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I’ve finished my first crochet project - a pair of fingerless gloves. They’ll be useful for typing and other precise work during the winter. Or for more crocheting, for that matter. This assuming the weather ever gets serious about turning cold. Right up into the beginning of June, we still have afternoons in the low thirties, Celsius. In American terms, that’s the equivalent of having 80-something degree heat at the first weeks of December.

Somehow, the 110 degree days in the middle of summer were easier to take. The summer scorch felt like a necessary evil, unpleasant but not unfair. That it stayed so hot so late, less than a month from the winter solstice, felt more like the weather was just cheating. But we’re finally enjoying days in which you can look forward to hot yerba maté and can close your doors without stifling in the heat.

My new gloves are, of course, as ugly as sin. I still have a lot of beginner problems with gauge and tension, which magnify the visibility of my other errors. But they’re structurally sound, so I’ll call that a victory for a first, off-the-cuff stab at yarn work.

The Guaraní word of the day is kuã, meaning finger. Here’s hoping that mine stay pleasantly warm and pleasantly occupied this winter. Guaraní, unlike Spanish, has a separate, specialized word for toe, which is pysã.

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