Reimagine the Temperature Blanket 🤩 Your Year, Your Way!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Happy New Year! Wishing you a great one with loads of fun crochet projects ahead. Will you be working on a year long project? I am thinking I will. xx

[@NannaLannaCrochet]

My granddaughter and I started crocheting 6 months ago. We want to do a year-long project for 2025, but don’t want a huge blanket. Your video is very helpful to me, I sent it to her too 😊 Thank you ☺️

[@PlayHookywithMe]

@ wonderful! I hope you find a fun project ! 💕

[@NannaLannaCrochet]

@@PlayHookywithMe thank you

[@sandrasanders9290]

This last year I made a baby size blanket, a row for each day of my niece’s pregnancy. I ended it on the day her daughter was born. They loved it!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Oh my goodness 😍😍 What a beautiful gift! 🧶

[@AshleeMC_MODx50]

That’s a great idea. I wish I’d done this with my youngest nephew. I actually learned to crochet after he was born and he’s my second nephew to go with my two nieces.

[@lisasweeney6896]

Great idea! What pattern did you use? Size?

[@sandrasanders9290]

I used the pattern from Camryns Cute Creations. I started the chain about 50 less than she recommended for a full size.

[@CatherineRose15]

A book blanket, make a granny square using the colours from the front cover of a book you've read. I've seen some of these online and seeing the square next to the photo is STUNNING

[@PlayHookywithMe]

What a brilliant idea, love that 🤩😍

[@msmjdavis]

I did an attendance blanket tracking the daily attendance in my classroom my last year of teaching.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

What a cool idea!! 😀👏🏻

[@rosemaryenglish384]

Hi Roz, I usually make historical temperature blankets and scarves for milestone birthdays. I live in Australia and I can easily download historiacal data from the Bureau of Meteorology website. I actually made two scarves showing the average daily maximum temperature for 1918 and the other dated 2018. This is a wallhanging to show if the temperatures have risen much over the last 100 years. I made this as part of the celebrations for the end of World War 1. (Note: you can easily see by loooking at the two scarves side by side the one for 2018 has lots more reds, pinks and yellows. Just love the idea of a temperature snake. Will make one for my granddaughter for the year of her birth. Thanks for all your tutorials Roz, just love them all.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

What a unique idea, love it! Unfortunately, KZbin has stripped the links. I’m assuming you added some since you mentioned comparing , but there is nothing here to view. 😕 If you have an instagram account, I’d love to see . ❤️

[@Ooobydoobydoo]

I love the idea of the scrap blanket. I’ve been contemplating on creating a stitch sampler blanket based on all the squares of new stitches I’ve learned over time.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

It would be gorgeous 💕

[@alionaciobanu2600]

I love love love the snake idea❤

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Isn’t it so cute? I noticed on one of them, there’s an intermittent row that looks like bobbles. That would be a great way to represent the start of a new month! 🧶❤️

[@lindabeckley6382]

I have a scrap yarn blanket that I add to occasionally! Since it’s got so many random colors, weights, and textures I call it my Franken-Blanken. Get it? Frankenstein Blanket? Haha

[@PlayHookywithMe]

That is hilarious and so cool! 😂 🧶😍

[@mariannenelson]

Excellent ideas, Roz! I made my granddaughter a blanket for her 2nd bday that had 12 solid squares and added an applique in each square for her first words and favorite things. It's a treasure.

[@mariannenelson]

Wish I could add a picture of it here. 🤷

[@PlayHookywithMe]

What a beautiful idea! It must be so special for her 💕 I just love that , Marianne 😀😍

[@kat9446]

Hi Roz…great ideas. I’m thinking maybe that mood blanket. I like the small squares. Have a great 2025 and thanks for your valuable contributions to our Crochet Community. Hugs❤️

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Happy New Year and thanks for all the love, hugs back, Kat ! ❤️🧶 🎊🎊🎊

[@Spoke76]

I've made 2 temperature blankets for 2023 and 2024. A new stitch for every month. I also wrote the temps down for every other day. For me, it wasn't cumbersome at all. Sometimes, I was a month or 2 behind, but always caught up. This year I'm making a 2 round granny square and then join as I go. I am so excited for this new blanket!! I've never made a granny square blanket before!! Thank you for all the new suggestions for a temperature blanket. Happy New Year! ~ Tori🎉

[@PlayHookywithMe]

You’re amazing, Tori! How rewarding. Here’s to a fun filled year filled with gorgeous granny squares! 🎊❤️🧶

[@BrigadeOfOctopi]

I’m making my temperature blanket with granny hexagons this year! Each week will be one hexagon and each row will be one day, so there will be 8 rows per hexagon (one for each day of the week and one border row). There will be 53 hexagons altogether, and the first and last hexagons will have three filler rows (since the year starts and ends on a Wednesday). Can’t wait to get started!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

That is going to be gorgeous! 😀😍😍😍

[@Tastenkrueppel]

Same idea here, but slightly different: i too have an idea for a temperature blanket in mind, also made out of Granny Hexagons for each week. But i'd research historical weather data for my year of birth, set my birthday to the very center and let the weeks before and after spiral around it.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

@ so neat 👏🏻✨

[@LaceyMad]

Really love the idea of a mood blanket or a decluttering scraps blanket 💜🇬🇧

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Thank you , Lacey and hope you have a great New Years Eve 🧶❤️❤️🎊

[@lisadrake6165]

I made a sermon blanket for my pastor. I started Dec 3, 2023 through July 28, 2024. I used the 7 categories of the books in the Bible, assigned a color to each, then kept notes on the passages used on Sunday morning and Sunday night. I stopped in July because it was over 6 feet and it gave me time to finish the border. I gave it to him for Christmas. He loved it. I used the brick stitch for the color and divided them with antique white for the "morter" part.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

How fabulous! What a thoughtful gift 😍😍

[@lisadrake6165]

@PlayHookywithMe thank you. He loved it

[@CrochetingIsMyPasttime]

I absolutely love this idea!

[@jgraef919]

I left a comment earlier but it disappeared😢😢. Wishing all of the crocheters around the world a happy new year🌎. Thank you Roz, for your videos and knowledge every week. Have a safe and healthy new year!💖

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Happy New Year , Joan and see you there! It will be a fun filled year of yarn to be sure 🎊🧶💕

[@angelabirkett9671]

Happy new year to you Roz , Family and of course my boy Biscuit and the gang . I hope you had a great Xmas. I love these ideas especially the pillow and scarf. I've made a few blankets.in the past , but will work on a few pillows and scarfs for gifts . Have a blessed day ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ meows for the 🐈🐈🐈🐈

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Wonderful, Angela ! I wasn’t going to do a year long project but after working on this video, I’m inspired . 😅 I will see how it goes . Big hugs from the gang and see you in the new year 😻😻😻😽😻😻

[@chloecarrera2136]

What a lovely idea! I love all of these variations too!

[@Chris71151]

Oh my! What a great idea! Happy New Year!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Thank you , Chris! Happy New year! 🎊🧶🎊

[@patgolner2298]

🎉Happy New Year!! I am so still over joyed I found your channel. Your calm teaching has given me so much confidence to try new things. I appreciate all your time you share with us❤ thank you❤

[@PlayHookywithMe]

That means the world to me, Pat, thank you so much. ❤️ Here’s to a fun filled year of crochet ! 🧶 🤩

[@patgolner2298]

@@PlayHookywithMe More bernat blanket videos too as I have bazillion balls of it 🤪

[@PlayHookywithMe]

@@patgolner2298 😆👏🏻

[@LaLa-fe7fy]

I agree! Appreciate you so much! 🥳

[@PlayHookywithMe]

@ ✨❤️❤️✨

[@AleshaBales]

I’m doing a blanket using the ends of my projects. It’s fun because I can see patches that reflect the project I was working on at the time. Kind of like a crochet scrapbook

[@PlayHookywithMe]

That’s brilliant!! 🤩😍

[@AlrakWeaver]

I like that scarf idea ❤

[@PlayHookywithMe]

👏🏻❤️🧶

[@Janski06]

Happy New Year 🎉 i like the snake idea ❤

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Happy new year! 🎊 🧶 it’s so cute , isn’t it 😀

[@octoberedith1404]

Here in MO, it feels like a temperature blanket would be too much of the same color, so I'm going to do the books-read-covers blanket. I just found your channel, and LOVE the fisherman's ring square pattern, so that's the square I'm going to use. I designed the blanket to include the books I'm reading in a challenge at Goodreads, including squares for the months, some seasonal squares, and then background squares. I can work on the non-book squares through the year, really as practice for the book squares. I'm primarily a knitter, so looking forward to getting better at crochet. I also loved the zigzag border you showed us, so maybe I should call this my Play Hooky With Me blanket!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Oooh, I love your plan for the year, sounds like a lot of fun. 🤩 I’m going to do a book blanket next year too. Such a fun idea! Glad to have you here 🧶💕✨

[@alenacervenka214]

Tous mes meilleurs voeux pour 2025 et merci pour tous vos genereux conseils quu m'ont permis de finaliser plusieurs projets. J'aime beaucoup vos videos pour leur qualite et aussi pour votre humour. Bonne c9ntinuation!! ❤

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Merci beaucoup, Alena. je vous souhaite à tous de bonnes choses en 2025. à bientôt 😀🧶🎊

[@caketheyarn]

Hello my dear, Wonderful alternatives to a temp blanket. I hope the New Year brings you fabulous crochet inspiration . HAPPY NEW YEAR CROCHETERS!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Same to you to, “Cake-y” , many yarny blessings your way 🧶💕🎊

[@evag5041]

Love the tweed in your mood blanket.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Thank you , I’m a big fan of tweed as well ❤️🧶

[@angieh3036]

Thanks for sharing ❤❤Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Happy New Year, Angie ! Wishing you all good things 🎊💕

[@TeaAndFloppyDisks]

This is definitely not the kind of project I would make, but I just dropped by to say thank you for all the knowledge and ideas you have shared in your videos so far. Happy New Year! :)

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Totally get it ! Thank you so much and wishing you a tremendous new year ahead 🎊🧶🧶❤️

[@christinacronis2224]

Thank you for these ideas!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

You bet 😀💕

[@jennierollins8789]

Such wonderful ideas! Happy New Year to you as well and your cuddly friends!!☮️🌎🌲🐈

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Thanks so much and happy new year to you too, Jennie ! See you on the other side 🎊💕🧶

[@29jgirl92]

I'm making a weather scarf this year! I just need to decide on a stitch...

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Great! ✨

[@joannepeyton1654]

Hi Roz: Thank you for sharing your tips. Some really good ones. Definitely makes crocheting less over whelming. 💜😎🇺🇸

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Thank you , Joanne! I’m inspired to do something myself now… as long as I can keep it simple again 😅 Happy New Year 🎊 🧶❤️

[@jenniferpiercey436]

Love this idea

[@PrinMar21646]

Thank you for all of the wonderful ideas! I am leaning towards a scarf or a mood blanket! I appreciate all you do! Please give the kitties a pet for me! Happy New Year, take care....Cheryl

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Hi Cheryl , the mood blanket was very easy to do so I do recommend it. 👏🏻 I’m thinking I’m going to do an affirmations blanket this year. I’ll share more about it if I do . Whatever the case, I hope you have a fun filled yarny 2025 🧶❤️

[@scotslass_1]

🎉Happy New Year when it comes to one and all🎉 Thank you for all your videos as a beginner I've learned so much❤ Blessings from Scotland xx

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Happy New Year and I’m so glad the videos have helped in some way 🧶🎊💕💕 (I was married in Edinburgh, btw. Scotland is one of my favorite places 😍)

[@MorningsWithMaria]

Love all these ideas ❤❤❤❤

[@PlayHookywithMe]

So glad 😀❤️🧶

[@maryann4721]

I've always thought temperature blankets were beautiful and so colorful (depending where you live!). I like the snake idea - my first thought was to make it to use as a draft stop - (cold Chicago winters), but also like the idea of an infinity scarf. Time to pick colors! Happy 2025 - thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

A draft stop , exactly! And with that thought - wouldn’t it be fun to take character and use its head then do a long body ? I’m thinking dog and cat . Make 4 amigurumi balls at the end of the year to replicate paws, it would be adorable 😆

[@tesla.coil66]

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I always love the idea of year-long projects (and crochet-a-longs etc) but never keep them up. I like the idea of the snake as I find amigurumi easier than crocheting rows, so might give that a go.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Great! 👏🏻 I was going to share about the emotional support chicken and how to work on it all year. But I was reading negative reviews on the pattern so held off. But I love the idea of a toy made to represent the year 🧶❤️

[@cherylhunt3077]

So many great ideas. Thanks!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Thank you , Cheryl 🎊🧶💕

[@scritch]

I wish the Attic 24 snake had a pattern for it, it's absolutely my favourite!

[@sanayavg]

Happy New Year ❤

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Happy New Year to you too! 🧶❤️🎊

[@audreycastelton2655]

Some great ideas. I am thinking of doing a throw with small squares or hexagons for the high n low temperatures in a birth year and gifting it as a present. Great channel. Thank you for all you do ❤ Wishing you and everyone a Happy Crafting New Year for 2025🎉

[@PlayHookywithMe]

It would be a lovely gift , no doubt. 👏🏻✨ Thank you for being here and have a great new year ahead 🧶💕

[@shelleybluebell397]

I’m so glad I found your site. Happy new year to you and hope 2025 is kind to you too 😊

[@PlayHookywithMe]

And I’m thankful you’re here, Shelley 💕 Happy New Year and see you on the other side!! Wishing you all good things 🎊🧶

[@dinahf.1676]

I live in South Texas.... the blanket would be pretty much red and yellow, with maybe two stripes of blue somewhere around February.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Same here, I live on the gulf coast of Mississippi 😆

[@debbieward-crochet]

Thank you for sharing.

[@jeanninesmith2366]

I like these ideas!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Oh good! Happy New Year! ❤️🎊

[@judemorales4U]

Wishing you a blessed and Happy year in 2025! Thank you for all you do! (Jude from Egypt)

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Thank you so much, Jude! Happy New Year to you too! 🎊💕🧶

[@incoref]

Thank you!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

You're welcome! Happy crocheting. 🧶 ❤️

[@SassyLinda]

Thank you for explaining this. I am new to crocheting and knitting and, although I’ve heard the term “Temperature Blanket,” I had no idea what it meant. ❤

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Ohh great, I’m glad it helped. Welcome to the wonderful world of knitting and crochet . Wishing you loads of fun projects in the coming year 👏🏻💕🎊

[@Arvalia85]

One suggestion a coworker made to me was a pregnancy blanket. A row per day while pregnant. Could be mood, temperature, symptoms, etc. Would be roughly a 9 month blanket instead of a year one so slightly smaller project. I was also thinking of a temperature shawl using crochet thread or fingering weight yarn to keep it's size reasonable.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Perfect!! 🤩 love that idea. If you decide on a shawl- there’s one during the scarf section I quickly showed. Search : Wyldflower temperature shawl. I’ll add a link in the description box soon as well. If I add it in the comments , sometimes KZbin gets moody about it 💕

[@giuliafavaccio2116]

Happy new year.....i go on to follow your videos because i like but...i was discouraged and realised i have no attitude to tricot and i dont do.....a pity for me but..... Ciao huges from italy my dear friend.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Yes, it can be difficult if you are not enjoying. I’m glad you are here, though. Happy new year 🧶❤️

[@KimSchubert]

i made a temperature scarf this year!! the planning was to a temperature blanket but the yarn i chose was to expensive so i decided to do a scarf instead and i love it!!😊 the only thing i don‘t really like are my colors. because they‘re really bright so i don‘t know if i will wear the scarf often, but it‘s a great memory😊

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Great point on the cost saving as well as time. Still a great keepsake even if you don’t wear it! 😍🧶👏🏻

[@KimSchubert]

@ that‘s true and thank you🤗

[@CarmenSanchez-zr6xm]

I'm making a "My First Year blanket. Note to self! Next time use #2 yarn. 😂

[@PlayHookywithMe]

😂😂🧶❤️🎊

[@hannahblespecter5325]

I want to make an ADHD blanket. All the projects I started and have no energy or motivation for, or ones that I simply had no direction I just wanted to try it, can all go into a blanket together.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

I love that idea! 🤩

[@rosemaryenglish384]

Hi Roz, Thanks for your reply. I do not have Instagram but I got the idea from Staci at Very Pink Knits - her tutorial on KZbin is called the Tempestry Project and this gives you a good idea on how it looks. I have started my crochet snake and it is going well.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Awesome 🤗

[@emiliafree422]

I'm doing a mood blanket.... Dark/bright!/Sparkly... I guess one year of emotion

[@PlayHookywithMe]

It will be beautiful 🤩

[@KJ-bj2oi]

TBH I'm still working on my mood blanket from 2023. I'm just finishing up the border now though!

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Well done on getting it finished! 🧶💕👏🏻

[@smallerontheoutside1122]

I like the idea of making a scarf instead of a blanket for 2025, I think I might actually do that, I was thinking of a blanket of granny squares or more interesting straight stitches than the single crochet stitches I've been doing for my 2024 blanket, I put it down for a while and am currently working through 'September', but playing catch-up is feeling really tedious because it's so wide, I love the size and I know I will feel good about it when it's finished, but getting there is just SO much work 😮‍💨

[@PlayHookywithMe]

I hear you on that , it’s a labor of love 💕

[@melissam3438]

I'm making my first temperature blanket for 2025. The yarn was delivered just today! I'm going to do the moss stitch squares. They seem much more manageable than others I've seen. More than anything, I'm looking forward to sticking to it all year long. My attention span has seriously diminished and this blanket is my plan to help me regain my focus. 😊

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Love it! It’s an excellent way to work on focusing. And may I just say , be kind to yourself when / if you lose focus. Don’t stop , it’s temporary and comes back. you’ll get so much reward from those wins. It’s going to be gorgeous! 👏🏻💕🎊🧶

[@suebigger5097]

I don’t want to make that kind of commitment to a crochet project. But yours is beautiful 🤗

[@PlayHookywithMe]

I hear you, Sue, it can be daunting 🧶💕

[@hippieweaver]

I call your sampler blanket my "learning" blanket 😅

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Haha love it ! 👏🏻💕

[@cls11585]

I made a temperature blanket with granny squares and shaped it like a calender, 3 months wide, 4 months long...i didn't like the stripes idea so I made my own and learned that 3in granny squares was too big cause yarn stretches lol

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Haha awesome idea , though! 💕✨

[@stephanievanosten3496]

Whats that pattern with the hearts? That would be so cute to make as a mood/temp blabketa

[@PlayHookywithMe]

The one in the video is by “cotton wool and crochet “ . If you search that in google , you’ll be taken to Etsy where you can find a written pattern. If you’d just like to learn how to make the heart stitch, you can watch my video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roTWZoujj9tlgJosi=4DuFIfYkN46m-IXz

[@ddee1263]

I appreciate the dedication that goes into one of these, but some not all are ugly (that's my opinion). I am not one to crochet blankets anyway. S,I also feel that it would interfere with all the other stuff i enjoy crocheting.

[@carolosborne126]

Thank you for the inspiration. I'm would like to do a mood blanket with various skeins I inherited from my mom for the new year. Question - I received yarns that are different weights. Should I stick to 1 weight for instance #4? I know you recommended the same size hook so I'm guessing the answer is yes 😉

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Hi Carol , that’s great news. Yes, I would recommend that you stick with the same weight to keep the blanket looking consistent. Technically, You can work with different weights but it will affect the texture of your blanket and you’ll have to counteract it with using different hook sizes to help with that. For example if you have a thin yarn (wt 2 for example) , you could work with 2 or 3 strands of it at the same time to beef it up to a wt 4 . It really depends on the look you want to achieve and what you’re making. Hope that made sense 💕

[@carolosborne126]

@ oh thank you and great idea to double up the thinner yarn! Happy new year!

[@chrise.321]

My mom is turning 70 this year so I'm making something based on the high temp of where she was for each of her birthdays.

[@PlayHookywithMe]

FANTASTIC! 🤗

[@bethtisdalestaton7250]

🌻💖🙂

[@PlayHookywithMe]

🧶💕🧶 (I love meeting people that love emojis just as much as I do 🙂)

[@michellewasson277]

Those were some great alternative ideas, Roz! Thank you so much for sharing. I also really liked that u mentioned that it does have to begin @ the beginning of the calendar year. 📅 ❤😊

[@PlayHookywithMe]

Hi Michelle, great to see you ! I’m glad you enjoyed the video . Yes, I’m seeing there are some great ways to celebrate other milestones. What fun! 🧶❤️🎊 Happy New Year 🎈