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100 degrees F in Louisville, KY. Forcast of 105 for tomorrow. The cold beer sounds like a good idea.

So hot and muggy here I put the top UP on the convertible. Trust me, that doesn't happen often.

Yes. "Satan's armpit" is exactly what it feels like. You're a real wordsmith. I can barely face my knitting and I have a/c. Wanna come to Green Bay and sleep in the cool? I can put fresh sheets on the guest bed.

We are roasting in St. Louis with a high temp today of 106. It has been in the 100's for over a week. Completely miserable! I water my vegetable garden morning and evening and pray it doesn't completely wither in the heat. I still knit, but only in the comfort of the air-conditioning. Hoping your heatwave breaks soon. Forecasted highs for Sunday here in Stl--93! After temps in the 100's, 90's will feel like fall.....Best of luck on your bike ride!

It's 104 here in Louisville, KY, and dry as a bone. All I want is float naked in a keg of frosty beer. It's miserable, and even the sock I'm knitting makes me hot. If only we'd get some of the rain that so many other states have gotten. . .

I'm in Northern Virginia/Washington DC area. The temps are breaking records every day. Right now it's 98. I can't imagine not having a/c anywhere. Anything above 75 degrees and mine is turned on!

Is it heck! Thick mist and pouring rain, not a good combination, really! Really, really, especially as this is supposed to be summer in GB. I do hope it gets warmer soon.

Scorching here in Iowa City, Iowa. Managable to walk to work in the morning at 6:30 or 7:00am but in the evening (temps at 100 and above) my husband picks me up. Wilting and not feeling the love for wool in anything except socks.

Freakin' A--it IS hot here. Having grown up in Montana, I find that there is no excuse for the weather in Oklahoma during July and August, especially in years when the misery begins in June.

It is STILL in the 90s at 9pm and the low temp is only reached at 5am, when it begins climbing again and reaches 90 again about 9am. Thank God for air conditioning.

It's 101 in Ann Arbor, MI. I mistakenly did go out for errands - it's like walking around in an oven. Will continue hiding out in the AC the rest of the day.

Yup. I'm just outside Ottawa, and like you, I don't have air conditioning. It's 35C in the shade on my porch and 30C in the kitchen. So what am I knitting? Mittens....

Yes, very hot here in Philly,but the forecast is 102 for tomorrow. Not the best weather for a misplaced Canadian.

It was 102F yesterday. I went on my training ride. I got 35 miles in before I gave up. Was hoping for 50 miles, but you just gotta know when to stop. And it was time. However, my teammates keep telling me that riding in the heat and adjusting to it is part of the training.

It's nice in the shade.

How about a picture showing how much roving has to go? It's so hot here I thought about trying to fry an egg on the sidewalk with the kids. But it's too hot.

I'm in Ann Arbor, too (what are the odds that two early posters are in good ole A2?), and confirm the 100+ degrees. Totally unlike Michigan in the summer, even the lower peninsula. We just got back from the mountains in western North Carolina where it was cooler than this...

I live in Florida. Has it been hot since March? Yes. Will it be hot during Christmas week? Probably yes. Is it hot right now? YES.

The difference here is that since Florida is hot for eight months out of the year, every single building is air conditioned. That's because if they weren't, no one would live here but the alligators.

Hot and muggy outside, a cool 78 degrees in my house (1 big air conditioner downstairs, second smaller one upstairs). I'm actually a little chilly.... course it may have something to do with the fan blowing the air conditioned air right on my legs....

What about taking your knitting with you to a coffee shop where it's cooler or going to the yarn shop (heat & yarn fumes LOL!)

105 in the sun, 102 in the shade just south of Nashville, TN. Don't ask about the humidity. Quarter inch of rain since the end of May. Living in a tinderbox....

lol i too know the fun times of fan + fiber.

No. Not at all. It's in the 60s F here in Anchorage. But it is sunny. That's not something to sneeze about. In fact, I'm not complaining at all. I'm even wearing a sweatshirt, but it's not strictly necessary at the moment. Last night I contemplated putting on a nice scarf (Clockwork) before walking the dog. . . .

Dear lord yes. I can't knit if there isn't air conditioning.

It's stupid hot here in Kansas. 105f/40.5c. I am doing absolutely nothing, and will continue until it gets reasonable out there.

101 with 105 heat index down here in central Alabama. One way to beat the heat- drape yourself in a wet sheet, lie down on a lawn chair (in the shade) and let the fan blow on you-it helps to have a small child hose you down periodically.
Keep cool and carry on.

It's still manageable in the San Francisco Bay Area, but it's been climbing. Supposed to hit mid 90s next week.

it rained for 10 minutes here near Chicago yesterday and I swear the pavement didn't stay wet! The rain evaporated as soon as it hit.
Cold beer in front of a fan sounds marvelous!

Also in Louisville, KY where temps every day have been in the low 100's for awhile now, and for the most part, no rain to be seen. The only thing that is helping is low(for the Ohio Valley anyway) humidity levels.
I am having trouble knitting my Malabrigo worsted shawl right now, even in the A/C. Can't imagine trying to spin fibers that stick to you in this...yuck! Good luck with the training rides this weekend...Keep Calm and Carry Beer!

It is smokin', sweaty hot in Northern Virginia. The temps have been over 100 for days and days.
But we are blessed. We have air conditioning. But it's a great excuse not to cook because who wants to heat up the house by cooking on the stove top or turning on the oven.
I'm sad that you lovely Canadians are suffering too.

I guess this would be a bad time to note that it's 69, sunny and breezy at my place? It's a little warmer here at work, but just perfect at home!

But no worries.. next week you'll be here! Forecast for Oakland is 76 and 77 for your visit :)

I, too, can put fresh sheets on the guest bed. But can I trust you alone in the room with my stash??!!

Yes, here in SE Michigan, my car thermostat read 104 while I was out a bit ago. Came home and am staying inside with the AC.

It's been pissing down for two weeks, and is currently all of 57F (but I swear it feels colder). Welcome to summer in Wales!

(I grew up in Philly, I know what evil summers are like, but seriously, I would trade with any one of you right now. I think I'm getting trenchfoot.)

I just spoke with my daughter who lives near Ann Arbor, Michigan. My granddaughter's daycare was closed due to a power outage today. So, thunder storms are not helping to keep people cool. I am near Lake Michigan and it is 89 F. The web cam on the beach shows a lot of people in the water. I am not leaving my AC even though I want to go buy some new yarn.

100 with the heat index making it feel like 105 here in Arlington, VA. But this is supposedly nothing compared to the expected temps. tomorrow....

BTW, Arlington sends a great big thank you to Canada for sending people to help with getting the power back to many of us here!

98 degrees here in Clarksville, TN, and that's on the cool side for the last couple of weeks. So thankful for air conditioning, although it doesn't function very well at work and so I find myself selling movie concessions in a 90-degree environment. Not fun.

Your yarn is so pretty. I can't imagine spinning if I didn't have AC though!

In Santee, California (just East of San Diego) it is not yet "that hot" which is hilarious to this transplant from Scotland. I used to think I would die at 80ºF, and now that's just fine as long as I don't have to do any gardening in the full sun.

I recently discovered the idea of a "whole house fan": a large high powered fan that sucks the air up and into the loft space (where it is vented to the outside), letting cooler air come in the windows. This seems like an excellent plan for us, once the sun is down the biggest problem is getting the house to cool down after the roasting of the day.

We'll be suffering in August & September though, that's when we get our high 90's and over 100ºF stuff.

Unfortunately, it is hot here also...in North Iowa. Temp is 99 (f) and heat index of 105. Socks are about the only thing I can contemplate knitting at the moment. I don't care how hot it gets really--we just need rain!

Hot hot hot here in Philly... I chose a perfect weekend to have girls weekend at the shore plans - I threw the knitting in the car just in case, but I suspect I will mostly be letting the sea and the sand do the work!

Love the new yarn! And yes, Gananoque is also hot. Luckily I'm in the marina and am considering 'falling' off the back of the boat but we went kayaking this morning and I don't know if my wet noodly arms would be able to pull me back aboard.

Pretty sweater!!

Hate to break it to you, but Satan's armpit is currently in Iowa (about 110 on the heat index and 101 in the shade...blech)

It was 103 degrees out here in Volo, IL (about an hour outside of Chicago). After my car sat in the sun for a few minutes the temperature read as 116. I'd like to say (with immense sarcasm) that it's awesome being pregnant that kind of heat. Your talk of cold beer is a horrible tease right now. And in case anyone is wondering...couples across the United States are having the following conversation pretty much every night (forgive me if it sounds a little gender biased):

Wife:"What do you want to do for dinner tonight?

Husband: I don't know but there is no way I'm going outside to grill.

Wife: Well that's fine but if you think I'm turning on the oven in this heat you're out of your mind.

Last night we did take-out.

Please keep posting pretty pictures of your spinning. It's very comforting to see what lovely things you are still cranking out despite the heat and with no AC. You are a wonder!

Ok, I withdraw my idea of you biking here. Shall I come pick you up instead?

75 degrees F. and a gentle sea breeze on the coast of Massachusetts. Sorry. You're welcome to come stay in the spare room!

Hee hee! I moved last summer from The Gates of Hell (aka Mobile, Alabama) to the Pacific Northwest, and I am still wondering if summer will ever come. It's getting all the way up to 25C today; I am freezing and I like it!

Just got back from 10 days in Switzerland, Alsace region and the Black forest, areas not known for their heat and humidity. I swear I saw temps at 40C. On return home to New England the temps are just as bad (but we have A/C here). Not going out until the temps drop.

Well, compared to the last month or so, yes, it's sort of hot here in Vancouver. But no, not really -- 17 degrees.

I'm not rubbing your nose in it, really. I don't know how y'all back East can handle it. You dudes are made of strong stuff.

I hope you get some relief soon. But please, don't send your weather to us.

Here in Clermont (just outside of Orlando, Florida) we may actually get under 80 degrees tonight!

The news said something like 98, with the heat index... and that's when I opened my first beer.

Yes, central Indiana is Satan's armpit hot too. Over 100 degrees (f) everyday and I don't dare go outside either. I would remind you again that your Catkin needs buttons (as far as I know I never saw the finished/near finished product)but I'd hate to guilt you into leaving home. Put them on your list of things to pick up after the bike ride is over though. Please. Pretty please.

Ironically, I came up from the southern U.S. to visit my family and escape the heat in the midwest, and it's hotter than Virginia here now, and nearly as humid. I wonder why I left... at least there I could have my cat, my stash, and ... power outages. Oh well, life is good.

just wanted to wish you the best of luck for your upcoming ride! that's a feat of strength that takes fortitude and true dedication--things you've clearly got in spades.

Yes. It. Is. Hot. Last Friday the 29th a bad storm wiped out A Lot of power lines. We haven't had electricity since last Friday night. It. Is. Hot. I'm writing this from a bar that graciously sold me a pint of beer in a frosty mug. Amen. Good Luck on your training rides this weekend. Try to do them either very early or very late in the day and try to remember to stay hydrated! (with your training schedual I'd kick it up a notch to Gatorade)

Close to 100's here in MN. We don't have air in 100+ year old house and it has averaged about 98 in the house at all times. Yuck!

Yes, central Indiana is Satan's armpit hot too. Over 100 degrees (f) everyday and I don't dare go outside either. I would remind you again that your Catkin needs buttons (as far as I know I never saw the finished/near finished product)but I'd hate to guilt you into leaving home. Put them on your list of things to pick up after the bike ride is over though. Please. Pretty please.

We are finally down to 95F/35C and are referring to it as a "cold front!" Thankfully, the looming knitting deadline is a lace shawl instead of something heavier.

Come to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The guest bed is already made up. It is perfect here - 25 degrees with a light 6 km/hr breeze. We can knit, we can spin, we can grill, we can even go to our high school reunion!

It is anything but hot here in North Yorkshire (UK). I woke up to thunderstorms, we have had severe weather alerts and flood warnings at work, the cloud is so low I feel I am living in a dome. All in all a typical British Summer!

Yes, northwest Illinois is also roasting. And like you, I have no air, but do live out in the country, so catch the breezes. Sitting in front of fan and knitting wool socks. Go figure!

Let's trade. I'm travelling in Scotland right now, and it is 16C and foggy. And sometimes pouring rain. So much for summer vacation!

Here in Casper, Wyoming it's been in the high 90's F since the beginning of June. No rain, lots of fires and smoke filled skies and I feel like I'm back in Los Angeles. Today for the first time in weeks it's in the low 80's and I am loving it! It actually rained last night for the first time in a couple of months. I wasn't sure what it was at first. My flowers and lawn look scorched....no amount of water can save it from the hot temps and hot winds. Thank God for A/C! Thankfully, I can still knit without any problems.

yes, it's hot here - but we expect it from June to the end of September and we have A/C.

Here's a trick from my no A/C days in the desert- take a piece of lightweight cotton fabric (old style baby diapers are perfect - but who has those anymore?) and get it wet - not drippy -soaky wet, but wet. Then lay it over your fan - the cloth should not be so wet that the fan doesn't lift it up as it blows the air.

There you have it - home made evap cooler!

The air coming from your fan will be much less cooler - remember to re-wet the cloth as it drys out.

East central Kansas at our farm 108 with almost 2 weeks of consecutive days over 100. Weather forecast promises relief on Sunday. Spinning some natural dyed wool I did last summer but only in my studio with the ac running. Hope the forecast is correct and you get relief soon also.

It's insane here in Chicago. I have decided two sticks is too challenging and have gone back to crocheting squares for a baby blanket. 5x5 is not too big to generate a lot of heat. After reading your post, I'm feeling very grateful for my one little box air conditioner on the first floor, laboring away to bring it down to 85 degrees F!

Just caught up -- been without power (and thus without well water) and internet for several 95 deg F days in Northern VA. Sweltering in the dark is just exactly as much fun as you are imagining. But, oh boy! expecting 102 tomorrow . . .

I am in yarn shop filled with yarn and no air conditioning it is hot and quiet. The thought of handling yarn is just...not happening. Fortunately home has air..at least I can sleep. We will be complaining about the cold soon enough.

silk ...
I'm knitting with silk:
It's slippery, not sticky, and I can actually imagine wearing it before winter ....
over my undies ...
Great look: bra/pants/silk shawl

104 here now! We have been in excess of 100 degrees for the past 12 days. I'm starting to feel like I need some barbecue sauce!

In Memphis, where heat and humidity make their home in the summer, we are at 103 today. No rain in forever. But most have a/c here so I'm sitting still in a room with a ceiling fan trying to finish the Cambridge Shawl for a charity auction. Kind of clammy feeling but coming along.

Actually, it isn't too bad here in Lubbock, TX this week. We've been in the low- to mid-90's after last week's 100+ days and our humidity is around 25%. We've got our fingers crossed for rain tomorrow.

104. More tomorrow. My husband says the worst part of this weather is how boring it makes conversations.

Oh, hush you! I'm in South Florida and I'm 8 months pregnant. I'm HOT!

Right now in Seattle, it's a pitch perfect 73 F (23 C) sunny day. I'm not rubbing it in, I swear.

It's getting a little warmer today, but we had summer a couple of weeks ago, a few days of 30C, which was more than enough for us. It's been rather lovely ever since. I'm sorry the rest of you are getting such heat, but very glad we're not.

You don't know how lucky you are! Here in the UK I don't think we've had one day when it has not rained at some point for the last 3 months. We are getting a month worth of rain in a few hours sometimes and there are floods all over the country. It's always dark and gloomy and we've had very little sunshine so hot weather would be more than welcome!

Officially 99-F here, 103 predicted for tomorrow, plus heat index to make it feel hotter.

Oddly, when it is wicked hot out, biking isn't as bad as you would think. When it is 33 C (92 F) the big benefit of biking it that you are going fast enough to have your own breeze. Just try to bring more water than usual, or refill whenever you get a chance.

Since you're headed down here within the next week or so, you'll be glad to know that here by the San Francisco Bay we are having absolutely gorgeous weather. Nice foggy mornings (in the 60s F.)which are great for knitting and warm afternoons all the way into the 70s F. for lunching, wine/beer sipping, and more knitting in the natural breezes. We are expecting a "heat wave" next week where the forecast is into the 90's inland, but here by the Bay it probably won't even break into the 80's. (Sorry - I am Centigrade challenged.) I know you'll enjoy it!

Yes, misery loves company. The heat has been horrendous and I'm not understanding how we can have high humidity when we are in the midst of a drought (less than 1/2 inch of rain this summer)...shouldn't that moisture just evaporate?. I have a photo of the thermometer in my car indicating it was 127 degrees (my car was sitting in the sun)...ok the actual air temp was only 104. This weather has proven to me that there is no chance EVER of me moving to Phoenix. Complaining aside, my thoughts are with those who have lost family and homes to the heat and fires throughout North America.

Ditto the Satan's armpit. Five days of near 100 degree heat, and over 100 degree heat indexes, I am darn near melting. Thank GOD for the little window air conditioner, or I'd be sleeping at the local gas station.

I told God that if he would just make it rain, I would dance naked outside. Then I thought about the neighbors...oh, what the heck. They think I'm nuts anyway. Why not let them know for sure?

It's even hot here. You know, I moved 3 hours north of Toronto expecting just a touch of relief from summer heat, but apparently I was not mentally well that day.

So this week? Teaching dyeing in a hot box of a room. Next to the glass blowing studio. Because where you want to be in a 52 degree celcius humidex is next to a wall of 1500 degree furnaces.

Did I mention the part where I should probably be tested? ;)

Hello from the Southern Hemisphere! :) I'm freezing my ass off over here, knitting a lovely snuggly mohair jersey for my sister. Don't worry...I'll get my comeuppance in 6 months or so :P

It's even hot here. You know, I moved 3 hours north of Toronto expecting just a touch of relief from summer heat, but apparently I was not mentally well that day.

So this week? Teaching dyeing in a hot box of a room. Next to the glass blowing studio. Because where you want to be in a 52 degree celcius humidex is next to a wall of 1500 degree furnaces.

Did I mention the part where I should probably wrapped in a straight jacket?

Wait. Don't answer that. It's too hot.

It's about 80 F here in Saratoga, CA (about an hour south of Oakland, where you'll be visiting soon). Because the air is dry (it rarely gets muggy around here), it is quite pleasant.

Something to look forward to in your upcoing travels!

Yep! 102 degrees at 4:30 p.m. CT in central Illinois. But they say it's supposed to rain in the next day or two and cool things back down into the 80s. One can only hope!

After watching FireFighters from 34 US states battle the Waldo Canyon Fire here in my city, I have little to complain about. They marched up day and night in the upper 90's and fought that bugger to 95% containment. God Bless them and their families.

It is, as my mother likes to say, hotter than the hinges of Hades.

97F in Houston, TX - which is sadly par for the course.

Yep. Atlanta in July. Satan's armpit is the most apt (clean) description I've ever heard. But I just got back from spending the long weekend in Toronto and it was almost as bad - what's up with that? And I hear it's going to be worse there this weekend?! Nearing 50 degrees C with the humidity?! I don't know how you can even look at anything wooly.... I'm on a desperate search for clothes that don't touch my body in any way.... Come on, September!

Over a week of 100 degree F temps here in Washington DC exacerbated by a multi-day power outage due to some freaky storm that came through last friday.

I am in Hungary, and at the moment it is hotter than Bagdhad here, hotter than Miami... this is the third heatweave thi ssummer this one lasts since early last week, and (according to forecasts) will go on until late next week... I live in a badly insulated russian type of prefabricated building, which has windows on one side to the east, on the other side southwest... No shades or airconditioning either.... last morning at AM I had 36.6 Celsius in my kitchen, and it is constantly above 30 C everywhere else... So I think i got it pretty bad... last night there was agigantic storm though, which mase the heat move around at least so I spun about 2 ounce of rowing to laceweight single...

I am seriously wondering about the possibility of rickets it's been so long since we saw the sun. We definately have mildew and trench foot due to the rain, rain and more rain, I think the sun came out in april briefly.

When you come visit the San Francisco bay area in a little over a week, you will see why many of us live here. It's not that it doesn't get hot here, it does. It usually only stays in the 90s or more for a few days, and then cools down quite a bit every night. An hour north of the Golden Gate Bridge, we are having temps in the upper 70s to mid 80s with nights in the 50s. There is not much humidity on this part of the west coast in the summer.

I grew up near Boston with 95 degrees and 95% humidity in the summer. The winters are the other extreme with temps and wind. There are many reasons why I live here, and the weather hits the list many times. I have too many health issues for extreme weather. One must be well enough to knit!

Ironically here in Tucson AZ, where it's always a blast furnace in the summer, we had a high of 86F one day this week, a record low. (This is monsoon season when we actually get rain and even hail...the washes really do get major raging water even if it's only for a day or two).

Actually, it is quite cool on the coastal NW corner of California. 60F is average for us, 70s are a heat wave, and 80 is rare. Can't stand the heat anymore. It does make it easier to wear knits. :-)

A whole string of 100 + days have broken all kinds of records in Colorado. Add to that the smoke from several in-state fires and at least 2 out-of-state fires. No one is going outside unless we really have to.

Washington, DC Hot, hot, hot and no power for seven days. Sleeping in the basement and having fun with my solar oven, but I can't bear to have my fingers touch even one another.

Nope, I live just outside Anchorage AK and it's about 64*. I'm wearing a sweater today!

105 with heat index of 111. tomorrow, more of the same and then OH JOY, it will only be low 90s for a few days. Joy at low 90s. what is this summer coming to?? LOL

100 forecast in NYC for tomorrow. Talk about Satan's armpit, with the heat reflected off the sidewalks and buildings in mid-town, Satan's armpit would be cooler....

in Port Orchard WA its a lovely 75 or so. First hint of nice weather weve had! I lived in clarksville tn thru 3 summers, no thanks!

Indianapolis. 103 F. The only thing that doesn't make me sweat is sitting in front of the fan, with the A/C going, and trying not to breathe hard. And you're right about fans and roving. I had the beginnings of a deep green snowdrift going in here before I abandoned the effort. Knitting some gift socks, because they don't like in my lap like part of a sweater would. Supposed to cool off to a positively arctic 88 next week. If the weathermen are lying about that, there could be a problem. (Smacks fist into palm.)

We set an all time record here in Lansing, MI of 103* F. !!!!! Did I accidentally fall asleep and wake up in TX??? Am thankful that the break is coming sunday...

Nasty hot ! I`ve got to wool hats in progress that I want to finish but I`m not up to it in this heat .It must be 98 degrees ! Stay cool yarn sisters ! Think about cotton ...and blizzards !

Only about 105. or for metric people like me 41 C. Although 105 on sounds much more impressive. I am going for a ride tomorrow morning in the cool morning temps of (hahahahahaah) 28 C. But remember that training only works if you rest properly. You should do at least 2 rest days a week (seriously).

Actually, it's not all that hot here by the lake in Kingston, ON. Nice cool breeze coming up the street off the water. The grey skein is luscious, and I totally agree with you concerning the incompatibility of roving and fans. I'm in the midst of a design, spin, knit (DSK) project, but fortunately have air conditioning, a minor miracle in this pre-Confederation house.

Olympia, Washington is a quite pleasant 78. It has been cold and rainy most of this "summer" so the clear blue sky and warm sun are most welcome. I understand it will get rainier here with global warming - with only 57 clear days a year I can't imagine!

Colorado - yup. And careful, we're a little sensitive to any references that infer flames right now.

Baltimore is hot- hot- hot! Just regained power after 7 days - wicked thunderstorm/derecho derailed electricity last Friday. I would have traded my firstborn for a working fan during the week. It was too hot to knit (that's saying something). Now I just sit here watching my frig regain its temp with a stupid smile on my face.

In DC it has been over 100 or just below for about a week now. It hasn't been conducive to knitting outside, so I have hunkered down inside to work on the baby blanket that I am currently working on.

Remember when I posted last week that, "sure as shootin" something was going to happen to screw up your Mom-cation. Looks/Feels like Mother Nature is having her turn. It's been hot here in Mpls also, 5 straight days over 90, one over 100 and records broken both daytime and overnight record-high lows (does that make sense?). It's supposed to break here tonight and be "normal" for 5-6 days before reaching into the 90's again.

Not hot here yet, only 86 degrees right now in Sacramento, CA - but we'll hit the low 100's next week for a few days. Cranking the A/C down and staying inside after 10 a.m., except for the days I work at our cafe. No escaping the heat there... Your spinning is beautiful! I'm still learning, can't imagine I'll ever produce anything so lovely.

Horribly hot here. I lounged by the pool all afternoon. That makes it bearable. And I second the beer! I'm having one with dinner!

Yup Stephanie - it's beeping hot in Guelph - something like 34c (37 with humidity).

And I picked today of all days to do really stinky natural dyeing with black walnuts, so the pot had to be setup outside. I left it were I could watch it from the kitchen window, so it only bubbled over a couple times. Argh - I'm not going to repeat that anytime soon. At least the fibre came out pretty.

We had summer here in the UK in March this year. It was lovely. We all joked that this was probably it for the year. Day after cold and rainy day, we are no longer finding those jokes funny. What a pity we can't share, so that you could have some of our cool (read, bitterly cold) breezes, and we could have some of your hot sunshine.

Checking in from NE Ohio. It is murderous. If we didn't have air conditioning, I might sit and cry all day. Which I may do anyway, when I get the electric bill. I'm trying not to think about it.

It's 99 here in West Virginia. No air conditioning at my house either. The best approach is a glass of iced tea or hard cider, a shady porch and a book. Which usually leads to a sweaty nap. I just can't touch yarn right now. I just can't. Can't wait til Monday when it's supposed to cool off a bit.

It's warm here in the Boston area, meaning we're down to the upper seventies. It's supposed to get to 91 tomorrow. No air conditioning, but I'm on a hill that gets a lot of wind, which helps. I'm knitting Christmas decorations from Arne and Carlos 55 Christmas Balls to Knit. I bought the book at Sock Summit, so Stephanie? This means you are a pusher. I'm addicted to the things. They're fun to knit, and I have all the fun of deciding what colors to match with what decoration. And It's All Your Fault!

First off, I just gotta say, you have a really neat following and what a great question to post to see where everybody comes from! Cool to read. (See what I did there?)
I'm just up the road in Newmarket, so I'm thinking maybe it's Satan's other armpit. But we have air; would not want to try to go without it----ever! Tried it once when I was pregnant; it wasn't pretty.
Anyway, what I actually came here to say was, you sure do make pretty yarn.

I wish I could share my air conditioning with you!

I was at Crater Lake (Oregon) on Monday, and there was still a lot of snow on the ground. As night fell, a pea-soup fog came right down to the ground (visibility about 6 ft) as we drove down the North Entrance. When we arrived in Portland on Tuesday, it was raining and about 55 degrees. In the middle of the day.

However, as the local weathercasters are saying, Summer has Arrived in Portland. Weather is sunny and the highs are, get this, 74. Nights are still in the low 50's. It's the first week of sunny warm weather this year.

Hot and getting hotter. Child complained that the water in the pool where he works was 87 degrees. Still, I said, it is wet.

Hot as blazes here on the Maryland side of the DC burbs. Some people have been without power since last Friday. We were out for only 48 hours but even that was too much.
A veterinarian friend says that she is seeing way too many pets dead from the heat. Remember that your 4-legged family members are wearing fur coats!

It only got up to 104 today in the Fort Wayne, IN area. It's down to 102 right now at a little after 6:30 p.m. The bad part was being without power for 93 hours this week. I had to stop knitting and read for a couple of those days. It was just too crazy hot for knitting, and I don't often feel that way.

Hi from sunny Queensland,Australia, we are in the middle of winter,nights get down to 7 and days are high teens with lovely sunny days.When the Summer hits we are right up there with you.
Grab a copy of "Day After Tomorrow", put the fan on,and go to the cool place, your brain will be focussed on all the ice and snow and reality won't hit for about 90 minutes.

Nope. Here in the UK it's pissing down with rain, we're having the worst flooding in the summer since forever and frankly, I'm kinda ready for some Satan's armpit :-) At least right where we are we're not flooded, but the driveway is starting to look a bit challenging. More spinning time!

Totally hot here too in Minnesota - currently 98, but with humidity feels like 107.

According to my hubby, who likes to ride, the wind created while riding helps cool you down on hot days and you don't really feel the extent of the heat until you stop. Granted his comment was during a 'feels like 94' day...

If all else fails, try reading 'The Long Winter' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Works every time.

I ran two errands this morning and then called it quits for attempting to go outside. We are roasting here in Virginia. I am thankful for air conditioning but am not thankful for continuous hot flashes that make me feel as if I am living in the Amazon.

It's 104 today in Phoenix, and I was so very grateful. It's been 110 over the last week, and 104 is so much more manageable.

Eighty million degrees here in n.w. Wisconsin, although it was downright pleasant until about noon. Tomorrow (Saturday) the temps are supposed to drop, which means your 'hood should become bearable in a few days, too.

Elder Son left Long Island at 4am today to drive to Ann Arbor for grad school. As of his phone call 5 minutes ago, it is 101˚ F there. He said he plans to go to sleep now, get up early to unpack the car, and then go to Sears to pick up the air conditioner we just bought him online. (Poor baby wilts whenever the temp is >60˚F. He never wears a coat before December. He disliked his past eight winters in NYC because "the winter is too wimpy".)

Nothing to complain about here on the coast of Maine - 70's - but during the day it might have been around 80-ish. Still, as you say, there's no A/C here to speak of so fans roar. Ironing and sewing not so fun.

I've used the weather as an excuse to eat ice cream three days running....

When is the next ice age? I want it now!!

102F at 6 pm - was 88 when I got up at 7 this am. This is NOT what we expect for summer here! But I won't complain, because I have power and AC and work has power and AC. But would dearly love about 4 inches of rain to fall over the next week...everything is brown. Wish I could share my AC with you!

I'm near Portland Oregon and the weather is just about perfect. 77 and sunny. Before you shoot us here remember, months and months of rain. But right on schedule, 5 July, summer started! Yay us!

Drink beer. Lots and lots of beer. It's the only way to get thru the heat. (I used to live in Chicago...)

It is hotter than hell outside! (Not that I'm all that acquainted with hell.) Even with the AC going, it's still almost 80 degrees in here. I feel so bad for those without AC, because I'm cranky sitting here in my house and it's about 20 degrees cooler than outside.

Mother Nature, what is up with you?

We've had so many days of around 95 degrees here in the Northwoods of northern Wisconsin. It was *supposed* to rain at 2pm this afternoon, but no. I work at a camp; I cook. Inside the kitchen it's got to be 10 degrees hotter than outside and the dishroom? Can we say 100% humidity???!!! Yikes!
Lots of the campers are in the woods camping for the night or two; so we're only cooking for about 200 instead of the usual 450!
AC? Um, no. Boo hoo.

A muggy 90 something in the Ft. Lauderdale, FL area but at least we have a/c. Hang in there!

Where I am, it's -2 and it's gone 9 am. Trade you for the heat? We don't have heating here though.

Yes!!! Here in central Arizona, it is 39 degrees celsius (104 F), and tomorrow's high is going to be 43 C (109 F).
Oh, and it's murky, too, because the monsoon is here.

San Diego, California here. It's 71 where I am. Blue skies now but the haze is coming.
At least you get snow for Christmas in Canada. We get sun or rain. I'm trying to make you feel better about the crazy weather.:-/

Can you say TEXAS. Its generally DRY heat where we are, but a few humid days.I know better than to be in Austin or Houston,lol!

i live in colorado springs, which legitimately was satan's armpit last week. we were up over 100f for a long time, with no precip. add to that a fire in the foothills and 65 mph winds... and 347 houses in my neighborhood burned to the ground. it's not so fun in the armpit. today it rained. i have never been more grateful for the rain. (the fire is nearly out, and it's 80f here now. i hope to never see more home resembling any part of satan's anatomy again!)

Sticky here in Vermont. I don't even try to spin in this weather, drafting is a joke. Knitting is also hard, I have tension problems with my sticky hands. Good thing I like to swim and have an excellent swimming hole nearby.

Sticky here in Vermont. I don't even try to spin in this weather, drafting is a joke. Knitting is also hard, I have tension problems with my sticky hands. Good thing I like to swim and have an excellent swimming hole nearby.

67 F/20 C here in San Francisco. we'll try to keep it like this for your visit next week!

I'm with Michelle: a) it's beautiful on the coast of Maine right now and b) heat is a fantastic excuse for ice cream! However, my knitting is sitting in the corner like a sullen child begging for attention... I think I need to do something about that.

I'm in Louisiana, USA. Heck, YES!

We had 10 inches of rain in 24 hours last week with impressive floods and all the chaos that went with that, and then the temps went to 90+ for this last week. In northern Minnesota. Sigh. I LIKE colder weather. I live here on purpose. But I am so grateful not to be dealing with the fires in Colorado, nor the power outages further east. So I am willing to be hot. All things considered...

Not too bad in Honolulu where I work, about 86 and lovely in Wahiawa where I live, just 81. You should really add Honolulu to your tour schedule (like you don't already travel enough!) since there really are a lot of knitters out here. And the weather is usually pretty boring, high in the 80s, low in the 70s just about all year round. Our weather man always says we have "the best weather on the planet." I agree.

We had 10 inches of rain in 24 hours last week with impressive floods and all the chaos that went with that, and then the temps went to 90+ for this last week. In northern Minnesota. Sigh. I LIKE colder weather. I live here on purpose. But I am so grateful not to be dealing with the fires in Colorado, nor the power outages further east. So I am willing to be hot. All things considered...

When I woke up this morning it was 59 degrees. It is sunny and we have peaked at 73 degrees. We have paid dearly to live in paradise, months and months of grey, wet and cold weather, but wow! this is beautiful. Paradise is located on the west coast of B.C. On the Sunshine Coast to be specific.

96 degrees F here in Carlisle, Pa, and it's forcast to get up to 101 tomorrow. And Steph, I feel for you. I don't have AC at home (older house, no insulation except for some fome that's tacked up behind some really lousy fake wood panelling) and it's miserable. Thankfully, I can take my knitting to the nearby grocery store (It's got a cafe area, thank god!) and I'm so hanging out there tomorrow aaaaaaaaaaall day! I'm so looking forward to temps in the 80s starting sunday!

96 degrees F here in Carlisle, Pa, and it's forcast to get up to 101 tomorrow. And Steph, I feel for you. I don't have AC at home (older house, no insulation except for some fome that's tacked up behind some really lousy fake wood panelling) and it's miserable. Thankfully, I can take my knitting to the nearby grocery store (It's got a cafe area, thank god!) and I'm so hanging out there tomorrow aaaaaaaaaaall day! I'm so looking forward to temps in the 80s starting Sunday!

It is so hot here (just north of Chicago) that I spend the 4th of July in my office. Where it is air conditioned. Because I have none at home. :-)

HOT, HOT, HOT in the Big Apple and it's getting hotter tomorrow but I am set--lots of cool food and drink and no reason to go out.

My cat was meowing and wanting to go outside. I kept telling him that he did not want to go out but he would not pay attention so I opened the door for him. LOL Took one step outside and ran back in.

Here in Ypsilanti, Michigan (next door to the well represented in the comments Ann Arbor) the weatherbug app said it reached 106 F. I have coped with the heat wave by remaining submerged in the pool and switching my knitting to cotton. It seems to have helped.

Oh yeah! Denver area just had the hottest June ever. Kota of 100+ days and even more 90+ days. For the past 10 years, we have needed AC--something never true when we moved here in the 60's. Stay cool!

lol I read that as Santa's armpit. It gave me a good laugh. It is cold here today in Perth. The max is going to be 17....yay!

Tomorrow it will feel like 105-110 degrees here in Long Island, NY!!!

Oh yeah! Denver area just had the hottest June ever. Lots of 100+ days and even more 90+ days. For the past 10 years, we have needed AC--something never true when we moved here in the 60's. Stay cool!

Week after week of plus 30 Celsius is currently testing my car-free lifestyle more than minus 20 ever does in the winter. It's a challenge to arrive at work looking remotely professional.

Cold here in Auckland, New Zealand, the living room I have got up to 19C, but much colder outside. Older daughter isn't here, she would complain that I have the house so cold, and that I don't have husband's firemaking skills.

No wind, but sunny, washing on the line looks limp, and unlikely to dry.

Yep. 102˚ right now, but "feels like" 110˚ they say (so that's 44˚ celsius? I have the hardest time about conversions hah)

I can't imagine spinning if you don't have air right now. We sleep with our air on 69˚ (I know it's so wasteful, but my bub can't sleep when it's any amount above that!)

Good luck!

Darn straight. And where the heck is all the rain they keep promising??!!

My sympathies- sounds very much like the summers we have at this end of the world. Currently, here on the southern coast of Australia, we are shivering through what is , for us, a completely miserable winter. I don't even like the hot weather, and even I am becoming nostalgic for a day over 50.

High temps for the past week have been between 99 and 107 Fahrenheit (on-line calculator says that's 37 to 41 Celsius) plus humidity about 85%. If the A/C goes out, I'm moving into the frozen food section of the grocery store. I wouldn't mind so much if I thought it would melt some fat off of me, but so far all I'm doing is sweating buckets and getting really crabby! Knitting and cold drinks (iced tea and adult beverages) are the only things keeping me from soneone's throat!!

From North Carolina (where it's a high of 97 with heat index of 102 this weekend predicted) -- popsicles, salads and cool showers

Here in the Vermont mountains it's been in the high 80s, getting cooler tomorrow; we had miserable 90+ bays in June, very unusual. No one has air conditioning here, and the river gets really crowded with folks trying to cool off. Nights are nice though!

Yup, plenty warm here in the land of Ahs! (Kansas) I have all the critters parked under the big old elm tree in the backyard and I am watering twice a day. Trying hard not to lose any critters to the heat this year. I didn't plant a garden this year because I wasn't sure I could handle it if I lost it to the heat/drought like last year. Staying cool with lots of showers and ice water. Knitting, sadly, is just not happening.

Yes, it's hot and steamy here, but it's Florida, so we really kind of expect that. We got a major thunderstorm through here last night and this morning, which helped to cool things off a lot. Tonight, the frogs are happily rapping to the cicada's beat. My dogs are doing their best to look like the picture next to the definition of "dog days."

Well, you just shot down my family's plans to move to Canada. We live just about in the exact middle of the United States - and it has been hotter here than in most of the country. 108 degrees(Farenheit) today. Our dinner conversations for the past two weeks keep reverting back to "let's move somewhere cooler" - and Canada came up more than once. Apparently my 8 y.o. was correct in suggesting the North Pole.

Yep, hot in Tucson. Usually a dry heat, but this is monsoon season, so we get humidity too. Right now, at 6 p.m. it's 97F. The compensation, though, is that the desert smells fantastic when it rains. If you wafted that smell under my nose anywhere in the world I'd know it as "home". I'm knitting with cotton tonight.

Almost 9:15 p.m., and it's 91 with a heat index of 101. It's supposed to be over 100 again tomorrow, and hoping it cools off a bit on Sunday.

The yarn is beautiful.

It has been so lovely here today--1.5 hours south of Portland, Oregon--sunny and sweet. The high was 76.5 F. I "braved the heat" and went outside to trim shrubs wearing my hat, long sleeved cotton shirt, long pants, cotton socks and tennis shoes. This is the first week that I have set aside my woolens to enjoy cotton clothing. But I keep my sweater handy....it has been soooo damp and chilly since last September that we are thankful for any blue in the sky. I knit on...

100 F in Columbus Ohio today with 100 predicted for tomorrow. We are lucky, we have power but there are still 79000 people in Ohio with no power thanks to the lovely wind/rain storm we had last Friday night. Aggravated by 3 or 4 more thunderstorms since then. We are having an extremely dry summer and while we have had rain it is not enough. We need a 3 day soaker.

It was a cool 91 degrees today. I work in an enoumous wearhouse and the concreat has soaked up all the heat from the prior week and kept it just for use order pickers. We can't walk a few feet without sweating! Tomorrow it will be 98...again. We have window air conditoners that are mad at us because we have not turned them off since 30 June! I am weaving on my Kromske Harp and knitting a pair of socks. I am not worried. By October we may be up to our noses in snow.

Just seems to go that way.....

105 in Virginia today. Thankfully we have power. Really admiring your ability to spin.

I know this heat is crazy there calling for 35 degrees here in Fort McMurray 39 with the humidex :P yukkk lol

Ironically, if you want to cool off, come south. It's been a 107 F or so in South Carolina, but the A/C does wonders for one's mood. I still wore a knit shrug inside today because my office is chilly. (You can laugh at us in February when we don't know how to drive with half an inch of snow. Fair is fair.)

What you could probably try though is Iced Tea or Sweet Tea. (We usually just call it "Tea"). Take your favorite hot tea, stir in lots of sugar while it's hot, then add ice or cold water and put it in the fridge for a few hours. Make it by the pitcher, not the cupful.

Southerners have taken the edge off of Satan's Armpit weather with sweet tea for centuries. This kind of weather is why it exists. Cold beer is great, but you'll either get dehydrated or strange looks if you start drinking it at 9:00 a.m. Stay cool, Stephanie.

I moved to Bellingham, Wa 2 years ago and I have been feeling sad about the lack of light and warmth, until I saw the cnn map of the US. The whole thing was red with a little yellow around the edges except where I live where is was a cool green color. My former home in Maryland is experiencing a state of emergency and I am still wearing a sweater to work at 7am. I feel pretty lucky and not at all sweaty!!

Yep, hot and really humid in Ypsilanti, MI. No AC in our humble abode. The heat is meh, but I can barely think in the humidity and I'm surprised that between my sweaty fingers and the humidity, that the computer hasn't shorted. No knitting for me today except while sitting in a hospital waiting room with a family member. Knitting is a sanity saver for me and a distraction for the non-knitting family members as they make the typical comments about "cute, not having patience, and time." (you know) Due to the crisis all comments were forgiven.

Not everyone has power in NJ after last week's storms. Happily I do and I am sharing my home with my electricity-less parents. My mom and I are having a blast talking and knitting until all hours of the night. They're calling for 102 tomorrow. My mother says they used to put wet towels in the open windows as a type of primitive a/c when she was a kid. Who knows- it might work.

Some wiseass apparently accepted this weather package meant for Arizona this week. It was 105F degrees this afternoon. This is eastern Iowa, and it was freaking 105F degrees. I can't even begin to enumerate the reasons why this is so wrong.

YES! It's been miserably hot & humid in Atlanta, but ironically, it's hotter NORTH of us. This is beyond comprehension and difficult to fathom. Or maybe the heat has finally melted what is left of my brain. I am knitting as a reason/excuse to remain inside, but am avoiding any fiber that might spontaneously combust.

It was the second warm day in Seattle. I was sitting in the shade on the beach and was glad to have my almost-finished Central Park unhoodie in my lap since my legs were quite chilly :) I am glad that I am finally warm enough at home that I don't have to wear wool socks, lol. And I do believe it was the first day this summer that I didn't bring a wool garment to wear.

After three record-breaking or -tying days here in Chicago, my best advice to you, dear YH:

Get a window air conditioner. Now. Before you and the cat spontaneously combust. You're going to have this $%&^% at least through Sunday.

It doesn't have to be a big, expensive one designed to cool an entire floor of the house. Just cooling and dehumidifying your bedroom or the living room should be enough.

Otherwise, consider sleeping in the basement to stay cool.

Here in the PNW we were delighted to climb to 26 C today. Most of us out here also have no AC.

Good luck in those two hot training rides. Heat is the worst. Be sure to dump water on you as well as in you.

Boy oh boy - is it hot here in the great state of Minnesota! We've had a week-long run of excessive heat in a house with no air conditioning. But relief is in site! Tomorrow (Saturday) we expect a BIG drop in temperature and should reach the mid to low 80s. Hang in there Yarn Harlot - I'm sending the cool air your way!

I flew 6 hrs south to Costa Rica and it's not too bad here, actually. Rain every evening really cools things off. Also, I'm knitting silk thread I dyed at a knot hysteria retreat. It's looking pretty nice.

Yes, it's very hot and muggy here in Ottawa, 41 C with humidex today.

I feel for you.

After the summer from hell last year, I find that 95 F feels almost balmy - at least for a while.

And we do have a lot of air conditioning down here in Texas, so we're prepared.

I am amazed that you can even touch wool in the heat, however. Serious knitting cred for that!

In Washington DC it is going to be 102* tomorrow. With the heat index, its going to feel like 105*. And there are still many people without power from the storm last week. Not even a fan to coll them off. I'm so lucky I got my power back after only 16 hours.

Yes, it is hot here in Connecticut. The lawn is starting to go brown, the birds aren't singing as much and the heat makes everything seem much more of an effort. Here's to fall.

Actually, Satan was seen at Wal-Mart, buying an air conditioned & a 12-pack of Coronas.

Seriously is your basement habitable? That seems to be the cool spot chosen by those who lost power in last week's derecho.

Here in the PNW (Washington State) we have been waiting and waiting and waiting for summer to arrive which it finally did in time to celebrate our countries birthday. It was actually possible to sit out on my front porch and watch the neighborhood fireworks without having to bundle up in a blanket. The joke here is that summer arrives on July 5th in the PNW and that includes beautiful Oregon.

Yep, hot here on this side of the lake...high of 95 today. We put water in the pool to cool it down a bit.

I thought I was going to melt taking pictures of fiber earlier today. I think I'll just weave for a bit, then call it a night.

Our house over here across the lake isn't too bad, but I know what you mean. An old house smells different in the heat. Kind of dry and woody. Like ironing dirty clothes.

Should cool off a bit Saturday and Sunday.

At temps above 95F, you can turn your vehicle into a solar oven. Line windshield area with aluminun foil. A small pan of cookies will bake in about 4 hours in full sun.

And it keeps your neighbors/co-workers entertained! ;-)

It is FINALLY cooling off in Colorado! This is great for our wildfires and firefighters. I hope that you'll get similar relief soon!!

I'm from Singapore and it is 34-36C with 80-90% humidity. Why knit? Knitting is an addiction and knitted work has little practical use for outdoor tropics. I'm working out knit instructions to shorten the hemline, sleeves to make the next cardigan suitable for the air-con ;)

oooh, yes, come to Seattle....it's B E A UTIFUL! OH, and the AC is set to 69 degrees....you could knit an afghan and wear socks...and a hat....mittens if you want to :)

Yeah, we're pretty hot out here in Mesa, Arizona... it's pushing 110 degrees F AND we're experiencing some humidity because we've been having rain on and off lately, which is so nice. The rain, not the humidity. But the rain cools it right down again and I love it. We have A/C, of course, so we're probably not suffering quite like you are, but I totally understand what you're saying about opening the door and realizing that there's just nothing that's worth it. I've learned how to substitute almost ANY ingredient in ANY recipe I have specifically because I become a crazed little hermit during the summer. There is virtually nothing that will drag me from the house in the heat of the day during June-August. I tell people that summer is like winter for other people. In winter, people tend to gather around their fire and just spend time together rather than face the elements. For us, we gather around the fan drinking cold water and eating freezing cold berries from the fridge. It works. ^_~

Remember the rain that you have, um, trouble with in the Pacific Northwest?? We are currently experiencing our reward for putting up with it all fall/spring/winter: dry gorgeous days in Portland that hit about 80 in the afternoon, cooling to 60s at night. Time to come visit Tina and start planning that 2014 sock summit!!

It was 110 F the other day and I was at work OUTSIDE.
Oh Texas. How I love thee.

You have more weather check-ins than, well, any other knittting blogger out there. :)

In the U.S. Pacific Northwest, it's really pretty perfect: mid-70s, sunny, no humidity. We wait for this for 10 rainy months, and we're gonna enjoy every minute of it.

It's so hot in the DC metro area, I basically don't want to eat
I keep trying to convince my puppy he can revert to the linoleum instead of making me go outside. Luckily, he's convincing about the going outside thing.

Pretty sure my bed is in Satan's armpit. Starting to regret building a house with no A/C - thankfully the pseudo in-laws are nearby & don't mind if we sleep in their basement!

Yes, it's HOT . . 102 degrees F in Minneapolis fercryin' outloud! I guess I won't complain too much. A cool front moved through and dropped temps about 12 degrees in 15 minutes. Down into the mid 80s for the Twin Cities this weekend. Lovely spinning, Stephanie.

HOT here too in SE Wisconsin - and no central air, but at least we have a window unit in our bedroom. I used to hate A/C, but as I get older, I hate the heat more, so someday might succumb and get central air. Have been thinking of you training in this heat - I think the fan and the cold beer sounds infinitely better!

Yep, it's pretty hot here. Over 100 (F) for 3 days in a row in Madison, WI, and that is unheard of here. Just ridiculous. We are in a bad drought, too, so farmers are desperate, which is distressing and sad. Of course this is the one week in who knows how many years both my brother AND our cousin (and their respective spouses) are up here to visit! So much for all the fun outdoor stuff I had in mind for us to do. Cold beer has definitely been on the agenda ;)

Good thing you'll be in Vancouver next week! Our summer finally came this week and it was up all the way to 22 today! Not much humidity. It'll be a nice break for you.

Much sympathy with the humidity and heat! 39 C (102 F) here in Minneapolis. Stopping at a long traffic light with the cohort of bikers on the way home after work felt like some cruel god was toasting us for dinner.

I also used to be anti- air conditioner, but I can justify it for a week or two out of the whole year. Taking that humidity out of the air just in one room is worth it to sleep in one's own bed. The spouse and I too have done the sleep on the floor in the living room as the upstairs was ridiculous to think about inhabiting.

Keep cool, hoping that the north wind also is blowing through Toronto Friday night.

Gawd I love living at 7000+ feet. 76F for the high today here in Santa Fe, NM. No A/C but we haven't felt the lack too much. Granted it was in the 90's last week, but it's a dry heat. Anyone who says that doesn't matter has never spent the summer in northeastern Oklahoma. It ain't pretty.

All y'all still living in the armpit of hell have my sincere sympathies!

Summer has only just come to Vancouver. It was 22 degrees Canadian today.

Almost midnight, and it's still 91F in St. Louis. We're not just hot during the day -- we don't turn it off at night!

And, of course, we went to the baseball game last night, and the Muny tonight. So we were sitting out in the 100F plus heat like a bunch of crazies. I think we're starting to acclimate. It's sort of scary to think about.

I can't believe how many people are still biking around, though, right in the middle of it. A dedicated bunch!

If it makes you feel better, your stats about spinning mean nothing to me. I'm just a knitter, not a spinner, and I don't know anything about grams or whatnot. I'm just impressed that your doing it in this heat at all.
At all.

That sounds miserable and so very unlike Toronto. Well, I am getting tad chilly with the sliding door open right now in NorCal. Weather has been great, not too hot but nice and warm, dropping lower at night.

All I can cay is I'm glad I live in Oregon. I think 80 is out of the question. My heart goes out to all of you going through a heat wave.

Very, very hot here in Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana.
So hot that the heat index was 110F today.
So hot that I switched my car's thermometer to C instead of F because 38C made me feel cooler than 100F.
So hot that I did not work on my Stage 4 Tour de Sock socks this evening. I spent the evening in the pool, instead.
So hot that my best friend in Shreveport, Louisiana actually felt a little sorry for me...and I NEVER get any sympathy from him about heat in the summer.
Yep, it was hot. But you know what? It won't last long, and I still have knitting! :)

No, at leats not in daylight, it is warm to cool in the Betherlands, but at night.. oh boy, nighttemps are almost like days, too warm to sleep comd=fortable withoud AC. But.. look at England, they are flooded over there. Have you ever heard the organisation of a big event like the Formule I racing cars ask people NOT TO COME to the training sessions on saturday in order to keep the parkingsites (meadows) in a good enough condition for the races tomorrow to be used as a parking. They had 20.000 tickets available for today and waving goodbey to that income, now, that is foul weather in my world. Keep cool and enjoy your beer. Cold coffee with icecubes is lovely too.

Come to Alaska we are having a cold summer it was 57 today and raining.Not stopping us from flip flops and shorts mind,we just add a wool hat.

Come over to the UK. Bring an umbrella and that sweater, maybe wellies too. It was the wettest June since 1910, July has been soggy so far.

Tenna should come to Bath, Somerset, UK. It's warm here, not hot, and rains every day! Has done for weeks

Rain and flooding here in England. We'd like some heat, please!

I would love to open the door and be beaten back by a blast of summer heat! It has been raining here in the UK for WEEKS, almost without respite. Music festivals and other events are being cancelled on a daily basis. Soon there will be more slugs than vegetables, and we shall probably be drowned. The only thing saving me from utter despair is that it's not too hot to knit.

I would swap with you. It's currently 15C and pouring with rain in Southern England (as it has been through June and into July). Miserable and unsummery! Thank goodness they put a roof over the Wimbledon centre court.

It is hot here in Massachusetts, although the weather reports claim it is cooler on the island where I live. It is hot enough for me. I got up at 5 to walk the dog and do what needs to be done before retreating to the fan and knitting. It is too hot for me to think about going to the beach, but I know that is where everyone else is headed.

No. England is rubbish and it hasn't stopped raining since 1983. Apparently, the week of sunshine back in March was our summer.

How hot is it? When I went into town (Chatham, Ontario) for groceries, the glue holding the rear view mirror to the windshield melted, leaving the mirror hanging by a wire. The black shaft of the mirror felt like the handle of a pot on the stove.

Oh yeah -- it's 84F (29C) at 8:30 a.m. in Baltimore, and we're supposed to see 104F (40C) later today. With the humidity, that will feel like 112F (44C). Wilt . . .

About 100 for temp, not sure what the heat index was yesterday here in rural NC. Fans are doing a good job of keeping the worst of the heat at bay. Unfortunately the baby thinks 100 degree heat is the perfect time to snuggle, and she is a human furnace like her dad.
No AC for us either but MIL has central air so we can go over there if we need to cool down.

Try misting your sheets with water before going to bed, makes it nice and cool for a bit. Also mist yourself then sit in front of the fan.

Monsoon like rain here yesterday and still pouring in some places in the UK. But we have sunshine, the first time in weeks.

Not a fan of the heat either, but a glimpse of the sun and a bit of blue sky would not go a miss here in the UK

87 at 9:00 in the morning here just north of Indianapolis. We are supposed to be over 100 again today - I think we hit 103 or 105 yesterday. Thankfully we have air conditioning - but oh my - I'm starting to get nervous at the thought of the electric bill!

Laura

93 and humid here in MA & RI....UGH....

I think you must have the British summer on top of your own...there are areas of Britain that are getting a whole month's worth of rain this weekend. If only we could trade a bit each way!

Well it's raining here yet again in the UK (just for a change) we had summer back in May...it was on a Tues afternoon I think. My memory is a little fuzzy, the shock of the rain stopping for more than 30 mins can do that to you ;0P
Anyone over the pond fancy a house swap for a fortnight??? You can escape the heat whilst we embrace it (lush) and you can get so wet you'll develop gills to breathe and flippers for feet. A little bit longer and you may even be fluent in duck!!!! QUACK QUACK is duck for %$^*^ rain BTW!

Here in Fort Wayne, Indiana it's forecast to be 103 F with a heat index of 105 - 115 F. I actually left the house yesterday afternoon and had the terrifying sensation that the tires of my car were melting into the asphalt as I drove. My town is hosting the Gold Wing Rider's Association annual Wing Ding this week. People on large motorcycles from across the country are driving around wearing long sleeves, helmets, and gloves. I can't imagine how hot that must be since I can't even imagine taking a deep breath of this hot, humid air.

Hotter than the hinges in Hell!!!

Thanks for letting me know that I am not the only one who will be sitting in front of a fan, knitting and drinking and watching Star Trek TNG and DS9 reruns in order to stay out of the heat. I may also sort some things for the yard sale next week, but if I start sweating, it's back to the knitting.

103 predicted today in Peterburg, VA. My hubby is in rehab hospital, and I keep putting off leaving home to visit because I know he will want to sit outside!!! All this week I have wheeled him outside and stood in the lobby and waved to him intermittently.

It's predicted to get to 105 F today. Monday may bring us some relief, fingers crossed.

I'm concerned about you biking in that heat! Here on the Central Coast of California its a lovely 64 F right now with a bit of fog on Morro Bay - my favorite kind of weather.

Just a thought,are you taking a travel sock with you on the BIG bike ride.
You could do a few rows at night.
Like a keepsake.

because you WILL get over the pain

No, not hot in Vancouver. Warm and sunny, 23 degrees, then it cools down comfortably at night. Something for you to look forward to next week! Just like I am looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday night at the VPL!

Tornado ally here in Alberta and Saskatchewan. I don't know what's worse unbearable heat or tornadoes. Blah weather! Trying to knit in the heat, new baby coming (not mine) any day now and need to put an edging on a blanket, make some booties and a little hat. Oh my, better get busy!

Bring a light sweater to Vancouver; you'll need it in the evening as it's only in the mid-20's here and cools down at night!

Nope. Here in the UK, it's warmish, overcast, and we keep on getting torrents of rain. Some places have had a month's rain in one day. We're okay, although the sewer at the end of the road is, we have discovered, gotten blocked. Eeeew.

I don't know about Satan's armpit, but south of Chicago, we're SOME awful-hot. My mom hasn't come out of the basement for DAYS and I'm thanking my lucky stars that the A/C works in the car, in the office and in the house. And we're in a drought. The crops are literally "crunchy"...

Oh my goodness yes, in Atlanta, Ga. But my daughter is in Detroit and it is way hotter there. crazy, stupid, hot in Detroit

Not so hot, but really muggy, and sticky. Someone up there mentioned hot flashes-right there with you, sister. Premenopausal symptoms should be illegal during summer.

We recently moved from Connecticut down to South Florida. We've been here for about 5 weeks and I am shocked about how non-hot it's been. When it's not raining, our weather has been in the mid-80s with low humidity and cooling breezes. I'd braced myself for brutal heat and it looks like we escaped it!

I'm in So Cal at the beach. It never gets really hot here though inland it can be in the 90s. So I sympathize with all of you caught in this awful heat wave. But I feel it is much worse for the poor animals who have neither water nor shade.

With 10 days solid of in the 100s, we are basking in 106 today with a heat index of 113 in St. Louis. After a few days fighting it and staying indoors I'm getting a severe case of cabin fever. So I'm heading out in it now. Moving sloowwly.

Finally. Not hot, but 80ish, which is about 27 in Canadian. It's been in the 50s & 60s here for quite awhile, so it's a welcome change for us in Bellingham WA, USA.

I'm quite amazed that you still have the energy to spin, or anything else for that matter.

Satan was Here last summer. I'm in TEXAS, between Huntsville and Bryan/College Station: high today, 94F - normal, bearable temperature (and we DO have a/c). After scrolling all the comments above, I believe the world has turned up-side-down! I sincerely empathize with the everyone's struggles with the heat. Do like the cows... just lay down where the air moves and wait.

So Stephanie is in one of Satan's armpits, and Lynn in Newmarket said she's in Satan's OTHER armpit. I'm about 50km/35miles south of them in St. Catharines ON, so that would mean I'm in Satan's ..... oh, ick!!!!!

(Although, it's been somewhat better after our tiny little thunderstorm this morning.)

Yes Steph,
It is hot even after the small bit of rain we had here in Oakville. *sigh* I love the warmth but I can do without the heat as of late. Still all in all I'm glad it's not snow, silver lining and all that.

If you'll pardon the badly mixed description ... what we have is the tip of the (melting) iceberg of global warming, with its eccentric weather events. I don't have air conditioning either, Stephanie, so I get your dilemma and feelings of general weepyness. I admire that you are able to blog, and knit, and count stitches and follow a pattern. Perhaps this is the time for knitters to unite - sort of - by becoming involved with a local environment group.

Be well!!

Here is the SF Bay Area, it's really not hot at all - very non-summer like, particularly those of us that live a little inland and are used to summer weather in the 90's. However, it's good news for you because Berkeley is only supposed to be in the low 70's and 80's when you are here teaching/talking. Can't wait to take your sock class!

Today (Sat) it was up to 101' in Ft Wayne and set a new record for 4 days in a row 100' or better (106 last Friday) The records have been keep since 1897.
I'm going stir crazy staying in the house, with sir, and took a sweaty bike ride this morning and then sat out on the front porch with ice water. The weather is suppose to break tomorrow and be in the 80's the rest of the week. Now if we would only get some rain, we haven't had any good rain since the first week of April and are almost 9 inches behind. Even so I'm knitting wool,it will get cold someday.

In a word, no. Here in Scotland, it's around 16 celsius and raining. In July. I have asked myself many times in the 'summer' what brought me to this godforsaken country (scottish husband and beautiful countryside not withstanding). Enjoy the heat!

I am in Southern Iowa, USA. It's 105F on our thermometer and I just baked biscuits on the top of the pickup. We don't have AC either but inside with fans it's not so bad. Or perhaps my brain has melted. Fortunately the humidity is LOW today. Thank goodness!!

Lol, i'm with Libby. I'm in Aberdeen, Scotland, and, well, my waterproof jacket isn't so waterproof anymore... I'm from Malaysia originally, so i know a bit about Satan's armpit and i feel for you my friend...time to find a cotton or bamboo project? Thank goodness for beer and fridges at least :)

The Pacific Northwest is where you want to be in the summer. Clear, breezy, not too hot. It's in the mid-70's for the first time this year, I think, and I'm heading outside with my wheel to spin on the deck.

It is currently 103 F, at 6:25 PM near Washington, D.C. My dad made the comment this morning that it's finally getting warm. He's funny. It's so hot, the cats are panting. I've never seen a cat pant, but they're walking around with their tongues lolling out.

We don't have AC. Last weekend our power was out for several days and boy, what a difference fans make.

Needless to say, Starbucks is looking like home these days to me and my knitting.

(I was at my LYS yesterday and the lady tried to interest me in mohair. I couldn't even think of it.)

Checking in from Arizona. Yes, it is hot here. But it is a dry heat........ LOL

Just a note for pet-owners, especially those with cats: if your cats are 'panting', they are in severe heat distress! Dogs help themselves a bit by panting, but the only way cats have to cool down is through evaporation - they groom themselves to dampen their coats, and hope for a breeze to come their way. Help out both cats and dogs by gently wiping their head, neck and back with a cool, damp cloth (repeat as they dry off) and making sure that there is a fan moving the air at their level. If necessary, confine them to the coolest area in your home until the heat breaks.

100+ in Chicago for 3 days--some relief tomorrow--only 85--Whoot!! We're big on ceiling fans here so guess where I've been plopping myself?!!

I just came home to Racine, Wisconsin after spending 5 weeks in a very cool northern Idaho. My house was 90 degrees! I do have an air conditioner and am grateful for,it.
Today I discovered all my frozen food had thawed, somehow the thermostat,had been lowered. There goes a freezer full of salmon, Danish style sausage and other great foods down the garbage.

It's hot as Hades here in Richmond, Virginia (Mid-Atlantic US) Today the temp was 103 degrees Farenheight and it's gonna be at least 101 tomorrow. The heat wave won't break until Monday. Boy will I be GLAD when it does!

Philadelphia....evil heat in the summer normally. Unbearable at 101 today. I was jumping for joy seeing temps forecast in only the mid-80s next week!

Oddly, it's only 89-90 here in Texas. I feel a wee bit bad because we expect the heat, it isn't a horrible surprise.....ice, that is what always shocks us. The heat won't last forever though, because you'll be happy to know that the craft stores are already putting out Christmas decorations.

One thing that I've discovered can help during horrible heat waves is a lukewarm shower at night. I can actually feel my body cooling down. And all the sweat and stickiness is gone, so when you go to bed you aren't as miserable. To those without power, I can't help you. I wish I could. I can't imagine surviving without power in such miserable weather. We're comfortable here. I hope your misery ends soon.

But having once survived five days without electricity following a January ice storm, believe me. You'll feel proud of yourself once the ordeal is over and you've had a chance to recover.

My 6 year old niece is up visiting from Georgia. We spent $60 on cabs today...because NYC is hot on the street, and even hotter on the platforms. We did take some trains, but after we (slowwwly) walked two avenues and she started feeling sick, I didn't want to chance her getting worse. We're generally frugal...but my husband didn't even wince at the expense.

Until the last few hours, yes. Record-setting heat in Chicago, with heat indices around 113F. It broke a few hours ago, thank the gods.

I think it broke 100º again here today. Pretty typical for Northeast Texas this time of year. Shrug. This is why we all live in air conditioning.

yeah, it's always crazy hot in Texas in July...so these mid 90's we have been having feel rather refreshing. i feel for those without power and pray it gets resolved soon!

Just bought yout book "At Knits End" at a Goodwill Store this morning, I have read about half of it already. I learned to knit when I was 8 and have made lots of items but then I learned to crochet (is this a dirty word?)when I was pregnant with my 6th child. I still knit at times but mostly crochet these dats.
Yes, it is hot here in Iowa but they are promising cooler days next week.

Here's the Question:

It's 99f where I live in Iowa.
It's 87f where I used to live in the USVI.
It's 72f on Washington Island, home of Sievers School (where wonderful fiber things happen).

WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING IN IOWA!?!??!

Today we had a high of 76 tonight'ns low is 57. It's been hotter than usual up here, but Lake Superior water temp is around 50 so the breeze blowing anywhere but from the south is keeping the temps reasonable.
Gotta love the worlds biggest heat sink only 5 miles to the west.

send it over here someone!Even the BBC announced on the weather forecast the other day that 'the search for the British Summer continues'

It's was 104F in Freetown, Indiana yesterday. My hubby and I rode our motorcycles yesterday morning around 8 am, planning to be home by 11 before the heat got bad. His Dad was with us and wanted to go home from our destination a different route, which took us a lot longer than we planned...It was 2 pm and miserably hot before we got home. Even on the motorcycle, it's just scorching hot air blowing on you. Holy Hades, Batman! Will this heat and drought stop anytime soon?

In Central Virginia, it was 101 yesterday by 7pm it had cooled down to 99. It will probably be close to that again today. A terrible storm came through last weekend, leaving thousands without power. Most have power now, but there are still hundreds of people in 100 degree heat with NO electricity. No AC is one thing, people stealing AC units from churches is another.

Here in the southern USA, we have AC but it is almost too much of a contrast. If I go out to get the mail (in the heat) and then come back inside, I immediately start to shiver. Makes for good knitting but also causes "reverse" cabin fever. If I can't get outside soon, I'll go mad.

I'm in Ajax, Ontario so I hear ya sister about the heat, BUT, last week I was over in Pt. Elgin on Lake Huron so okay, it was hot and muggy, but steps away from white sandy beaches and cooooooool, clean, refreshing, water. Home now though, so let's not dwell.

Saturday it was 107, broke the record by 4 degrees. 10 days of 100+ temps. Very low humidity thank goodness. At least we have AC, the best invention ever.

It's been hotter than the gates of hell in MN. It was 102 on Friday but the annoying weatherman kept reminding us that it felt like 109. What it actually felt like was a blast furnace.

It's 98 here in South Carolina and much too hot to knit, even with the AC. I cannot wait for the fall. Nothing like cool, crisp air for knitting.

It's hot and muggy in the UK but we've had a months worth of rain in the last 24 hours! And I just (day before yesterday) got a new bike! I can't even use it because of the flooding! If this gets much worse I'll have to strap the cats and the bike to the ceiling to keep them dry!

I just had to share...I live in Florida and it's quite a bit cooler here than in the rest of North American right now. It maybe that because we are so used to the heat that 85-90 degrees is blissfully comfortable for us! Of course we only live an hour from the coast (as the crow flies) and we get those blessed Gulf breezes! The Florida interior (I am told) is miserable! (That would be Disney and the Orlando area.)
However, thanks to TS Debby, we are breeding mosquitos the likes of which I have never seen before...they are as big as rats!!!

Another Ohioan in the heat! I think today will be the 9th day in a row above 90 and the past two above 100. We fortunately never lost power with the derecho storm of June 29 but our ac went out Fri night. Fixed quickly though so I am thankful.

When I was young (about 40 years ago), my mom's rule for going to the community pool was "only if it's above 70 degrees before noon". It's been "hot enough to go swimming" by 7 a.m. for most of the last week.

Here in central PA we're actually looking forward to highs in the mid-80s as predicted for next week....because that will be fifteen or more degrees cooler than what it has been!

The big arts festival in Centre County is usually the hottest week of the summer. If the weatherguessers' predictions come true, this will be the second year in the row that it's "not too bad"!

Pah! I looked up the Toronto forecast. It's in the 80s (F) there! It's been 104 f for the past week here. Talk about melting! :)

For once, please do not send your weather on here. It's in the 70's, breezy and only slightly humid (60%). I can live with this, but your weather would sap my will to live. My commiserations.

It is NOT hot here in Prince Rupert, BC. Wiki states this town has the most rainfall and the least sun of anywhere in Canada. We had about 2 nice weeks in May (sunny, but not warm) and that's it. How I would love to live somewhere again where there are seasons (as opposed to rain, rain, overcast and more rain).

Down here in Adelaide, Australia it is only hot because I have a lovely electric blanket. Our overnight low a couple of nights ago was 2c. Frost on the front lawn, lemon tree in the back yard. No wonder we all froze, the houses down here are built to keep the coolth in during our incendiary Summers, keeping the cold out is a foreign concept. I've been wearing layers and layers since moving back here from 14 years in mostly centrally heated NJ. My NJ friends and I are trying to work out we could arrange a heat/cold transfer, since they're all melting and I'm an icicle.

I'm in Normandy at the moment, where the temperature has been struggling to get much over 60F this week - in July. So much rain, grey sky and wind that it really does't feel like summer, except on the odd afternoon when the sun manages to peep out for an hour or two. Why can't the weather be spread around more evenly? Hope it cools down for you and warms up for us before long.

You know that old Mark Twain quote? The one that goes: The coldest winter I've spent is a summer in San Francisco?

We're not that cold. But the fog has been pleasantly cooling us off at night, and the daytime temps reach up into the 80s. Without much humidity.

We're due for a heat spell later this week - which means it will get drier. Imagine walking out, having the sun touch your skin and feeling it burn off one molecule at a time. I'll be hiding inside, too.

Oh Boy, while I sympathise with all you North Americans and Canadians about the heat I'm terribly jealous too. Here in the UK we are having atrocious weather all coming from your direction. It's rain rain rain. People's homes are being flooded, summer events are a washout and we are beginning to wonder if the olympics will ever get off the ground with it all.
We are told by those in the know that it's because the jet stream is too low. Whatever, WE WANT SUMMER. lol.

Another Brit here who is fed up with the RAIN ... we seem to have got all the precipitation intended for the rest of the world. Can it be something to do with the Olympics??? We did have a nice week or possibly 2 weeks back in March, and I seem to remember saying ominously then 'Bet this is all the summer we're going to get'---looks as though I have prophetic abilities I never knew about.

And another soggy fed up Brit here. At least in London we have not had the flooding the rest of the country has had (fingers crossed).

It hit 99 here on the west side of Cleveland yesterday. I felt a little silly knitting another Wriggle Wrap in Starbucks. I received several looks. Today it only in the mid 80's. I LOVE air conditioning.

I opened my sliding glass door at about 10:00 this morning talking to myself inside my head like this: "...and THEN I'm going to plant THIS, and THEN I'm going to weed THAT and THEN, I'm going to built a trellis-thingee for those other thingees, and THEN I'm going to..."

AND THEN, the already-over-90-degrees-HEAT smacked me upside the head. And I decided that, um, I should probably...seeing as how I am a SUPER-dedicated mother and all that kind of junk, well, I should NOBLY sacrifice my planned and beloved gardening to tend to the needs of my EVEN MORE beloved family! By cleaning things. INSIDE. Where the air conditioning is.

I know. I am so noble, they should probably put statues of me in a park somewhere.

Weather update from Shelton CT USA.

Nice enough to brew beer on the back porch. We did not die of heat stroke, nor did the beer to be.

Keep cool, dry, warm and sane everyone!!

Here in West Virginia, there were people without electricity for the last week. After 24 hours, ours was back and was I ever greatful to the people that came here to get us back on the grid;)
Thank you all. Humid here, and still hot, but I can hide in my family room, and stay cool and knit:)

Here in Vermont the weather is actually quite nice -- 80s, good breeze. Hope the heat breaks for everyone soon!!

Freezing in Melbourne - well. If you count 6 degrees as 'freezing'. I want warm back! Swap?

Perfect knitting weather in Copenhagen, around 20C with occational showers. Good for biking too :-)

Stay cool :-)

I am in Scotland and you can see why we invented the word dreich. The rain has been coming down stair-rods since April. Bits of Edinburgh are flooding and I am wearing wool jumpers under my waterproofs. Want to trade?

Its RAINING AGAIN! No veg patch this year too wet and cold. What's the sun look like? What does too hot feel like....Thinking of starting a chunky sweater in the week. I share your pain Alison in Scotland.

I'm in the Washington DC area and am asking: you mean it gets cooler at night in Toronto? When can I move?

I am sitting in London, at work, under air conditioning I don't need, dreaming of a snuggly knitted blanket and a mug of steaming cocoa. Perhaps we could swap weather every few hours - then we would all get fair shares of everything.

Yesterday I got sunburnt while knitting on a buttonband. I'm just going to let that sink in for a moment... One More Row syndrome plus a teeny tiny bikini plus a hot, sunny day on the lake equals OmfgPain.

Sure was hot this past weekend. Boated from Drummond Island to Manatolin (sp) Island to have lunch in Meldrum Bay and found that if the boat was not moving, it was too hot! Steam whistle Beer was a very good thirst quencher with lunch.

Stephanie, it IS hot here. I'm in the Louisville, Kentucky, area in the US. We're getting a break today for the first time (and I hope you are, too). Today, it's only supposed to be in the high eighties (F), which is a good 20 degrees lower than what we've been experiencing. For the last couple of weeks it has been well above 100 degrees F every day - 106, 107, one day 110. Of course, everyone here has air conditioning, and I really feel for you having to suffer through the heat without one. Satan's armpit indeed! Yuck! And horrible knitting weather, yes?

Hope it's better very soon!

Here on the other side of the Pond it is cool and very wet - this morning at work the central heating clicked on! Hope it cools foryou soon.
Penny in Oxfordshire, UK

9:37AM, 25C, the humidex says it feels like 31 (that is 87F). I can't even imagine why I EVER thought knitting was a worthwhile pasttime.

I swear it hasn't broken 15C for more than 5 days since Easter here in the UK (southeast, near London). The permanent overcast and having several LOST-like downpours every day isn't helping.

The end is nigh people. The end is nigh.

Very. Our forecast says our next three days will be over 100F. Still I'm grateful to be here where it's dry and not at my mother's house in Houston. We have a nicely working AC and even during the hot part of the day we can sit in the shade and cool off. Even with the AC making the baby blankets for this years crops of babies due to arrive in my family is not appealing. Auntie Kimberly will be working on baby washcloths for a while instead :)

Stay cool, everyone, and enjoy the cold, frosty beverage of your choice :)

North Central Texas - HOT!! It is, after all, summertime. Day after day of 100+ temps and heat indices. Doesn't stop outdoor activities or anything, though, because we're tough down here. ;)

Up at Molasses Pond in Maine it was 80s, sunny during the day and down to 60s at night. Pretty nice! Even returning to Boston hasn't been too bad, especially watching the weater in the rest of the country.

Knitting with Habu Gima cotton, so no worries about it being too warm. Although I despise the texture of the stuff ... but that has absolutely nothing to do with the heat. Re-doing the sleeves as I completely messed up with the row gauge; then blocking and sewing it all together and moving on to a nice cotton sweater for one of my daughters.

118 yesterday in Fresno, California.

Since you closed the comments on the post I wanted to comment on, and I came to the party late, I will comment here. Stephanie, I am very disappointed in your post about the USOC flap. I understand about trademark - if they had been polite, it would have been fine. After that, I disagree with you. The insulting language of the letter went far and above anything tolerable. (And the apology and request for free items was not much better.) I am not a athlete-worshiper, and I think that the fact that they work hard at what they do does not make them inherently better than non-athletes. The point of any sort of "lympics" is that people do things to the best of their ability. To say that it's not a big deal that the USOC insulted a non-athletic endeavor just because the athletic competitors work harder, is almost as insulting as the original letter. Stephanie, I think that you let the knitting and crochet community down on this one. Are my knickers still in a twist over this? You bet, and I wasn't even part of the event on Ravelry.

Maybe this makes me a bad person, but I'm feeling a bit schadenfreude in the fact that for once, the rest of the country understands for a very small portion of the year what it feels like to be in Houston for the majority of the year. And knitters understand how miserable I am and how I can't even think about knitting a sweater in this heat, much less wearing one EVER (unless I am lucky enough to get some cold weather when I travel north for Christmas this year)!

Someday I will live somewhere where I can knit AND wear clothing. Until then it's blankets blankets blankets.

Just move to England - the weather's autumnal here and very wet!

I'm in the West San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles and it was at least 105F, probably up to 108F. And I hate paying to cool the whole house down so we've got fans on. Hope I can sleep.....

Yes, it's been over 37 deg C / 100deg F for several days. And it's usually over 32 deg C / 90 deg F all summer.

The concept of a summer sweater is unthinkable for us. Unless it's a cardigan to throw on when entering overly air conditioned stores, restaurants and movie theaters. In which case we just use our fall cardigans

YES it was. The heat broke Sunday - & the highs have been in the 80's. Last week we set a record with THREE 100+ days in a row - Wed, Thurs & Fri. And the first 2 were 103* This has been the hottest driest year I can remember & I'm getting close to 70. And then a week ago Sunday, when we had planned on taking the grands to a water park (they were visiting from SE Louisiana where it was in the 80's most of the time they were here). My daughter's mother in law says it's her fault - wherever she goes, the temps go through the ceiling. They left the Chicago area for DC Saturday morning & Sunday the temp dropped here. But it was 100 in DC.

NO! It's cold (maybe not Canadian winter cold but cold enough) in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia. The heater just ain't cutting it most of the time :(.

Ha ha, love the comment about Satan's armpit!

I am so enjoying spinning my North Ronaldsay fiber. I bought it from Jennifer at Spirit TrailFiberworks. I bought only one color, a soft gray, but plan to dye it once it is spun for some colorwork mitts or a hat, depending on final yardage.

It's been in the upper 90s (I refuse to look, because if I know then I will feel worse) during the afternoons when I was off last week, and I spent a lot of that time over the stove, making custard bases (and non-custard bases) and caramels. It felt like a bad idea at the time, but the results were delicious!

As an aussie, I was going to tell you how it wasn't REALLY that hot, but did some googling first to make sure, and yeah, you can whinge about that :P
you DO aclimatize to temps like that if they're consistent, but when you get a few days here and there they're killers.
But i grew up with summers with several days above 40 and no air con really. tub of water in front of the fan helps, so does very little clothing :)