Temperature Snake

Project: Temperature Snake
Featured:	No
State	Active
Members	Wolkje, Prodigity
GitHub	Temperature-Snake
Description	Temperature crocheting project with web scraping
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General info

This is a temperature project that combines programming (web scraping) and crocheting to create a physical snake with a colour palette that matches the average temperature per day for the entire year 2024.

Each range of temperatures has a colour of yarn associated with it. The end result will be a record of what the weather at location ACKspace in Heerlen was doing for 365 days! After crocheting the snake's head, its body will progress throughout the year, with one stripe per day.

Materials used

• Yarns of different colours (temperature palette)
• 3 mm crochet hook
• 12 mm plastic safety eyes - 2 pieces
• Scissors
• Stuffings
• Sewing/Embroidery and yarn needle/tapestry needle for sewing pieces together and weaving in ends
• Markers
• Pins

Colour palette

• -5 to 0 : light grey
• 0 to 5 : dark grey
• 5 to 10 : blue
• 10 to 15 : green
• 15 to 20 : light green
• 20 to 25 : yellow
• 25 to 30 : orange
• 30 to 35 : mix orange-red
• 35 to 40 : red

Code used

Web scraping to get data from weather website.

Data is used to fill in table columns: data, average temperature, colour.

This table is pasted to this wiki to keep track of progress.

See Github project Temperature Snake for code provided by Prodigity.

Crochet pattern

Pattern used created by Nebeska Crochet with Love

Crochet terms:

• SlSt : slip stitch
• CH/s : chain/s
• SC : single crochet
• SK : skip
• T : turn
• ST/s : stitch(es)
• REP : repeat
• SC2TOG : 2 single crochets together

Pattern notes:

1) A ch1 at beginning of a row DOESN'T count as a stitch

2) Magic ring = the starting point for crocheting in a spiral. Use which ever method you prefer.

3) Continuous rounds - the snake is worked up in continuous rounds, which means that you will not be joining the last stitch of the round with the first one. Instead you will need to keep track of where each round started and how many stitches you have made because after each round you will continue right on to the stitches of the next round (with no join). It is useful to use a stitch marker or piece of yarn to mark the start or end of each round.

4) ( ) – The number of stitches that should be in a completed round/row are placed in brackets at the end of that round’s/row’s instructions.

5) When text in the pattern is in between asterisk (*), it is to be repeated until the end of the round or otherwise mentioned.

Crocheting the head:

Make a magic ring

R1: ch1, 8sc in magic ring (8sc)

R2: 2sc in each st around (16 sc)

R3-R4: 1sc in each st around (16 sc)

R5: *2sc in next st, 1sc in next st* (24 sc)

R6-R11: 1sc in each st around (24 sc)

R12: 1sc in next 5st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 4st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 4st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 5st (30 sc)

R13: 1sc in next 6st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 5st, 2sc in next st, 1sc in next 2st, 2sc in next st, 1sc in next 5st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 6st (36 sc)

R14: 1sc in next 5st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 2st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 4st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 2st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 4st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 2st, 2sc in next 2st, 1sc in next 5st (48 sc)

R15 - R22: 1sc in each st around (48 sc)

R23: 1sc in next 5st, sc2tog, sc2tog, 1sc in next 2st, sc2tog, sc2tog, 1sc in next 4st, sc2tog, sc2tog, 1sc in next 2st, sc2tog, sc2tog, 1sc in next 4st, sc2tog, sc2tog, 1sc in next 2st, sc2tog, sc2tog, 1sc in next 5st (36 sc)

R24: 1sc in each st around (36 sc)

R25: 1sc in next 6st, sc2tog, sc2tog, 1sc in next 5st, sc2tog, 1sc in next 2st, sc2tog, 1sc in next 5st, sc2tog, sc2tog, 1sc in next 6st (30 sc)

Add crocheted eyes or safety plastic eyes size 12 mm between row R10 and R11, skip 7 stitches apart.

Stuff the head well.

Crocheting the body:

1sc in each st around (30 sc) - per day according to the temperature colour palette.

Crocheting the tail:

At the end of the 365 days start decreasing to make a pointy tail - addition to pattern will be made. Maybe make a specific tail with a chime ball for rattle snake effect?

Progress

• Progress photos

Temperature Snake head

• Table of temperatures per day starting at 01-01-2024.

Date	Av. Temp	Colour
Example	Example	Example
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Example	Example	Example