Skein and Hook

So, more than a month into my temperature blankets, I can speak with a little more experience on my 2016 temperature blankets. My hexagon temperature blanket is going strong :)  I calculated this one nicely so that the hexies are small enough to use in a functional blanket that is a good size, even after making 366 of them.  I'm liking my color choices and I love the join-as-you-go method.  I hate weaving in the ends but I am trying to keep up with it. Here it is at the end of January... My granny stripe blanket is another story.  I did't think too much about the size of this one in the beginning and now its coming back to haunt me :)  My starting chain was too large so it takes a while to finish a row and if I kept going with it the way it was, it would be more than 15 feet long at the end of the year...lol.  Then I thought I would split it into 3 blankets...one for each of my kids...four months in each blanket...while I still like this idea...

I have been loving making my temperature blankets!  I originally posted that I was making one temperature blanket using the Attic 24 Granny Stripe pattern.  But I have decided to make two different ones.  Here are the details of both... First, for my granny stripe, I am using the following Vanna's Choice colors. *I have edited this chart to correct the temperature ranges* Color Temperature Burgundy >100  ° F Cranberry 90 to 99  ° F Scarlet 80 to 89  ° F Terra Cotta 70 to 79  ° F Mustard 60 to 69  ° F Sweet Pea 50 to 59  ° F Kelly Green 40 to 49  ° F Aqua 30 to 39  ° F Sapphire 20 to 29  ° F Purple 10 to 19  ° F Magenta 0 to 9  ° F Berrylicious <0  ° F Here are the colors in the temperature order- I am using an I hook and my beginning chain was 212. Here is my progress are the first 6 days of January. My second...

I have so many projects planned for 2016...I'm so excited.  I find project planning on of the most exciting aspects of crochet...the colors, the stitches, the possibilities...I love it. The first project that I will be starting tomorrow, January 1, 2016 is a temperature blanket.  I have had granny stripe blanket on my crochet bucket list for a while and I think this is the perfect time to make it. I've been going though my yarn stash and these are the colors I chose to use and the temperatures for which they correspond... All of the yarn is Vanna's Choice- Color Temperature Burgundy >100 ° F Cranberry 90 to 100 ° F Scarlet 80 to 90 ° F Terra Cotta 70 to 80 ° F Mustard 60 to 70 ° F Sweet Pea 50 to 60 ° F Kelly Green 40 to 50 ° F Aqua 30 to 40 ° F Sapphire 20 to 30 ° F Purple 10 to 20 ° F Magenta 0 t...