Knit this gorgeous Celtic scarf to commemorate the temperatures of a favorite year!
What is a temperature scarf? Similar to a temperature blanket, a temperature scarf visualizes temperature data for a year, converting the temperature from each day to a line of color on the scarf. The Celtic Temperature Scarf steps it up a notch and overlays a gorgeous double knit Celtic knot pattern onto the colorful temperature data, creating a work of art to keep you warm.
The Celtic Temperature Scarf is designed for a contrast color paired with various colors representing the temperatures, and the scarf is reversible, featuring opposite color schemes on each side. You can start your temperature scarf with any month of the year, and choose from one of two Celtic knot patterns for each month. A separate document is included to describe in detail how to get your temperatures and map them to your yarn colors.
Instructions are included for the double knitting technique. The finished size of the scarf is approximately 78.5 inches (199.4 cm) in length and 5.25 inches (13.3 cm) in width. The color work design is chart only, not written instructions.
Note: This is a very long scarf. Make sure to get your gauge as close to the pattern gauge as possible so that you don’t end up with an even longer scarf!
Materials
- Size 2 US (2.75 mm) needles.
- Size 1 US (2.25 mm) needles (optional for a neater cast on edge).
- Approximately 475 yards (434 m) of the main contrast color of yarn in fingering weight (black in the sample photos).
- Approximately 475 yards (434 m) total of the “temperature” colors of yarn, in fingering weight, spread out among all the colors (the exact amount of each depends on your temperatures).
- Needle to weave in ends.
For the scarf in the photos, I used the following colors of Knit Picks Palette yarn:
- 23729 Black (2 skeins for the contrast color)
- 23722 Blue
- 24579 Whirlpool
- 25095 Caribbean
- 25098 Peapod
- 25531 Canary
- 25088 Kumquat Heather
- 24554 Orange
- 24553 Serrano
- 25539 Hollyberry
