Crocheting the Temperatures - March Report

I'm making progress with my 2023 temperature afghan. 

I first blogged about crocheting a temperature blanket on  November 17, 2022.  On January 25, 2023, I told my readers I was underway.  

For accountability purposes, I told you, my readers, that I would report every month on my progress.  Here's my report for February.

To recap: 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.

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 using its assigned color yarn as follows: 

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.

Here are the rest:

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, coming up soon)

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. 

On January 30 (my last report), I was working on the row representing May 3 2023.

So, as of today, March 5, I have gotten up to:  (drum roll) May 21, 2023.

January is on the left and the most recent is on the right.  The last row is yellow; if you see some red on the extreme right it was part of what I was trying to rest the afghan against when taking its pictures.

It's going to be fun figuring out how to photograph the afghan next month because it is getting big.

I'm racing against time in a way right now, because I normally don't crochet during the warm months.  I don't want it to languish. 

Let's see how far I get by the end of the month.