The Tempestry Project is personal and collaborative fiber art, environmental education, and climate activism through data representation all rolled into a sprawling community of friends, artists, crafters, teachers, scientists, nature lovers, activists, and more.
Tempestry Project as seen in Smithsonian Magazine, Interweave Knits, Colossal Art Magazine, National Parks Magazine, & the New York Times!
(More on local Tempestry collections & projects here.)
Our Temperature Starter Bundles are designed for the upcoming year. Each bundle, available in small or large, includes 16 colors ranging from 16F – 95F. Optional summer and winter add-ons extend the temperature range. (Please note, these include yarn and color card only!)
Original Tempestry Kits (including our New Year Sale & Mini kits) are for past years, and include daily high temperature data for your year and location of choice. These are designed to be wall hangings to commemorate important years in your life. Collections of Original Tempestries for one location create a beautiful way of showing changing climate over time, and have displayed in schools, public libraries, town halls, churches, and museums.
New Normal Tempestry Kits show annual deviation-from-average temperature from the late 1800s to the present in one wall hanging. These are available for Global, Ocean Surface, Country, and State data sets. The New Normal Triptych option includes 3 kits at a discount for Global, United States, and State data. New Normal Tempestry Kits are based on Professor Ed Hawkins’ Warming Stripes data visualization. A portion of these kit sales goes to various non-profits.
Emotion Tempestry Kits are a simple, intuitive, fun, and sometimes cathartic project for observing and contemplating our shifting emotions over time. Wonderful for kids and adults alike!
Tempestry Project now has two lines of our own yarn! Both are custom milled and dyed for us in Pennsylvania, using 100% US-sourced yarn and largely union labor. Tempestry Worsted is 100% wool, non-superwash, and a wonderfully sturdy workhorse of a yarn, and is used in all of our Tempestry kits. Tempestry Virga is a 50/50 alpaca/wool fingering-weight blend, and our absolute favorite for shawls, scarves, hats, and more.
Needle Wranglers, which you may have seen on Etsy and in various local yarn shops around the country, were designed by our very own Asy Connelly! These make great knitting circle gifts, and should absolutely be in every project bag.
We also offer a selection of patterns under our Tempestry umbrella, and TranquiliTea & Other Kits!
If you are interested and able to help support this work, please consider making a donation to our ongoing Tempestry Project Fundraiser. We can also accept donations through PayPal at TempestryProject@gmail.com, or by check.