Are you making a Mood Blanket? Have you joined the more than 2400 people from across the world in this year-long crochet along? It’s a great crochet along!
There seems to be a couple of interpretations of what the Mood Blanket is. Most people are doing it the way I am: you crochet a block, a hexagon or a row a day / once a week using a colour that represents your mood on that day (thereby giving you 365 or 52 of each). Most people are also using join-as-you-go because there’s no need to keep a pile of your motifs if the whole point is that the placement of the motifs have been determined by the day of the year it was crocheted on.
Some people not only use a shade of yarn to represent their mood, but also a different pattern, and others are crocheting whatever they want just “as the mood takes them”. People are crocheting ahead as well (that’s a bit strange.) Some people are making traditional granny squares, using a different mood-inspired coloured for each round to show how their mood changed throughout the day. “Mood Blanket” is definitely open to intepretation.
For me, it’s just a plain and simple exercise: I have six main moods so I have six colours. At the end of the day, usually after the washing up has been done and I’m in my PJ’s in front of the TV, I reflect on my day and choose a colour. My squares need to be 9cm so I only have four rounds of Lacy Cross to crochet. It’s quick and easy. By doing join-as-you-go, I can see how my blanket is growing each day.
Here is a photo I took on Friday to show you the first 10 mood blanket squares.
I really love this way of making a blanket. No pressure. No rush. No worrying about colour placement. I have a year to make this blanket and the only thing I have to do, is reflect on my day to determine the colour.
I love my Mood Blanket!
Like the motif you’re using, Natasja.
Can you remember which blog has the link party ?
Thanks Christelle. I don’t know of the link party. Would be interested to know too!
I really like what you’ve done so far! It’s really nice!
I’m doing something similar. I have four moods (great, good, neutral and bad, what’s your 5th? I’m curious :)) with four colours associated. So I make two rows of the granny with the colour of the day and the other two rows with the same colour, light violet. And I have to find a colour to do the join-as-you-go.
I couldn’t start on January 1st. I only have two grannys. I’ll show you when I have more 🙂
Cheers!
Your blanket sounds beautiful! I like the idea of the last two rounds being the same. It will tie everything together, even if your moods are all over the place 🙂 My moods are happy (green), okayish (white), grateful (turquoise), stressed(red), irritable (lilac) and down/depro (grey). Oooh, I just realised I have 6 colours! Have to amend my blogpost now. Maybe I should add “scatterbrained” as a 7th colour Hahahaha
Yes I have joined, I think it’s a great project!
At first I was gonna do one colour squares, but as I am very emotional person I am finally doing the mixing colour squares.
Have a nice week!
Lluisa xx
Sounds very interesting Lluisa. It’s going to be nice and colourful 🙂
It’s looking really good! I love the pattern on your squares. It’s such a good project to be part of. 🙂
Thanks! I agree that it’s a great project. Especially for us women who are such emotional creatures 🙂
Yes! I’m crocheting a Mood Blanket too! I’m in the “whatever color hits me at the time” group! I’m trying to use up ALL of my acrylic yarn. Hmmmm? I might have to make this a 2-year blanket!
Hahahaha! I’ve seen a couple of people who have more than one Mood Blanket on the go for 2014. Maybe you could do that too – one in stripes and one in squares 🙂