Getting Colder

 

I am tatting the temperature using the mean of the weekly high and low. The data comes from temperatures published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Each set (man) represents one week so I will have 52 of these when done. 

The joining of new thread is made in the ring for the head. You can see I have yet to cut the threads of the previous weeks.  I do not know what the next week temperatures will be until the week is finished so I must wait to add the new thread, thus one remains headless.

You can see a small snippet of the scale I am using in the upper portion of the picture, the degrees are in Celsius. Because we have had a warm January the colors are red but I can see us moving into a blue zone with cooler temperatures.

The pattern is called  Girotondo by Antonia (Ninetta) Caruso from Italy and she shares this free pattern on her blog.  I am using vintage threads in size 80.

Tatting a Temperature Chart

They are not hard to find in the new year. Crafters creating a temperature chart.  It is done by using the temperature to create a corresponding pattern.  Here is how I made mine. 

Firstly I wanted something I could easily manage so only 52 tats would correspond to  a weekly temperature.  After reviewing historic temperatures I chose to use the Weekly Mean of Min/Max.  If history repeats itself there could be a  50 degree temperature range. With each color representing a 5 degree range I would need 10 colors plus perhaps using black and /or white for the extreme (which I am betting will not happen). 

OK are you with me so far, now to choose the color scale.  I have decided to do this in a size 80 thread and use solid colors for the scale.  That way each five degree temperature change would be a change in corresponding color. Searched my stash and came up with ten suitable colors.  I needed to organize the colors from cool to warm. 

Now to find a pattern that would work.  I could go the easy route and choose simple flower but then I needed a way to put them all together, a spiral may work.  Hmm what shall I do.

I chose a pattern called  Girotondo. The pattern is by Antonia (Ninetta) Caruso from Italy and she shares this free pattern on her blog.   I tatted a sample scale. Next post I will have a few weeks to show you of the actual chart. 

It is not too late to start your temperature chart.

Tat it and See updates for Day 6, 7 and 8