{"id":277,"date":"2021-02-11T14:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/?p=277"},"modified":"2021-02-11T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:36:23","slug":"love-data-week-2021-loving-2020-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/2021\/02\/11\/love-data-week-2021-loving-2020-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Data Week 2021: Loving 2020 data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/2020\/01\/09\/love-data-week-data-visualisation-competition\/\">data visualisation competition<\/a> we ran for Love Data Week 2020 inspired me to use local temperature data to knit a blanket charting the daily high temperature for every day in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nicki_SotonLib\/status\/1245455496682844166?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanket1a.jpg\" alt=\"Tabby and white cat lying on the start of the blanket, knitted with temperature data from January and February\" class=\"wp-image-278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanket1a.jpg 510w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanket1a-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided which shades of yarn to use for each temperature band and sourced data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/\">accuweather.com<\/a> for my local area. I knitted 1 row and purled 1 row per day, except for the first day of each month which is 2 knit rows (to create a ridge) so you can see where each month starts. This resulted in a blanket ideal for a tall, thin giant so I added buttonholes to the end and sewed chunky buttons to the top so it can be doubled over and made a more manageable size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nicki_SotonLib\/status\/1245455496682844166?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanketfinal.jpg\" alt=\"The final blanket, hung from a first floor window and dangling almost to the ground\" class=\"wp-image-281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanketfinal.jpg 270w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanketfinal-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted the blanket to make sense to anyone looking at it, so added in <a href=\"https:\/\/library.soton.ac.uk\/researchdata\/description\">data descriptors<\/a> at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanket_data1a.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=360&#038;ssl=1 360w\" alt=\"Knitted into the end of the blanket: Hedge End 2020, 2 rows per day and the temperature bands with their associated colours\" data-height=\"270\" data-id=\"279\" data-link=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/?attachment_id=279\" data-url=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanket_data1a.jpg\" data-width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanket_data1a.jpg?ssl=1\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanket_data2a.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=360&#038;ssl=1 360w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"270\" data-id=\"280\" data-link=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/?attachment_id=280\" data-url=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanket_data2a.jpg\" data-width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/researchmatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2021\/02\/blanket_data2a.jpg?ssl=1\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I am resisting starting another project using 2021 temperature\ndata, although I do like the idea of a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/josie-george-temperature-scarf\/\">scarf<\/a>. A\nGoogle search suggested a blanket recording a person\u2019s weight every day for a\nyear but I am not in the slightest bit tempted by that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about research data management at the\nUniversity of Southampton, including <a href=\"https:\/\/library.soton.ac.uk\/researchdata\/home\">planning, storing and\nsharing your data<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The data visualisation competition we ran for Love Data Week 2020 inspired me to use local temperature data to knit a blanket charting the daily high temperature for every day in 2020. 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