Longterm Project

I don't remember when I first came across the concept of a temperature blanket - in which you knit or crochet a stripe, square, or other section every day in a color assigned to represent that day's temperature - but I've wanted to make one for quite some time. And this year, as I started to unpack my craft room and came across a box of rainbow colored wool, I decided it was time.

Most of my colors are KnitPicks Palette, with a big cone of Holst Garn Tides (a wool/silk blend) to provide my main color. The other yarns are Holst as well. I decided stripes are boring and instead I wanted to knit half square triangles. I also want to keep track of both the high and low temperatures for every day, because that's more fun. There will be a plain grey square to mark the separation between each month - both to make the math work out to a rectangle, and to give me quick reference points to make sure I haven't skipped a square.

So I picked out my colors, did a lot of math, spent enjoyable hours organizing myself, and started knitting. Since I didn't get going on this project until the beginning of this week, I had some catching up to do. As of now I'm working on January 9th, and I want to be up to date before the end of the month. After that, it will be a simple two squares per day and should be easy to keep up with.

There's a good chance I'll run out of a few colors of yarn, though, since I'm just working with stash. If and when that happens I'll have to make a decision whether to sub in something similar, or order more.

For now, I'm having fun! And realizing already how huge this blanket will end up being.