Tamzin finally finished the beautiful cape she had been making for Rosie, and has got some deep purple ribbon to fasten it - which will be sewn down once threaded through so Rosie cannot pull and strangle herself with it. I think the next project is a hat for Rosie, but with Rosie's late-to-bed sleeping habits (because of being with the child minder two days a week which means sleeping on the way home), Tam doesn't get much time to crochet. The top part above the straight lines is the cap.
Such a pretty pattern and colours. These multi-coloured yarn knit up beautifully. I am struggling with Elderberry Bunny's bonnet as it instructs me to knit 10, then cast off 10, twice in a row (4 stitches in the middle remain). Those are the earholes, but how on earth do I do the next line which instructs you to knit 10 then cast on 10, then knit the four and cast on 10 again, and knit to end of row. I must be very stupid as I can't work it out! I am hoping You Tube will help.
Yesterday I took advantage of it raining less, and girded my loins to head into Keith's workshop. There was active woodworm in an old set of shelves there, which were laden with old Quality Street tins of Useful Metal Things - screws, fasteners, brass ???, unidentifiable things - which I will gradually pass on. I need to do a few Car Boot Sales I think, once I have identified some of it. I found some huge brand new wall drill bits we had for the 3 foot wide walls at Ynyswen. Tam has spoken for one in case they need to use it on a future house, but the others I will take to the Car Boot. Today I am off out to Screwfix in Llandod for Woodworm Treatment. Yes - I could get it from Jewsons in town - at probably half as much again. I have not forgotten practically needing a mortgage there just to buy wallpaper paste . . . I will nip into Tesco to replace the Cajun Seasoning as I noted mine was 3 years out of date, and getting stuck together. I've had 3 portions of it and survived anyway!
Anyway, I got rid of the opened bag of cement (which had of course set into one big chunk and had to be beaten into smaller bits), obvious rubbish, and separated metal, wood etc to go to the Tip - I must book in for next week as there's a LOT to go. I found some probably useful things, and lots of "why did he keep these?". Lots of upper body strength needed to move the heavy tins around, but that will prepare me for gardening, which I have decided is the outdoor alternative to Yoga! Dragging the heavy wooden shelving out wasn't fun but it's done and the trunk in its place now, waiting to be filled up.
This Army box has a value and will go to the next Fair with me. You are probably thinking, if it was me I would dump everything, but Keith always saw the value in what he saved - some having been used in doing up Ynyswen - and bought things at Car Boot Sales to use. However, I don't need fencing cleats here and will give them to the Farmers up the hill. NONE of his Tins of Useful Things were labelled but he knew exactly where to put his hands on anything he needed and when he could no longer do woodwork (which was so hard on him, it would be the same for me if I could no longer do any crafting) and I needed, say screws of a certain size, in brass - he would say go into my workshop, it's the 3rd tin down on the right and he was spot on! We are keeping what Tam and Danny might need for their houses in the future (Danny is hoping he will be able to buy one this summer).
Well, this won't do. I need to get ready to go to Llandod now.
Lovely yarny projects, Thanks for sharing. Don’t blame you for trying to sell things, most things have a value to someone don’t they?
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The rate the money has sprung from my account since December, I need to try and replenish it a bit!
ReplyDeleteItems like nails, screws, fixings and what nots should do well at a car boot. People don't want to buy packets of 100 screws when they're only going to use a couple.
ReplyDeleteIts been pouring down here all day, so the bedding is on the airer but I also washed pillow and mattress protectors and have tumble dryed them.
Forecast for tomorrow is good thankfully as we have Baby C ALL DAY! Lots of walking will be done I think and daughter has booked us lunch at the pub. He likes attention, so we should be ok. Good luck with the woodworm treatment. Hugs Xx
I shall put like ones into smaller bags as some I have BIG tubs of! I changed my bed (with the usual helpers) and got the duvet cover and pillowcases washed and on the drying rails in the Utility. No room for a tumble drier here (or in the kitchen when we were at Ynyswen).
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, promotion, if you are having Baby C all day tomorrow. Lunch at the pub sounds a treat to look forward to. Will try and get started on the woodworm treatment this weekend.
I am missing Rosie already and Tam said she cried for me in the car when they set off home. She had been flinging her arms round me and demanding hugs and then nearly broke my heart when we had her settled in the car and she said, "Miss, glandma" - I had told her I would miss her an hour or so earlier and she knew what it meant instinctively.
Tam does such beautiful crochet work. I hope we get to see it on Rosie! I knit too slow to make things for children, a cape seems a good idea. Your knitting pattern directions I think make sense unless you're using circular needles. Let us know.
ReplyDeleteI remember when my dad could no longer make large pieces of furniture or build houses---his hobby, not his job; I asked him to make something for me, what we call a pie safe. I had found a set of the needed punched tin door panels. And he had long promised me a pencil post bed. But he sadly told me no, he could no longer handle the heavy wood and resulting items. He missed it, I'm sure. And I have given up, probably, making full sized quilts, also too heavy.
Can you do what we call a yard sale. Early summer set all the unwanted pieces out in the yard, sell for a few pennies, but then gone?
Previous post: pet doors in glass doors. Even if possible, doors here are always double, a heavy wooden door [sometimes w glass panels] and then a second storm door with glass and screens for summer. So the flap wouldn't work w the two sets of doors, even if Mo who is 12 could lean. I used to just prop the doors open, but a bird flew in and flies/ wasps, so not any more.
When we were decluttering for the real estate photos of the house, I found 2 1/2 bags of cement - the 2 full bags were SOLID yet the open bag was still fresh. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteHmm - to your concrete leftovers! Mine was left over from when the base was done for the greenhouse.
DeleteIsn't that crochet beautiful! Will the brim be wired so it doesn't droop into eyes?
ReplyDeleteMy Dad had a shed like that, and it used to be an amazing place to go and scrounge stuff.
How does one pronounce "Ynyswen"
I think the brim will just be left loose-ish. Keith loved woodwork and repairing antiques/making things from scratch. Ynyswen is pronounced Iniswen by me as an English person, but properly in Welsh the Y is more a U (Uhnuswen). It means White Island.
DeleteI love Rosie's beautiful cape. Tam has done a lovely job.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Yes, Tam can sit down and work out a pattern for a crochet snowflake! I take so long in between spells of doing crochet, I have to learn how each stitch goes each time I go back to it!
DeleteWhat a newsy post! I can't wait to see Rosie in her cape! 'Miss, glandma' would have done me in!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to her modelling it too. Yes, it brought tears to my eyes too. She is such a darling and so affectionate.
DeleteYou inspire me as I have two now-solid bags of cement in the garage.
ReplyDeleteWell, I looked at mine for 2 1/2 years before I did anything about it, so don't feel too guilty!
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