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I started crocheting last year with my daughter, we share our makes on instagram @ourcrochetlife, usually I use super chunky & size 15mm hook. I am using 2 strands of DK & a 10mm & HDC for this project as I love the rhythm of the stitch and cost wise DK is cheaper and come in much longer lengths.
I picked just 5 colours as temperature doesn’t change much in Scotland. There are so many ideas you can do with these blankets and so fun to see how the temperature changes in the garden over the year.
Picked Our Colours & Decided On A Stitch
DETAILS: This is what I’m using on this one
🧶2 strands of DK (to make chunky)
🧶10mm Hook
🧶150 stitches across
🧶HDC stitch
🧶Recording highest temp of each day
Decide On A Range
GUAGE: I Picked just 5 colours as I wanted to be able to look at a glance at what range it was next year.
🧶Under 0° White (cold/snow temps)
🧶1-6 Grey (frost temps)
🧶7-13 Duck Egg (low temps)
🧶14-20 Vintage Peach (warm temps)
🧶Over 21 Mustard (hot temps)
Taking the highest temperature from each day and using that as the temperature colour I use. For example if the highest temperature of the day was 6° then I would do 1 row of Grey
Adjusted my scale a little on the white though, to the average rather than the highest as some days it’s been -7° at night, then -3° most of the day, but for an hour or 2 its 1°, which would make it grey and I don’t feel that would represent the day, or if it has snowed that day I would pick white.
I want to look back and see the days that were solid frozen ground outside that we couldn’t plant outside- these will be white days.
Taking the highest temperature from each day and using that as the temperature colour I use. For example if the highest temperature of the day was 6° then I would do 1 row of Grey
Adjusted my scale a little on the white though, to the average rather than the highest as some days it’s been -7° at night, then -3° most of the day, but for an hour or 2 its 1°, which would make it grey and I don’t feel that would represent the day.
I want to look back and see the days that were solid frozen ground outside that we couldn’t plant outside- these will be white days.
Here is What Happened in the First 6 Months
January
High: 12°c – 3rd Jan
Low: -6°c – 17th Jan
Rain: 15 days
Watch Video Reel For January Here
Feburary
High: 12°c – 17th Feb
Low: -4°c – 23rd Feb
Rain: 12 days
Watch Video Reel For February Here
March
High: 14°c – 30th March
Low: -9°c – 8th March
Rain: 13 days
Watch Video Reel For March Here
April
High: 17°c – 17th April
Low: -4°c – 25th April
Rain: 9 days
Watch Video Reel For April Here
May
High: 24°c – 30th May
Low: 3°c – 13th May
Rain: 10 days
June
High 28°c – 12th June
Low 5°c – 3rd June
Rain 10 days
Watch Video Reel For June Here
Temperature Blanket January to June 2023
After 6months we now have a full sized double bed blanket!!! July will start a second one from scratch so at the end of the year we’ll have 2 double sized blankets each showing 6mths of the weather of 2023. 1 showing Jan-June and the 2nd showing July to Dec
Really enjoying this project so far and just doing 1 row a day which takes about 8mins has produced a huge blanket with pretty much zero effort.
Doing things constantly, 1 step at a time or 1 day at a time or in this case 1 row at a time adds up to big achievements over time.
It is a really fun way to see the whole year of weather, looking forward to seeing patterns that come up too.
Are you doing a temperature blanket or recording the weather of any kind?
Happy Gardening!
Katrina & Clayton and family live in East Ayrshire and share their daily life in the garden on instagram. They practice permaculture principles in the garden, reducing & repurposing waste whenever they can. Katrina shows how home educating in nature has helped Clayton thrive.
Clayton Completed The 2 Grow and Learn Courses with the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society This Year. Clayton has just turned 17, Autistic, Non Verbal & has been Home Educated for the last 7yrs. Katrina & Peter both hold their PDC Permaculture Design Course from Oregon State University
They featured on BBC Beechgrove Gardens Ep23 2022 and returned in 2023 for an update,Katrina & Clayton are also columnists for ScotlandGrows Magazine, Guest Blog for Caledonian Horticulture as well as working with Gardeners’ World Magazine and many other brands. They are also Authors of the new children’s book: Clayton’s New Garden Journey: A Story of Autism and Growing available on Amazon
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