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9 January 2023

2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL Season 1 Day 9 and Beyond

January 9, 2023 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL Season 1 Day 9 and Beyond! Today we complete the last row of the 7 row repeat! So exciting to see our pattern and colors come together! For this Crochet Along, you can make one season, all 4 seasons or a full year… Makers choice.

Stay tuned for tomorrows post, I will put all 7 repeat rows together in one instruction so you can continue your 2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL with ease!

If you missed the material list click here, Row 1 instructions click here! , Row 2 instructions click here!, Row 3 instructions click here! Row 4 instructions click here! Row 5 instructions click here! Row 6 instructions click here! Row 7 instructions click here! or Row 8 instructions click here! You can find all of the 2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL posts in the Crochet with Me tab at the top.

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Q & A

Do I need to use the Hobby Lobby I Love Yarn? – No, you can use any brand and either use colors that are the same tone or make up your own color scheme
What if my temperatures are lower or higher than in the range posted? – You can adjust your range by moving the color scale up or down. If you want to use a smaller range, you can use smaller increments too and use less yarn colors. I have adjusted my personal scale to fit my local area and the sample of mine is below.
How does a 4 Season project work? – A season is a 3 month period, you can stop at the end or each season or continue and make 2 seasons together or continue and make the full year. You can also make each season and join them together later.
How do you know what temp to use each day? -You can use a weather app such as Weather.com to track your local temps. You can choose a time of day to look, the high or low or the average. Weather.com also has a monthly calendar so you can see the temp history incase you miss a day. Also, you can choose to just use the temps in your hometown or you can use them for where you are each day at the time you choose.
Joining new colors? -You will finish off each row leaving your tail. Without turning for the next row you will move to the first stitch on the righthand side and join your yarn. Another words, you will always work/start your new row on the right side.
How large will this be? – This temperature afghan project is worked length wise, so it will be approximately 65″ long not including fringe. The width for each season will be approximately 30-36″ wide depending on your tension. If you do a full year the width will be extra large somewhere around 125″, the original 65″ is the same and then you may use the lengthwise direction differently than if you stop at the seasonal lapghan style.
How do I join? – EASY, you can just come back here anytime and scroll through the feed, go to the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the page and get all the posts, Use the “Stay Connected” form on the right sidebar to get all posts by email or join the Beatrice Ryan Facebook CAL Group and posts are in the pinned area there.
What if I am behind? – You can get all of your daily historical temperatures on Weather.com and catch up!
Why are my stitch counts getting off? – Make sure when doing the fl dc that you don’t do your next bl sc in the stitch behind the fl dc. This will cause extra stitches.
Prizes? – Head to the Material List Post for all the info on the prizes

I have been using this lovely magnetic fridge calendar to track my temps and all of my life events,,, Love this one! Click Here for the Amazon link!

Above is a broad range of colors and temperature guide you can use! Of course, you can move your temperature range around to suit your area or even use less colors.

**Since my home town temperatures are within a range from lows of 10 degrees to highs of upper 90’s, I am going to use the daily average for myself. In order to use all of the yarn colors I purchased(25 colors), I have listed how I varied my temp chart increments. You can change yours up too if you like to get more or less colors. The above picture is just a suggestion of yarn colors and temperatures.

<24 White
25-27 Light Gray
28-30 Greybeard
31-33 Soft Pink
34-36 Pink
37-39 Hot Rose
40-42 Hot Orchid
43-45 Mixed Berry
46-48 Purple
49-51 Navy
52-53 Royal
54-55 Peacock
56-57 Turquoise
58-59 Medium Blue
60-61 Jelly Bean
62-63 Limelight
64-65 Buttercup
66-67 Yellow
68-69 Sungold
70-71 Desert Glaze
72-73 Burnt Pumpkin
74-75 Red
76-77 Fire Red
78-79 Cranberry
80> Auberine

2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL Season 1 Day 9/Row 9 Instructions and beyond!

Today for me in Mt. Shasta California, The Low was 37 degrees, High was 46 degrees …. My color today for the average is 42 degrees, On my personalized chart that is Hot Orchid. I was so happy to use a new color!

We Finally woke up to a sunshiny day and it was beautiful all day… Below are my pictures today… On my way to work Mt Shasta was peaking out of the clouds to show off its new layer of show… And Black Butte(a small cinder cone volcano) showed off its back drop of a beautiful blue sky... When I left work(in Weed CA about 15 miles north of home), I was able to catch a Northern side view of Mt Shasta at sunset... I live in a beautiful area!!!

2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL Day 9 and Beyond

Stitches:

Ch – Chain
St – Stitch
Bl – Back Loop
Fl – Front Loop
Sc – Single Crochet
Dc – Double Crochet

Temperature Blanket/Afghan Pattern! Join the fun for 1 season or a full year!

We are using the tear stitch… Here is a link to a great YouTube Video that shows how to do this pattern. Keep in mind, She uses a 6 st repeat and I use a 7 stitch repeat. Click Here

Instructions

Day 9/Row 9: Ch 1, sc in 1st st, bl sc in next 6 sts, * fldc in next st 2 rows below, blsc in next 6 sts*, repeat *to* 27 more times, fldc in next st 2 rows below, sc in last st. = 29 fldc , 2 sc & 174 blsc(all rows now will have this count). Finish off and Move to the RH side to join next color

That’s it for day 9… Great job completing the first 7 repeats!

For the Day 10 and beyond… You will just repeat rows 3 – 9… Tomorrow I will post that all in one place so it is easier to crochet your project! And then about once a week I will do a progress photo post with more fun things!!!

For Day 1/Row 1 instructions click here if you are just starting

For Day 2/Row 2 instructions click here!

For Day 3/Row 3 instructions click here!

2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL

For Day 4/Row4 instructions click here!

For Day 5/Row 5 instructions click here!

For Day 6/Row 6 instructions click here!

For Day 7/Row 7 instructions click here!

For Day 8/Row 8 instructions click here!

Also, Don’t forget to follow me on my social media sites for more fun!

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, My CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

I hope you love this project!! Finally, make sure to share your finished projects on my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page and make sure to share around social media too! Why share?? Because it shares our Love of Crochet!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

©Copyright 2023 Elena Hunt/Beatrice Ryan Designs. All of my patterns and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. Additionally, If you want to share on your own blog, website or social media, then you may use the first photo in this post and link back to this post. You may not give away printed copies of this post. Thank you. This post may contain affiliate link

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20 March 2022

2022 Crochet with Me… Mystery Winter Afghan Crochet Along! Week 8

March 20, 2022 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

Here we are… 80% done. Amazing how fast things come together in a crochet along… This week we are doing the Join and the first row of the total edging!!

If you are just seeing this and want to get started, You can find the Material/Info post by clicking here, and you can find Week 1 instructions by clicking here! , Week 2 instructions by clicking here! , Week 3 instructions by clicking here!!! , Week 4 instructions by clicking here!!!, Week 5 instructions by clicking here!!, Week 6 instructions by clicking hear!! and Week 7 by clicking here!!! All 8 of these and all past and future CAL posts can always be found in the Crochet with Me Tab at the top of the page.

How does this work? Each week I post an easy to do section for 10 weeks. You can come here each Sunday afternoon and get the next set of instructions, Click on the Crochet with Me Tab at the top of the page to find them, join my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook CAL Group or in the right sidebar enter your email in Stay Connected to get all my posts by email as they are released.

This week we will be Joining the Strips and Starting the Edging!!! Yay.. It is really coming together!

Don’t forget the other fun, there will be a Grand Prize at the end and weekly prizes too! Details at the bottom of the post!

For sneak peaks, join me on Instagram.. I sometimes show off early pics!

Now for some of the Week 8 details:

This year the project is worked in strips that are in rounds then attached(Mile A Minute). It is a Rectangular Afghan approx. 76″ x 48″ . You can make it in your choice of worsted weight yarn #4. Stashbuster, Ombre’, Self- Striping or even a color theme… At least 2 colors are recommended. I am making mine using the self striping yarn and complementing colors, but you can change colors each row or do yours in your own color scheme.

This week mine measures 46″ x 71″

Let’s get the stitching started!

Week 7 Stitches

Ch – Chain
St – Stitch
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Sc – Single Crochet
Bl – Back Loop

Colors

A – White B – Pumpkin C – Yellow D – Pink E – Self Striping Fruity

Joining

You should have 2 flower strips and 3 non flower strips(2 same color and 1 slightly different in the center). You will lay them out as follows:

Non Flower Strip(1 of 2 matching)
Flower Strip
Non Flower Strip(the one that has a different center color scheme)
Flower Strip
Non Flower Strip(2nd of 2 matching)

You will be working in the Back Loops Only for joining

Taking the first 2 strips, line up the side edges, Join color A with sl st to the top corner of the strip that is non flower(see pics), ch 1, sl st in bl of adjacent corner st(floral strip), ch 1, *Sl st in next bl of non floral strip, ch 1, sl st in adjacent bl st of floral st*, repeat *to* working down the strips, sl st in bl of one strip, ch 1, then sl st in adjacent bl in other strip, ch 1 until you finish in the bottom corners. Finish off

If you prefer to sc or sew the strips together that is the makers choice

Repeat the joining technique for all 5 strips.

Edging

With the RS of the project facing you, Join color A to the top with a sl st to the righthand corner.

Round 1: Ch 1, 3 sc in same st, {sc in next 18 sts, *3 sc in next st, sc in next 18 sts, sc in top of joining row, sc in next 18 sts*, repeat *to* 3 more times, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 18 sts, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 225 sts}, 3 sc in next st(bottom corner), repeat {to} once, join to beginning sc. Finish off. = 860 sc

That is it for this week! Congrats you project is joined and you have started the edging!!!

More about the weekly prize drawings and Grand Prize:

Grand Prize – There will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card for 1 lucky winner at the end of the CAL. The grand prize will be drawn on Sunday April 17th 2022. To be eligible, you must email a picture and permission by Friday April 15th, 2022 to [email protected] showing your completed project. Entries will be numbered by the order they arrive and the number will be drawn using a random number generator.

Weekly Prize – Each Saturday starting Feb. 5th 2022 – Saturday April 9th 2022 a $10 Amazon Gift Card will be given away to one member in the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Group on Facebook.!!! Each Saturday, a post will be made explaining the rules to enter on this group Facebook page. The entry time will only last part of the day and be at random times so every timezone has a chance throughout this project… so stay tuned in the group!

Weekly 1 Winner: Theresa N.
Weekly 2 Winner: Michelle W.
Weekly 3 Winner: Jaree C.
Weekly 4 Winner: Krissy H.
Weekly 5 Winner Sharon W.
Weekly 6 Winner: Regina F.
Weekly 7 Winner: Judy B.

Grab your yarn and hooks and meet me back here next week for the next set of instructions!!

If you post on Twitter or Instagram.. Use the Hashtag #2022CrochetWithMeMysteryAfghanCAL

I post sneak peeks on Instagram… So follow me there to see those!

Don’t forget to follow me on my social media sites for more fun!

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, My CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

I hope you love this project!! Make sure to share your finished projects on my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page and make sure to share around social media too! Why share?? Because it shares our Love of Crochet!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

©Copyright 2022 Elena Hunt/Beatrice Ryan Designs. All of my patterns and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. If you want to share on your own blog, website or social media, then you may use the first photo in this post and link back to this post. You may not give away printed copies of this post. Thank you. This post may contain affiliate links/ads. If you purchase something from a link in this post, I may be compensated.

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27 February 2022

2022 Crochet with Me! Mystery Winter Afghan Crochet Along… Week 5!!!

February 27, 2022 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

Here we are… 50% done. Amazing how fast things come together in a crochet along… If you are just seeing this and want to get started, You can find the Material/Info post by clicking here, and you can find Week 1 instructions by clicking here! , Week 2 instructions by clicking here! , Week 3 instructions by clicking here!!! and Week 4 instructions by clicking here!!! All 5 of these and all past and future CAL posts can always be found in the Crochet with Me Tab at the top of the page.

This week we will be starting Strip #4… You have made this strip as Strip #1, so it should be easy to get this done!

Don’t forget the other fun, there will be a Grand Prize at the end and weekly prizes too! Details at the bottom of the post!

For sneak peaks, join me on Instagram.. I sometimes show off early pics!

Now for some of the Week 5 details:

This year the project is worked in strips that are in rounds then attached(Mile A Minute). It is a Rectangular Afghan approx. 70″ x 60″ . You can make it in your choice of worsted weight yarn #4. Stashbuster, Ombre’, Self- Striping or even a color theme… At least 2 colors are recommended. I am making mine using the self striping yarn and complementing colors, but you can change colors each row or do yours in your own color scheme.

Let’s get the stitching started!

Tips:

If using self striping yarn, it will change sometimes in the middle of the row… This is ok

If changing colors,(not using self striping or ombre’) The instructions don’t say to when to change color due to the use of self-striping/ombre being used, but you will change every row after the flowers are joined and you will join in the space you joined in unless otherwise stated.

Work your ends in with a yarn needle as you go…This makes it much easier in the end…

Week 5 Stitches:

Ch – Chain
St – Stitch
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Sp – Space
Dc – Double Crochet
Beginning Cluster – *YO, pull up loop, Yo, draw thru 2 loops*, repeat *to* 2 more times, YO draw thru 4 loops
Cluster – *YO, pull up loop, Yo, draw thru 2 loops*, repeat *to* 3 more times, YO draw thru 5 loops
RS – Right Side

Colors

A – White B – Pumpkin C – Yellow D – Pink E – Self Striping Fruity

Week 5 Instructions:

Strip #4 –

Flower Squares (making 15)

Square 1:

With color C

Round 1: Ch 2, *sc, ch 1 in 1st ch*, repeat *to* 7 more times, join to beginning sc. = 8 sc & 8 ch 1 Finish off

With color A join in any ch 1 sp

Round 2: Make a beginning cluster, ch 1, *cluster in next ch 1 sp, ch 1*, repeat *to* 6 more times, join with sl st to top of beginning cluster. = 8 clusters & 8 ch 1 Finish off

With color D, join in any ch 1 sp

Round 3: Ch 3(counts as dc now and throughout), (2 dc, ch2, 3 dc) in ch 1 sp, ch 1, * 3 dc in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, (3dc, ch2, 3dc) in next ch 1 sp, ch 1* repeat *to* 2 more times, 3 dc in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 12 3dc groups, 4 ch2 & 8 ch1 Finish off

Square 2(includes auto join) * This is easy once you get the hang of the join. There is a photo tutorial below.

**If joining this way seems to difficult.. Just sew or crochet the squares together

Repeat rounds 1 & 2

Join Color B in any ch 1 sp

Round 3: (photo tutorial below) … Ch 3, (2dc, ch2, 3dc) in sp, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch 1, ch 1, (3dc, ch2, 3dc) in next ch 1, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, 3dc in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, (with RS facing of both the previous square & square 2), sl st in any ch 2 sp corner of previous square, ch 1, 3dc in same sp of working square, ch 1, sl st in next ch 1 sp of prev. square, 3 dc in next ch 1 sp of working square, ch 1, sl st in next ch 1 sp of previous sq, 3dc in next ch 1 sp of working sq, ch 1, sl st in ch 2 sp corner of previous square, ch 1, 3dc in same sp of working sq, ch 1, 3dc in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 12 3dc groups 16 ch1 & 4 sl sts

Squares 3-15

Repeat rounds 1-3 of square 2 but use color C for round 3 in square 3, ;the color B for round 3 of square 4. Continue alternating colors D, C & B for round 3 until you have all 15 squares joined in a strip

That’s it… Week 5 is now complete and we will meet back here next week for more fun crochet in Week 6!!