Book Blanket Plan 2025
Hello 2025 and Happy New Year to you all! ✨
I hope that you have had a wonderful start to the year and that you have lots of exciting crochet projects in mind for the coming year - I know I do!
I have decided to attempt a book blanket again this year and I am really looking forward to it. As I said in my last blog post, I read a lot in 2024 (82 books in total!) but I did not keep up with making the squares. As with any long term project motivation can falter and I think I made it more complicated than it needed to be.
Last year I was making a different type of granny square depending on whether or not I was reading a physical book or an ebook. I then got into audiobooks and couldn't decide which type of sqaure to use. All in all it just made it seem like such a hassle to the make the squares that I kept putting it off. This year, I'm learning from my mistakes and adapting to hopefully make things easier to stick to.
My Book Blanket Plan
I'm using DK weight yarn and a 4.5mm hook.
I'll be making a 4 round granny square for each book that I read or DNF.
This includes physical books, ebooks and audiobooks.
The colour of the square will relate to the star rating that I give the book.
I'll use the CJAYG (crochet join-as-you-go) method to connect all of my squares and form the blanket.
And the most important bit...
Finish the book - make the square!
I'll use Sundays to catch up on a square or two if needed.
The Yarn
I am going to be using Yarnsmiths Create DK from Wool Warehouse which was kindly gifted. My colour palette is very similar to last year. It could potentially be very green heavy as my most common ratings are between 3 and 4 stars.
If you would like to make your own book blanket colour key then you can download my Canva template here. I just copied and pasted the yarn photos of my chosen shades from the Wool Warehouse website into the template, you can do the same with whatever yarn you choose to use.
Reading Challenge
My aim is to read a total of 70 books in 2025.
In 2024, I read 82 but there were quite a few short stories or novellas so I feel they boosted my total a little.
This year I will be tracking my reading on Fable, I started using it around the end of September and I really like it. Previously I was using Goodreads but Fable is far more aesthetically pleasing and I love that it gives you fun updates about the type of reader you are. It tells you what your most popular genres are, which authours you're reading the most of and tracks your reading streaks. This in particular I find very motivating!
I purposely broke my reading streak so that I could start a new one on the 1st of January. I'm excited to see how many days I can keep the streak up for!
If you would like to join Fable then you can do so here (I'm not an affiliate or anything, I just genuinely love the app!) My username there is BookBeneathThePines - so let's be friends!
Bookish Community
Do you love reading too? I'm assuming that if you're reading about my book blanket plans then you do! If you want to join with me in making a book blanket then be sure to tag me in your content @brambles.and.hart and use #BookBlanket2025 and #Booksandcrochet. I'm hoping to find a whole community of people who love both books and crochet like me!
As Brambles and Hart is my crochet business I don't want to overrun my instagram/TikTok with bookish content so I have started a separate account that is more bookish/personal!
I would absolutely love for you to follow me there @booksbeneaththepines I'll be able to share book reviews, what I'm currently reading and all things book related.
I will share updates of my book blanket on my Brambles and Hart pages though and of course my monthly wrap ups here on the blog.
This year I've decided to just embrace everything that I love! ♡
I'll be back with an update on my book blanket at the end of the month so be sure to keep an eye out for that. I'll share everything that I've read in January and the squares I've made - because I will have made them!
Happy reading and crocheting!
Shelley ♡
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