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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 used on this one: To make double sized bed blanket
🧶2 strands of DK (to make chunky)
🧶10mm Hook
🧶150 stitches across
🧶HDC stitch
🧶Recording highest temp of each day
Decide On A Range
RANGE/GAUGE: 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.
Here is What Happened in the Last 6 Months
July
High: 25°c – 8th July
Low: 6°c – 18th July
Rain: 13 days
Watch Video Reel For July Here
August
High: 24°c – 10th Aug
Low: 6°c – 26th Aug
Rain: 13 days
Watch Video Reel For August Here
September
High: 28°c – 8th Sept
Low: 3°c – 23rd Sept
Rain: 9 days
Watch Video Reel For September Here
October
High: 18°c – 10th Oct
Low: -3°c – 23rd Oct
Rain: 12 days
Watch Video Reel For October Here
November
High: 13°c – 20th Nov
Low: -6°c – 12th Nov
Rain: 12 days
Watch Video Reel For November Here
December
High 12°c – 17th Dec
Low -5°c – 1st Dec
Rain 14 days
Watch Video Reel For December Here
ADDING A BORDER
After finishing the Temperature Blanket for 2023 I decided it needed a border, I initially just did a speckled grey/white border but it didn’t feel enough so in colour order I used on the range. I put 1 row of each colour on. This is perfect to remember the colour order too in years to come so you don’t need to go looking for it. I think it really finished it off well an option to decide on at the end.
I also added a few stitches in the speckled grey/white yarn on each of the monthly ends to show where each month is.
Total size of each one is: 190cm by 260cm
Temperature Blanket July to December 2023
After 12mths we now have 2 full sized double bed blankets!!!
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 over the years of doing them.
Our Temperature Blanket Completed. Monitoring Weather In The Garden & Crocheting A Visual Memory.
Are you doing a temperature blanket or recording the weather of any kind?
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