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22 February 2025 Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 Crochet Along

Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 Crochet Along

February 22, 2025 By Leave a Comment

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!

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

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2 April 2023 2023 Crochet with Me… Temperature Afghan CAL… Jan. – March 2023

2023 Crochet with Me… Temperature Afghan CAL… Jan. – March 2023

April 2, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Temperature Afghan CAL Jan- March 2023

Temperature Afghan CAL… 2020 Crochet with Me! January – March is now complete… So much fun! The first season flew by, looking back it was a little crazy in my neck of the woods, How about you??

If you don’t know about a Temperature Afghan CAL… You crochet a row each day(the pattern here is provided by me) in the daily average temp for your area using a color chart provided… So as the seasons go by… it shows a gradient color change… And for special occasions/holidays you can use a special color to make it more fun… Mine is sparkly blue! More info at the bottom of the post on how to get started!

Temperature Afghan CAL chart

January was a new year and my son turned 40! Our weather here in the small Northern California town of Mt. Shasta was one of the biggest start to snow in many years… In February, I retired from my day job and took one quick trip to the coast, got a new tattoo and one of my precious grandsons turned 2! My Granddaughter continued to race and went to States in Alpine Skiing… and guess what? More snow! In March we were buried in snow, temps ranged from low 20’s to a day that reached a high of mid 50… Yep once again my life was filled with shoveling! So I tucked in and did some pickling and bread baking… But, I was able to start my walking routine of 3-5 miles per day again… Felt great! See a few pics below of my March life! I also published 2 new patterns, Easy Elegant Shawl and Springtime Tic Tac Toe! Both free crochet patterns… so check those out!

To read my January post click here… To read my February post click here…

Temperature Afghan CAL Jan.
Temperature Afghan CAL January - Feb.
Easy Elegant Shawl
Springtime Tic Tac Toe
I haven’t bought bread in years… Love to bake!
Pickled Jalepeno’s, Dilly Beans ad Carrots!
Ugh… Now to clean off the car!
The piles of shoveled snow were almost as tall as me, and the 53″ shovel…
Finally a path out!
Way to much show!
Digging out the car!
Ziggy enjoying the shoveled driveway!
Out for a Spring Walk…. lol
Snowy Walk
A break in the weather for a nice Springtime walk!

I love this 2023 Crochet with Me… Temperature Afghan CAL… I can’t wait for it to warm up a bit so I can use more of my lovely colors… April will bring Spring weather I hope! Mine now measures 27″ x 60″… At this pace it should be about 110″ x 60″ which will be a perfect large afghan!

If you haven’t started the 2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL yet… Head to the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the page for the Material/Info post and the first 9 weeks(this is a 7 row repeat so you only need the 9 week instructions and the yarn temperature chart!!! Easy to catch up by heading to Weather.com where you can get your historical temps in their monthly tab!

Happy Spring and catch up with me in early May for the next monthly post about April!!!

I cant wait to see yours! Make sure you join the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group to share your pics, see all the inspiring fan pics and play the games prizes!

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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1 March 2023 2023 Crochet with Me… Temperature Afghan CAL… Month 2 Complete!

2023 Crochet with Me… Temperature Afghan CAL… Month 2 Complete!

March 1, 2023 By Leave a Comment
2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL

2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan CAL… Month 2 Complete! I can’t believe how fast the first two months went by! So many things happened this February! First, I retired from my regular 9-5 job as a Purchasing Agent, Took a quick trip to the coast and added another tattoo, My youngest grandson turned 2, We had record snow, I was able to watch my oldest Granddaughter Ski in a Alpine Race and take 5th(she is now qualified for State!), and took a lot of downtime relaxing and crocheting… I have included some pics to show you my February 2023… In addition to that, I completed the second month of our CAL and love it so far! It has been pretty cold here so my colors have stayed in the lower tones! I also bought a beautiful storage ottoman to keep my projects in!

It’s Never to late to get started… Head to the Crochet with Me Tab at the top of the page and find the material list, temp charts and all the info including the pattern… Also each post has a link to get historical temps!

Love the colors so far for the first 2 months! One more month and one season will be complete! I hope you love this too, and if you want to join in anytime you can go to the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the page for all the directions, there is no wrong time to start. Make one season or a full year… The instructions will have a way to find your historical temps if you want to catch up or start later!

Here is what my 2023 Crochet with Me Temperature Afghan looked like at the end of January!

I was lucky to have worked for Roseburg Forest Products for 8 years as the Purchasing Agent for the Plant in my local area… I am even more blessed to give up this office so I could retire this last February!

Fort Bragg CA

One of the first things I did was head to the Northern California Coast to Fort Bragg for a little rest and relaxation!

I also stopped by Triangle Tattoo Museum in Fort Bragg and got this lovely tattoo from Nicola.. While there I met Madame Chinchilla and had a lovely long chat, she is amazing!… Read more about the museum and Madame Chinchilla along with Mr G by clicking here! So interesting!

Next was one of my favorite days, my youngest Grandson’s 2nd birthday… Love this guy so much!

In February we continued to get some extreme weather here in the Pacific Northwest… Tons of fresh snow and a lot of shoveling!

This month I was on the road up top our local ski area, Mt. Shasta Ski Park to watch my beautiful 15 year old Granddaughter in the Alpine Ski Races!!! The snow on the road was plowed taller than my car!

Of course, She looks like a pro to me… She did very well this season averaging 5th place as a high school sophomore… Now she is headed to State!!! This girl warms my heart and is the sweetest thing ever!

The only thing I missed was heading to see my 13 year old grandson and my daughter in Washington and my youngest daughter down in Santa Cruz.. Hopefully that will be March’s story!!!

I bought this lovely new storage ottoman to keep my project in… love it!

Here is a picture of the storage ottoman with my best yarn helper Ziggy!

I hope you all have had a great Winter so far… Stay tuned early April for my 2023 Temperature Afghan 1st Season/March completion post and more of my life story!

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 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. 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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