You may have noticed that I haven’t posted about my temperature blanket for quite some time…I got behind and then I just couldn’t force myself to pick it back up. I found that I just wasn’t loving the pattern like I thought I would. For a project that I am going to work on for an entire year, loving the pattern is essential! So, I took even some more time off from the project and then I saw another another person that had the same problem as me and she picked a pattern that she loved and just made it work! So that became my solution too!
One of my favorite patterns right now is called a Corner to Corner blanket or C2C. I figured out how big I wanted my blanket to be, adjusted my original colors, adjusted all of my temperature ranges and now I am in love with the results!
I would like my blanket to end up being a throw blanket just about the right size to lay under while I’m sitting on the couch. Here is how I decided to do it:
The C2C blanket consists of clusters of stitches. I decided that I needed my blanket to be 72 clusters by 102 clusters. That gives me a total of 7344 clusters. I am stitching 20 clusters in the color of the day each day. There will be 24 extra stitches that I need to round out my blanket so I added an extra stitch in each color until I had achieved the 24 stitches.
So far I have completed both January and February and I am loving the results! Now I just need more time to crochet so I can get caught up to the present day!
Here is the result from January 1st through January 31st!
Here is the results from January 1st through February 29th! I really love how you can see the temperatures warming up but every once in awhile a cool day slips in there!
If you would like to make your own C2C blanket, here is the link that I used to learn how to make this blanket – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNrS4s5C8vc
How would you figure the number of blocks needed if you wanted to make it big enough to cover the top of a queen size bed. Not down the sides just the top? Really would love to do two or three for Christmas presents 2017 and could possible work on them at the same time cause we all live in the same area so the weather would be the same
Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing the math on this one!! I wanted to do a C2C for my temp blanket, but wasn’t sure how to make it work without it being gigantic. My project is now in the works! 🙂
I’m so glad you like how mine is turning out! I just finished it and i will be posting the pictures of it soon.
I have uploaded my finished project – http://www.deenascraftcorner.com/?p=239
I’m so glad you like how mine turned out! That’s exactly why I chose this pattern, it is so versatile and works great for this project. See my finished project here – http://www.deenascraftcorner.com/?p=239
Thank you so much for this! I had the same problem as Sam. I think I will do this for one next year!
Thank you! I hope that you enjoy your project. I have posted my completed project with a breakdown of all of the details at this link – http://www.deenascraftcorner.com/?p=239