You’re looking at a new feature on my blog. I usually publish temperature scales that are directly connected to a project. This one isn’t. In this post you’ll find a Simply Soft purples and blues temperature scale. Well, two actually. Since they’re not connected to a project you can mix and match them to the project you want.
Colors
For these scales I wanted to use something a little different than the ones I have in the past. When I was choosing these colors I was drawn to purples and blues. Once I had decided on the colors I tried to see what yarn lines gave me lots of choices.
Caron Simply Soft seemed to fit the bill because it had a LOT of purples and blues. I wanted a pretty varied blanket, so I wanted to have several temperature slots. The final number I settled on was 9 colors with one filler. I needed the filler since I was planning a Corner to Corner blanket for it.
I had lots of colors in mind, but my local Joann isn’t really well stocked. It’s a pretty small store. Plus the Joann stores around here seem to not like yarn crafters very much since they don’t ever have much yarn period. But I digress. I did manage to find several colors that fit the bill
Fahrenheit Scale
I actually bought my yarn for a project based on my local temperatures. However, I wanted to put that scale with the project I’m making. Instead I decided to make a scale for another location for this post.
My “little” brother visited Montana just a week or so ago. In honor of that, I decided on a city from there to make a scale. I’m not well-versed in Montana geography so I just picked a city I’ve heard of, Billings.
Celsius Scale
I wanted to make sure to include a Celsius scale for my smaller but still valued international audience. My mind has been drawn to Scotland for various reasons lately. So it sounds like a good place to do a temperature scale for.
Both my husband and I have Scottish blood in us somewhere. Mine is a bit drowned out by Irish and German I think. However my husband is the one with the Scottish last name. My maiden name is Italian I think. I’m not very familiar (no pun intended) with my heritage, can’t you tell? Anyway. I looked up where the Clan MacLaren was originally from and decided to use that for my temperatures. (Random note: we spell our name McLaren but pronounce it MUH-Klaren.)
Conclusion
So there you have it! A scale each for the Fahrenheit and Celsius users. You can take these and tweak them with your temperatures and tastes. If you do use them, tag me on Instagram with @stitchinginthewoods or #stitchinginthewoods so I can see your beautiful projects!
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2 thoughts on “Simply Soft Purples and Blues Temperature Scale”
Looking at your Celsius scale as I live in Canada. My top summer temp is about 31 degrees and winter temp is about a -28 degrees. Should I do only a 2 degree separation or more like the 6 degree I did for my first blanket. Love the idea of purple and blues. Also greens might look good too. Thanks for your ideas. I am Scottish also.
I considered putting greens in, especially since Simply Soft has some good ones, but I felt more like just purples and blues this time. If I put them in I would put them in the middle.
My formula I like to use for picking how many degrees per slot, customized for you, is 30-(-28) divided by (x-2). X here is the number of slots you want to use. You’re taking off the 2 because your top and bottom are the top and bottom temperatures you gave. Then you could see which fits the colors you want to use the best.
If you want to use the given scale, that would put you at using 8.3 degrees per slot. 10 colors would be 7.25 per slot. 11 colors would get you 6.4 per slot.
So that gives you lots of options. 🙂