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!
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!!
Nothing like year end barreling down on you to get you motivated for a project with a deadline. I am finally four skeins into my Pigskin Party Blitz Blanket. This thing needs to be done before the super bowl to earn mega points.
The first four skeins made total sense and gradate nicely. But now I’m into the part of my Chromatic Yarns stash that gets more eccentric. I spent considerable time laying out all my option as I decided I hated my original plan. My new plan is purples into green/blues then into pinks and finally back to purples.
I am also getting better at the edges and I’m not losing stitch count nearly as badly. This blanket will definitely be OOAK and will contain NUMEROUS mistakes, lol. But it will be a blanket full of love and perseverance.
Happy Crochet!!
The 2024 Pigskin Party is screaming towards the Super Bowl and I have not been focused on my blitz project (big project for big points). So I decided that the blitz blanket would grow more if I actually worked on it.
I have fully added two skeins of the Chromatic Yarns DK and just attached the third. I have 10 skeins of yarn to add so its progress but not anywhere close. I have designed to avoid adulting this weekend and really crank on this project.
I am struggling with my edges as my crochet skills are just beginner level. I tend to lose stitches and have to add/correct on my return rows. The variegated yarn is hiding a lot of sins for me. And this will still be a lovely blanket that is very warm no matter what the edges look like.
Bonus, It’s getting bigger and warmer on my lap for these cold winter days!
After walking about 4 miles being a tourist in Nashville, my dogs were barking so I settled in for a cozy night in my dorm at SSK.
I admittedly WAY overpacked my crafting plans for SSK. I took my spinning wheel and like 5 projects and I still bought yarn there. For this night I pulled out my Super Scrappy Granny Stripe blanket. I binged some NCIS and added two rows before sleep overtook me.
And while shopping I added several new mini skeins to stash for this one. More on that later!
Happy Crochet
Time for a scrappy granny stripe blanket update. Especially after I got all those warm minis to add to the project!
The blanket is impressively big now. I can still travel with it, but just barely. The riot of color is starting to look cohesive and almost on purpose. I do try to be mindful in my selections as I change colors.
For this latest round, I let PB pick and of course she picked teal. She came with me to the marketplace and helped choose some of the colors. She wore my conference badge and talked to the sales ladies, she was loving every minute of it. So another memory woven into this project!
Happy Crochet!
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