Temperature blanket 101: Everything you need to know + many patterns

Hi Creator,
Thank you so much for watching my 4th podcast video, I hope you enjoyed it. I'd love to know if you can recognize yourself as being a selfish knitter or if you have other opinions about it. Let me know in the comments 😄.
Love, Fem xx
00:00 Intro
00:47 What is a temperature blanket
01:17 Why make one?
02:20 Choosing yarn and colors
05:57 Tips for making the blanket
06:26 Take notes
07:46 Make a color chart
09:35 Tips for staying motivated
11:39 Temperature blanket patterns
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Temperature Blanket (2017) by Nathalie Bouffard
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Chevron Tunisian Temperature Blanket by Amy Minard
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CrochetKim Birth Temperature Blanket by Kim Guzman
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Ella's temperature blanket by Kaye Adolphson
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Linen Square Temp Blanket by ‪@TLYarnCrafts‬
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Granny Square Temperature Blanket by Yarn Obsessions by Debbie
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Hexagonal Temperature Blanket by Yarn Obsessions by Debbie
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Mitred square temperature blanket by Kaye Adolphson
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[@TLYarnCrafts]

Love love loved this! Great tips and pattern recs. I’m so excited to start my 2023 temp blanket 🤗

[@themindfulcreators]

Ah I'm so excited you enjoyed this video!! I can't wait to see what you have planned for your 2023 blanket, it sounded very exciting in your last video 🤩❤️

[@sailormoon2937]

Love your videos!

[@jasmineananth6283]

I love your videos

[@eleanorpans1456]

I'm making a 2023 temperature giant millipede! It's following the free pattern Shuttle the Shongololo by projectarian and I'm so excited!! so another tip - it doesn't have to be a blanket!

[@themindfulcreators]

I started to see more and more temperatures projects that are not blankets here in the comment's after uploading the video and never though of it, really like those ideas too. Thank you for sharing 😁❤️

[@katrinamoore3566]

16:45 Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions! I am inspired to make one for 2023. It will be my 2nd one. This one will be less traditional because of your suggestions. :)

[@themindfulcreators]

Hi Katrina! I'm so happy this video was able to help you out 😁 the more is started looking up blanket the more amazing and unique designs I found. Have fun making your 2023 blanket 😁❤️

[@myshannanigansdotcom]

I made temp blankets for both my daughters this year doing their birth years 2002 & 2004. I made them pretty big with single crochet and size H and I hooks. I wish I had used better colors (I used Caron One Pounder skeins for affordability). I printed out yearly calendar tracker printouts for free online and wrote down all the temps then color coded with colored pencils. Then I crossed them out as I completed each row. I also wish I had planned my ends better. One blanket is still unfinished because of the nightmare experiment I turned my 2002 blanket into. I put a crocheted ruffle border on the 2004 version. I wish I had either made it fringed or woven in ends as I went…. Carrying yarn up the side a few rows and leaving loose ends were both bad ideas in the end. Eventually I want to do another temperature blanket in vintage colors for my birth year 1977, but probably not this year. I would spend more time figuring out the yarn choice to get a better color palette. I got an XXL rope basket from Amazon to hold all the yarn skeins that were currently in use (9 colors) and held the backup colors in my stash bins. Doing a historic year instead of the current year has the advantage of you knowing in advance how many rows of each color you will need so you can estimate yarn pretty easily. My blankets used about 8-10 pounds of yarn each, I think, with the most prominent colors needing 2+ pounds of yarn. Another thing is to do a gauge swatch so you can accurately plan the right width to coordinate with a 365 row length. I used single crochet because anything taller would have made the blankets far too long.

[@themindfulcreators]

Hi Shannon!! Thank you so much for this valuable comment. I think a lot of people would get some great tips out of it. I also love that you did the birth years for the blankets, I think that makes it such a nice sentiment blanket ❤️

[@sabeth_faber]

A very nice video! Temperature blankets are pretty fun things and the idea is so flexible and customisable, too. It doesn't even have to be a blanket, especially if a project that big is a bit daunting. A scarf is a good alternative for example, but one could probably make a loop or even a vest or sweater. My mother made herself a temperature scarf for her last year of work before her pension. That turned out pretty cool (my dad will probably get a blanket from her for his last year). And if one doesn't really want to use the weather it is always possible to track something else instead, like mood or whatever one would like.

[@themindfulcreators]

Hi Isabel, thank you so much for your comment. I'm happy you enjoyed the video 😄❤ And yes, since posting this video all kinds of other temperature projects have come to my attention. I really love the versatility of the projects a lot. Today someone in my Facebook group posted about making a temperature blanket but instead of tracking the temperature, it would track the book genres she read through the year. Also really love that idea😄

[@helenlayley]

Thank you! The year long/daily blanket project l really fancy is the Sky Scarf which involves looking at the sky at the same time each day (as daily meditation, journalling, grounding - mental health activity) The disadvantage of that one is that you do need to at least record the sky colour each day, you cannot find out months later if you miss a day (temperatures are usually available online) I would definitely do two rows and knot the ends together as a fringe. Otherwise sewing in all the ends would be a pain. The Sky Scarf has about 6 shades and they are held double so you choose two colours each day. There are also mood blankets, mental health blankets, sickness/health/pain blankets.

[@themindfulcreators]

Wow I have never heard of the sky scrarf, that's sounds so amazing!! Now you're giving me the idea that I might need to make a video about all kinds of projects that are specifically meant for mindfulness or meditation. Thank you for you comment Helen 😁❤️

[@bluejay5531]

this sounds lovely! I think I remember something about this from a book about knitting...I was thinking of how this daily blanket theme can be such a mindful practice and giving yet another meaning to the rows sounds even more motivating!, thanks for sharing!

[@bluejay5531]

@@themindfulcreators oh yes please do Fem! 💚

[@themindfulcreators]

@@bluejay5531 haha I just wanted to tag you in this comment from Helen. But I see you already found it 😉

[@jlovelace486]

I am doing a temperature blanket in a solid granny square, three rows. The inside row is the low temperature, the second row is the high temperature and the final row is white for the border and the joining of the squares. The first day of the month is a solid white.

[@themindfulcreators]

That sounds so fun!!

[@mariaangelescuadros6870]

My daughters, my mother in law and myself will be doing our temperature blanket in 2023. Thanks for sharing

[@themindfulcreators]

Wow that is so fun Maria! Do you also plan on doing some temp blanket knitting nights? That would be really cosy together ☺️❤️

[@mieke9137]

I made the Linen Square Temp Blanket this year and I can recommend this one to everyone! It's really easy to catch up if you're behind and the squares are beautiful.

[@themindfulcreators]

Thank you so much for letting this know. I think it can definitely help some people 😁❤️

[@bluejay5531]

Hi Fem! i had heard about these temperature blankets but never paid much attention, but while I was listening to you, thinking about it as a mindfulness practice, an opportunity to meditate daily while knitting in my case, sounds interesting, I just feel I would have a hard time staying the course and actually knitting every day on the blanket. I also loved the suggestion of attaching a different meaning to the daily rows...will think about this, thanks for the prompt! 🧶

[@themindfulcreators]

Hi Barbara, I'm so happy you enjoyed it and were able to see for yourself if you would like it or not. There is also an amazing comment here in the comments sections that mentions other kinds of blanket or long term projects that are even more pointed towards mindfulness. I'll tag you in the comment 😊

[@saphira6148]

I am excited to start a temperature blanket this year! I actually bought yarn a few years ago to do one but life happened. 🙃 So, I'm finally ready to start this project. Few things I have heard about is people separating each month with a row of a main color (like white and using that as a border when its done) and also adding a metallic yarn to mark special days (birthdays, anniversaries, etc). The possibilities are endless 😊

[@themindfulcreators]

Hi Saphira! I can't wait for you to start 😍 and oh yes I didn't even think about that in the video, but those are such fun things to add in the blanket, would make it even more special and personalized 😁❤️

[@JesusIsKing12334]

Thanks for the tips! I’m going to start my plan for 2024! And then I’ll probably make one for the year my daughter was born in different color pinks. ❤️

[@themindfulcreators]

You’re so welcome! 😄 I’m happy you liked it and that sounds like a great plan

[@Stitchers_Whimsy]

A 7 row square or hexagon with a row for each day and then you end up with a 52 block blanket which huge but you can break in half and do 2 for each 6 months.

[@rorymagie886]

I did a mood blanket in 2022! I crocheted a hexagon everyday based on how I felt that day! I love the end result so so much! This year I am going to be making another mood blanket using the Linen Square pattern :)

[@themindfulcreators]

Hi Rory, I love that idea so much! The linen square looks like such a fun project, enjoy 😄

[@jeangrissom1071]

I followed a group of friends in color selection for a temperature blanket for 2022. I didn’t even finish January because I didn’t like the colors. This year I picked my own colors and a different yarn. I’m interested in doing squares because in the summer you don’t want a thick blanket in your lap! Thank you for your post❣️

[@themindfulcreators]

Thank you so much, I'm so happy you enjoyed the video!❤️😁 And yes, choosing colors that really fit with your taste is so important, it really can make or break your project. What kind if colors did you pick? 😁

[@joycepierson6454]

Thank you for sharing your tips. I favor smaller throws so I’m going to use the weekly average high & low which will create 52 squares plus monthly markers and 3 blanks for birthday and year label with year date. So many choices!

[@themindfulcreators]

Hi Joyce, I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the video. That sounds like a great idea, have fun with your temperature blanket 😁❤️

[@lindseywhite3371]

I shall have to see if there are any knitted ones that take my fancy, I can't crochet, sadly.

[@themindfulcreators]

Yes there are actually!! You can totally knit a blanket 😁 I recommend to look on ravelry or just Google them, I did find a few

[@LunLunLumer]

this helped me alot! i'm going to start a temperature blanket next year! you also just got a new subscriber!

[@themindfulcreators]

Oh I'm so happy I could help you 😁 and thank you so much for your support, it means a lot 😁❤️

[@kimberlykhabeer7933]

Gorgeous ZZ plant….

[@themindfulcreators]

Thank you so much! We love it too 😄 it’s struggling a little bit this summer but hopefully it survives hah

[@maryklenewski7190]

I love your channel!

[@themindfulcreators]

Thank you so much Mary, I'm really happy you enjoy my videos. That means a lot 😁❤️

[@Kaddel]

I'm one year late for the temperature blanket for my nephew. He turns 1 this spring and i had NO experience with crochet and i didn't anticipate how hard single crochet would be on my wrists ^^'

[@themindfulcreators]

Oef I can totally imagine that it would be though on your wrist in single crochet ❤️ are you close to finishing? Even if gift like that is late it will never lose its value 🥰😘

[@Kaddel]

I just have 2 months left😊 so it's going somewhere ^^ But I have to sew on a border to hide my wonky rim ^^'Just beginner things I know my sister will love it. And I'm looking forward to finally gifting it😊

[@Stitchers_Whimsy]

I really like the C2C style with like 15-20 "blocks" per day. It seems WAY more manageable. Also the ones with people doing daily moods or even pages read if you're a reader.

[@themindfulcreators]

I've just seen those too and they look really fun and manageable indeed. 😁And indeed, after filming this video I found out people like to do it for moods and reading too which I think is so cool 🤩

[@kathyd7506]

I did this with 10 blocks and my blanket is a little too small, although the math was perfect. Anyhow, I realized that I greatly dislike weaving in ends on a C2C blanket. Not sure why, but my ends are always popping out now years later. So that was the worst part, even after having a few days in a row with the same color, the ends were a pain for this pattern.

[@Stitchers_Whimsy]

@@kathyd7506 I hadn't thought of that issue. I hate ends too! I've scrapped projects because of the ends. Or turned them into fringe pieces! haha

[@kalenreichert]

Thank you for all the wonderful ideas! In 2017, my sister-in-law gave me two skeins (one eggplant and the other coral colored) of acrylic yarn for Christmas and I didn’t know what to make so I started a temperature blanket but I made two mistakes which resulted in an unfinished blanket: 1) I made the starting chain way too long (sofa length) and 2) I used a stitch dictionary to add variety which made the blanket too big and hot to work on in the Summer, which is why I ended up with an unfinished blanket.

[@themindfulcreators]

I'm happy you enjoyed the video Kalen! 😁 And oh no, it gets so easy to makes those two 'mistakes' or happy little accidents are Bob Ross would say it 😉 maybe 2023 is the yest to start over again 😉

[@kalenreichert]

@@themindfulcreators Yes! I’m thinking of making one with join-as-you-go hexagons such as Ophelia Talks’ Pinwheel Hexagons blanket.

[@AGoddess18]

Hello! Great video. I made my first temperature blanket in 2022 and really enjoyed it. It was the high temperature every Wednesday, so less of a commitment. I decided to do the high and low temp. every Wednesday since I really prefer low temps and the cooler colors and I loved the way it turned out. I'm doing two in 2023. One will be a pregnancy weekly high and low temperature for my first grandchild. The second will be a traditional color range with the weekly high and low temperatures. Such fun!

[@themindfulcreators]

Thank you so much, I'm so happy you enjoyed it 😁 and wow that sounds great!! Enjoy your 2023 blankets and congrats on your first grandchild 🥰

[@supermelvel]

May I ask what kind of stitch you used to use high and low temperatures? I'm thinking of doing a 2023 blanket, just finishing my 2022 average single crochet blanket

[@AGoddess18]

@@themindfulcreators Thank you!

[@AGoddess18]

@@supermelvel Hi! I used the granny ripple stitch as taught by Fiber Spider. This year I'm following Tiffany Hansen's CAL. She's doing a sampler temperature blanket with a new stitch every month. Enjoy 🙂

[@CasualKnitter]

Thank you for all the tips, i think I want to make one, can I start end of January? And by the way, your Zizi plant is amazing!

[@themindfulcreators]

Hi simple knits! I'm so happy you enjoyed the video 😄 And yes you can start any moment you want.😊 Thank you so much, we are so happy with it. It was standing at my mother in law her place, but didn't fit anymore. Now that it has a bigger pot, it really is thriving 😄

[@dahbimohamed2722]

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[@annpelchat8541]

Thanks for this video. It is helpful. I'm planning on starting a blanket for 1993 soon. I think a I'm not good enough at crochet to embark in such a big project. Do you have recommendations for good knitted patterns?

[@themindfulcreators]

I'm so happy it could help you 😁 I actually found this patterns while making the video which I later realized was knitted. www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/high-low-temperature-blanket I haven't looked into it much, but I really love the look of it 😁❤️

[@themindfulcreators]

This is another one is also found interesting😁 www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/temperature-sampler-blocks

[@annpelchat8541]

@@themindfulcreators thanks it looks cool! I will have to check it out.

[@stephenpisarcik5828]

Thank You Very Much! 👏🧶🤗🤡🤩🥳 I appreciate the variety & options you presented. Seeing so many diverse color-ways was fascinating! I especially enjoyed the square one with blues, white, browns 🤡. Therese Pisarcik 🧶

[@themindfulcreators]

Thank you so much! I'm really happy you enjoyed the video😄