I decided a little while ago to make a temperature blanket
as a record of my 30th year. I never thought I’d live to see 30, so I
want to celebrate it every day this year. It is a long process with a lot of
step backs and downers, but generally I feel a lot happier, calmer and content,
compared with my teenage years and early twenties. I guess the medication is
working.
I came up with a colour scheme and attached each colour to a
temperature range. I check the temperature at 2pm for wherever I am, make a
note, and then do a row in that colour. I started with a foundation double crochet (FDC) row wide enough to cover a double bed (I haven’t and don’t intend
to count the stitches), and each row is made using half treble (HTR). I am
using a 4.5mm hook, and Stylecraft Special DK.
So far it is very green! I started on my birthday, October 15th,
and I will do a black double crochet (DC) row between each month. I am
stitching over my loose ends every time I attach a new colour so I don’t have
any sewing in to do at the end.
