INTRODUCTION
This is a year-long knitting project documenting the highest temperatures for your region in the form of a ‘Wrapigan’.
You will be recording the top temperature each day in your local region to log the area’s particular weather patterns and track the possible effects of climate change on seasonal temperatures.

The project is a mini-kimono style Wrap in a rectangular construction using fingering weight yarn.
It is knit straight for the back, from the bottom to the shoulders, and then split at the neck for the front.
Stitches are gradually cast off at the neck, and then added again, with the two knitted sides coming down at the front.

The two front sides are then knitted simultaneously.

It is designed to be slightly over-sized with a positive ease of between 15-22.5cm /6-9”.
Knitted in a much larger size, you can wrap the two sides over and pin at the front like a ruana wrap.
With the charted sizes, you will be sewing up the sides to form armholes. The stitches around the armholes are then picked up and knitted to form a small border in a contrast/border yarn.
There is also the option to knit a border around the front opening edges.

The pattern is graded for different bust measurements and also offered in two lengths, Standard and Long.
For the Standard length you will be knitting two rows per day for 10 months, and one row per day for the remaining months.
For the Long version you will be knitting two rows a day every month.

The first six months have a different stitch pattern each month, the second six months then repeats those patterns in reverse.

You have the option of adding crystal beads to your Wrapigan to highlight special events in the year (birthdays/weddings etc), making it both a temperature and memory project.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
3.25mm (US 3) needles x 2
Collapsible eye needle to add crystals/beads.
Optional progress keeper to mark the beginning of every month.

GAUGE
26 sts x 40 rows = 10cm/4” measured over trinity/double-moss/crocus pattern after blocking.
26 sts x 44 rows = 10cm/4” measured over garter stitch pattern after blocking.
26 sts x 42 rows = 10cm/4” average gauge across all stitches

CRYSTALS
4mm bicone crystal beads as required – see section on knitting with crystal beads.
Full instructions are given in the pattern on how to knit in the crystal beads.

SIZES 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
The pattern has between 15 – 22.5cm /6 - 9” positive ease depending on the bust size.
It is advised to be guided by the ACTUAL bust circumference when choosing the size to knit.
Standard Length (STD): Total length from back to front = 150cm / 60”.
Long Length (L): Total length from back to front = 180cm / 71”.
A Bust circumference (STD & L): 71-76 (81-86, 91-96, 102-107, 112-117, 122-127, 132-137)cm / 28-30 (32-34, 36-38, 40-42, 44-46, 48-50, 52-54)”
B Actual circumference (STD & L): 93-98 (102-107, 109-113, 118-123, 125-130, 137-142, 147-156) cm /
37-39 (40-42, 43-45, 47-49, 50-52, 55-57, 58-62)”.
C Back width actual (STD & L): 54.5 (59, 63, 68.5, 73, 79, 85.5) cm / 22 (23.5, 25.5, 27.5, 29, 31.5, 34)”.
D Front (x2) width actual (STD & L): 44 (48, 50, 54, 56, 63, 70) cm / 17.5 (19, 20, 21.5, 22, 25, 28)”
E Total length of rectangle from Back to Front: STD -150cm /60”* L - 180cm /71”
On larger sizes the wrap will become more cropped – so would recommend choosing the long version.

YARN
Fingering weight / 4-ply yarn of any type.
Because this is a temperature project, it is hard to predict how much of each colour you may need, it is totally dependant on the weather fluctuations for your region.
An estimate for total yarn amount would be 450 - 500 grams (4 -5 x 100g skeins).