Temperature Blanket May

Woo hoo! I'm back to the Temperature blanket, and I've started work on May. The little octopus created a bit of a diversion, but I'm back on track.  Although, I have no idea whether May and June will be finished by the end of June.

It's getting too hot to work on it as it grows larger. I'm ready to take the summer months off, and come back to it in the autumn.

Temperture Blanket Chart May 2020

Gone are the lilacs of previous months, and only two days of aubergine! Look at the 31st, it's burnt orange! It's warming up, and I'm catching up.

Monogamy in Crafting

In the past, I have been a person with multiple projects on the go. This often resulted in multiple (many multiples) of UFOs waiting to be completed. But, this have appeared to change regarding the Temperature Blanket. Since starting on the 17th of April, I have put it aside once to finish a hat. Just the once, and only because I had set myself a goal of finishing two hats this month. Which reminds me, I have second hat waiting to be finished. I shall do that today, and get it out of the way, leaving tomorrow totally free.

It does feel odd being so monogamous though. I can't think of a time when I have been so focused on one project. There will be a concious uncoupling soon though. As soon as I've finished the rows for April I will put the blanket aside. It will be a third done, and even a third of a blanket is a bit much to be sitting under at this time of year. The blanket shall be set aside for colder days.

Temperature Blanket Charts

Chart for April

I've just realised it would be a huge deal easier to have an on-line pictorial guide for each month rather than a text list on one device.

I've no idea why I'm posting the previous charts as I don't actually need them, but they are here for completeness.

Chart for March

Chart for February

Chart for January

Temperature Blanket January To March 2020

At last! I am a quarter of the way through the Temperature Blanket. Two sections have been ripped back as my ability to make straight edges was rather wobbly. However, I'm a quarter done.

Temperature Blanket 2020 - Jan & Feb

January and February have been completed.

Lavender is used for the days when the high temperature has been 6-8°C, aubergine for 9-11°C, and lapis for 12-14°C.

March will have seven lavender rows, 21 aubergine, and three lapis.

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.