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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    11 months ago

    Question: what is a “temperature blanket”?

    And how does it differ from a regular blanket?

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      11 months ago

      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.

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        11 months ago

        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.

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          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?

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            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.

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              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.

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      11 months ago

      Best guess is a blanket with one line? Per day based on average temperature VS normal. But I’m a stranger to the community so that’s just a guess

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        Good guess! You can base it on the average, high, or low. My partner and I decided to do the highs. Ive also seen people do emotion blankets correlating the colors to how they felt each day for a year, its a fun concept with a randomized out come.