Finish Temp Blanket #2

This one turned out to be 39" x 72" so I wish I had started with a little bit longer chain.  Of course I would not have had enough of two colors of the yarn so I think it has turned out to be exactly what it was supposed to be.
Have a wonderful week of stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

WIP Temp Blanket #2

I am almost half way through the year.  I started with December 31 (left side) and I am up to July 11 (right side).  Starting with a chain of 224 makes this 38" wide.  So far it is 30.75" high, which is actually showing as left to right in this photo.
I can't believe how much faster this stitch is than the first one I did.  I am still thinking about what kind of border to add but I have plenty of time to decide.
Happy stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Temp Blanket Finish

 I have finished the Temperature Blanket for my granddaughter's graduation.  It finishes at 45" x 61.5".
 I am ever so pleased with how it turned out - especially that it is not overly large.
I am planning the next one for my other granddaughter.  I am thinking of using a moss stitch for the next one.  This stitch goes by many names including the linen stitch, woven stitch, and granite stitch.  I will have to do a swatch first to see if I can approximate the finished size.

This (click here) is the inspiration for the crocheted edge on the blanket. 
Scroll down to see a candy cane crochet border, which uses 2 colors. 
I modified it for 8 colors by chaining 10 and skipping 7 instead of one for my border.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Temperature Blanket

I am on December 8 (right side of picture) so the year is almost finished.  It is 47.5 inches wide so far and the length is 42.25 inches.  I am still quite puzzled by what sort of border I am going to do so I am hoping that eureka moment will hit me very soon.
I have a new idea about how I may do the next temperature blanket but no definite plan as yet.
Happy stitching to all.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

WIP Temp Blanket

I am starting the row for July 1st so I am half way done with this.  I love the way the colors are changing.
I am doing another one with the same colors but I am now thinking they will look so much alike.  Perhaps I should reverse the colors so that the Royal Blue is 90+ and the Bright Pink is below 30.  I think of blue as a cool color and pink as a warm color, though.
I can always put different borders on them so they don't look so much alike.
I have plenty of time to decide as I finish crocheting this one.
Enjoy your stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Temp blanket WIP

I am on the row for April 29th today and it is 16 1/2 inches long so far. 
The recipient was born in April - instead of single crochet in the back loop for that day's row I did a double crochet row so that day will be different from the other rows.
Sorry for the dark picture but it is a gloomy day.  We are expected to receive 25-33 inches of snow by Friday night so even though the sun is just coming out it is a bit cloudy.
I hope my next WIP photo will show how pretty the colors of yarn really are.
Happy Stitching

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Temperature Blanket WIP

I have started a Temperature Blanket for one of my granddaughters.
I got the high temperatures for the year she was born for the city she was born in.  The temperatures were available on this site wunderground
I copied all of the high temperatures into Excel.
I did a chainless foundation of 220 stitches and I am stitching a single crochet in back loops only with one row for each day in the color associated with that high temperature.  I am turning my work at the end of each row.   I am on February 17 and it is about 6.5 inches high so far.  I am putting 2 rows of black single crochets (both loops) to divide the months of the year.  In the picture January 1st is at the bottom of the WIP.
I don't think it will be too big for a lap blanket - in googling Temperature Blankets I saw that some of them can get very large. 

I am using Stylecraft special DK yarn and a size G crochet hook.
 

Bright Pink	90 +
Fiesta	80-89
Jaffa	70-79
Citron	60-69
Bright Green	50-59
Kelly Green	40-49
Bluebell	30-39
Royal	< 30

I am planning to make another one when this one is finished.


Edit:
After looking at the picture I realized I had made a mistake so yesterday I had to take out 5 rows. Today I have 2 days left in February so I feel like I am back on track.
I have been doing a chain 1 before I turn to stitch the next row but my sides are really fanning out compared to the middle part. I am going to just turn w/o a chain 1 and see if that corrects the problem. I don't want to start over so I am hoping that adding a border and blocking it when I finish will fix the issue.   I don't know why I can see things better in a photo than I can when looking at the real thing but it's not the first time this has happened to me. 

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]