On the home stretch now.
I’ve been waiting for better light but it’s not happening, so here’s a quick iPhone update in the drab grey of December.
The black darned lines are temp markers for the end of each month.
November has been rather dull, but sneaked into the colder colours at the end. We even got a row of sparkly grey - which is an average of 0°C and below. Not something that happens around here very much.
@northy Still haven’t decided yet. I might darn a white line across, do a ‘marker tassel’ or remove them completely. I was going to wait until it was finished and then decide if I wanted to mark the months.
I’m open to suggestions. ;)
i think if it were me i'd just remove them completely... and along those lines - i you have the patience, i have questions because i am going to try this for "next year" (which is in, like, 3 weeks - YIKES!!!!)...
what do you use to track the temperatures? i think you once mentioned that you have a thermometer or something, but maybe i have that wrong... if you're using a website, can you let me know how you decided on which service to use?
and do you go with highs, lows or averages? (for some reason, this question is giving me a great deal of angst... i really need to get a grip!!!!!🥴)
@northy I'm leaning towards doing something very subtle.
For temperatures, I've been doing the daily average. The OH has outdoor sensors so we can track the local temp at the house. When that fails, as it has a couple of times this year, I've used the temp average on https://www.visualcrossing.com/ - looking at Query Builder > our village > temp column (changing the units to Celsius). No log-in is required, but it can be useful to sign up for the free account & pull the last couple of years' data to get a feel for what your temperatures & ranges are likely to be. This is what I tried here: https://365project.org/humphreyhippo/2023/2023-01-04
A lot of people do max temp as that's easier to track in many ways & there are more options for sources I think.
I'm considering do a square/hexagon variation next year with min & max.
I've enjoyed doing it. For what it's worth, my advice would be to make a rough spreadsheet of what your colours would have been last year & get your yarn in advance - or know you are using colours/yarn brands that are readily available all year. It also helps to get a feel for colour scheme.
It's OK to fall behind for a few days, but like 365, I wouldn't get too far behind. Obviously mine is quite a big blanket, but I find trying to catch up more than 2-3 days gets a bit much.
Decide in advance if you are doing the temperature of a place or of you - saves that moment of indecision when you go away. :)
@northy It's around 1.5m wide.
I based my stitch count on a small tension square aiming for around 160cm x 240cm. I haven't measured how long it is now, but it's getting a bit unwieldly. I cast on 253 stitches with a 4mm needle & am doing moss stitch in standard DK weight acrylic yarn.
I think I'm closer than I expected. My tension was all over the place at the start & in a big yellow bit half way through when I'd hurt one of my thumbs. ;)
Tx! And yeah…. I thought it might get unwieldy and am thinking of crocheting rather than knitting…. Which will be interesting because I haven’t crocheted in donkeys years! I bought a hook and some yarn to practice 😆
@northy Yep - and just discovered today that one of the colours I've been using has been discontinued so need to rejig my palette - luckily only have to rip out one row.
I'm going for the same size/colours (ish) but am trying spider stitch instead of linen stitch. My current plan is to move up lilac and insert another purple in its place. Our house measurements were always about a degree C higher than the VisualCrossings ones I used to work out the colours, so it will be nice to add more purple back in.
January 7th, 2024
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Out of curiosity…. What do you do with the month end markers as a longer term solution? (You keep mentioning that they are temporary).
I’m open to suggestions. ;)
what do you use to track the temperatures? i think you once mentioned that you have a thermometer or something, but maybe i have that wrong... if you're using a website, can you let me know how you decided on which service to use?
and do you go with highs, lows or averages? (for some reason, this question is giving me a great deal of angst... i really need to get a grip!!!!!🥴)
For temperatures, I've been doing the daily average. The OH has outdoor sensors so we can track the local temp at the house. When that fails, as it has a couple of times this year, I've used the temp average on https://www.visualcrossing.com/ - looking at Query Builder > our village > temp column (changing the units to Celsius). No log-in is required, but it can be useful to sign up for the free account & pull the last couple of years' data to get a feel for what your temperatures & ranges are likely to be. This is what I tried here: https://365project.org/humphreyhippo/2023/2023-01-04
A lot of people do max temp as that's easier to track in many ways & there are more options for sources I think.
I'm considering do a square/hexagon variation next year with min & max.
I've enjoyed doing it. For what it's worth, my advice would be to make a rough spreadsheet of what your colours would have been last year & get your yarn in advance - or know you are using colours/yarn brands that are readily available all year. It also helps to get a feel for colour scheme.
It's OK to fall behind for a few days, but like 365, I wouldn't get too far behind. Obviously mine is quite a big blanket, but I find trying to catch up more than 2-3 days gets a bit much.
Decide in advance if you are doing the temperature of a place or of you - saves that moment of indecision when you go away. :)
I based my stitch count on a small tension square aiming for around 160cm x 240cm. I haven't measured how long it is now, but it's getting a bit unwieldly. I cast on 253 stitches with a 4mm needle & am doing moss stitch in standard DK weight acrylic yarn.
I think I'm closer than I expected. My tension was all over the place at the start & in a big yellow bit half way through when I'd hurt one of my thumbs. ;)
I'm going for the same size/colours (ish) but am trying spider stitch instead of linen stitch. My current plan is to move up lilac and insert another purple in its place. Our house measurements were always about a degree C higher than the VisualCrossings ones I used to work out the colours, so it will be nice to add more purple back in.