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!

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Temperature Tracking, Cross-Stitch Style

Unique Stitch Crafts is a Turkish designer that has a couple of main interests in their cross stitch designs: travel and Christmas stockings.

By far the biggest category in their storefront is Christmas stockings, with more than 100 options to choose from. There are fully stitched fronts with designs classic and whimsical (like an alicorn and a pastel rainbow, or a bunny in Harlequin costume playing violin to a mushroom) and designs that just go across the cuff of the stocking. There are ornaments with a Nutcracker or Frozen theme, New York City stockings and stockings for your dinosaur.

As an example, here’s a stocking covered with mini holiday designs, which you could also use as ornaments if you wanted. The full design is 165 by 255 stitches, which comes out to 10.3 by 16 inches, or 26 by 40.6 cm on 16 count fabric. The pattern just makes the front of the stocking so you need to grab some fabric for the back of the stocking and sew it together yourself.

There’s also a large collection of travel cross stitch patterns, including national parks designs both large and mini, and travel poster style designs for many US states and cities. (There’s not an Arkansas, which is my standard test since I live there, but there is a pattern of the Mississippi River bridge in Memphis, which is technically half in Arkansas.)

If you’re more of a world traveler you’ll find more of the travel poster style designs for cities and countries, including Thailand and China, Berlin, Sydney and Marrakech.

In addition to all of that, you’ll find patterns called retro, which includes a wide range of designs, but many seem to be food and coffee related; folk art designs (lots of flowers and birds); and famous paintings translated to cross stitch. Smaller categories include Christmas, Halloween, animals, kids and castles.

Check out all the fun designs at Unique Stitch Crafts on Etsy.

[Photo: Unique Stitch Crafts]

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