Having seen a lot of Temperature scarfs and blankets during 2020, I decided to work on a blanket for 2021. However, it turned into a shawl when the ‘baby blanket’ grew far too long!
Each day I knitted two rows, the colour was based on the highest temperature that day and I added some sparkle for sun, rain and overcast days and some fluffy yarn for snow.
I used Paintbox Cotton Aran, 4.5mm needles and a garter stitch chevron pattern to make the shawl. The shawl is 66cm/26in wide and ended up being 328cm/128in long. See below for pattern notes.
What I did:
Using Aran weight cotton yarn and 4.5mm needles, cast on 142 stitches in the colour for the 1st January.
Row 1: k1, *k9, k2tog, k8, kfb; repeat from * 6 more times to last st, k1.
Row 2: with yarn forward slip 1 purlwise, *k9, k2tog, k8, kfb; repeat from * 6 more times to last st, with yarn forward, slip 1 purlwise.
These two rows form the pattern, repeat each day to the year end!
Abbreviations: k – knit; k2tog – knit two stitches together; kfb – knit into the front and back of the next stitch; st – stitch.
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