2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #99 - Heat Map by Tanglewear

Today I've got something very different for you. I saw this on someone's FlossTube, and I can't even remember which one it was now. I was very intrigued by the idea, and looked into the creator's Etsy shop. You can request any year for a 365 day heat map with a gradient of the highs and lows of that day. Here's what mine will look like eventually:

It's great because it's very narrow, so I can use up some of those pieces of fabric leftover from other full coverage projects. I think this is a fairly typical North American look, cooler in the early and later months and pretty warm in the middle. I think the Flosstuber was Australian and they record their weather differently, so that may have been more challenging for the designer. 

Here's where I got to, I decided to get to 5% so it was a reasonable start:

Tanglewear Annual Heatmap by Tanglewear

stitched 2 over 1 on 18ct easy guide

with DMC as charted

This chart took a little effort to get it into Markup R-XP, but it's been great to follow along with this one. I think you can get some nice detail already, including the January thaw we have almost every year. That's the greenish bit in between the blue parts on the far left. 

I've really enjoyed this so far, easy stitching since there's usually more than one colour around each other and you stitch in vertical rows, so it's very relaxing. 

I can't believe we're already here! 99 projects started, some finished, and one more big one to go!

Happy Stitching,

Tiffstitch