gone troppo

It's been our hottest week on record in Melbourne, with temperatures well over 40*C three consecutive days this week. From Wednesday, we had 43*C (109*F), 44*C (111*F), then the horrific 45*C (113*F). Train rails were buckling, power networks were failing under the strain, and people were visible wilting before your eyes. There are bushfires raging still, threatening homes and power supplies.

It's been a formidable experience, to say the least.

So in amongst the most extreme of it all, I decided to pull out some very special yarn and try to take my mind off it all. A sort of transcendence, if you will.


I'm not sure of the sanity of the decision to start a beret in a thick, almost fleece-like, single-ply yarn, in 45*C heat, but nevertheless, here is what I will show people when they ask; "Where were you during the legendary Melbourne heatwave of '09?"

My Star-cross'd Beret.

and I love it.

I'll be happier still once the weather cools enough to wear it, too.

Now, please excuse me, but I have a rendezvous with my water spritz and a special fan ;)

(knitty details of my beret are over at Ravelry, for those who like to know the specs!)