It has been a few years since I have picked up a crochet hook. I stopped for a bit to teach myself how to knit. I did knit a few dishcloths and a hat. I was in the process of making my daughter a scarf when one of our dogs decided to chew the bamboo needles and yarn. Then I pretty much just put it all away and even gave away a small garbage bag of yarn!! Life got busy over the past couple of years and finding the time or energy to crochet or knit just didn’t seem appealing. But after the Christmas season and making some gifts for people, I really wanted to get back into crocheting. I’ve always been intrigued by temperature blankets and I took some time to research a simple pattern as well as a color scheme.
What is a temperature blanket? Well, the simplest way to describe it is a depiction of the temperature of a specific location during a specific year. The temperature depiction can be the low temperature of the day, the high temperature, or the average of the day. Before you start the project it is a good idea to choose your yarn color choices and temperature ranges for each color. For example, I live in Western Maine and our high temperatures can range from the single digits (possibly negative) to the high 90s. So the following is my temperature range and some of my colors are attached. I am still looking for the right colors for the remaining temperature ranges but since we are in the middle of January I think it is okay that I haven’t gotten them yet. I am getting my temperatures from accuweather.com for each day.
For my blanket I have decided to begin by making my foundation row by chaining 238, then I chose to use the moss stitch for my blanket. The moss stitch or linen stitch is very simple but creates a very nice look. Once you have your foundation row, this is how you create the stitch.
- Row 1: Single crochet in the 4th chain from the hook, *chain 1, skip 1 chain, single crochet in the next chain, and repeat from * to the end of the row. Single crochet in the last chain, chain 2, and turn.
- Row 2: Single crochet in the chain-1 space from the previous row, *chain 1, skip 1 single crochet, single crochet in the next chain-1 space, repeat from * to the end of the row. The last stitch will be a single crochet worked into the space between the chain-2 turning chain and the single crochet from the previous row.
- Repeat Row 2 for the desired length of the project.
If you are a visual learner you can see a tutorial on the stitch here
This is the beginning stages of my blanket in early January.
I can’t wait to show you more of my temperature blanket as the months go on. Have you ever created a temperature blanket?
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