amimono note

Unravelling

It has been sunny for almost 2 weeks and it is hot!

Is it hot like this here? 5 years ago I thought there is no Summer in the Northwest. I waited for the day hot enough to feel like Summer, then before that day came, it was already Fall.

Now, I think it's too hot too long. Am I getting used to the weather here, or is it global warming or something...?

(My English teacher said it's usually like this in Portland... She said the last 2 Summers here were rather cool, and 5 years ago I was in Seattle.)

Anyway, I thought maybe I should unravel some sweaters and some stuff which I won't wear or use anymore, and wash the yarn. It would dry nicely with this weather.

Unravelling is time consuming... I did it for a few hours and only got these. I learned something though. I'm not fond of superwash yarns because they are kind of slippery, but since they don't felt, they are easy to unravel even a few years after knitted.

So, maybe I should use superwash yarn for my original project? Then if I don't like it (which often happens), it will be easy to rip and re-knit.

Yarn Harlot

I will go to Powell's on August 3rd, to see (and to get an autograph from) Stephanie Pearl-McPhee a.k.a. the Yarn Harlot. I love her writing! I used to be on Knit List and looked forward for her story to be sent. After her story debut in Knits magazine, I tried to buy magazines when her articles were featured. I was so happy when I knew she started a blog... (No, I'm not a stalker!)

I think she was just a regular person who loves knitting and writing when I first read her funny stories on Knit List...4 or 5 years ago. Her stories had some kind of special charm, which even a foreigner who was learning English (me) would feel. No wonder she became a writer!