a) start something or
b) finish something
In one of my facebook groups for Crochet Addicts, the new year inspired conversation about Temperature Blankets. What is a Temperature Blanket? you ask. Basically it is a blanket one makes with the colors determined by the temperature of the day. You decide what year. You decide what stitch/es to use. You decide what colors you will use. You decide which temperature to use. You decide the temperature ranges for the colors you've chosen.
My Temperature Blanket* Year: 2005 - the year I married my best friend and love of my life
* Stitch: Single Crochet Jacob's Ladder
* Colors: See image on right for my color palette and temperature ranges
* Temperature to Record: Day Average
Weather Temperature Archives
You can look up what the weather was like for a specific date and location (may not have it for ALL places).
Jacob's Ladder Stitch
This video shows how to make the Jacob's Ladder pattern using the Double Crochet Stitch but also provides instructions how to modify for other stitches that you may want to use.
Color Palette
For this project I am using Caron's Simpy Soft yarns. The temps noted are in Fahrenheit.
Options
* Depending on your location, you may not have a wide range of temperature changes where you live. You can adjust your color ranges to as little as one degree differences if that applies to you (folks who use Celsius likely).
* Some folks crochet or knit one row per day. Since my blanket is based on historical data, I plan to crochet multiple rows on the weekend.
* I have a color palette with 10 colors. You could use as few as 5 or as many as you'd like. I've seen samples with 7 colors - one for each color of the rainbow. Some folks have made monochromatic blankets using one basic color. It's your blanket, you make it however your heart desires!
* Some people make these blankets for the year their children were born.
* These could be gifted also to an expectant mother with only 9 months for the duration of their pregnancy until the baby is born.
* Many people use a single crochet stitch for their rows considering there will be 365 row when this project is finished ---- this could get really long.
For more information about Temperature Blankets, you can visit the Crochet Crowd's post.
After deciding how to proceed with this project, I got a great idea from someone to make a Temperature Scarf which is just a scarf using the same principle as the blanket. I will be using my birth year and linen stitch for the scarf. I will post pictures of my projects as they evolve in the next few months.
Be blessed!
~ maria
1 John 2: 1-2
