I am sooo behind with my temperature blanket! One of the hazards of having far too many projects on the go at once. I blame my butterfly brain, always fluttering off to the next pretty thing which appears over the horizon. However, this is it so far:

I’ve reached the end of June!

But, I keep a journal where I try very hard to record the daily maximum and minimum temperatures every day so I can catch up, eventually. I reckon if I can knit ten rows a day I might just get to where I thought I’d be. The plan was I’d knit two rows every day of the year (pause for a hollow laugh!) That will be alongside all the socks, mittens, scarves etc which I’m planning or currently making!

I’m really pleased with how it looks though, and it will be a good reminder of this year when we reached the record highs on my birthday. I spent the day languishing indoors in front of an industrial fan and cold drinks!

I found the colour ideas on the Lovecrafts website, and the yarn used is Stylecraft Special. You might remember that I used this way back when in 2010 and it’s a great yarn for blanket projects.

I love using natural fibres where possible, but if you have children or animals to contend with you need to be able to throw blankets in the washing machine without worrying about them shrinking. Add in the reasonable price and the huge range of colours it’s win win all round. (The only things it hasn’t stood up to are Higgins teeth!)

The temperature blanket is knitted in moss stitch so there is no right or wrong side to the finished blanket and there are two rows for each day, the maximum and minimum temperatures. Rather than working in literally hundreds of ends I’m making fringed edges. This winter we are going to need all the blankets we can make!

Have you made a temperature blanket or scarf? I’d love to know how it went. I’m off now to knit a couple more rows before I need to stop to cook the evening meal. I will also get wuffed at very soon by a small dog who wants his tea, NOW!

See you very soon…x