“This is mindfulness knitting, environmental knitting — something to think about with each stitch, each row. Thank you.” — K.

This listing is for one Original Tempestry Knit Kit with optional add-ons (see below). For a basic Tempestry Kit tailored to your location and year of choice, simply include the information below and click NO in the drop-down menus.

PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THE COMMENT SECTION WHEN PLACING YOUR ORDER:
1. Location / Year (Please note not all locations and years have full data. We will follow up with you if we have trouble filling your exact request.)
2. Fahrenheit or Celsius (we will assume Fahrenheit unless otherwise noted)
3. Email address to which we can send a digital worksheet, if desired.

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All Tempestry Kits are made-to-order and non-returnable, so please be sure that you are ordering what you want. Unsure? Email us at TempestryProject [!at] gmail.com and we’ll help you figure it out!

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ALL KITS INCLUDE:

—One organza gift bag, 12”x14”
—Individually-wound balls of yarn calculated to match the number of days in each temperature range for your selected year/location
—One color card
—One project label
—One Original Tempestry project pattern/guidelines
—One Original Tempestry worksheet (this includes the daily high temperature data for the year and location of your choosing, the corresponding color for each day's temperature, a progress column, and the weather station from which we retrieved your data)

OPTIONAL ADD-ONS:
—COMMEMORATIVE BEADS: 25 size-5 triangular copper-foil-lined glass beads to commemorate a specific day, to be placed on every other stitch of the day in question (with a few to spare just in case!), with optional 1.00mm crochet hook for beading.
—PRECIPITATION BEADS: get extra data-geeky by adding precipitation beads to your Tempestry, with optional 1.00mm crochet hook for beading.
—MAKE IT DELUXE: include wood knitting needles, Size US 7 (for garter stitch version) or US 10 (for linen stitch version); one Standard Needle Wrangler; pair of tapestry needles (our favorite kind!) for weaving in ends.

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Original Tempestries are a visual embodiment of a year’s worth of daily high temperatures. A finished Tempestry will measure about 10-12” wide and about 4’ long. The size will vary depending on whether the piece is knitted in the linen stitch or the garter stitch, either of which are possible with this kit, as well as on the gauge of the knitter (though gauge is not important).

A single Tempestry makes for a beautiful personalized wall hanging, perfect for commemorating a particular year -- perhaps of a birth, a graduation, or a wedding, etc. Mutiple Tempestries together can create a life tapestry of events and places.

We of course used an old-fashioned metal knitting needle to hang ours, but a simple wooden dowel or driftwood or lots of other things would work just as well.