Hexagon Temperature Blanket Free Crochet Pattern

I’m so happy to be sharing this hexagon temperature blanket pattern with you before the new year! At Thanksgiving, I was over 4 months behind on this project and was just hoping that I could finish it up and thankfully I did with time to spare.

If you are wondering how I finished it early since the year isn’t over yet, I just looked at the future temperatures and went off of them. This way I could get the blanket finished and share all the details with you!

About This Hexagon Temperature Blanket

For my hexagon temperature blanket, I used the warm tones color chart #5 of my temperature blanket color charts and temperature chart #13 of my temperature blanket temperature charts.

I decided to make individual hexagons for each day instead of doing a blanket with a row per day. This does make for a lot of joining in the end, but I think it is worth it.

I chose to do the daily low temperature for the middle (1st round) of the hexagon, the daily high temperature for the 2nd round and then just the border color for the 3rd round. This way it can incorporate both the highs and lows into the blanket instead of just one and it also adds a bit more color to the blanket.

You can use any joining method that you like for this blanket, but I chose to use the invisible join for this particular blanket. I think it looks very clean and works perfect for this project.

I chose to use Brava worsted yarn for this blanket. It is a very affordable yarn that holds up well and is pretty soft. This yarn is also available in a wide variety of colors!

There are video tutorials for both the hexagons and the join method that I used on this blanket below in the pattern section.

Pattern

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Things you will need:

• Brava Worsted Yarn (Color chart will list yarn colors, I’d recommend starting with 2 skeins of each color + I used 11 skeins of Almond for border)
• H / 5.00mm Crochet Hook
• Yarn Needle
• Scissors

Finished Measurements – Blanket is approx. 68” wide x 63” long

Stitch Key –

• sc = single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• dc = double crochet stitch
• mc = magic circle / magic ring
• ch = chain
• t = turn
• sk = skip
• sp = space
• sl st = slip stitches
• st = stitch (es)

Special Stitch:

Puff Stitch (PS)= *yarn over and insert hook into stitch, pull up a loop (as if you were going to do a double crochet), you now have 3 loops on your hook. Yarn over and insert hook into the same stitch and pull up another loop (5 loops on hook) repeat from * 2 more times until you have 9 loops on your hook, yarn over and pull through all 9 loops. Secure with a chain st.

Notes –

• I have additional color & temperature charts that can be found for free on my blog. Color charts HERE & temperature charts HERE
• How much yarn in each color you need will depend on the weather (which in most cases is very unpredictable). I would suggest starting with at least 2 skeins of each color (besides for the border.)
• I used a total of 30 skeins for the entire blanket. 11 skeins of Almond for the border and 19 skeins for the temperature colors.
• The blanket used a total of approx. 6,500 yards of worsted weight yarn. I used approx. 2,400 yards for the border and the rest for the colors.
• You will change colors after each round. I like to join my rounds with the new color for the next round when I slip stitch the end of that round together. So, the slip stitch at the very end of the round, I will use the next color needed.

Pattern

Crochet 1 hexagon for everyday of the year (365 hexagons) using colors coordinating with your temperature and color charts. For round 1 you will do the daily low temperature, for round 2 you will do the daily high temperature and round 3 will be border color. You will also need to make 13 solid color hexagons made in the border color. I used the solid hexagons to separate the months so you will know where one month ends and the next begins.

You will make a total of 378 hexagons for this blanket. One for every day of the year (365 hexagons) and 13 to separate the months. This will also make the rows line up evenly when joining the hexagons.

Hexagons –

Round 1 (daily low temperature): in MC, ch 2 (does NOT count as a stitch), 12 dc into mc, sl st into 1st dc to join (12)

Round 2 (daily high temperature): ch 2 (does NOT count as a stitch), ps in same st and in next st, ch 1, * ps in 2 st, ch 1* repeat * to * 4 more times, sl st into 1st st making sure to sl st into the top of the 1st ps and NOT into the chain 2 (you should have 12 puff stitch and 6 chain 1 spaces)

Round 3 (border color): ch 2 (does NOT count as a stitch), dc in same st and in next 3 st, ( dc, ch 1, dc) in ch 1 space, * dc in next 4 st, ( dc, ch 1, dc) in ch 1 sp* repeat * to * 4 more times, sl st into 1st dc ( You should have 36 dc and 6 ch 1 spaces)

I even have a video tutorial for these puff stitch hexagons if you are more of a visual learner.

Joining the Hexagons

I would definitely recommend weaving in your ends as you go as this will make the project way easier in the long run. I’d also recommend joining your hexagons regularly whether that’s every couple of weeks or at the end of the month as it will really help.

I will be lining them up with 18 hexagons wide and 21 rows long. I will start the beginning of each month with a solid hexagon so this will separate where the months begin and end.

When you join your hexagons, you can use any joining method that you like but I used the invisible join method for this particular blanket. You can watch the video tutorial for it below.