Last year on New Year's Eve I was trolling Facebook and found a post about crocheting a temperature blanket. Because I had yet to teach myself how to crochet, I went into the cross stitch conversion mode. I instantly left whatever NYE Countdown show I was watching and sat down at my computer with my notepad and started coming up with ideas. There were a few I sketched and when charting them, they just didn't work for me. After quite awhile I settled on a block sampler. By that point in time it was too late into 2016 to release the design.
So, here we are just a few days before the start of 2017 and I'm releasing it in time for people to start a new "thread-a-day" piece. I already have 3 local stitching friends that will be doing it with me. I, of course, will be stitching using the suggested DMC colors. Some of them will be changing colors to use overdyed fibers.
The photo below is strictly a representation of the layout of the chart, and was based on actual daily high temperatures in Las Vegas, NV for 2015. The greater fluctuation in your local weather, the more colors you'll have in your design. As you can tell from this photo, Vegas is pretty consistent in temperature for days on end.
Interested in getting this design for yourself? If so, head on over to my Etsy shop before January 2, 2017 and save $3.00 off the PDF download price with coupon code TEMPBLOG at checkout.
I'd love to see lots of color variations of this design, so if you DO stitch the design, please feel free to share pics of your WIP and finished piece over on my Facebook page.
Until the next time...Happy Stitching!
Editor's Note 03-06-17: Below is a photo of the piece I'm creating, with stitching completed through January 26th:
In addition, if you'd like to see what other people's pieces look like, check out the album I've created on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Stitchnmomma/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1350622718292871
