current year, you could pick a special one and look up the temperatures. This also makes it easier to calculate the amount of yarn you'll need. For example, I chose my birth year. - Crochet 2 rows for each day, the highest and the lowest temperature. This way both the summer and the winter will be rightfully represented. - You don't have to do uniform rows. You could do: mosaic, different stitch each month, a square per month and ensemble into a blanket once all squares are done, etc. - Keep a checklist of some sort, because you will lose track and have the desire to pull your hair out trying to find out what you have and haven't done. - Tassels are a very good option to have as a border, no ends to sew in! So many options here, braid them, knot every other strand together, etc. Google is a great resource for this one. - Swatch first. This will be a big project, so you better test the yarn and hook you're planning to use. Better to find out during swatching that it's not working out.
I haven't made a temperature blanket before, but one time I did crochet a decent sized blanket in about 3 weeks and I also injured my wrist from over use. I got the same wrist brace too, I keep it in my bag in case I'm out and about and my wrist decides to start hurting again.
Preach it Holly I decided to start a mood scarf as I’d always wanted to do a mood blanket but I tried in October 2021 and gave up 3 days into December as it was repetitive and boring so I’m making a ripple stitch mood scarf which is something I’d wear I’m also using bright colours so it’s not all dark! And I’m using a lovely lemon yellow for the month breaker! 😊😊😊
I am so inspired by your blanket! I am a massive fan of granny squares and, in particular, the star burst granny square. With that in mind, I decided to make the first two rounds the low temperature for my area and the last two the high. I live in an area that has a vast swing in temperature daily, so this just makes sense for me. Admittedly, that will leave me with an odd number of squares, but to solve this problem, I am going to make a border for the last five days being the average temperature. I like your idea of adding a divide for the months, though I'm not sure this will apply to mine being made from squares, but I'm giving it thought!
I’d attempt a temperature blanket, but I live in Florida. The year started out with highs in the 80s and has cooled down to the 70s for the second week of the year. On Saturday, we’ll get the coldest temperature of 2023 so far, a high of 59. I hate it here; I feel trapped. I wish I could’ve been in the northwest during that huge cold front.
I got all my yarn super cheap (I don’t think I got enough and will have to go back) but I also got a gift voucher for Christmas and I spent it on yarn so It only cost me like $8! But I’ll definitely need to go get more 😂
I’m making blankets for my nephews for Chris next year. Im splitting the rows in half with half being the high temp and other half being the low temp for the day.
Temperature scarf is an option (just don't do what I did, used worsted weight yarn & 2 rows/day plus rows for heavy rain/snow, or you'll get an 18'/~6m scarf). And I finished my 2019 scarf in 2022 (tatted, not crocheted).
You actually inspired me to crochet a blanket too, but I rlly wanted to do sth different, so I decided to make a mood blanket (you basically crochet everyday in the color that represents ur mood) and I think it’s gonna so cool! Thx for the inspo!! 💛
I need to learn to crochet before I start mine. At the moment I’m just waving the needle round like I’m at Hogwarts & not much is happening, other than a big messy yarn knot. 🙄I could always knit if I can’t get the hang of it!
personally i think the most persistent or extreme "Feels Like" temperature might be more accurate some days too in order to represent how the day felt. the day could have a low of 20°F but the windchill and speed could make it feel like 10°F. i think different methods work for different days depending on the range of temperature. 😁
i started one for 2024 and it took me 40 minutes to do the first row, it was technically harder bc i was going into the base chain and not a row of proper stitches but i may not be able to keep track haha
I actually did remember to mark the beginning of new months for mine, I alternated white and black to differentiate months, i'm still working on october but I have the temps written down. I did highs and there are definitely times it felt like I was using the same colors constantly
I'm going big. It's going to be aaaaweesooommmeee. I'm also purchasing my yarn at a local store so the owner is keeping track of what I'm getting. Following you I decided to do the lowest temp for winter and the high for summer. We have a lot of humidity so doing that will make it (feel like temperature blanket)
I think it would be a cool idea if you wanted to do something with the border to make a chunky edge (width not length) of the hottest day in that month for each month, that way you still get to use cherry red ☺️
I've used a line of white to separate months. I'm two months behind, the store where I get my yarn from has stopped selling the yarn I need. I've found the same shades on Amazon but they take a month to deliver.
I honestly like it better without the month dividers. The black or white lines will be too contrasting. Also RIP cherry red, we were all rooting for you.
I’m literally sitting here watching this with a brace on my wrist because I got tendinitis from crocheting so much and after 2 1/2 weeks it was still in a lot of pain so a doctor recommended a brace, me too queen
i've been making non stop projects everyday, my wrist is hurting and i didn't know why, but it actually makes sense now. I didn't know you could get an injury from crocheting (idk if that's the right word) it just seems so innocent
I couldn’t find the time every day to crochet a row, and so I ended up printing the temperature calendar for the previous month, and doing mine a month at a time. It worked perfectly for me.
I’m doing a mood blanket with help from the app how we feel. It splits it up into high and low energy and pleasant and unpleasant, so I will have 4 different colors.
Wish I seen this video before 😂 one year later I’m almost done but definitely did it to big and the colors I choose are hard to find near me, so yeah, listen to her
I also found that before starting a temperature blanket, it's best to do your research. There are several different ways to do a temperature blanket. I also picked a yarn that is quite easily found in the store and I haven't had problems with that. And to this point I probably spent about $50 on it yet. It is going to be way large enough to fit my queen size bed and has been very simple to do.
I asked my step dad to teach me knitting specifically so I could do a temperature blanket this year 😅 I am still on the border so I haven't even gotten to day 1, shhhhh
I really love the temperatures I’m getting, where I’m mostly going lowest in the winter months and highest on the others (I usually add on or subtract a couple of degrees Celsius to inch closer to the average, but it feels so accurate!)
Thankyou for sharing this with us. I really enjoyed watchin you make this all year. I'd like to try something like this one day. I hope your wrist feels better soon💕 happy new year.! Let's try to make it a great one✨
Oh my gosh for the border you should do colors that represent the seasons around the section that has the season and that can include the colors you didn’t use
If I were to suggest something about the price, Michaels is almost always having a 70% off yarn sale and (as far as I'm aware) they always have the brand of yarn you use. That's, at least, what I did for my emotional blanket. It also helped with the fact my mom had a teacher discount as well but I digress. If there isn't a Michaels near you though, I completely understand. But, keep that in mind.
I making one for my son from the year he was born!!! I’m almost done with September and almost done with it!!! I can’t wait until he can finally use it!!! ❤️😊
I just started my first blanket. It does take almost 1/2hrs to do a row but I’m ok with that because it can be a snuggle blanket. Also, I am doing the high temperature for the same reason, to be able to use all the colours. Thanks for the idea of separating the months ❤.
for birthdays/special days, use a thin shiny yarn and crochet it in with your normal yarn to mark the special occasions
Genius idea !
that is a great idea
Omg yaaaaaaaassssssssssss
❤❤❤ Now I DO want to make this blanket
this is such a cool idea
I started one for 2023 and instead of doing rows for each day, I’m doing a granny square. The center color is the low temp of the day. The outside two rows are the high temp of the day. And if we get rain or snow, I have a shimmery blue and white to use in the middle row in place of the high temp getting two rows. It’s a bit more work, but so far I’m loving it! Now I need to figure out what color to use to connect them all.
this is so genius I love it.
@@swipe_til_you_snooze Thank you! It’s been more work, but I’m a glutton for punishment when it comes to crafts! 😂
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I'm already planning to do one for 2024. I'm a beginner to crochet and a master of procrastination, so I'm not sure how it will go, but I want to give it a go.
@@swipe_til_you_snooze I wish you the best of luck!
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Thank you so much xxx I hope yours is going well!
I'm starting one for 2023! Seeing your journey with your blanket has really inspired me. Luckily yarn is on sale this time of year! Haha.
Also, instead of doing colors for the range of 0-100+ degrees, I'm taking in to account that my area ranges from 40-100+ degrees on average to make sure I use all my yarn. If not, most of the blanket would be red, and no blue!!
That works if you south. I'm in michigan, where it was about -20 wind chill near Christmas. It will be in the 90s July & August. There is a big chunk of the world with similar temperature differences. Don't forget that there are cycles of mild winters and brutal winters. I think this year is one of the years Canada sends air south
@@risariamanx8996 I understand that. I'm giving an example of how you can change your key to your regional difference if you can't use all colors from 0-100.
Where I am the coldest ever temperature on record is 41degrees f and it gets to be about 114. Can anyone please tell me what you would use and what range? Or a link to a commonsense guide on how I could find out?
Hello from December 30th, 2023! How's the blanket going so far?
hows it look?
I’ve decided that once I get yarn I might just make a temperature scarf instead of a blanket 😅
lol same ! much more practical 😂
That’s a good idea!!
One for each season ✨
That's gonna be a long scarf
@@wisdomfortranscendence6220oh yea, a summer scarf! Haha
And this is why I did a lot of research before I started. I was able to avoid all of these issues and stayed on track. Highly recommend doing the high temperature of the day.
The best piece of advice I got about crocheting is don't measure your progress by completing projects but by enjoying the process. I have been working for a month and I've finished almost nothing. I've never been so accomplished. I was never scared to pull out stitches and start again because I will crochet the same amount of time whether I finish anything or not. This isn't about making pretty things for others. It's about crocheting to make yourself feel good.
i love this!!
@@omqitsabby7914 thank you!
I needed to see this.... thank you!💛
@Leena
@@jholt1120 it takes away the out put as the goal and makes the input the goal. I have an issue with being output focused and this helps me to focus solely on the output instead of the output.
Some smaller ideas you can do are temperature snakes, a different blanket for each month, or one big blanket but the months are each their own granny squares. Sometimes shrinking a project makes it feel more manageable.
I tried doing a blanket and got overwhelmed so ended up finding an amigurumi pattern that had 30ish rows so now I have a whole fleet of tiny stingrays. 😊 still need to finish all of them but happy with it so far.
i started mine this year and what i did is for summer - highest temp. autumn - average temp. winter - lowest temp. spring - average. this way you het to use the highest and lowest temperatures ^^
I've been thinking this is how I might do it!
I just started and that's how I'm doing it too!
That's how I want to do mine to reflect how bitterly cold and boiling hot it gets 😂
Thank you for this tip! I wrote out the averages and was kinda disappointed to be honest and didn't feel accurate.
I’m going to make one for 2024, so I’m looking at EVERY SINGLE VIDEO on temperature blankets, and I found your video the most helpful!! Thank you!
Girl, same! I’ve been loosing my mind going through so many temp blanket tutorials or tip and tricks. I’ve looked at so many colour charts to figure out what colours I was going to use and the ranges. I finally just committed to what I’ll be doing!
I’m totally considering doing it in the round! Like a giant spiral!
this would be amazing
You could also do an temperature infinity scarf. I’m planning mine out to make for my mom’s birthday, but doing the temperature of the year and location she was born in.
I’m so glad I found this before I started on mine for this year. I was already thinking I’d use the highs rather than average because I want the extremes!
I’m doing one this year! I printed out a calendar and I write the temp and which color I’m using in each square and check it off when I knit that row. I’ll usually do a week’s or few day’s worth of rows in one sitting instead of one row a day, having the calendar has been very helpful so far!!
My friend made a mini one for a Barbie dollhouse that was only for every day of one month. She made it for her little sister.
I had just finished my emotional blanket. Thank you for being an inspiration for me to take on such a project.
Ohh what's and emotional bblanket, that sounds like ti would be therapeutic for me
@@nerdieeditz8044 it's where you record your emotional state every day for a year. My therapist suggested that I start recording my emotions to help with my anxiety and the idea of assigning a color and making a blanket came when I found Holly. I use this app called Daylio where you can record your emotions on a scale of one to five. You can set reminders and everything. This was very therapeutic for me to because I was able to reflect on how I felt and learn to overcome.
@@yeanofullname4283 I actually think I'm gonna try this, thank you, I've been having problems controlling some emotions and so I think this might help
@@nerdieeditz8044 i completely recommend it.
This is such a beautiful idea! Thank you so much for this! ❤
A temperature scarf would be cool!
It would be cool to do one temperature blanket for the low temp and one for the high temp and compare them at the end of the year. :)
i wanna try and do a stress level blanket, that way i can see how stressed i was that year
I'm doing more of a quilt for my temperature blanket with 52 plain grey squares for the weeks of the year and 2 blank to keep the rows even. For each "week" square I'm making a 7 petaled flower so each day has their own petal. Then I use 2 yarn threads for each petal so that they are dual toned in the high and low for that day. The only problem I haven't solved yet is that I haven't decided what to do for the last day of the year since 52 x 7 is only 364 but I've got the entire year to figure something out 😋
This sounds ace! Love the idea of using high and low on the petals!
I would also say to make sure you dont get thin yarn, I tried a temperature blanket last year and never finished it because using thin yarn that wasnt that gratifying. Also, dont use too small a stitch, sc is okay, but it takes forever to reach the end of the row. I'm trying again with thicker, softer warn (not fluffy or super thick yarn, like this stuff is considered a normal type), and I'm doing a moss stitch so it feels like I reach the end of the row much quicker. And I like to keep a chart, so i can see the exact temperature it was for each day. Dont stress yourself out, you got this!
She works REALLY hard she typed the notes at 3AM!!
I have never made a temperature blanket, but I'm making a books I've read blanket this year for the first time. Very excited about this!
Also, crocheting a blanket for my brother. His first one wasn't very wide so this one I made a LONG chain. After months of working on it, I finally measured it. JUST OVER 10 FEET WIDE! It takes me over 2 hours to do a row!
I saw someone make a really cool, reasonably sized temp blanket by doing rows of just slip stitches. I imagine you'd have to use a larger hook if you didn't want it to be stiff, but it looked nice.
For the border, you should use cherry red on the summer months and pool blue in the winter months because you haven’t used any of them colours ! ❤
Facts! I am half way through mine and it's for 2019. 5ft across and next to impossible to keep the yarn/colors consistent from when I started.
I would remind everyone that your blanket will be 365 or 366,(leap year), rows long before any edgings or month/special occasion rows are added. Your blanket is going to be longer the you suspect. Plus, yarn usually stretches out and "grows". Take all of this into account before you decide the width of the blanket. If you want an estimate of how long your blanket will be do a couple rows in a small swatch. You can then average how tall a row is. Average that by at least 365. If you want more info on that look up how to do a gauge swatch. Ok considering how long your blanket will be consider turning it sideways when done. Then maybe make each row shorter widthwise, because of all of those variables I just mentioned. Most of all, have fun!!!
What about using low temps for those really really cold days? Maybe you should just go with the extreme that defined the day rather than sticking with just the highs or the lows?
yeah, the highs and lows are usually the extremes of the day 😂
I’m going to start mine tomorrow! I’m so excited! Tip for getting yarn: go to Walmart, they have tons of good and cheap yarn there!
6 days into my mood blanket! Haven't missed a day and it's very therapeutic!
I use highest temperature or lowest temperature depending on season (and if it was unusually hot or cold that day for the season)
For example, on July 4 of 2015, because it was unusually cold, I used the low temp, and this year, even though it’s winter, it was 65° just a couple days ago!! So I used the 65° instead of the 40° it would have been for the low.
That divider line for the month tho… that’s genius af.
Your series inspired me to start a temperature project for 2023! I know I don't have the time to do a full blanket, so I'm making a scarf. Thank you for the advice, this will help a lot!
That'll be a really long scarf 😆
I’d love to start a temperature scarf that is just SUPER LONG
Honestly I admire anyone who can make a huge blanket in rows, not only for the motivation you have to maintain but also storing something so big! I'm using TLYarnCrafts 2021 temp blanket pattern, it's crocheted in linen stitch squares and while I'm only a month in, I know I'm not going to get overwhelmed by it thanks to working it in nicely sized, fun lil squares! Though I am dreading the border 🤣
I agree with this. I started a blanket, and only got a few months in when I was just disappointed. So I kept it for a baby blanket for my baby, and I’ll make a new one this year sometime.
I'm planning big, an abnormal pattern, sticking to 10 degree ranges and even doing some blocking between months. I'm insane and terrible about easing into crafts. But I'm doing my birth year and not timing it to be finished in one year. So I think the row a day is where stress would hit me and maybe others.
Definitely pace yourself! Im makeing a blanket and as much as i would like to set aside half an hour every days or have a schedule like that. It would hurt like hell for me and i could really redamage my arms. Id rather finish later than i hope to
If it feels overwhelming to do a whole blanket, you can always make a temperature scarf or something smaller like that :)
I am currently planning my first temperature blanket but with a twist. I'm going to use the daily high of every day from my birth year to make it, so it will be my birth year blanket. I'm just not sure how big I should make it, lol.
Hi! I'm currently planning a mood blanket for this upcoming year but I had this same idea before deciding! I was wondering how you've found the daily temperatures from your birth year, as I've only found monthly and I wanted to keep the Birth Year temp blanket for either another time or to swap out. I may end up doing something for the monthly averages, anyways. Thank you in advance! (if you see and respond ^^)
I have been working on a blanket for my dad since mid December and he wants it to be the same size as his comforter he has a queen size bed and it looks like I have barely even started it but also I have used close to 10 balls of yarn and this is some pretty chunky yarn too it's a level six
honestly, I think the concept is so cool... but mine's definitely gonna be a temperature scarf 😂😂
You can always go back on the climate page and see the climate of the day or sc the daily temperature and finish later she’s so right and positive 😊
Or another thing that helps me is writing all of the temps down ( doesn’t matter what range u are using) and take the highest number you get and the lowest number you get and make those your high temp and lowest temp! Fill in everything from there and you’ll get to use all your colors
I'm making a scarf for 2023. I'm still trying to finish my 2022 blanket 😅
I’m getting ready to start mine tomorrow and I’m still not sure what I’m doing
Same
that's okay. just record the temperatures somewhere and start your project whenever you've decided what to do! it's the start of a new year, but it doesn't have to mean the start of your project (yet). :)
I made an excel spreadsheet that I could note down the temps on and highlight a row as I finish crocheting it… this is great when/if you fall behind (I did, I’m still working on mine from pre-pandemic times… 😬). I recommend a simple stitch too; I stupidly chose a larger stitch, so mine is way too big, and I’m only about half way through it. Hope this helps?
I'm going to do more research, but 0-100F by tens seems reasonable to me. I can find 10 colors of yarn....
i am doing a mental health blanket, but i met this one woman in a craft store and we were discussing our 2023 projects ! she told me that she was doing a temperature blanket, but she was doing it in the round. she does half the row with the high, and half with the low of each day, and on special events like holidays or birthdays she is going to use a sparkly yarn !! i was so impressed and i think it will look very cool !!
Great tips! Mine are:
- Add beads for special days. (Birthdays, weddings, etc.)
- You don't have to pick the current year, you could pick a special one and look up the temperatures. This also makes it easier to calculate the amount of yarn you'll need. For example, I chose my birth year.
- Crochet 2 rows for each day, the highest and the lowest temperature. This way both the summer and the winter will be rightfully represented.
- You don't have to do uniform rows. You could do: mosaic, different stitch each month, a square per month and ensemble into a blanket once all squares are done, etc.
- Keep a checklist of some sort, because you will lose track and have the desire to pull your hair out trying to find out what you have and haven't done.
- Tassels are a very good option to have as a border, no ends to sew in! So many options here, braid them, knot every other strand together, etc. Google is a great resource for this one.
- Swatch first. This will be a big project, so you better test the yarn and hook you're planning to use. Better to find out during swatching that it's not working out.
I haven't made a temperature blanket before, but one time I did crochet a decent sized blanket in about 3 weeks and I also injured my wrist from over use. I got the same wrist brace too, I keep it in my bag in case I'm out and about and my wrist decides to start hurting again.
i made one in 2018 and i was so far behind (probably also because it was huge lol) i don't think i finished it until like march 2019 😂
also i was in college so i was using the cheapest giant skeins i could get lol so it definitely did not cost me that much 😅
I've seen a temperature scarf. Or making granny squares. Both great ways to have a smaller temperature project.
For the border you should use the average temperature of the month for that section in the border
Preach it Holly I decided to start a mood scarf as I’d always wanted to do a mood blanket but I tried in October 2021 and gave up 3 days into December as it was repetitive and boring so I’m making a ripple stitch mood scarf which is something I’d wear I’m also using bright colours so it’s not all dark! And I’m using a lovely lemon yellow for the month breaker! 😊😊😊
Or a granny square for the day!
I planned on a scarf but it would have been too long so did 6 months and I use it on my desk as a table runner
I am so inspired by your blanket! I am a massive fan of granny squares and, in particular, the star burst granny square. With that in mind, I decided to make the first two rounds the low temperature for my area and the last two the high. I live in an area that has a vast swing in temperature daily, so this just makes sense for me. Admittedly, that will leave me with an odd number of squares, but to solve this problem, I am going to make a border for the last five days being the average temperature.
I like your idea of adding a divide for the months, though I'm not sure this will apply to mine being made from squares, but I'm giving it thought!
I’d attempt a temperature blanket, but I live in Florida. The year started out with highs in the 80s and has cooled down to the 70s for the second week of the year. On Saturday, we’ll get the coldest temperature of 2023 so far, a high of 59. I hate it here; I feel trapped. I wish I could’ve been in the northwest during that huge cold front.
Just started mine! 💜
I got all my yarn super cheap (I don’t think I got enough and will have to go back) but I also got a gift voucher for Christmas and I spent it on yarn so It only cost me like $8! But I’ll definitely need to go get more 😂
I’m making blankets for my nephews for Chris next year. Im splitting the rows in half with half being the high temp and other half being the low temp for the day.
You should use the Cheery red for the border
I would do a border in cherry red so you get to use it.
Temperature scarf is an option (just don't do what I did, used worsted weight yarn & 2 rows/day plus rows for heavy rain/snow, or you'll get an 18'/~6m scarf). And I finished my 2019 scarf in 2022 (tatted, not crocheted).
You actually inspired me to crochet a blanket too, but I rlly wanted to do sth different, so I decided to make a mood blanket (you basically crochet everyday in the color that represents ur mood) and I think it’s gonna so cool! Thx for the inspo!! 💛
Mine would be all depressed lol
@@jennifermarr-cravey1029 blue and grey blankets can be really nice too :)
Since moods vary throughout the day you could do like a 3 color granny square per day to represent morning/afternoon/evening
I need to learn to crochet before I start mine. At the moment I’m just waving the needle round like I’m at Hogwarts & not much is happening, other than a big messy yarn knot. 🙄I could always knit if I can’t get the hang of it!
You have inspired me to make a mood blanket! So far it is going pretty well
personally i think the most persistent or extreme "Feels Like" temperature might be more accurate some days too in order to represent how the day felt. the day could have a low of 20°F but the windchill and speed could make it feel like 10°F. i think different methods work for different days depending on the range of temperature. 😁
i started one for 2024 and it took me 40 minutes to do the first row, it was technically harder bc i was going into the base chain and not a row of proper stitches but i may not be able to keep track haha
I actually did remember to mark the beginning of new months for mine, I alternated white and black to differentiate months, i'm still working on october but I have the temps written down. I did highs and there are definitely times it felt like I was using the same colors constantly
I'm going big. It's going to be aaaaweesooommmeee. I'm also purchasing my yarn at a local store so the owner is keeping track of what I'm getting. Following you I decided to do the lowest temp for winter and the high for summer. We have a lot of humidity so doing that will make it (feel like temperature blanket)
thank you, this video was very helpful, I'm about to start a temperature blanket for 2024
I think it would be a cool idea if you wanted to do something with the border to make a chunky edge (width not length) of the hottest day in that month for each month, that way you still get to use cherry red ☺️
Also, do multiple blankets... especially if you do a throw blanket!!!
I've used a line of white to separate months. I'm two months behind, the store where I get my yarn from has stopped selling the yarn I need. I've found the same shades on Amazon but they take a month to deliver.
im doing lows for winter, highs for summer, and averages for spring/fall for mine! im really excited about this project lol
I'm a bit behind with mine. I last did a row in May 2020! I'll get there!
I honestly like it better without the month dividers. The black or white lines will be too contrasting. Also RIP cherry red, we were all rooting for you.
Maybe do the average temperatures of the day hours, cause temperature can be wonky overnight sometime
Maybe for the border you could do white with a single cherry red stitch to mark the end of each month? ❤️
You’re literally my crocheting hero! I’ve learned so much from you! Thank you! ❤
I’m gonna make a temperature scarf😊 I haven’t started yet cuz I just ordered some yarn but I think that it will be easy since it won’t be big 😂
I’m literally sitting here watching this with a brace on my wrist because I got tendinitis from crocheting so much and after 2 1/2
weeks it was still in a lot of pain so a doctor recommended a brace, me too queen
i've been making non stop projects everyday, my wrist is hurting and i didn't know why, but it actually makes sense now. I didn't know you could get an injury from crocheting (idk if that's the right word) it just seems so innocent
I couldn’t find the time every day to crochet a row, and so I ended up printing the temperature calendar for the previous month, and doing mine a month at a time. It worked perfectly for me.
I’m doing a mood blanket with help from the app how we feel. It splits it up into high and low energy and pleasant and unpleasant, so I will have 4 different colors.
Wish I seen this video before 😂 one year later I’m almost done but definitely did it to big and the colors I choose are hard to find near me, so yeah, listen to her
A throw is what goes either side, a blanket blanket is the smaller blanket, you mean the other way round
I am doing one for 2024 and I find this very helpful
I also found that before starting a temperature blanket, it's best to do your research. There are several different ways to do a temperature blanket. I also picked a yarn that is quite easily found in the store and I haven't had problems with that. And to this point I probably spent about $50 on it yet. It is going to be way large enough to fit my queen size bed and has been very simple to do.
This is good to know thank you 😊
I’m using the temperature at noon each day, that’s probably controversial but it’s working out for me… but damn those long a** rows
I asked my step dad to teach me knitting specifically so I could do a temperature blanket this year 😅
I am still on the border so I haven't even gotten to day 1, shhhhh
I’m currently doing a mood blanket and 6 days in. So far so good. 😊
I really love the temperatures I’m getting, where I’m mostly going lowest in the winter months and highest on the others (I usually add on or subtract a couple of degrees Celsius to inch closer to the average, but it feels so accurate!)
Thankyou for sharing this with us. I really enjoyed watchin you make this all year. I'd like to try something like this one day. I hope your wrist feels better soon💕 happy new year.! Let's try to make it a great one✨
Oh my gosh for the border you should do colors that represent the seasons around the section that has the season and that can include the colors you didn’t use
If I were to suggest something about the price, Michaels is almost always having a 70% off yarn sale and (as far as I'm aware) they always have the brand of yarn you use. That's, at least, what I did for my emotional blanket. It also helped with the fact my mom had a teacher discount as well but I digress. If there isn't a Michaels near you though, I completely understand. But, keep that in mind.
I love your Hufflepuff sweater! 💛
I making one for my son from the year he was born!!! I’m almost done with September and almost done with it!!! I can’t wait until he can finally use it!!! ❤️😊
I just started my first blanket. It does take almost 1/2hrs to do a row but I’m ok with that because it can be a snuggle blanket. Also, I am doing the high temperature for the same reason, to be able to use all the colours. Thanks for the idea of separating the months ❤.
I'm not doing a blanket and instead, temperature bracelet. Using thread and needle seed beading.