Temperature Cross Stitch Patterns

As the turn of a new year happens it seems like lots of people are thinking about different ways to document the year to come. One crafty project that has become a popular way to chart a year is temperature projects.

I feel like these started with knitting and crochet, choosing a color for each temperature range and working a row of the color that corresponds to the high temperature for that day. But cross stitchers have taken on this project idea, too, and honestly these patterns only scratch the surface of what’s out there.

You can make your daily high temperature a leaf on a branch of a tree (one branch for each moth of the year) with this design using 20 colors from Stitchin Mommy.

Or make each month a flower with this one from Zahra Design Studio. It has a range of 30 colors and suggests using the high or the average temperature for each day.

I have shared this one before but I love the potion shelf temperature cross stitch pattern from Teeny Weeny X Stitch because it’s not as obviously a temperature project. There are lots of little details and different shaped bottles to keep it interesting all year.

Keep track of both the highs and lows each day with this pattern from Kristi’s Corner Needle, which uses two color birds to track each day. Each row of birds represents a month.

Or make each day a tiny heart with this design from Apricot Polka Dot. The hearts change orientation from day to day and each is only five stitches, so it’s pretty low commitment to keep up with.

You can also make your temperature project a row of colorful cats, thanks to K Sew Creations By Kim; track the temperature and the phases of the moon with Tiny Stitchery Co’s design; or make a fun galaxy motif with this pattern from Climbing Goat Designs. So many fun ideas!

Siren Stitchworks has cross stitch patterns that feel like old samplers (and some of them are in fact historical reproductions) even when they are modern designs. They have patriotic patterns, biscornus, pop culture patterns and more so let’s take a look.

One of the projects that caught my eye was the Mexican menagerie, a set of five Mexican folk art inspired creatures. There’s a bird, horses, dragons, alligators and cats on these designs, which you can make into tiny pillow or ornaments.

The pattern notes don’t say how many colors are used but it doesn’t look like any of them have more than five colors. It does note the smallest pattern is 59 by 59 stitches, and the largest is 82 by 68 stitches. They also only use full cross stitches.

The category with the largest number of entries (which is still only 12 as of this writing; this is a small shop) is called ornaments and smalls. It includes this menagerie and another Mexican animal collection, as well as traditional looking patterns with a twist, such as a little pattern with Yule goats, a needlebook cover that looks like a tombstone and alphabet samplers that include Greek, Latin and Hebrew.

There are also a bunch of samplers, divided into monochrome, traditional and reproduction samplers. There are some fun ones in the monochrome department, including a Titanic sampler and an aloha design with a pineapple motif. Traditional samplers include some patriotic designs (and a gorgeous folk art resist fist), as well as a really fat cat.

And the reproduction samplers include fun fonts, florals and birds like you’d expect from old sampler designs.

In addition you’ll find a few pop culture designs (mostly Game of Thrones inspired samplers for different houses), biscornus include a couple Chinese zodiac designs, and a few needle minders for sale.

Check out all the fun designs at Siren Stitchworks on Etsy.

[Photo: Siren Stitchworks]

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