Is it the real climate of my town?

Yes: every year's average temperature since 1940, worked out from Open-Meteo's daily weather records for that place.

Can it start in the year I was born?

Yes: choose any first and last year from 1940 on.

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.

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.

A warming stripes scarf of your own town

The climate stripes, made personal: one row (or a few) for every year since 1940, in the colour of that year's average temperature in your own town, from cool blues to warm reds. Start in the year someone was born, and the scarf is their life in stripes.

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Real weather since 1940 · real yarn shades · knit or crochet · instant PDF

London's warming stripes 1940 to 2025 as a scarf, cool blues turning to warm reds

Your own town

Every year's average temperature since 1940, from the weather records for the place you choose.

A scarf or a blanket

The rows for each year are chosen so the scarf is about 165 cm long, or set them yourself.

Real yarn

Nine shades from cool blue to warm red, centred on your town's own average, with their numbers.

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.

Questions

Is it the real climate of my town?: Yes: every year's average temperature since 1940, worked out from Open-Meteo's daily weather records for that place.
Can it start in the year I was born?: Yes: choose any first and last year from 1940 on.
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.