It's time to hold myself accountable once again for a crocheted afghan project I started last year.
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.
So
what is a temperature blanket? You can knit, crochet or quilt it. You
pick colors representing temperature ranges that make sense for your
climate (or the climate of someone you want to gift the blanket to.
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.
Below are the colors I decided to use for my blanket. 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.
100F (38C) and above - Fruity Stripe (shades of pink - a variegated yarn) I didn't have to use it.
As of yesterday, I finished June 2.
It's becoming more and more difficult to take a picture of this and I don't know what I'll do for April. But I'm sure I'll figure something out.
I'm working on June 3 now, which will be carrot orange. Then, more yellow.
I need to up the pace, though, because I don't like crocheting in warm or hot weather. And it will be true spring weather one day, right?
Look for my next report at the beginning of May, as April will be my Blogging from A to Z month (unless I can think of an afghan post that begins with "Y" or "Z").
...this has been a green and yellow year.
ReplyDeleteIt really is interesting to see how the temperature changes. That pink was a warm day, I assume?
ReplyDeleteOh, I forgot! Y - yarn. Z - zigzag stitch. Zigzag stitch (crochet) was my first attempt. I still have it, as I brought my first baby home in it in 1981! It's so crooked!
ReplyDeleteIt’s coming along nicely
ReplyDeleteYeah, taking a picture of an afghan gets tricky. Perhaps you can use a ladder ;) As for fitting the afghan to a letter--Ze Temperature Afghan? Year in Yarn. If you really want to fit it to the letter of the day, there's a way. It just might take some creativity to get there.
ReplyDeleteYou are doing much better with your afghan than I am doing with my embroidery - which is basically nothing, lol.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colors!
ReplyDeleteInteresting project!
ReplyDeleteMaking progress, good for you! I am up to date on my temperature sampler, and hoping that I get to use more pink, green, and gold this month -- I'm tired of the icy colors! Did you know there's a group on Facebook devoted to temperature blankets? (Of course there is; there's a FB group for everything now, right?) https://www.facebook.com/groups/272448773170943
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