Monday, April 29, 2024

Yarn (and Temperatures) #AtoZChallenge

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It's the next to last day of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, and also time to be accountable.  Here's a Yarn for you, so to speak.

Accountable for what, you may ask?

Well....part of my theme is the unexpected. I'm sure you didn't expect a post about me crocheting a blanket.  It's not just any blanket, though.

I first blogged about crocheting a temperature blanket on  November 17, 2022.  On January 25, 2023, I told my readers I was underway.  I did start.  I even purchased almost all of the yarn over the last year.

What is a temperature blanket?   You pick colors representing temperature ranges that make sense for your climate (or the climate of someone you want to gift the blanket to). You can knit, crochet or quilt it.  Some people make one for a new child or grandchild/great grand in their family to record their first year of life.  Or, you can just make one for no reason at all, like me..

I recorded the high and low temperatures for every day in 2023 and my plan was to crochet one row for each day's high with its assigned color. These are my color picks for the Yarn I'm using:

0 F (-17.8 C) and lower:  Pale Plum. It's unusual where I live to have a high less than zero F, and, in fact, 2023 did not offer such a high.  But we did have a low of -5F (-20.5 C) one night so I decided to include a strip of low temperature color and high temperature color for that day.
Here are my other color choices.
1-21F   Dark orchid
21-32F  Royal blue
33-43F  Turquoise
44-53F  Spring Green
54-66F  Kelly Green (think of St. Patrick's Day)
67-77F  Bright Yellow
78-88F Carrot orange
89-99F  Pretty in Pink
100F (38C) and above - Fruity Stripe (shades of pink - a variegated yarn) which I won't be using.

Once a month, I blog about my progress.  Hence, the above Yarn.

As of today, I am up to June 20, 2023. I still have almost six months to go.

This is getting so large it's hard to photograph, and I hope you get the general idea from this less than ideal photo.

With warmer weather, I crochet less, or not at all.  We'll see what the next months bring.

"Y" day in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.  My theme:  Gardens, History, Art, and the Unexpected.  

Tomorrow - Z, last but not least.

11 comments:

  1. That is a fantastic idea. The finished article will look wonderful.

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  2. How lovely is this, Alana. I used to knit when Mum was around. As I always needed some hand holding here and there. It's been such a while now. I hope to some day all over again. Thanks for sharing this beautiful endeavour with us.

    Late to the #MM party from last week, but will hop in. :)

    Happy Crocheting.

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  3. Do you have a good estimate at the finished size of your afghan? I understand they can get HUGE if you don't choose well. I'm currently a little behind on my temperature tree sampler, having cross-stitched the leaves only up until April 9 so far! The needle needs to fly these next couple of days!

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  4. Maybe a temperature scarf would go quicker, being not so wide! The temperature yarn is getting warmer, and so is your actual temperature. I can understand not wanting to sit under a blanket crocheting!

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  5. It's getting there. You'll get it done this year ;)

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  6. I absolutely love this and salute any and all efforts to finish!

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  7. Nice work, Alana. Granny loved to crochet too😸Extra Pawkisses🐾😽💞

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