Temperature Blanket 2020

Yarn: Deramores Studio DK
Composition: 100% acrylic
Colour: Ruby (70006)
Colour: Burnt Orange (70059)
Colour: Citrine (70042
Colour: Fir (70012)
Colour: Lapis (70016)
Colour: Aubergine (70010)
Colour: Lavender (70008)
Pattern: double crochet
Size: single bed sized (135x200cm)
Hook: 5mm
Amount used:
Started: 17th Apr 2020
Finished:

I've been meaning to start a Temperature Blanket for ages, and now seems just the right time.

Each stripe on the blanket will record the highest temperature for that day. Looking at last year's statistics, there was a range of 6-24°C. So far this year, things have been a little warmer. My plan is to have the following temperature intervals:

6-8°C (lavender)

9-11°C (aubergine)

12-14°C (lapis)

15-17°C (fir)

18-20°C (citrine)

21-23°C (burnt orange)

24°C+ (ruby)

I am anticipating making a border in ruby to finish it all off.

Crochet is still pretty new to me. I haven't yet managed to acquire the skill of making a chain, measuring it, and the subsequent item being the same size as the starting chain. To combat this I make a long, long chain in aubergine, and starting at the very beginning of the chain working a row of double crochets into the chain. The excess chain was ripped back. From there it has been as simple as working a row of double crochet in the corresponding colour for each day.

I did toy with the idea of always working with the right side facing me. This would have created 2 ends of yarn for every single row. Weaving in, or crocheting over more than 700 ends is now my scene. Instead, my rule has been to always start new colours on the right hand side (with right side facing me). When there are multiple rows of the same colour, I turn the blanket at the end of the row and crochet back. This results in an interesting texture.