A sky blanket of any year
A sky blanket usually means looking at the sky every day for a year and knitting a stripe in its colour. This pattern gives you any past year at once: sunshine, sunny spells, cloud, fog, drizzle, rain, snow and thunder, each a real yarn shade.
Real weather since 1940 · real yarn shades · knit or crochet · instant PDF
Any past year
Any place in the world and any year from 1940 on: the weather records reach that far back.
Eight kinds of sky
From the day's recorded weather: clear blue, soft greys, slate for rain, white for snow.
Or by temperature
The same designer makes a temperature blanket, if you change your mind.
Make your pattern
Choose the place and the year, the yarn, knit or crochet and the size, and download the pattern the moment you pay.
Powered by Moon Poster Studio
Questions
- How is the sky's colour chosen?
- From the weather recorded for that day at that place, grouped into eight kinds of sky, each with a yarn shade.
- Can I choose my own sky colours?
- Yes: use your own yarn colours in the order clear, sunny spells, cloudy, fog, drizzle, rain, snow, thunder.
- Which yarn do I need?
- The pattern names real shades and their numbers in Stylecraft Special DK (UK), DROPS Paris (Europe) or Red Heart Super Saver (US), and how many balls of each. Or use your own yarn: the pattern gives grams for each colour.
- What do I get?
- A PDF pattern to print: the cover with your blanket and the colour list, the instructions, every row with its date and a box to tick, and a print of the finished blanket, for €9.90.