It’s been heckin’ cold and snowy around here. And the basket of blankets has been in good rotation. Jellybean has been liking my Pigskin Party Blitz Blanket from 2024. It’s super long just like him
Duke is less skilled at using blankets. But he tried…….A for effort buddy.
Happy Snuggling!!
After looking honestly at my blanket yesterday I pulled my handspun tub upstairs and did a good dive into it.
I am finding a new things that might work. Except for the two marled skeins in the middle, these are VERY early handspun. It’s honestly thicker and bulkier than what is in my blanket now. I am for sure going to use the blue, pink and dark brown. I am less sure about the pink/yellow mix. And I’d like to save the two marled skeins for last in case I don’t need them.
It is a nice silver lining to finally use some this handspun in a project. With a unique and bulky as this is, I don’t know what else I would have done with it anyway.
Happy Crochet!!
I am still trying to work fairly consistently on this Comfort Blanket. And I’m running low on the handspun I have originally pulled for this project.
The alternating the different skeins is really breaking up the colors nicely. It can get a little tangly when I am turning the blanket back and forth. I am just concerned that this isn’t very big with what I have left. I need to do some stash diving and see what I have would have that could be added to this project.
Happy Crochet
The 2026 comfort blanket is growing nicely.
The alternating skeins was a particularly helpful stroke of genius. It does make a lot of yarn management necessary but I think I am put my big kid pants on and deal. I realize that I have no idea how big this will be with the yarn that I have.
The good news with crochet is that I can always spin more yarn and add more later. Happy Crocheting!!
2026 has started out ROUGH. Add that to short, dark and cold days and I have been needing comfort more than usual lately. I decided to work with some of my handspun.
I have had my 2025 Pigskin Party handspun on my desk since the fall and this scrappy spin in a glass jar calling my name. None of this is a consistent weight or grist. And the colors are crazy so I decided to make a granny stripe blanket using a 5.0MM hook.
I chained 150 stitches and set to work. I very quickly noted that I needed to alternate skeins to help hide the variation in yarn and break up the crazy colors. So I have three skeins attached. One actively working across and one each on each side. I pick up the new color when I reach a side and drop the active one. I think this is making it look more purposefully crazy.
And when I work on this I try to stay centered and let go of the chaos. Many vibes are being worked into this blanket!
It’s a hot and sweaty summer here in Kansas. And I got sucked in by the doom scrolling….I saw a laundry hack on Instragram/Tik Tok that I had to try. I put our master bedding (which I laundry regularly) and put it through a stripping process.
Boy howdy did it work! I used one part borax, one part washing soda and one part powdered tide. I made the soup and dunked my sheets and coverlet. After and hour the water was gunky and I washed the set in my machine to remove the rest of the cleaning agents.
What came out was less oily, especially on the husbands side, and much softer. I think this process is supposed to lift stuck in oil and soap reside for a cleaner feel. I will definitely be going this again!
Sorry if I traumatized anyone with my laundry photos!
Pretty sure I came home from my conference with either attendee germs or airplane germs. I feel like poop. I have a ton of everything to work on but I decided to come back to my lingering granny stripe scrap blanket.
I have added much since I last picked it up. But perhaps my method of resting with warm tea and Duke snuggles I can add length to this. Happy Crochet and stay healthy!!
The Pigskin Party Blitz Blanket is DONE DONE DONE!
As predicted, this thing ended up MASSIVE. After blocking and drying, this thing covers my whole entire sofa. Those holes really opened up.
Pattern: Sundance Throw by Jessica Reeves Potasz (Rav Link)
Hook: K hook (6.5MM)
Yarn: Chromatic Yarns – Sturdy DK base in so many colors (Rav Link for specifics)
Mods: Omitted the fringe in the pattern.
This project contains a ton of mistakes, flubs and fixes. But it is cozy and so warm to snuggle under. I think I plan to put this on my side of the bed on top of my quilt for some extra winter warmth. I used 11 skeins totaling 2,706 yards of yarn. I scored over 650 points in the Pigksin Party KAL for this blanket.
I think I will be done with blankets for a minute and switch to some sweater knitting for a change of pace. At least until next year’s KAL….
Happy Crocheting!!
Y’all….I am down to skein 11 and the last bit to boot for my Pigskin Party Blitz Blanket!
I am now entering the phase where I watching my ball of yarn to make sure I can finish a full row of stitches. I do want to try to finish with a row of SC to make a stronger edge to match the cast on edge.
This project is super heavy and I am not looking forward to blocking this one. I am fairly certain my washing machine on the delicate cycle will be the way to go. I have a clothesline in the basement I can hang this one to stretch it out using its own weight.
Let’s finish this! Happy Crocheting!!
I am committed to this blanket. I really want this done and I am honestly kind of bored with the monotony. It’s also getting very heavy and I started using blanket clips to help me flip it back and forth. And I am persevering, I am officially on skein 10 for my Pigskin Party Blitz Blanket.
I coming to the realization that this thing will be mahoosive. Unblocked and still one skein to go….this thing covers my parents patio table. This will probably end up a large throw size. I am fairly happy with the color progressions. If I wasn’t trying to clear out this yarn, I might have left out the teal and the green/yellow.
One more skein and I can check this off! Happy Knitting!!
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