I made a temp blanket for my Dad covering the last 12 months of my Mum's life. I crocheted hexagons and then joined them. The dates that were special - birthdays, anniversaries, etc - I made the centre round white. And the last one - the day my Mum passed - I did the centre round in black. All the rest were just the one colour. Dad loved it, and he is still using it 6 years later.
This is such a lovely and special idea and double special for your father for its meaning and memory of your mother and for the work and love you put into it.
I love temperature blankets! What I'm doing is making a "temperature scarf" every year for 10 years using the same yarn and same stitch pattern and will join them all together into a blanket on year 10. I started in 2020 and I'm very curious to see how much change there will be by 2029.
What width and stitch did you choose? I made a temperature scarf for my hubby. I made it 12 inches wide and used single crochet stitch. It wound up being 8 feet long. He gets compliments when he wears it. People love his custom Dr Who scarf.
I found you at the end of the year just as I started picking my fiber arts habit back up after a few years hiatus. I had too much unprocessed trauma surrounding my craft due to domestic violence. Last year was a journey of processing via therapy and I finally started pulling my yarn and spinning supplies out again. Your videos have inspired me to get creative again and try new things!
I share your pain around a craft being nearly ruined by abusive partners/parents. Sounds like you got this, though! I have found real release of the binding shame and pain through crafting. Sending you a giant hug!
Thank you for sharing. I had stopped my crafting because of grief that came up and due to getting covid a couple weeks ago I am using my crafting as rehab starting with crochet. Seeing your response encouraged me.
I love that you let it all out how much you love your yarn ... because we do it too 😂 you should see how often I hold out a ball of yarn to someone and declare "squish it. SQUISH IT!! Isn't it so SQUISHY?" My husband humors me every time, God bless him 😂
I'm gonna make a temperature blanket for a special year, so I'm not on the rush to start it in January and seeing the videos, I think it was good decision! I've already took excellent ideas from your email workshop, but then the Instagram live last time and now this video always add something more to my scratch book 💖
Regarding color palettes, for the blankets I made for my granddaughters, I asked them what their favorite colors were and designed the color scheme around those. Each was strikingly different. The one I just finished for my son was designed around the colors in his living room (it was sized for a sofa blanket). Also, for his, I used a 5-degree spread since he lives in Southern California where there is only about 50 degree difference between summer and winter. That gave me a much wider color range and it turned out amazing.
started the plan for my first "temperature" blanket watching this! i'm going to be using my chronic pain as a scale rather than temperature, not to be morbid but instead i think it would actually inspire me quite a lot to see if i could crochet every day other than the worst ones, and be able to look back and see how i was feeling while i worked on it. this video was amazing help to get started, thank you!!
I recently started designing my own crochet projects and my process is very similar to yours! I really enjoy how you keep everything organized! I have ADHD so though I might not be very organized, having some structure definitely helps me keep track of things. This year im knitting my first temperature blanket!! I’m so excited to see how it turns out :)
I'm so excited because I was looking at stuff on Amazon and there was your book. I felt like if someone was here I would say "look that is my friends book. I know we really don't know each other but I feel like I do. So cool 😎😎
Toni you just proved 90 % of the universe wrong for those that said “why we have to take algebra in school because we’re not gonna use it afterwards “. 😂
I just know that blanket is going to look gorgeous when it’s finished. You are one of my absolute favorite crochet designers, and I’ve always looked up to you. One day I hope to be a crochet designer, and seeing your process really helps put that process in perspective.
Loved this video! Amazed at the design process. Loved how you showed how to make a Guage swatch and extrapolate the measurements needed from it. I very rarely swatch, now I see the importance of doing one; even just to practice the stitch and repeats. Thank you!
Love watching the design process 💖 I already know I'll want to make temperature baby blankets during the 9 months of pregnancy when I'm ready to have kids, but I enjoy so much watching everyone else work on theirs!
Not making a temperature blanket this year. However, I loved watching you, + the kitties, go thru the process. My first temp blanket was a gift to my husband for the first year we were married too. It was a granny hexagon creation with the centre representing the weather. Hubby likes greens and blues so they were the hot and cold respectively and a natural for the freezing mark. All tied together with an oatmeal second round and join as you go. It's more lap-gan size but he loves it. We can really tell when our january honeymoon in Jamaica occurred!
Thanks for the inspiration. I'm actually making mine in the round with various stitches. I am using your tip for turning each round for a flatter granny square.
I have never made a temperature blanket before. I think I should try it. I was impressed with the steps. It feels like designing a new pattern and being very excited to start crocheting. But with lots of colors too!!😍😍😍😍
This project looks like so much fun! You inspired me. Side note your skin is beautiful. You’re glowing. You have that twinkle in your eye. I can tell you’re so excited about this project.
this is going to be soooo gorgeous! i’m currently working on my “temperature” blanket for 2023, which is actually more of a feeling/mental health blanket. basically asking myself, “how did i feel today”, or “how was my day today”, and my colors corresponding to a scale i made :). i’m using your linen stitch granny square pattern and it’s coming out beautifully! had to make a small edit on the pattern and i ended up completely redoing this month’s square with slightly more vibrant colors (a range of deep blues, teals, and greens), and i am so happy i took that risk because WOW, it is stunning. so excited to see your progress on your blanket!!
I was thinking the same thing for my 2024 blanket-a mental health/mood scale. If you don’t mind my asking, how did you create your scale/gauge, and how did you measure each day? My uncertainty is how I can make it very clearly measurable. Also, how can I still get the amount of colors I’d like. 🤷🏽♂️ Any thoughts/advice would be super appreciated!
@@LiveWellLoveWell hi there!! i don't mind at all :) !! what i ended up doing was making the scale have 7 options: great, good, neutral high, neutral, neutral low, bad, and horrible. i assigned some nice colors to them all--i saw one crocheter (can't remember who) recommend making sure the low mood ones are just as good of colors as the high moods, so that you're not upset when you have to use them or anything, as a way of valuing all emotions/moods! for each day i would just ask myself, "how was today/how did i feel today/how did my day go?". i would just write down the answer for that day with the corresponding color. it took me some time to not overthink it, but once you get in the habit it's a lot easier to categorize how the day went! i actually ended up using emojis that were the colors of my yarn as a quicker way to write it down, just in my notes app! im in the process of finishing up this blanket, and it's gone wonderfully!! definitely one of my favorite projects to date :) the pattern i ended up doing was just using granny squares, 7 rows each, one for each day. i kept messing up the linen square pattern and didn't enjoy my colors, so i decided to change it! i used red, orange, greens, teals, and blues, with a nice wheat green for the connecting color. and the size is perfect!! my Ravelry is sardinemasc, and i have the project up on there if you want to take a look. its a really funky and fun palette, which i feel is fitting for recording emotions!! i hope you have fun planning & making yours :)!!!
Loved this video so much Toni!! You are truly one of the few creators that can keep my attention for a full video 😂 Also loooove this temperature blanket design. Truly makes me want to make one for me and my boyfriends birth year, it’s the same year luckily 😅
I love the content about how you do your projects. So interesting. Please do more videos of your project planning. I haven't made any patterns or such like this myself and would love to get ideas on how to start. And I love your new temp blanket idea. Makes me want to do one like it for my anniversary.
yesss I just started my first temperature blanket this year and was making my own pattern. I was a bit nervous about how I went about it, but I'm glad it pretty much lines up with your process! Thank you so much for sharing!
I am working on a historical temperature blanket from 2020 for my anniversary (the year we met), and wunderground had missing data... I think there was almost a week of temperatures in September missing... so beware 🤣
Happy to hear about your temperature blanket, but, girl, I am just staring at the screen because your hair looks FABULOUS in this video. I mean you always look great, but those curls are somehow both fun and elegant.
i actually made my grandma this realllly bad temp blanket when i was around 9-10 years old-she was turning 81 that year. i did the high and low temps for her birthday every year, added her wedding anniversary high and low temps. it was very “homemade” and had some really scratchy acrylic but she loved that blanket so much. i now crochet temp blankets for my cousins kids starting on the day they were born and ending on their first birthday. i’m planning on crocheting one for a friend for the day she got engaged ending on her wedding day. my mom is buried in a temp blanket made with the high temp for my birth year and socks i knitted her through her breast cancer journey. temp blankets are so meaningful ❤ it was also really cool to meet you at rhinebeck 2023! love from nj❤
Wow, this is really heavy duty 🤯 I think I'd be curled up in a heap of yarn, rocking and silently crying to myself 😓 I've only been crocheting a short while and have started on my first temperature blanket. I've really simplified mine, though. I use the weather app on my phone at around the same time each day and pick the coordinating yarn for the highest temperature. However, if there's been more than 2 days of the same yarn, I go with the lower temperature or split that temperature bracket into 2 yarns. I've decided that as it's my blanket, I want to enjoy the process, not stress myself out with specifics. Nobody is going to check up on me! 🤭🧶
That was an awesome breakdown of your 2023 temperature blanket planning process! It's gonna look amazing! I'm doing my 1st temp blanket this yr and I am really enjoying it. And it's basic sc and Red Heart SS yarn. And cuz I am also from the Midwest (Chicago area), the color fluctuates practically on a daily basis-pretty incredible. Thank u for inspiring me to crochet my 1st temp blanket! 😻 Love your kitties too!
This was awesome to watch as always! I love the sneak peek and clarity about the process. I am currently crocheting one of the patterns from your book using the skein tone yarn you reviewed! Hopefully I will finish soon and make a temperature blanket 😊
I am anxious to start a temperature blanket in the year I was born in AZ 1952, since our year is hot, hotter and hottest for our seasons, it means a lot of one color and I desire more repeats, love the chevron look and think I can really work with this design. Thank you so much for sharing your process, you have inspired me!
So I have watched this video about 5 times in one sitting trying to make sure I understand 'Crochet Algebra' and wow Tony you are an awesome teacher through and through. I always go back to some of your videos when I forget how to do a specific stitch. I am now planning on doing 5 of your free patterns as autumn is slowly approaching in South Africa (you should see the little girl inside me jumping around with pure excitement🤭). ❤🧡💛💚💙🖤
I know this isn't crochet related but just gotta say loving your hair and the colour of your top suits you. Personally never made a temperature blanket but have decided to learn mosaic, Tunisia and try knitting this Yr, so watching your channel while on my own projects. Xxx
Thank you for showing the design process - I am definitely making my first temp blanket more complicated than it needs to be but mine is a comparison with my birth year and this year from my 50th birthday. Your first one with panels and 3 rows per day is what I am leaning towards for this project and should have a lot of variation since I was born in Iowa but now live in Seattle. Lots of love from a Midwestern girl living in the Pacific Northwest 🧡
Great video, Toni! I started a cross-stitch temperature project in 2022 and lost steam after March, when I had a math crisis of the geometric variety. After letting it sit for nearly a year, and watching your video, I came up with a better way to start each concentric-square month and am now revving up to get busy on it again. With maybe a side of knitted or crocheted piece (scarf?) for a different year!
Wow that was deep. I really appreciate you sharing exactly what goes into planning and making a temperature blanket. I’ve been timid to do one but how can I not after your class. Yours is already gorgeous.
Now THIS video excited me! I am a planner and I love the swatch idea, the math concept, and even downloaded the app. Lady,this video is just what I needed!
I love videos on the design process! I have this idea for a sweater, but I don't have the first clue how to design it. I would love to get it out of my head and off of the sheet of paper, on to my hook! So watching videos like this is super helpful. Thank you! Wishing you Peace, Love and Light
I’m not even going to make a temperature blanket but your style of vlogging is so great I’m just here. And bam, a class you opened up with has me interested & learning more. You’re so awesome.
I love the idea of making a temperature blanket for the first year of marriage using the Bahama Blanket pattern. I was trying to figure out how and where to start and this has made it so much easier. Thank you Toni!!!
Question: you are doing 1day per pass. Does this mean that you are using 1 day color for the forward pass and possibly a 2nd color for the return pass?
Omg. You do such a thorough job! I love your videos. You’re nice to listen to, and……can we talk about those slippers and that beautiful black kitty??? Love it all! Thank you!
Started a Temperature blanket but the weather has been steady in NJ causing me to use the same colors ugh! But I’m thankful for the warmer than usual weather and no snow .
I was looking at the temperatures this year, and the one before and this one is so warmer, can you imagine how cool it would be to have these 2 blankets one each other and to can see the differences. I can't remember where, but in some of the videos Toni was tell what she doing to not have one very large part of the same color, look around at her videos, I'm sorry that I can't be more concrete.
Living in SC where more than half the time is in 70s made me split up my degrees more like by 3 instead of 5 or 9 or what have you. I had to group low colors in larger groups since the likelyhood of seeing under 30 is so small. Definitely took me 3 days trying to get my temperatures to what I think will give good variations in similar temperatures. 😅
I know this video is on the older side, so I am hoping you see this and can help. What would you suggest as a temp range for a warmer SW climate? I live in Tucson, AZ and it is quite warm in the summer, but also gets quite cold in the winter, so there can be about (or over) 100 degrees fluctuation over the course of a year. Do you think 19 colors is too many!? I am an experienced crocheter but don't want to get too ambitious! LOL
When you say your are doing two days in one row, how are you doing that? If they fall under two different colours are you switching halfway through the row? Or are you averaging both temps and picking the colour based on that? Sorry if this seems a silly question! Many thanks
Tunisian crochet is worked with a forward pass and a back pass. So you make your loops on the forward pass (foreground), and then you "fill in" the stitch with the back pass (background). This means that you can change the color on either side of the work without adding length to your work since you are working in the same space twice. If you change colors on the right, your loops will be that color, and if you change color on the left, you will be filling in your stitch with that color.
P.S.- Your cat paw slippers (yes! I noticed them😉) are fabulous & I see that Peanut was kind enough to supervise your work but I hope he didn’t miss too many naps. 🤭
Of course the whole blanket thing is wonderful - professional yet achievable. What else from Toni ?! But I can't help commenting on .. THE HAIR !!! It's faaaaaaaabulous !
You inspired my color palette from mine this year and luckily I was able to find really similar colors from color theory from lion brand granted I only got 11 colors due to budget instead of the full 15 but I’m so excited for how this will turn out can’t wait for the updates on your blankets this year 🥰
Thank you for sharing how you figured out the math from your swatch to make the temperature blanket. I have a hard time with that but now that I've seen it done think I can do it. Keep on hooken with no knots may your yarn flow free!
Thank you so much for going over the process of how you set up & organize everything for making a temperature blanket. The math explanation was incredibly helpful! I have temperatures saved from a full year but haven't decided what kind of blanket design to make as of yet. It was supposed to be for our last year in this house but we're still here... then I realized they ARE special because right in the middle is when our youngest graduated. I think it would be awesome to include him in the design of the blanket. Would definitely love to see more videos with segments of insight into how you plan out projects like you included in this one!
I’m in the midst of creating a temperature blanket for my Mom’s upcoming Christmas gift. I chose to do the year and city (Ballinger,Tx) she was born in. The problem I ran into was locating a site that would go back beyond 1948. She was born in 1946. It appears that most sites just don’t offer historical data prior to 1948. I finally found one and wrote all of the highs for each day of that year but unfortunately I forgot to write the website down and I don’t remember the name🤦🏻♀️😂
I can't help but think maybe you did slightly more complicated math than you needed to do 😅 Mainly since you have such bug numbers that mean nothing. You can always do it as (for example) 364 rows ÷ 20 rows and you'd come up with just how many times 20 goes into 364 (18.2 times). Than multiply that answer by the 5.75 (for the 20 rows) and you'll get how long the 364 row would be (104.65in) If the way you've been doing it works for you, go for it! Just wanted to mention a slight alternative that some may find simpler (because of smaller numbers)
10:35 - OMGoodness~! I almost did a spit-take. Has anyone accused you of being adorable lately? Well hello~! That was adorable~!! Plus, in even the first 10-minutes, you've given such great tips~! Unfortunately, I don't quite understand the "2-days/row" concept. Is that one day on the forward pass and one day on the return? Or are you just picking, say, Monday is going to be one row, and Wednesday will be the next row???
I'm making my sister and her fiance a temperature blanket for their wedding, it's going to be for their first year together! I'm taking inspiration from your linen stitch square blanket and having 2 extra squares, one at the front and one at the back, since it will end up being 13 squares. I'm so excited to see their reaction to it. I'm holding the yarn double since they were long distance for the year with one being the high for where he lived and one being the high where she lived.
My daughter and I are both making a temperature blanket. We are doing 10 colors (live in TX). She is going with darker colors than I am. For the hottest temp is going to be 99+ and using a black color (representing "Hot as HE-double toothpicks). She is doing a c2c design, and I have changed 3 times already of what design but I believe I will have a linen design using your squares from 2021/2022. The squares will be bigger than the pixel squares.
Toni, I deleted my positive Comment because I was repeatedly getting replies from predators, asking me to contact them (pretending to be YOU) on Telegram. Can you do anything about that? It was creepy! 😢
It's so weird how you are reading my mind! I've been SEARCHING for metal Tunisian crochet hooks. Haven't been able to find them anywhere. Thanks for talking about Sewrella's listing!
Hi Toni, I love your kitty slippers!! Where did you get them? I kind of want to do a temperature blanket, but it's such a big undertaking.Yikes!! I love watching you. Seeing your beautiful smile always brightens my day. 🙂🙂
You are Amazing! Thank you so much for this. I am doing my very first temp blanket for my son’s birth year. Love your Creativity, Organization, Detail, Humor and Beautifully toned voice to listen too. Happy Crocheting!
I have made my temperature gage with like 2-3 degrees Celsius🫣🫣cause the whole year is between 0-20 🙃so 7 colors work perfectly its like 0-2 3-5 6-8. But I also have a yarn for negative temps but I just have a ball from my stash cause its not often. Though idk what I am gonna do when we go on holiday to spain 😅
I feel like I’m doing the math wrong.. Mine is 6” for 24 rows and it says its gonna be 46 inches long 😢… I did (((365/2)+.5)*6)/24, divide that by 12 to get it into feet and thats only 3 feet…
I'm so glad I did a temp blanket last year, I learned so much. I love the pattern I was using, but I preferred something that was easier to count imho. And one of the things I changed was the temps, the lowest I had was 6c (technically I had one that was 0c - 5c but it never hit below that unless it was like 4am), but the highest for that low range was until 11c, so I didn't get to use the yarn a lot, thus for 2023 I've decided to shift it to 8c - 13c, because the lowest it got was 9c where I lived, whereas most of the time, the temp was hanging around the 12c - 17c I had and thus used up A LOT of yarn.
Most of the time, I find that trying to do a full year brings about a very ugly blanket here where I live. Lol Our temperature spread can be as cold as -30 F in the winter and 103 F in the summer . . . or 133 degrees!! How does one get all of that in one blanket?!? And then I saw a lady who did seasonal blankets. She felt that summer temperatures were boring and limited her project to just winter temperatures. Besides, around here nobody cares about summer. It's the winter and the extremes just in this one season that people want to remember. She did a blanket with a blue theme and used white, gray, and black for the extreme temperature changes. It was actually very pretty! I have yet to get mine started, but when I do . . . I'm doing a seasonal temperature blanket. 😁
Do you make a label with the year? Eventually you will have so many, you might be like " that was my temperature blanket from 202??? Hang on while I look up my RUclips video where I showed my new design" 😂
This formula though!!!! Do you happen to have a similar type formula you use to help you figure out how much yarn you need for a project??? Math & I aren't friends and some of the ones I've seen by Googling make my brain hurt lol
This is such an informative video! The best was when you said that historical data can be used. I know I should have known... I like to have an idea of what the final item will look like. I don't really like mystery quilts, etc and the weather that must still happen is that mystery. Yes, it can be fun, I agree, but that is me. You helped me decide on a period and I am in the process of designing my blanket. It is fun and I don't feel that pressure of, it is already Feb and you are only on the 5th of January ;) So, as soon as I have e something to show, I will. Thanks again!
I have been binging your videos of late, especially your temperature blanket videos. You have inspired me to do my very first and to do a historical year of significance to me. I'll be doing a muted rainbow and highlighting my special dates throughout the blanket
You really are an inspirational crafter Toni; I would love to do one of these temperature blankets but, I have so many WIPs I dare not start such a major project! At my great age I am getting scared I will leave a lot of unfinished work behind!!! Many thanks for all your help. x
Love this video. Too bad I do not know how to do Tunisia crochet. My question to you or anybody that wished to help me. Is possible to do the temperature blanket makin a regular chevron crochet blanket. Right?
I am doing my first temperature blanket this year and had to spend some time doing this same thing. I had to double the width to make it more proportionate so it is going to be pretty large but I'm fine with that ( about 108"x108"). I picked a mosaic crochet blanket with different patterns so I could customize and decide the number of repeats to try and match the days for the year, the border will be the last day. I picked mosaic crochet because I thought it would be neat to use both the high and low temperatures. I use the low temp for the color A row and the high temp for the color B row. I'm pretty in love with it so far. I have a picture in my Ravelry projects but once I do my second full row repeat, next weekend, I'll tag you on Instagram so you can see it, since you inspired me to do it!
Thanks for sharing that Wunderground has historical temperatures. I found out these go back to 1930. That got me thinking... it might be fun to do a temperature blanket for my first year of life. So I could look up the temperatures from my day of birth to my first birthday and make a blanket based on that.
I can say that I use another pallette of colours, purple, blue and green, total of 22 colours. Some colours is a bit more down to earth and some is a bit brighter, and some is a bit more towards pink. And I do linen stitch / moss stitch. Using fingering weight and the brand ficolana arwetta. And doing both high and low, doing two rows for high and doing two rows for low. So it will be big. And I love your videos for the temperature blankets you have done. I love how much you help. And I love it. Thank you for all your ideas for it.
Don’t throw around words like algebra so carelessly! It scares those of us who are afraid of math. Since that algebra is grade one/two, it’s not necessary to name the type of math you’re working. Love you and the video but math be scary! Lol
Love temp blankets! Just wondering though, is there a method for doing color pooling/argyle in Tunisian? I see tons of videos for regular crochet, but would love to do it in Tunisian.
What a fantastic idea, I haven been crocheting for many years and never heard of a temperature blanket. I live in the UK and will definitely be looking into planning my own. Thank you for your wonderful ideas ❤ where can I get more information on the process of designing my own blanket?
Thank you for outlining your process for designing a temp blanket! I want to design 3 of them for the year each of my kids was born but I don't want to end up with a tea towel size or a king size blanket. Math is not my strong suit but your system seems understandable, which is a blessing lemme tell ya! :) On another note my hubby watched the first season of Pressure Cooker and he was surprised at how it drew him in. He says the ending of the season is pretty good. :)
I love the chevron idea. I just might use it for my next one (there will certainly be a next one😆)… but I think I’ll use the moss stitch, just because I have no skill in Tunisian.. 😣
Wow amazing. I am in line with the last commenter same time I found this channel Same situation surrounding life. I never a thing about crochet but the chain lol nd now I’m making a double crochet blanket hoping to learn more. Thanks 😊
I am about to start what I am calling a pregnancy temperature blanket for my sister's baby blanket, a temperature blanket based on temps where my sister lives for the duration of her pregnancy!
I’m a new subs and love your channel. This video sent me down a beautiful rabbit hole! I was thrilled to create a palette & test it with colored pencils. Thanks for the inspiration!
I loved this tutorial. Can you do a pattern based off of yardage? I know this was a year ago, but the idea you mentioned made me want to do my first temperature blanket on the year I got married. I love that your videos are timeless and what you put out seems to come to me when I need them. I now have to start writing down all my ideas and future projects. I had never done that before, then again, I always worked and worked on one project at a time because that was all the time I had. Now I have a lot of time for coming up with ideas and you are the inspiration to a lot of them. I love this chevron pattern by the way.
Pick another color to make one forward and reverse pass to represent a break between each month? That could add just enough length to meet your 60 inch goal.
I am intrigued by this concept especially since my craft room is in my basement where it is always cold. I am going to wait until I have a few more projects under my belt before I start a temperature blanket but working on blankets at home is actually not that bad even in the summer lol.
I just found you and I love what I see and I’m going to try the Tunisian crochet it look so pretty and I bought 3 patterns to start on one more thing how do you block a big blanket thank you Gloria hope to hear from you
The temperature project really requires specific planning to guarantee success & happiness with the end result. Thank you for the thorough instruction on your process. 😊☕️🍩
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I made a temp blanket for my Dad covering the last 12 months of my Mum's life. I crocheted hexagons and then joined them. The dates that were special - birthdays, anniversaries, etc - I made the centre round white. And the last one - the day my Mum passed - I did the centre round in black. All the rest were just the one colour. Dad loved it, and he is still using it 6 years later.
This is such a lovely and special idea and double special for your father for its meaning and memory of your mother and for the work and love you put into it.
I’m sorry for your loss. What a meaningful thing to do for your dad. I wish we could see a picture of it!
That's so sweet! Always a pleasure to knit something for someone, make the project extra special.
Oh my God, that sounds so beautiful, and I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm so happy that your dad loves it so much
What a great idea! I might have to do this for myself, thanks for the idea☺
I love temperature blankets! What I'm doing is making a "temperature scarf" every year for 10 years using the same yarn and same stitch pattern and will join them all together into a blanket on year 10. I started in 2020 and I'm very curious to see how much change there will be by 2029.
Wow that’s an amazing idea. How would you join the leap years?
@@academycute101 Good question, I guess I'll figure it out when the time comes.
What a cool idea!
What width and stitch did you choose? I made a temperature scarf for my hubby. I made it 12 inches wide and used single crochet stitch. It wound up being 8 feet long. He gets compliments when he wears it. People love his custom Dr Who scarf.
@@catlady743I know this is kinda old
But an idea is you couldadd the leap year dates as the boarders!
I found you at the end of the year just as I started picking my fiber arts habit back up after a few years hiatus. I had too much unprocessed trauma surrounding my craft due to domestic violence. Last year was a journey of processing via therapy and I finally started pulling my yarn and spinning supplies out again. Your videos have inspired me to get creative again and try new things!
I share your pain around a craft being nearly ruined by abusive partners/parents. Sounds like you got this, though! I have found real release of the binding shame and pain through crafting. Sending you a giant hug!
It's something the abuser wants to destroy b/c it gives you peace. Keep on keeping on.
Thank you for sharing. I had stopped my crafting because of grief that came up and due to getting covid a couple weeks ago I am using my crafting as rehab starting with crochet. Seeing your response encouraged me.
I love that you let it all out how much you love your yarn ... because we do it too 😂 you should see how often I hold out a ball of yarn to someone and declare "squish it. SQUISH IT!! Isn't it so SQUISHY?" My husband humors me every time, God bless him 😂
Bless your husband indeed! That is very sweet of him 😊
@@almahughes7636 it really is lol 💜
That's exactly what I do to my fiance whenever he takes me to buy yarn 😂 especially when I want him involved in the project.
I'm gonna make a temperature blanket for a special year, so I'm not on the rush to start it in January and seeing the videos, I think it was good decision! I've already took excellent ideas from your email workshop, but then the Instagram live last time and now this video always add something more to my scratch book 💖
Regarding color palettes, for the blankets I made for my granddaughters, I asked them what their favorite colors were and designed the color scheme around those. Each was strikingly different. The one I just finished for my son was designed around the colors in his living room (it was sized for a sofa blanket). Also, for his, I used a 5-degree spread since he lives in Southern California where there is only about 50 degree difference between summer and winter. That gave me a much wider color range and it turned out amazing.
started the plan for my first "temperature" blanket watching this! i'm going to be using my chronic pain as a scale rather than temperature, not to be morbid but instead i think it would actually inspire me quite a lot to see if i could crochet every day other than the worst ones, and be able to look back and see how i was feeling while i worked on it. this video was amazing help to get started, thank you!!
I love this idea!!!
I recently started designing my own crochet projects and my process is very similar to yours! I really enjoy how you keep everything organized! I have ADHD so though I might not be very organized, having some structure definitely helps me keep track of things. This year im knitting my first temperature blanket!! I’m so excited to see how it turns out :)
I'm so excited because I was looking at stuff on Amazon and there was your book. I felt like if someone was here I would say "look that is my friends book. I know we really don't know each other but I feel like I do. So cool 😎😎
Oooh how did I not think to look there for the book! I already spent my gift card tho ... 😒
@@elfrog98 I used a card I received from my sister. I purchased my from her website.
@@sandrapalmer5642 I plan on buying from the website once i can spare the $$, I'm hoping she won't pay so many fees or etc that way
Toni you just proved 90 % of the universe wrong for those that said “why we have to take algebra in school because we’re not gonna use it afterwards “. 😂
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I just know that blanket is going to look gorgeous when it’s finished. You are one of my absolute favorite crochet designers, and I’ve always looked up to you. One day I hope to be a crochet designer, and seeing your process really helps put that process in perspective.
Loved this video! Amazed at the design process. Loved how you showed how to make a Guage swatch and extrapolate the measurements needed from it. I very rarely swatch, now I see the importance of doing one; even just to practice the stitch and repeats. Thank you!
Love watching the design process 💖 I already know I'll want to make temperature baby blankets during the 9 months of pregnancy when I'm ready to have kids, but I enjoy so much watching everyone else work on theirs!
Not making a temperature blanket this year. However, I loved watching you, + the kitties, go thru the process.
My first temp blanket was a gift to my husband for the first year we were married too. It was a granny hexagon creation with the centre representing the weather. Hubby likes greens and blues so they were the hot and cold respectively and a natural for the freezing mark. All tied together with an oatmeal second round and join as you go. It's more lap-gan size but he loves it. We can really tell when our january honeymoon in Jamaica occurred!
Thanks for the inspiration. I'm actually making mine in the round with various stitches. I am using your tip for turning each round for a flatter granny square.
"Designing is a whole lot of math with a side of crochet." LOL Love it!!!!!!!
I have never made a temperature blanket before. I think I should try it. I was impressed with the steps. It feels like designing a new pattern and being very excited to start crocheting. But with lots of colors too!!😍😍😍😍
This project looks like so much fun! You inspired me. Side note your skin is beautiful. You’re glowing. You have that twinkle in your eye. I can tell you’re so excited about this project.
this is going to be soooo gorgeous! i’m currently working on my “temperature” blanket for 2023, which is actually more of a feeling/mental health blanket. basically asking myself, “how did i feel today”, or “how was my day today”, and my colors corresponding to a scale i made :). i’m using your linen stitch granny square pattern and it’s coming out beautifully! had to make a small edit on the pattern and i ended up completely redoing this month’s square with slightly more vibrant colors (a range of deep blues, teals, and greens), and i am so happy i took that risk because WOW, it is stunning. so excited to see your progress on your blanket!!
I was thinking the same thing for my 2024 blanket-a mental health/mood scale. If you don’t mind my asking, how did you create your scale/gauge, and how did you measure each day? My uncertainty is how I can make it very clearly measurable. Also, how can I still get the amount of colors I’d like. 🤷🏽♂️ Any thoughts/advice would be super appreciated!
@@LiveWellLoveWell hi there!! i don't mind at all :) !! what i ended up doing was making the scale have 7 options: great, good, neutral high, neutral, neutral low, bad, and horrible. i assigned some nice colors to them all--i saw one crocheter (can't remember who) recommend making sure the low mood ones are just as good of colors as the high moods, so that you're not upset when you have to use them or anything, as a way of valuing all emotions/moods!
for each day i would just ask myself, "how was today/how did i feel today/how did my day go?". i would just write down the answer for that day with the corresponding color. it took me some time to not overthink it, but once you get in the habit it's a lot easier to categorize how the day went! i actually ended up using emojis that were the colors of my yarn as a quicker way to write it down, just in my notes app! im in the process of finishing up this blanket, and it's gone wonderfully!! definitely one of my favorite projects to date :) the pattern i ended up doing was just using granny squares, 7 rows each, one for each day. i kept messing up the linen square pattern and didn't enjoy my colors, so i decided to change it! i used red, orange, greens, teals, and blues, with a nice wheat green for the connecting color. and the size is perfect!!
my Ravelry is sardinemasc, and i have the project up on there if you want to take a look. its a really funky and fun palette, which i feel is fitting for recording emotions!! i hope you have fun planning & making yours :)!!!
Yes! Please, more design videos ❤ thank you Toni!!😊
I love these videos where I feel like I’m just hanging out with my best crochet friend. Can’t wait to see how this looks as you keep stitching!
Loved this video so much Toni!! You are truly one of the few creators that can keep my attention for a full video 😂 Also loooove this temperature blanket design. Truly makes me want to make one for me and my boyfriends birth year, it’s the same year luckily 😅
I love the content about how you do your projects. So interesting. Please do more videos of your project planning. I haven't made any patterns or such like this myself and would love to get ideas on how to start. And I love your new temp blanket idea. Makes me want to do one like it for my anniversary.
yesss I just started my first temperature blanket this year and was making my own pattern. I was a bit nervous about how I went about it, but I'm glad it pretty much lines up with your process! Thank you so much for sharing!
I downloaded a lot of different crochet vids for my 12 yo daughter and she swears you are the best in giving directions for beginners! Thank you!
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Early retirement for health reasons. Getting back into crocheting. Your videos are helping me so much!
I am working on a historical temperature blanket from 2020 for my anniversary (the year we met), and wunderground had missing data... I think there was almost a week of temperatures in September missing... so beware 🤣
Happy to hear about your temperature blanket, but, girl, I am just staring at the screen because your hair looks FABULOUS in this video. I mean you always look great, but those curls are somehow both fun and elegant.
I'm a knitter but I loved this video!! Your blanket looks amazing!
i actually made my grandma this realllly bad temp blanket when i was around 9-10 years old-she was turning 81 that year. i did the high and low temps for her birthday every year, added her wedding anniversary high and low temps. it was very “homemade” and had some really scratchy acrylic but she loved that blanket so much.
i now crochet temp blankets for my cousins kids starting on the day they were born and ending on their first birthday. i’m planning on crocheting one for a friend for the day she got engaged ending on her wedding day. my mom is buried in a temp blanket made with the high temp for my birth year and socks i knitted her through her breast cancer journey. temp blankets are so meaningful ❤
it was also really cool to meet you at rhinebeck 2023! love from nj❤
Wow, this is really heavy duty 🤯 I think I'd be curled up in a heap of yarn, rocking and silently crying to myself 😓 I've only been crocheting a short while and have started on my first temperature blanket. I've really simplified mine, though. I use the weather app on my phone at around the same time each day and pick the coordinating yarn for the highest temperature. However, if there's been more than 2 days of the same yarn, I go with the lower temperature or split that temperature bracket into 2 yarns. I've decided that as it's my blanket, I want to enjoy the process, not stress myself out with specifics. Nobody is going to check up on me! 🤭🧶
That was an awesome breakdown of your 2023 temperature blanket planning process! It's gonna look amazing! I'm doing my 1st temp blanket this yr and I am really enjoying it. And it's basic sc and Red Heart SS yarn. And cuz I am also from the Midwest (Chicago area), the color fluctuates practically on a daily basis-pretty incredible. Thank u for inspiring me to crochet my 1st temp blanket! 😻 Love your kitties too!
This was awesome to watch as always! I love the sneak peek and clarity about the process. I am currently crocheting one of the patterns from your book using the skein tone yarn you reviewed! Hopefully I will finish soon and make a temperature blanket 😊
I am anxious to start a temperature blanket in the year I was born in AZ 1952, since our year is hot, hotter and hottest for our seasons, it means a lot of one color and I desire more repeats, love the chevron look and think I can really work with this design. Thank you so much for sharing your process, you have inspired me!
I did my first temp blanket last year in C2C… still in May and it’s massive! This years is off to a better start in a UK double crochet
So I have watched this video about 5 times in one sitting trying to make sure I understand 'Crochet Algebra' and wow Tony you are an awesome teacher through and through. I always go back to some of your videos when I forget how to do a specific stitch. I am now planning on doing 5 of your free patterns as autumn is slowly approaching in South Africa (you should see the little girl inside me jumping around with pure excitement🤭). ❤🧡💛💚💙🖤
I know this isn't crochet related but just gotta say loving your hair and the colour of your top suits you.
Personally never made a temperature blanket but have decided to learn mosaic, Tunisia and try knitting this Yr, so watching your channel while on my own projects. Xxx
Thank you for showing the design process - I am definitely making my first temp blanket more complicated than it needs to be but mine is a comparison with my birth year and this year from my 50th birthday. Your first one with panels and 3 rows per day is what I am leaning towards for this project and should have a lot of variation since I was born in Iowa but now live in Seattle. Lots of love from a Midwestern girl living in the Pacific Northwest 🧡
Great video, Toni! I started a cross-stitch temperature project in 2022 and lost steam after March, when I had a math crisis of the geometric variety. After letting it sit for nearly a year, and watching your video, I came up with a better way to start each concentric-square month and am now revving up to get busy on it again. With maybe a side of knitted or crocheted piece (scarf?) for a different year!
This is gorgeous, I honesty can't wait to see the end of it! The colors look SO BEAUTIFUL!
Wow that was deep. I really appreciate you sharing exactly what goes into planning and making a temperature blanket. I’ve been timid to do one but how can I not after your class. Yours is already gorgeous.
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I like the idea of not having to be confined to this years temps. I think I’d have more success if I did temps that are already on record.
Now THIS video excited me! I am a planner and I love the swatch idea, the math concept, and even downloaded the app. Lady,this video is just what I needed!
I love videos on the design process! I have this idea for a sweater, but I don't have the first clue how to design it. I would love to get it out of my head and off of the sheet of paper, on to my hook! So watching videos like this is super helpful. Thank you!
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I’m not even going to make a temperature blanket but your style of vlogging is so great I’m just here. And bam, a class you opened up with has me interested & learning more. You’re so awesome.
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I love the idea of making a temperature blanket for the first year of marriage using the Bahama Blanket pattern. I was trying to figure out how and where to start and this has made it so much easier. Thank you Toni!!!
Question: you are doing 1day per pass. Does this mean that you are using 1 day color for the forward pass and possibly a 2nd color for the return pass?
Yep! You got it 😊
Omg. You do such a thorough job! I love your videos. You’re nice to listen to, and……can we talk about those slippers and that beautiful black kitty??? Love it all! Thank you!
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Started a Temperature blanket but the weather has been steady in NJ causing me to use the same colors ugh! But I’m thankful for the warmer than usual weather and no snow .
I was looking at the temperatures this year, and the one before and this one is so warmer, can you imagine how cool it would be to have these 2 blankets one each other and to can see the differences.
I can't remember where, but in some of the videos Toni was tell what she doing to not have one very large part of the same color, look around at her videos, I'm sorry that I can't be more concrete.
Living in SC where more than half the time is in 70s made me split up my degrees more like by 3 instead of 5 or 9 or what have you. I had to group low colors in larger groups since the likelyhood of seeing under 30 is so small. Definitely took me 3 days trying to get my temperatures to what I think will give good variations in similar temperatures. 😅
I know this video is on the older side, so I am hoping you see this and can help. What would you suggest as a temp range for a warmer SW climate? I live in Tucson, AZ and it is quite warm in the summer, but also gets quite cold in the winter, so there can be about (or over) 100 degrees fluctuation over the course of a year. Do you think 19 colors is too many!? I am an experienced crocheter but don't want to get too ambitious! LOL
Thoughts: to get a little extra length, do either the first day of the month or the last day as a full row...
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When you say your are doing two days in one row, how are you doing that? If they fall under two different colours are you switching halfway through the row? Or are you averaging both temps and picking the colour based on that? Sorry if this seems a silly question! Many thanks
Tunisian crochet is worked with a forward pass and a back pass. So you make your loops on the forward pass (foreground), and then you "fill in" the stitch with the back pass (background). This means that you can change the color on either side of the work without adding length to your work since you are working in the same space twice. If you change colors on the right, your loops will be that color, and if you change color on the left, you will be filling in your stitch with that color.
@@hhooppyy34 Ah I see! Thanks for clearing that up :)
P.S.- Your cat paw slippers (yes! I noticed them😉) are fabulous & I see that Peanut was kind enough to supervise your work but I hope he didn’t miss too many naps. 🤭
Of course the whole blanket thing is wonderful - professional yet achievable. What else from Toni ?!
But I can't help commenting on .. THE HAIR !!! It's faaaaaaaabulous !
You inspired my color palette from mine this year and luckily I was able to find really similar colors from color theory from lion brand granted I only got 11 colors due to budget instead of the full 15 but I’m so excited for how this will turn out can’t wait for the updates on your blankets this year 🥰
Thank you for sharing how you figured out the math from your swatch to make the temperature blanket. I have a hard time with that but now that I've seen it done think I can do it. Keep on hooken with no knots may your yarn flow free!
Such a great design! Enjoyed coming along with your design process. Nice to have cameo appearances by 2 cats.
My Grandmother made blankets for all of her Grandchildren. This is another idea to find purpose in making temperature blankets...
Talented funny smart beautiful inside & out. You at the 10:35 mark is everything and a spongebob reference to boot. You’re killin it.
Thank you so much for going over the process of how you set up & organize everything for making a temperature blanket. The math explanation was incredibly helpful! I have temperatures saved from a full year but haven't decided what kind of blanket design to make as of yet. It was supposed to be for our last year in this house but we're still here... then I realized they ARE special because right in the middle is when our youngest graduated. I think it would be awesome to include him in the design of the blanket. Would definitely love to see more videos with segments of insight into how you plan out projects like you included in this one!
I’m in the midst of creating a temperature blanket for my Mom’s upcoming Christmas gift. I chose to do the year and city (Ballinger,Tx) she was born in. The problem I ran into was locating a site that would go back beyond 1948. She was born in 1946. It appears that most sites just don’t offer historical data prior to 1948. I finally found one and wrote all of the highs for each day of that year but unfortunately I forgot to write the website down and I don’t remember the name🤦🏻♀️😂
I can't help but think maybe you did slightly more complicated math than you needed to do 😅
Mainly since you have such bug numbers that mean nothing.
You can always do it as (for example) 364 rows ÷ 20 rows and you'd come up with just how many times 20 goes into 364 (18.2 times).
Than multiply that answer by the 5.75 (for the 20 rows) and you'll get how long the 364 row would be (104.65in)
If the way you've been doing it works for you, go for it! Just wanted to mention a slight alternative that some may find simpler (because of smaller numbers)
10:35 - OMGoodness~! I almost did a spit-take. Has anyone accused you of being adorable lately? Well hello~! That was adorable~!! Plus, in even the first 10-minutes, you've given such great tips~! Unfortunately, I don't quite understand the "2-days/row" concept. Is that one day on the forward pass and one day on the return? Or are you just picking, say, Monday is going to be one row, and Wednesday will be the next row???
I'm making my sister and her fiance a temperature blanket for their wedding, it's going to be for their first year together! I'm taking inspiration from your linen stitch square blanket and having 2 extra squares, one at the front and one at the back, since it will end up being 13 squares. I'm so excited to see their reaction to it. I'm holding the yarn double since they were long distance for the year with one being the high for where he lived and one being the high where she lived.
My daughter and I are both making a temperature blanket. We are doing 10 colors (live in TX). She is going with darker colors than I am. For the hottest temp is going to be 99+ and using a black color (representing "Hot as HE-double toothpicks). She is doing a c2c design, and I have changed 3 times already of what design but I believe I will have a linen design using your squares from 2021/2022. The squares will be bigger than the pixel squares.
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It's so weird how you are reading my mind! I've been SEARCHING for metal Tunisian crochet hooks. Haven't been able to find them anywhere. Thanks for talking about Sewrella's listing!
Hi Toni, I love your kitty slippers!! Where did you get them? I kind of want to do a temperature blanket, but it's such a big undertaking.Yikes!! I love watching you. Seeing your beautiful smile always brightens my day. 🙂🙂
You are Amazing! Thank you so much for this. I am doing my very first temp blanket for my son’s birth year. Love your Creativity, Organization, Detail, Humor and Beautifully toned voice to listen too. Happy Crocheting!
I have made my temperature gage with like 2-3 degrees Celsius🫣🫣cause the whole year is between 0-20 🙃so 7 colors work perfectly its like 0-2 3-5 6-8. But I also have a yarn for negative temps but I just have a ball from my stash cause its not often. Though idk what I am gonna do when we go on holiday to spain 😅
I feel like I’m doing the math wrong.. Mine is 6” for 24 rows and it says its gonna be 46 inches long 😢… I did (((365/2)+.5)*6)/24, divide that by 12 to get it into feet and thats only 3 feet…
I'm so glad I did a temp blanket last year, I learned so much. I love the pattern I was using, but I preferred something that was easier to count imho. And one of the things I changed was the temps, the lowest I had was 6c (technically I had one that was 0c - 5c but it never hit below that unless it was like 4am), but the highest for that low range was until 11c, so I didn't get to use the yarn a lot, thus for 2023 I've decided to shift it to 8c - 13c, because the lowest it got was 9c where I lived, whereas most of the time, the temp was hanging around the 12c - 17c I had and thus used up A LOT of yarn.
Absolutely amazing you shared all of this...but you already know 🙄😁
Most of the time, I find that trying to do a full year brings about a very ugly blanket here where I live. Lol Our temperature spread can be as cold as -30 F in the winter and 103 F in the summer . . . or 133 degrees!! How does one get all of that in one blanket?!? And then I saw a lady who did seasonal blankets. She felt that summer temperatures were boring and limited her project to just winter temperatures. Besides, around here nobody cares about summer. It's the winter and the extremes just in this one season that people want to remember. She did a blanket with a blue theme and used white, gray, and black for the extreme temperature changes. It was actually very pretty! I have yet to get mine started, but when I do . . . I'm doing a seasonal temperature blanket. 😁
Do you make a label with the year? Eventually you will have so many, you might be like " that was my temperature blanket from 202??? Hang on while I look up my RUclips video where
I showed my new design" 😂
This formula though!!!! Do you happen to have a similar type formula you use to help you figure out how much yarn you need for a project??? Math & I aren't friends and some of the ones I've seen by Googling make my brain hurt lol
This is such an informative video! The best was when you said that historical data can be used. I know I should have known...
I like to have an idea of what the final item will look like. I don't really like mystery quilts, etc and the weather that must still happen is that mystery. Yes, it can be fun, I agree, but that is me.
You helped me decide on a period and I am in the process of designing my blanket. It is fun and I don't feel that pressure of, it is already Feb and you are only on the 5th of January ;)
So, as soon as I have e something to show, I will. Thanks again!
I have been binging your videos of late, especially your temperature blanket videos. You have inspired me to do my very first and to do a historical year of significance to me. I'll be doing a muted rainbow and highlighting my special dates throughout the blanket
You really are an inspirational crafter Toni; I would love to do one of these temperature blankets but, I have so many WIPs I dare not start such a major project! At my great age I am getting scared I will leave a lot of unfinished work behind!!! Many thanks for all your help. x
Love this video. Too bad I do not know how to do Tunisia crochet. My question to you or anybody that wished to help me. Is possible to do the temperature blanket makin a regular chevron crochet blanket. Right?
I am doing my first temperature blanket this year and had to spend some time doing this same thing. I had to double the width to make it more proportionate so it is going to be pretty large but I'm fine with that ( about 108"x108").
I picked a mosaic crochet blanket with different patterns so I could customize and decide the number of repeats to try and match the days for the year, the border will be the last day. I picked mosaic crochet because I thought it would be neat to use both the high and low temperatures. I use the low temp for the color A row and the high temp for the color B row. I'm pretty in love with it so far. I have a picture in my Ravelry projects but once I do my second full row repeat, next weekend, I'll tag you on Instagram so you can see it, since you inspired me to do it!
Thanks for sharing that Wunderground has historical temperatures. I found out these go back to 1930. That got me thinking... it might be fun to do a temperature blanket for my first year of life. So I could look up the temperatures from my day of birth to my first birthday and make a blanket based on that.
I can say that I use another pallette of colours, purple, blue and green, total of 22 colours. Some colours is a bit more down to earth and some is a bit brighter, and some is a bit more towards pink. And I do linen stitch / moss stitch. Using fingering weight and the brand ficolana arwetta. And doing both high and low, doing two rows for high and doing two rows for low. So it will be big.
And I love your videos for the temperature blankets you have done. I love how much you help. And I love it. Thank you for all your ideas for it.
Don’t throw around words like algebra so carelessly! It scares those of us who are afraid of math. Since that algebra is grade one/two, it’s not necessary to name the type of math you’re working. Love you and the video but math be scary! Lol
Love temp blankets! Just wondering though, is there a method for doing color pooling/argyle in Tunisian? I see tons of videos for regular crochet, but would love to do it in Tunisian.
What a fantastic idea, I haven been crocheting for many years and never heard of a temperature blanket. I live in the UK and will definitely be looking into planning my own. Thank you for your wonderful ideas ❤ where can I get more information on the process of designing my own blanket?
Thank you for outlining your process for designing a temp blanket! I want to design 3 of them for the year each of my kids was born but I don't want to end up with a tea towel size or a king size blanket. Math is not my strong suit but your system seems understandable, which is a blessing lemme tell ya! :)
On another note my hubby watched the first season of Pressure Cooker and he was surprised at how it drew him in. He says the ending of the season is pretty good. :)
I love the chevron idea. I just might use it for my next one (there will certainly be a next one😆)… but I think I’ll use the moss stitch, just because I have no skill in Tunisian.. 😣
It’s going to be very pretty, but I don’t get the process. How does 24 rows get you to March already? What happened to January and February?
I never thought to do it for past years! Now I'm considering making one for when my son was born.
Wow amazing. I am in line with the last commenter same time I found this channel
Same situation surrounding life. I never a thing about crochet but the chain lol nd now I’m making a double crochet blanket hoping to learn more. Thanks 😊
I am about to start what I am calling a pregnancy temperature blanket for my sister's baby blanket, a temperature blanket based on temps where my sister lives for the duration of her pregnancy!
I’m a new subs and love your channel. This video sent me down a beautiful rabbit hole! I was thrilled to create a palette & test it with colored pencils. Thanks for the inspiration!
I loved this tutorial. Can you do a pattern based off of yardage? I know this was a year ago, but the idea you mentioned made me want to do my first temperature blanket on the year I got married. I love that your videos are timeless and what you put out seems to come to me when I need them. I now have to start writing down all my ideas and future projects. I had never done that before, then again, I always worked and worked on one project at a time because that was all the time I had. Now I have a lot of time for coming up with ideas and you are the inspiration to a lot of them. I love this chevron pattern by the way.
Pick another color to make one forward and reverse pass to represent a break between each month? That could add just enough length to meet your 60 inch goal.
you are the remperature blanket queen! is there a specific stitch you would reccomend for a temp blanket newbie?
I am intrigued by this concept especially since my craft room is in my basement where it is always cold. I am going to wait until I have a few more projects under my belt before I start a temperature blanket but working on blankets at home is actually not that bad even in the summer lol.
I just found you and I love what I see and I’m going to try the Tunisian crochet it look so pretty and I bought 3 patterns to start on one more thing how do you block a big blanket thank you Gloria hope to hear from you
The temperature project really requires specific planning to guarantee success & happiness with the end result. Thank you for the thorough instruction on your process. 😊☕️🍩
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