this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2023
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My partner and I finally have all of our planning ironed out and did the math so we could get all of the yarn we needed while most of it was over 50% off, so stoked to get started on this journey!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what OP means, but I have heard of temperature blankets where someone knits or crochets a blanket with 365 rows. The color of each row represents the average temperature that day (or the high).

But it could refer to a more vague temperature color gradient blanket as well.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Doing 1 row of single crochet based on the daily high temperature every day in 2024. Sorry i assumed it was ubiquitous when i posted it here. My bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a reason you chose the high? Median or Mean might lead to a subtler gradient in the blanket. You could have a difference of 5-10 degrees (Celsius) each day bouncing back and forth sometimes depending on rain and clouds. Is it standard for temperature blankets to use the high?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The highs are just easier to keep up with and i dont feel like finding the median everyday. My partner put all of the temps with the temp gauge we are using into excel and it still has a pretty nice gradient using the highs from 2023 when we zoom out and look at the whole sheet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not sure where you live or how locally you want the data, but often government has historical daily records available online.

For an example from Canada where I am They provide daily records as well as hourly records which give a high, low, and average as well as other data which can be downloaded into csv format for excel.

At least could be used as a backup if your own gauge malfunctions or gets forgotten / left for holidays or something.