When I learned how to crochet last year, never in a million years did I think I was going to be working on a project that would take me an entire year to complete. Yet here I am, a few months into the year, and I’m making a temperature blanket that will take me a full year to make, start to finish.
Now, you may be asking why am I making something that will take a full year to make, especially a blanket? We all know that blankets can be huge, but any person who knits or crochets knows that a blanket shouldn’t take a year to make. A month or two? Sure! But a whole year? That’s kind of outrageous.So before you get your crochet hook in a twist, let me explain just what exactly a temperature blanket is, and why it takes a full year to make.
But like I said, this is all up to you! You can pick whatever colors you want for your blanket. I’ve seen examples where people use all different shades of the same color, or just random colors for the entire thing! Whatever your heart wants, just do it!When you’re working on a project that is going to take an entire calendar year, you have to stay organized. There is just no other way. If not, you’re going to miss days, forget what color to use or so many other bad things that could do wrong.
This is the key I made to help me remember what colors I chose for my blanket. It's a nice way to visually see what you are doing before you start.Because I live in Michigan and we experience all four seasons, this is an easy key to figure out. However, if you live in a place like Texas or Florida and want more variety of colors, perhaps you do increments of five degrees, which will insure that your blanket will be more colorful when it’s all said and done.
The first few days of making my temperature blanket in early January of 2024. It's crazy to see how much it's grown since then!There is also some online talk about using the high temp of the day, or the average of the day. I suppose that an average temp will give you a more realistic portrait of how it felt outside that day, but I found that you don’t get as much color changing if you use just the average.
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