Yarns labeled “No Dye Lot” are supposed to be the same color no matter when you buy them. If you’ve been yarncrafting a while you know that’s not always the case. New crafter or not, join me as I debunk the “No Dye Lot” myth. The “No Dye Lot” myth […]
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For 2019 I decided to take on making a granny square temperature blanket again. I wasn’t completely happy with the way my 2017 square looked because it didn’t look enough like a granny square to me. Due to this, I wanted to adjust it some so it looked a bit […]
It’s time for a temperature project update! You may have noticed I haven’t really updated my projects lately. That’s in part because I haven’t been working on my temperature blankets as much as I’d like. But with colder weather having moved back in it’s easier to work on them and […]
I have some exciting news to share this time, so keep reading! 2016 Temperature Shawl Original Project I finally finished this project! I still have to get a scale that works so I can weigh it to figure out how much yarn I used. It’s not going to be […]
It’s getting to be the end of December, so it’s time to plan out my 2017 Temperature Projects. I think I was a little over-ambitious this year, so I’m scaling back for next year. Instead of a shawl/wrap, I’m making a scarf. I’m still making a high/low blanket, but the […]
I’ve really been struggling to keep up with my temperature projects, so I haven’t written recently. This update covers July all the way through October because I missed one update at the end of August. It doesn’t seem like my blog is being a good accountability partner. 🙂 A […]
General Observation In mid-May I realized that I perhaps should have used the daytime high instead of the recorded high for my blanket and shawl. On May 14th the recorded high was 61 while the daytime high was 48. We reached 61 at midnight and the temperature went down from […]
(NOTE: The temperature shawl is the project formerly known as the temperature blanket. The temperature blanket now refers to my squares blanket.) My temperature shawl hit February, so it was time to switch to a half-double crochet stitch. This apparently proved to be my undoing. On the 17th I decided to […]
Current me: Welcome to my first temperature blanket tutorial! I know temperature blankets can be intimidating and this was my first effort to help others to figure them out. I wrote this in December 2015, so “this year” means 2015. Happy reading! Past me: It’s getting close to the end […]