Join me as I take on a 24-hour crochet challenge to finish my holiday gifts! From a cozy gingham blanket and a six-day star blanket to a chunky beanie and not a hexagon cardigan, I'll be crocheting non-stop (with a few breaks for coffee spills and snacks).
Plus, I hosted my first-ever live stream to share the fun with you all! Want to see how much I can accomplish in just 24 hours? Watch the video to find out—and maybe pick up a new project idea along the way!
🧶 Patterns Mentioned:
Gingham Blanket: daisyfarmcrafts.com/how-to-crochet-a-gingham-blanket/
Betty McKnits Six-Day Star Blanket: bettymcknit.com/patterns/6daystarblanket/
Yarnspirations Chunky Beanie: yarnspirations.com/products/stitch-club-chunky-crochet-beanie-tutorial
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Hey, it's me Hannah. Is there a better way to round out 2024 than with a 24-hour challenge?
Yeah, let's pretend like the reason I'm choosing to do a 24-hour challenge is because I'm trying to celebrate the year 2024, not because I still have hours and hours of holiday gift crocheting to do.
There's something about this time of year that makes me want to break out my yarn stash, ignore it, go buy a bunch of new yarn, and then cozy up and just crochet for hours. Which means that my holiday gifts typically come in some sort of fiber art, often crochet. Although last year I did compile a number of sewing gifts, if you want to check that video out.
Let's talk about what I need to finish up this year, though. I have already put a number of hours into this crochet gingham blanket. I've also had a super rocky start to a six-day star blanket. I want to try to finish at least one beanie. And then I also have this hexagon cardigan that I started last year. I would love to wrap this up. And if these projects, especially the blankets, don't get me to 24 hours somehow, then I have some more granny squares I can chip away at.
As for the rules of the challenge, I'm going to crochet for 24 hours, in as close to a 24-hour time period as possible. I'm going to use a timer, and I plan to pause the timer for bio breaks—like food, bathroom, whatever. I don't plan to do a lot of sleeping.
This is not something I would necessarily recommend. A lot of other creators typically will make sure that they pause for at least an eight-hour period. I might break it up and do a couple of naps here and there, just to get a little bit of shuteye and take care of myself. But in general, I'm not very good at sleeping anyway, so let's crank through this. I can sleep when I'm dead.
The only other things I plan to pause for are if I have to switch my audiobook or podcast, or if I have to switch things up with my camera or my location to keep myself comfortable and to keep things interesting for you. With all of those things prepped, some comfy clothes, and a fresh coffee, I'm ready to get started. It is 9:21 a.m.
So let's get started with our gingham blanket.
So I did already manage to spill my coffee. But I'll go ahead and take a moment to pause and give you a quick update. I did finish my first row today of the gingham blanket, which brings me to the end of the row of this, like, color switch. And that took me 22 minutes.
Some quick math—if it takes me 22 minutes, we'll call it 25 minutes to accommodate coffee spills and things like that. 25 minutes to do one row of stitches means 2.5 hours per gingham row. We started this with six rows complete—one, two, three, four, five, six. And if I want to get to 21 rows of gingham to match the 21 squares I have at the bottom and make a square blanket, that's 37.5 hours to go.
And I'm going to do that within this 24-hour time period. That's a joke. I'm not doing that. I'm going to need to switch things up.
All right, let me finish cleaning up this coffee and get back to it.
As with most blankets, this is time-consuming. Easy enough, but time-consuming. It is just rows and rows of half-double crochet, switching colors every ten stitches. The perfect amount of time to get into a rhythm, then realize you went one stitch too far. Have to undo it and then switch colors. Get back into a rhythm, realize you went one stitch too far, and so on.
But honestly, it's already so cute and I'm already facing that issue we all have with handmade gifts. I just want to keep it for myself. I got the basic pattern explanation from DaisyFarmCrafts.com, though I've only just realized that they actually use a single crochet stitch rather than a half-double crochet like I'm doing. I don't know what would have been