{"id":497,"date":"2013-05-16T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T19:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roomforapony.net\/?p=497"},"modified":"2013-05-24T09:36:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T16:36:26","slug":"where-to-take-clothes-too-old-and-worn-to-give-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"Where to take clothes too old and worn to give away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, of course we give our slightly used clothes to the thrift shops, but MY old clothes have had a very thorough life.<\/p>\n

I only wear clothes that I love, and after many mendings they are eventually pronounced dead by a certain person who is really tired of looking at them, and mending them. And then I can\u2019t even give them to the used clothing stores because surprise, no one wants clothes this raggedy. So I\u2019ve had to throw them away! which feels like I\u2019m throwing a dear friend into the trash. I can\u2019t bear it. So Lindi has to do that for me too, at some tactfully chosen moment when I\u2019m not watching.<\/p>\n

But wait! I\u2019ve just found out there\u2019s a better fate for them! They can be made into fabulously useful RAGS! Then they can truly be re-used, down to their last gasping thread.<\/p>\n

The place to take them here in Portland is the Pioneer Wiping Cloth Company<\/a> at 10707 N.Lombard Street.<\/p>\n

As to what they will accept: anything that can be made into a rag.\u00a0 Apply this test question: Is the item made of an absorbent fabric?<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t want your spandex. Or your underwear. Or your silk or nylon anything. And no socks.<\/p>\n

They take cotton and knits, like T-shirts and sweats, in addition to sheets and towels and blankets. Knowledge of the exact fiber content isn\u2019t necessary. They can tell by feel whether it would work as a rag or not.<\/p>\n

Good to know that\u00a0if I have to give up my clothes,\u00a0at least they can serve my country\u00a0as a batch of rags before their\u00a0final demise.<\/p>\n

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Exhibit A: This shirt has been on its deathbed for months. All its edges are shredded. But I’m in love. I’m not giving it up without a funeral.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yes, of course we give our slightly used clothes to the thrift shops, but MY old clothes have had a very thorough life. I only wear clothes that I love, and after many mendings they are eventually pronounced dead by a certain person who is really tired of looking at them, and mending them. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[105,107,69],"tags":[108,109,27,112,110,111,113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}