January Temperature Afghan Progress Report

I promised you periodic updates on my temperature afghan for 2023 (yes, 2023) to keep me working on it.  As promised, here is my end of January update.   Well, it's my almost end of January update.

First, a refresher on what a temperature afghan is.  You don't have to crochet it, and you don't even have to make a blanket.

A temperature blanket uses colors to record highs and low temperatures (more on that later) over a certain period of time.  They can be used to record temperatures for a year, perhaps a calendar year, or the first year of a baby's life (to be presented as a birthday gift).   Some knit these, some quilt these.  Some make scarfs or sweaters.  The variations are endless.

So, in other words, Nature determines the colors and patterns of your work.

As a reminder, here are the colors I am using to represent the high for each day.

0 F (-17.8 C) and lower:  Pale Plum.  It would be most 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.

In addition:

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) I didn't have to use it.  Thankfully.

As of of December 31, 2023, I had gotten up to April 6, 2023.

Here is my afghan, as of yesterday afternoon (complete with shadows).

I am working on May 3 now, and you can see that big stretch of Kelly Green (54-66 F) at the top.  I have several more rows of that green. 

The cold weather certainly helps-I rarely crochet in the hot weather.

I'll be back towards the end of February (hopefully) to report on my (hopefully) continued progress.