Temperature Blanket Tracker
Associate dates, colors, and completed sections.
How Temperature Blanket Tracker Works?
The Temperature Blanket Tracker works by counting Day of Year and holding the Assigned Color for that day's temperature. Each day gets 1 row or round in the colour that matches the temperature range.
Make a colour key
Split the year's temperature range into 8 to 12 bands and give each band a colour.
Log the day
Tap the count pad or press Space to move to the next day.
Note the colour
Press → to set Assigned Color to the band number for that day's high temperature.
Work the row
Work 1 row in that colour.
Temperature Blanket Tracker Formula
The Temperature Blanket Tracker formula is band = ⌊(temperature − lowest) ÷ band width⌋ + 1. A year of 365 rows sets the blanket length.
- Colour band
B = ⌊(t − low) ÷ w⌋ + 1t is the day's temperature, low is the lowest band start and w is the band width.
- Blanket length
L = 365 × row heightA worsted sc row is about 0.25 in (0.6 cm).
- Rows per colour
Count days in each bandBuy yarn by days per band.
Worked example: With bands of 9 °F (5 °C) starting at 10 °F (−12 °C), a high of 47 °F (8.3 °C) falls in band ⌊(47 − 10) ÷ 9⌋ + 1 = band 5, the green row in the key below.
Temperature Blanket Tracker Conversion Table
The Temperature Blanket Tracker conversion table gives a 10-band colour key in °F and °C.
| Band | °F | °C | Sample colour |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10–18 | −12 to −8 | Navy |
| 2 | 19–27 | −7 to −3 | Royal blue |
| 3 | 28–36 | −2 to 2 | Sky blue |
| 4 | 37–45 | 3 to 7 | Teal |
| 5 | 46–54 | 8 to 12 | Green |
| 6 | 55–63 | 13 to 17 | Lime |
| 7 | 64–72 | 18 to 22 | Yellow |
| 8 | 73–81 | 23 to 27 | Orange |
| 9 | 82–90 | 28 to 32 | Red |
| 10 | 91–99 | 33 to 37 | Burgundy |
Use your local record low and high to set the first and last bands.
What is Temperature Blanket Tracker?
A Temperature Blanket Tracker is a tool that links each day of the year to a row and a colour based on that day's temperature. Temperature blankets record a year of weather in yarn.
The project lasts 365 days, so keeping the day number and colour saved is the main job. The Stitches Counter tool stores both in your browser.
What are the uses of Temperature Blanket Tracker?
There are 4 main uses of the Temperature Blanket Tracker, including year-long blankets, birth-year gifts and city records.
Year-long blankets
Work 1 row per day for a year.
Birth-year gifts
Record the weather of a birth year.
City records
Record a place's weather.
Catch-up days
Track missed days to work later.
About the Temperature Blanket Tracker
Log daily weather temperatures, associate custom yarn colorways, and track completed calendar rows for year-long blanket projects.
How to Use This Tool Efficiently
- ✓Define clear temperature ranges (e.g. 60-69°F = Sage, 70-79°F = Amber) beforehand.
- ✓Record daily highs even if you knit rows in weekend batches.
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