Lovely day to all my dear friends!

The start of a new year is just around the corner, and I’m already thinking about a new temperature project. But before we dive into crochet, I have a special treat for you— a guide to temperature projects, filled with tips, advice, and inspiration!

Temperature crochet has captured my heart, and we’ve completed two years of crocheting together. I’ll be continuing with these temperature projects, and who knows, maybe I’ll inspire you to join in too!

If you haven’t heard about temperature crocheting, check out this special guide:

Here’s a pattern for the crocheted rainbow fish:

And for those who missed the temperature snake, here’s the pattern and explanation on how it all works:

**TEMPERATURE PROJECTS**

I’m truly thrilled with colorful crochet! It’s such a fun way to create something vibrant and meaningful, with a style you might not usually choose.

It's amazing, and the weather plays along so beautifully that I’m glad I’ve captured its "moods for future generations!" With this, I’m crafting a weather diary from colorful yarns—and it's incredibly easy!

What do you need to do besides crochet? Simply record the temperature each day over your chosen period. Each temperature range has a designated yarn color. Every day, you crochet a row in the corresponding color! And in the end, you have a gorgeous record of the entire year’s weather!

You can choose to crochet minimum, maximum, average or any day’s time temperature (noon, morning, evening etc.)

I’ll show you how to create temperature range and how to choose a temperature range colors for your climate, and how to design a color scheme with your favorite amigurumi yarns.

You can choose to use a traditional color scheme with a range of blues and whites for cool temperatures in winter, greens and yellows as the days warm up in spring, and hot pinks and reds for summer or to create an original one as per your choice. 

You can easily create your personalized temperature/color chart that you’ll use throughout the year as your project progresses.

You can start right now, at the beginning of New Year or anytime during the year.

I started the Snake at the end of December – this is my youngest son birthday and I decided to create the temperature snake for his 10th Birthday in 2023!

Let’s start with selecting your color scheme, buying your yarn, so you’ll be ready to get going with the temperature stripes as soon as 2025 arrives or anytime when YOUR DATE arrives.

New Year Start: You can start your temperature project on the official start date of Jan 1st. This is the first day you’ll start logging the daily temperature.

And you don’t need to crochet every day, provided you either keep a note of the temperature, or use a temperatures website where you can find temperature information as well.

Anytime or Late Start: If you jump into this project later, you can either catch up on the days you missed, or choose your time range starting later than Jan 1st – it’s up to you!

You can make a project for a whole year (you’ll end up with a large one) or you could do one for a period of time:

a first year of your baby
a school or university seasons
a pregnancy
one year from birthday to birthday
or important event in your life.

The Temperature Project will be a big fun for you!

PROJECT SHEET_TEMPERATURE SNAKE Scale.pdf

Step 1: Choose your colors and yarn

At first, it is important to decide on your temperature range and colors.
Traditionally, temperature projects use a gradient color palette.

I would recommend you to us a gradient with a strong contrast from one end to the other will result in pops of color on days when the temperature is wildly different. Equally, using a subtle gradient will result in a gentle blend of colors as the temperatures rise and fall throughout the year. 

It is helpful to look at previous years’ temperatures to work out how many degrees you might need to cover before deciding how many colors you want to use.

For example, in my country in center Europe, I know that the temperature generally ranges from -5 - 0°C - 35°C (with maybe a couple of dips below or spikes above on crazily cold or hot days).

I decided to use 19 colors (3°C per color) for the snake. And 13 colors (4°C per color) for the Fish pillow.

The more colors you use, the more variations you’ll see in your projects.

You can download the project sheet that helps you keep track of your temperatures and the corresponding yarn colors:

PROJECT SHEET_TEMPERATURE SNAKE Scale.pdf

You can use your own favorite yarn, but make sure you have enough of the same colors to finish the job. You never know what the weather will bring.

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This pattern is made for beginners - only a basic skill level is required to make it. If you don't understand any of my instructions, don't worry I am here for you.