Back in February, I finally got excited about trying a temperature blanket project. Things changed a bit after I completed that first square based on January 2022, but I have actually completed couple temperature projects this year and wanted to document them here.
After I made my first linen stitch square, I decided I needed to loosen my stitch/guage and went up to a bigger hook. I had already stitched in all the ends of my first square, so there was no undoing it. I went back to Michaels to get more purple tweed yarn and learned that their whole line of tweeds I was using was being discontinued!!! I bought up everything they had there in the store, and decided I better re-think my project and figure out a way to do my project, making sure I had enough of each color of yarn to complete it, since I had no way of getting more--even online.
(As you can see, there are a lot of ends to weave in and hide, just in one square! Every time you change yarn colors or run out of a color you're using, you have 2 ends to weave in.)
Since the weather is so unpredictable, I decided to make my temperature blanket based on a year that had already happened! I decided to use the temperatures of the year 2020. It had been a particularly tough year for our family, but was also Jeremy's and my 20th wedding anniversary year. So, I decided it would be a great year to have something beautiful to remember it by. 
I did a lot of math to figure out the temperature ranges that would represent my 9 colors and allow me to use the daily high temperatures and not use up all my yarn. Whew! While I wouldn't call my color palette the traditional rainbow colored temperature blanket choices, I did generally use cooler colors for colder temperatures and warmer colors for warmer temperatures with grays, creams, and tans mixed in to pull it together. And I had one yarn that is available at multiple stores that I knew I wouldn't run out of, so that became my connector yarn for connecting each square and bordering the blanket, as well as my most common temperature range 66-72 degrees.
My final overall temperature range/color/yarn chart:
Below is one month's square's pattern. Each date's high temperature and the yarn color for the temperature range it fell in. I created one of these for each of the 12 months before I began the 2020 blanket. To make each square, you start in the center and work out, so rows get longer/bigger and require more yarn as the square grows.
Each square was 32 rounds, regardless of how many days were in the month. So, if a month only had 28 days, it would have 4 rounds of the neutral connector color around the outside to make it 32 rounds total. Therefore, all the squares were the same size and able to be connected in the end.
I find it so difficult to get good photos of blankets, so I just basically tossed it on the couch and took a couple snapshots with my phone. If these photos were advertisement for sale, I would've had to done a better job. But, I don't think anyone would pay what it cost me to make this blanket, so I won't be trying to sell any!
