Vanna White says she has been making handmade blankets for years, and two of the newest ones went to the men who have anchored much of her life on television. White told Entertainment Weekly she made blankets for Ryan Seacrest and Pat Sajak, along with gifts for friends who have had babies.
“I make blankets and give them away to all my friends. I made Ryan one, I made Pat one, and I made them for all my friends that have had babies,” White said. The longtime Wheel of Fortune personality added that her grandmother taught her to crochet when she was a little girl, and that she picked it back up about 30 years ago, calling it a great hobby and “very therapeutic.”
White’s comments land with extra weight because her blanket-making connects two different eras of the show. Sajak is the former Wheel of Fortune host, while Seacrest is the current one, and White spent decades alongside Sajak before Seacrest stepped into the role.
The detail that makes the story feel lived-in is not the celebrity of the recipients but the way White talks about them. She said both men are “incredible to work with and easy to work with,” and said she has enjoyed working with both of them. In the same conversation, she described her blankets as homemade gifts “that you can’t buy,” which turns a simple craft into a personal gesture rather than a polished souvenir.
That is the point of the blankets, and the point of White’s story: she is not speaking about a public obligation or a promotional item. She is talking about a longtime habit she learned as a child, returned to as an adult, and still uses to give something personal to the people around her. For White, crocheting is not just a pastime. It is a working part of how she shows appreciation.
