A beautifully simple yet effective twist on the classic temperature design, using only knit, purl and slipped stitches to create a colourful and textural record of your year in linen and moss stitch. I originally created this pattern for Cambridge, UK for 2019.

The use of linen stitch in the body of this scarf creates a blended look rather than stark stripes for temperature changes, giving a more gradual colour shift and including a metallic yarn to work in rainfall data for a subtle sparkle – which also makes this scarf nice and long for those cold winter days! The moss stitch border provides textural interest creating a lovely wave effect at the edges, and a place to weave in your (many) ends!

You’ll need a fingering weight yarn in 10 temperature shades, plus one additional rainfall shade (metallic for sparkle recommended). You’ll need between 1 and 2 skeins per shade depending on the range of temperatues in your locality, see the pattern pdf for the weights I ended up useing in my knit.

I recommend Knit Picks Palette, my go-to fingering weight yarn choice, with a huge number of possible shades.

Gauge is not crucial in this project. However, keep in mind that your gauge will mean you use a different amount of yarn than specified in the pattern, or your scarf dimensions will be slightly different. Please do play around with your yarn and needle sizes and customize to your own preferences!

A higher weight yarn will yield a warmer and longer scarf. I recommend a mix of heathers and solid shades to maximise blending of transitions, and to weave in your ends as you go each day! Recommended yarn will make a scarf approximately 11 ½ inches wide and 75 inches long (though the final length will depend on the amount of rain you see)!

I used the following website for weather data, other sources are available:
https://www.worldweatheronline.com/cambridge-weather-hist...