Climate change
Thanks to everyone who weighed in on the my color choices last week. I ended up starting my 2013 Temperature Scarf on Saturday.
I love everything about this project so far! The colors are coming together nicely, and I love that this is a project that will take a minimum of 365 days to complete. There is something really liberating about not working against a deadline.
For those of you just hearing about the temperature scarf project: it’s a conceptual crochet project where I track the weather for the course of the year by matching colors to temperatures and crocheting one row for each day. I got the idea from this knitting version. I’m using 7 skeins of yarn from my stash, so it contributes to my stash busting goals for the year. And it’s a project for me, which is a rarity.
To add to the whole conceptual nature of this project, I basically combined several stitch patterns so that the stitch count for each row is the same as my current age. I chose a single crochet based stitch pattern because I didn’t want the scarf to be too long. If it seems to short by March, I’ll adjust the stitch heights seasonally (half double crochets in the spring and fall, double crochet in the summer, and single crochet for the winter) to represent the daily hours of sunlight.
So here are my first 13 days. The standout feature is that the climate of New York City has really changed a lot in the past few years. I haven’t even used the color for the coldest temperatures, and we’ve had several days in the high 40s. I almost wish I had made one of these years ago so I could compare the shift in temperature over time.
Though I love this project so far, don’t worry. I don’t plan to share an update on it for each of the next 52 weeks – that seems a bit much 
. I will share the stitch pattern as soon as write it up since a few people have asked about it on Ravelry.
As for reading, I finished The Sentinel
Edited to add: I’ll be at Vogue Knitting Live this weekend. If you’ll be there, too, let me know – I’d love to meet up!
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I love the idea of this project. I wish I could rely on myself enough to remember to do all the rows more than once a month! I shall watch your progress with interest. I like the colours you have chosen a lot too.
Hahaha, Stitched Together – you’re assuming that I’m actually crocheting a row each day??!! Not a chance – I’m tracking the weather and then updating a few days at a time.
I think it’s a wonderful idea to make a scarf which tells the story of the weather each year. I can’t wait to see the finished item.
Ali x
Thanks, Ali Bee Creations! I am interested to see how this scarf actually turns out.
Oh what a great idea – I really like it. I can’t wait to see it finished
Thanks, Cris! I’m hoping it turns out at lovely as I hope it will!
I do love the idea of climate scarves, can’t wait to see how you progress.
Thanks, Andria. I think they tell an interesting story.
This is a great idea. I love that it’ll tell a story at the end. I’m sure the AMNH would love to feature this on their tumblr or their twitter/pinterest page if you let them know.
Oooh, thanks for the tip, Vanessa! I will let them know!
interesting idea! and lovely colors you chose there
Thanks so much, kikie.
It’s really cool to see these scarves from different regions. I’m hoping you won’t have to use any of those super cold temperature colors.
I’d actually prefer that, Michelle! The unseasonably warm weather has me sort of scared.
Love how it looks so far!! Especially the stitch pattern
It’d definitely be interesting to compare over the years, but this year in MI it’s already been all over the charts. Can’t wait to see how it progresses
Thanks for the encouragement, Mary! I can believe it – it has been up and down quite a bit here, too.
I like your Temperature Scarf. I’m doing one too, only in knit. Fun, huh?
Oh, cool, Paula! I’m looking forward to seeing yours done in 2014
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It is looking so good! I love the stitch pattern you are using.
Thanks so much for stopping by, Kristen and for coming up with this great idea!