Since I’m a meteorologist and am always paying attention to the weather, I started getting intrigued by the various temperature blanket (or embroidery) projects that I saw on Instagram. When Toni Lipsey of TLYarncrafts shared her temperature blanket made of various blocks with linen stitch, I was inspired to make my own (check out her pattern for the Linen Stitch Temperature Blanket).
I decided to go with a more muted palette and chose 12 colors in Encore Worsted. I used data from the official observing site at the Worcester airport for the daily high temperatures. Each block is one month, and each round in the block represents one day.
- <25°F Pale Green
- 25°–30°F Quarry
- 31°–36°F Wedgewood
- 37°–42°F Lagoon
- 43°–49°F Light Greenhouse
- 50°–55°F Fawn
- 56°–62°F Purple Dusk
- 63°–68°F Pink Heather
- 69°–75°F Sand
- 76°–81°F French Vanilla
- 82°–88°F Amber
- >88°F Desert
Since there are different numbers of days in each month, I added rounds in white (Snow) so each block was 32 rounds. I also used the white for the join. I experimented with a few hook sizes before landing on a 4.5 mm (size 7) hook.
Overall, I enjoyed the project. It wasn’t too hard to catch up if I didn’t work on the blocks regularly. So now I have a record of every high temperature on every day of 2021 for Worcester, Massachusetts. Pretty cool!
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