The Tempestry Project Visualizes Climate Change Through Knitting – Get A Kit To Make Your Own

The Tempestry Project Visualizes Climate Change Through Knitting – Get A Kit To Make Your Own

The Tempestry Project blends fiber art with temperature data to create a bridge between global climate and our own personal experiences through knitted or crocheted temperature tapestries, or ‘Tempestries.’ Each Tempestry represents the daily high temperature for a given year and location, all using the same yarn colors and temperature ranges.”

See some examples of tempestries below, and if you’re inspired, there’s even a kit to make your own.

The Tempestry Project Visualizes Climate Change Through Knitting - Get A Kit To Make Your Own

Here’s project creator Emily McNeil’s New York City, 2012. Get a The Tempestry Project kit to make you own.

The Tempestry Project Visualizes Climate Change Through Knitting - Get A Kit To Make Your Own

Get a kit from Emily McNeil and knit your own!

The Tempestry Project Visualizes Climate Change Through Knitting - Get A Kit To Make Your Own

Here are two tempestries knit by Staci Perry of Very Pink Knits, representing Austin, TX in 1900, and Austin in 2017. Get a The Tempestry Project kit to make you own.

Learn more about Emily McNeil’s Tempestry Project, pick up a kit to make your own!


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