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Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 CAL… Week 2!

Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 CAL… Week 2!


Welcome to Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 CAL… Week 2 is the second week of crocheting this years 8 week project, My Favorite Cat Blanket!  Each Saturday I post the weekly assignment of rows and any details you may need to know!

Are you ready to continue the 2025 CAL, a fun and simple 9 week(8 weeks of crocheting) CAL?? This year we are going to make my VERY popular crochet blanket... My Favorite Cat Blanket!  Easy, Free Crochet Pattern (Also a paid PDF is available through Ravelry) AND there will be a GRAND PRIZE DRAWING at the end of the CAL(details and rules below)

Last week we started our project and completed the first 14 rows, Click here to find that if you are just joining in! If you need the Material/Information post, Click here.

Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 CAL Week 2

For this CAL I decided to use my left over stash from the 2023 Temperature Afghan CAL… And I am loving it so far!!! Most Importantly, it will be bright and whimsical! You can use your stash or choose any color scheme you like. My original My Favorite Cat Blanket was made in a purple scheme and my daughter scooped it up right away! This is a very easy 3 row repeat project and the weekly assignment of rows will be easy to complete!

2025 CAL My Favorite Cat Blanket

Here is the basic info just incase you are just joining in:

First, you can join the 2025 CAL anytime by just following along here each Saturday or by signing up for all my posts to be delivered to your email… Just click on the Stay Connected tab on the righthand side of the website to receive emails or at the top of the website Crochet with Me tab will have links to past weekly posts.

Secondly, you can join my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group for more fun and a 50% discount on the Paid Full PDF version of the pattern(the discount code will be available in the group only). Click Here to head to Ravelry if you want the Full PDF version either full price or using the discount code. No discounts will be available after purchase.

Thirdly, the pattern is free here on the website by Clicking Here for the post of the full version!

Next, Each week I will post the instructions for the 2025 CAL and any other fun details for the week! The 8 weeks of crocheting will be so much fun and easy to accomplish! If you join the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group, you will be able to post your progress pics there and be eligible for the PDF Discount and Prizes that are happening throughout this CAL. At the end of the CAL there is also a GRAND PRIZE DRAWING for 1 lucky fan, available to everyone(see the rules below)!


Let’s Crochet Week 2:

We ended last week with row 14, this week we will be doing 15 more rows for a total of 29!

Using 2 or more colors makes the cat design pop!

Tips:

  • It is super easy, there are only a few ends to weave in for this project.
  • Use two or more contrasting colors to get the best effect.
  • You can choose any color scheme to make it your own.
  • After the first 2 rows, each color is used for 3 row repeating
  • I carry my yarn up the sides instead of finishing off and work over it when doing the edging

Size ~

46″ x 60′ – This can vary due to personal tension or yarn differences

Stitches ~

  • Ch – Chain
  • St – Stitch
  • Sl St – Slip Stitch
  • Sk – Skip
  • Sc – Single Crochet
  • Hdc – Half Double Crochet
  • Dc – Double Crochet
  • YO – Yarn Over
  • DS Cl – Drop Stitch Cluster: Yo, insert hook 2 rows below between (2dc, ch1, 2dc)’s encapsulating both rows, pull up loop, yo, draw up loop in same space, yo, draw through all 5 loops on hook. Keep your loops you pull up to the same height as the row you are working on. See Picture below
 2025 CAL Stitch tutorial

This Weeks Stitching Assignment:

Here is this weeks details for the 2025 CAL incase you need to reference the prior info:

  1. Decide how you want to use the pattern, 1. Go to the original post on the website each week for the full version, 2. Come to the website each Saturday for the weekly instruction post, 3. Sign up for email delivery of all my posts (Find the Stay Connected tab on the righthand side of the website), 4. Purchase the Full PDF Version for $4.99 or receive the 50% off ($2.49)discount code in my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group! Click Here to go to Ravelry for the Purchase
  2. Choose Your Yarn and Hook: Here is what I used in the original pattern ~Yarn: Lion Brand Pound of Love – 3 skeins (1020 yds each): Color A – Cinnabar Color B – Quartz Color C – White and an H Hook and Scissors *I will be using scrap yarn this time!
  3. Come back each week for the next set crochet instructions!

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Instructions:

You must use 2 or more colors, the original pattern used 3 colors so it is written to have A, B & C but you can just switch colors every 3 rows where it indicates to change colors to make your own design)

*Here are the instructions of the original rows you repeat!

(Row 2: Ch 3(counts as dc now and throughout), turn, dc in next st, *(2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next ch 1 sp*, repeat *to* across, dc in last 2 sts. = 29 (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) & 4 dc

Drop color A after you repeat row 2 twice and Pick up color B

Row 3: Ch 3, turn, dc in next st, * ds cl 2 rows in sp 2 rows below (between last rows)see pic above), (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next ch 1 sp*, repeat *to* 28 more times, ds cl in next sp 2 rows below, dc in last 2 sts. = 29 (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc), 30 ds cl & 4 dc)

This Weeks instructions…. Rows 15-29: For each color you will do 3 rows (row 3 once, and row 2 twice). Starting this week with a repeat of row 3 in the chosen color and then 2 rows of row 2. This will be 5 sets of new cats!!!

That’s it!!! You are now done with week 2. I hope you are loving it so far!

2025 CAL Week 2

Now for a bit of fun:

Don’t forget there is a chance to win the Grand Prize at the end of this CAL… $50 Amazon Gift Card!

$50 Amazon Gift Card

There will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card given away on May 3rd 2025 to 1 lucky person who has completed this CAL. To be eligible for the $50 Gift Card, you will email me a picture of your completed afghan to [email protected] by the 2nd of May 2025 and permission to use your photo! I will reply with a number to verify I have received your entry, then use a random number generator on May 3rd to choose the winner and publish a post with all fan pics and the name of the winner!!!

Next…. If you are in the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Group of Facebook, check in daily and post your progress pics and watch for a fun weekly prize $10 Amazon Gift Card that one lucky member can win each week by participating in a game/drawing. Game will be posted different days and different times to give everyone a chance during this CAL.


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

FacebookTwitterInstagramMy 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 2025 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

Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 Crochet Along

Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 Crochet Along

Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 Crochet Along, Yes!!! It’s that time… Are you ready to start the 2025 Crochet Along, a fun and simple 9 week(8 weeks of crocheting) CAL?? This year we are going to make my VERY popular crochet blanket... My Favorite Cat Blanket!  Easy, Free Crochet Pattern (Also a paid PDF is available through Ravelry) AND there will be a GRAND PRIZE DRAWING at the end of the CAL(details and rules below)

Surprisingly so easy with a 3 row repeat (actually 2 rows, one you repeat twice!). Once you get the first few rows complete, it is a great tv watching project!

2025 Crochet Along

2025 Crochet Along Week 1(today) is the information post with all the details and fun! So let’s get too it!!!

First, you can join anytime by just following along here each Saturday or by signing up for all my posts to be delivered to your email… Just click on the Stay Connected tab on the righthand side of the website to receive emails or at the top of the website Crochet with Me tab will have links to past weekly posts.

Secondly, you can join my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group for more fun and a 50% discount on the Full PDF version of the pattern(the discount code will be available in the group only). Click Here to head to Ravelry if you want the Full PDF version either full price or using the discount code. No discounts will be available after purchase.

Thirdly, the pattern is free here on the website by Clicking Here for the full version!

Next, Each week I will post the instructions for the CAL and any other fun details for the week! The 8 weeks of crocheting will be so much fun and easy to accomplish! If you join the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group, you will be able to post your progress pics there and be eligible for the PDF Discount and Prizes that are happening throughout this CAL. At the end of the CAL there is also a GRAND PRIZE DRAWING for 1 lucky fan, available to everyone(see the rules below)!

AND, one more fun thing… You can use a specific color scheme(three colors are recommended) or use your stash for a scrapghan!!!!

Stash Yarn

Here is this weeks details for the 2025 Crochet Along:

  1. Decide how you want to use the pattern, 1. Go to the original post on the website each week for the full version, 2. Come to the website each Sunday for the weekly instruction post, 3. Sign up for email delivery of all my posts (Find the Stay Connected tab on the righthand side of the website), 4. Purchase the Full PDF Version for $4.99 or receive the 50% off ($2.49)discount code in my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group!
  2. Choose Your Yarn and Hook: Here is what I used in the original pattern ~Yarn: Lion Brand Pound of Love – 3 skeins (1020 yds each): Color A – Cinnabar Color B – Quartz Color C – White and an H Hook and Scissors *I will be using scrap yarn this time!
  3. Come back next week for the first week of crochet instructions!

Grand Prize Details:

$50 Amazon Gift Card

There will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card given away on May 3rd 2025 to 1 lucky person who has completed this CAL. To be eligible for the $50 Gift Card, you will email me a picture of your completed afghan to [email protected] by the 2nd of May 2025 and permission to use your photo! I will reply with a number to verify I have received your entry, then use a random number generator on May 3rd to choose the winner and publish a post with all fan pics and the name of the winner!!!

I am so excited to get started on this 2025 Crochet Along! Please share with your friends too… The more the merrier!!!


Also, recently I have found a way to help make my berries last for weeks in my fridge! I place them unwashed in mason jars and use this vacuum sealer… So far so good! They have lasted 3 weeks without any problems… Click here to head to Amazon for the Mason jar sealer!

Vacuum Sealer
Berries
Vacuum Sealer

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

FacebookTwitterInstagramMy 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 2025 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

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

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


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.

Make sure to add this to your RAVELRY Favorites for easy access too, Click Here!


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

Day 1 2023 Temp Afghan CAL

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!

2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan

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!

FacebookTwitterInstagramMy 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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