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 have long had a love of temperature blankets. In fact, I have an entire page on this blog dedicated to them. I am always trying to reinvent the concept. This time, I think I succeeded. Without further ado, I bring you the Temperature Ornament! The premise remains the same. Track every day’s temperature in… Continue reading Temperature Ornaments (Free and Paid Pattern)
Having a hobby turned business is a labor of love. It can be a lot of work for a little money. But let’s be real, if I were in it for the money I either wouldn’t do it or would do it much better. The business part of my hobby is my way of justifying… Continue reading 2024 Year in Review
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
My husband is a visionary. He has great ideas and the ability to actually make them happen. This is why he ran a mission organization for 20+ years before settling into the full-time pastorate. But not every idea he has is a good one. Today I was fretting over the size of the temperature blanket… Continue reading When the Husband “Helps”
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
I seem to have a love for yearlong projects—things that I can create little by little adding continuity throughout the year. I have come up with a few temperature blankets in recent years that have been a huge success. Temperature Blanket Squared This blanket is a labor of love, but one of my absolute favorites.… Continue reading Temperature Blankets
Mild. That’s what I would call 2020 so far in terms of weather. We’ve had very little snow, temperatures above normal, and even some sunshine—unheard of in January in Western PA. Having finished my 2019 Temperature Blanket (Split-Square Temperature Blanket) a week ago, it seemed time to finally begin my 2020 project. Tonight, I caught… Continue reading Rising Temperatures: Temp Blanket 2020
