Yarn and Colors for Your Temperature Scarf!

[daverett]

Just put in the order for my yarn; can't wait for it to get here so I can get started. Here's the color chart for my scarf:

[Dmack]

Just put in the order for my yarn; can't wait for it to get here so I can get started. Here's the color chart for my scarf:

Beautiful!!

Danielle

[Dmack]

Unlike you in Houston, it has been colder then normal here in Nor Cal (not that I should be complaining, because it is STILL warmer then elsewhere, right? )
I love how you are going to use the temps in AK when you are on your cruise.....that really represents the year very accurately....hhhmmmm I am thinking of stealing that idea....

here in nor cal we get a pretty big range when taking into consideration the highs and lows (everything from the 30's to 90's (maybe 101 on a REALLY hot day). Because this KAL/CAL allows for much creativity and deciding what works best for you - here is what I did. I decided to use the high temps only (looked up last years to get a range), decided how many colors I wanted to use and then divided by that number (range was 48-98, and I am using 9 colors) so it ended up breaking down to 53 and below (which is really a range of 48-53), 54-59, 60-65, 66-71 so on and so forth.... I did it this way, because I was to break it down on my own it would have been 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69 and I felt that would have been just very predictable since the range is not super varied.

Hope that helps you out a bit!

Danielle

Right now I have eight colors, and my range is very much like the one you avoided. I also am only considering the high each day, and I start at "49° and below" and go up to "95°+." I left the 50's, 60's, and 70's in tens and then split the 80's and 90's into fives. My biggest problem is that I'm not good at picking colors and improvising, so I went with the suggested colors and then just altered the scale a bit. The idea of picking more colors to go in it makes me nervous! LOL

HAHAHAHA! Don't fret - it took me like 2 days to pick out the colors!! And then like another 3 looking at beads to represent the weather!


Danielle

[purplefrogs]

I love this idea! I am on a mission to decrease the quantities in my stash and have decided that this is a good way to get started on that. I am being a rebel and "rule breaker" on this am making this out of everything that I already have... nothing ordinary about this scarf - pretty much all novelty type yarns in a variety of colors! I will have to break out the camera to get a picture of the choices now that I made it through all of the totes of yarn! I am using a a little of everything and have divided it up into a 10 degree range per color to include potential below zero days here in northern WI. Let the fun begin!

Post edit - attached photo for the selected yarns... the white/grey/silver on the far right is for those below zero days... hoping I don't have to add too many rows of that one!

[Nelliebean]

Darn, no yarn received in the mail today. But, worse news, last night I discovered I don't have the knitting needles I need! I need #2 on a 40" cable, I'm making a shawl. Wednesday night I should be able to store hop 'til I find 'em. Hopefully, I'll have swatched and be ready to go by Friday!

[Laynie]

Went to the craft store this morning and bought my yarn for the scarf.
I bought the colours suggested which would probably what I would have chosen .
Have to go to hospital in a few weeks for an operation so it will be a nice project for me to take for something to do.

[Lynette]

Okay...after several visits to local yarn stores...and countless setting yarn side by side, and asking my very patient boyfriend regarding color selection (believe it or not - he finally picked the yarn for me), I have now selected the yarn I'm using for the scarf! I ended up ordering online from Kollage - and ordered the Creamy Flame' yarn. The reviews I've read for it are good - it'll be a bit strange knitting from a yarn that is made from milk and cotton...but a fun experience!

Color selection came about by using a color chart that Rianerocks had posted - I didn't want to use the rainbow color scheme but liked her colors - boyfriend suggested changing colors to negative view - and Bingo! Perfect! It was a bit harder matching the colors up, but overall I'm pleased and excited to be starting this as soon as it comes! I had also picked up size #3 needles, which turned out to be the suggested needle for this

Colors being used are as follows:

Aqua Marine (89 & above)
Cabernet (78 - 88)
Seafaring (67 - 77)
Lilac Nights (54 - 66)
Mustard Spice (44 - 53)
Chardonnay (33 - 43)
Moon Cloud (23 - 32)
Spearmint (Below 22)

I realized after selecting colors that they don't follow the inverse chart exactly...but it works somehow. I've also decided to omit the border...and not quite sure regarding stitches or yarn ends, but we'll see when the yarn gets here, lol.

(Boyfriend asked why such thought into a project...I said that if I was working on it for a year, I was going to be happy with it, lol!)

[Nelliebean]

My yarn arrived, my yarn's here! The Bernat Handicrafter Crochet Thread - I wish I had the patience to attempt posting a picture because it looks much better in person than on the computer. The colors are so vibrant and very soft. I may shift the order of my colors a bit, turns out the Buttercup is very pretty (not at all like the green/yellow online) and I had it designated for 24 degrees and below, which means it would hardly be seen.

This shawl is going to be lovely. Now gotta go swatch, I bought needles last night. Tomorrow's the big day.

[Shandeh]

My yarn arrived, my yarn's here! The Bernat Handicrafter Crochet Thread - I wish I had the patience to attempt posting a picture because it looks much better in person than on the computer. The colors are so vibrant and very soft. I may shift the order of my colors a bit, turns out the Buttercup is very pretty (not at all like the green/yellow online) and I had it designated for 24 degrees and below, which means it would hardly be seen.

This shawl is going to be lovely. Now gotta go swatch, I bought needles last night. Tomorrow's the big day.

Lucky you! A box full of my favorite Bernat yarn! Enjoy.

[mulberrystitch112]

Good Morning all, here is what my temperature scarf list is for Tampa, FL.
At first I was having a little difficulty deciding how to do this, since our range is not that big. I have done some math and came up with this list, along with reading some of yours to help guide me.
Crimson 91+
Tangerine 86-90
Banana 81-85 ( My friends said I had to have some yellow since we live in the sunshine state )
Foliage 76-80
Soft Fern 71-75
Lagoon 61-70
Aqua 51-60
Admiral 41-50
Lavender 40 and below
Snow (sunny day)
Grey Mist (rain/fog)
Heather Mist (Thunderstorms, since I live in the capital of them )
I want to say thank you for this forum, it helps a lot trying to figure out what I needed.