I love temperature blankets. I have made them a number of times and created my own patterns. I even made temperature ornaments as an alternative. But right now, I have crocheter’s block. Last night I wrote down the temps for 2026 so far. I attempted to make a granny hexagon. I frogged it and tried… Continue reading To Temp or Not to Temp
I woke up to a dusting of snow on the ground this morning. Something tells me more is coming. Some mornings we wake up to nostril-freezing temperatures, so it’s time to pull out the hats, gloves, and SCARVES. Over the years, I’ve posted many scarf patterns on my this site. The easiest way to find… Continue reading ‘Tis the Season to Wear a Scarf
Ho, Ho, Ho, Ha, Ha, Hats! The holiday season is the perfect time to use up scraps of leftover yarn. From ornaments to stocking stuffers, the possibilities are endless. I decided to use my holiday yarn to make Christmas ornaments. After a little bit of experimentation, I came up with a pattern for a cute… Continue reading Merry Christmas Hats (Free Pattern)
This post contains affiliate links. Last summer, I ordered a mystery box of yarn from Lion Brand yarns and posted about it here. One of the yarns was Ice Cream Roving Yarn. What makes a yarn roving, you might ask? Roving means that the yarn has variable thickness, which gives the finished piece great texture.… Continue reading Stop Roving! Shape Up!
Is it bad that just five months into 2024 my temperature blanket already covers my dining room table? I wasn’t kidding when I said it would be king-size when it is done. With at least 12 degrees separating each of my colors, the variations aren’t as big as I would prefer, but I’m actually quite… Continue reading Five Months Down (Hexi Temp Blanket)
As is the case when creating any new pattern, some things work and some things don’t. In this post, I introduced the Hexi Temp Blanket 2024 and provided a free pattern. The pattern is a still a work in progress. I did not change the pattern, but I did change the yarn I’m using. My… Continue reading Hexi Temp Blanket 2.0
Join me in making the Hexi Temp Blanket in 2024.
If you look at my 2020 Temperature Blanket, you would have no idea that we lived through a pandemic, that our normal has changed, that our vacations were canceled, that we cover our faces in public now. Maybe that’s indicative of where our hope should lie in “times like these”—in our one constant in all… Continue reading Out with the Old
When a friend asks you to make something for them, you say, “OK.” When they pay you to make something, there’s pressure to do it just right. A friend asked me to make her some pot scrubbers, but I couldn’t just do that. I needed to make her a dishcloth too. I was happy enough… Continue reading Ridged Dishcloth and Pot Scrubber (Free Pattern)
The Lion Brand I Wanna Make a Blankie yarn is so soft and squishy I want to carpet my whole house in it and make yarn angels on the floor. It seriously is like a big, warm hug. I had so much fun making the Squishy Square Baby Blankie that I decided to take my… Continue reading Squishy Round Baby Blankie (Free Pattern)
