The boiler repair man was here yesterday so I shut myself in the workroom and popped my fibre odds and ends through the drum carder. This is a mix of Jacob, Black Welsh Mountain, Texel, Shetland and Cheviot, all in different quantities.
Its a bit of a rustic spin and will probably end up as a hat with some sort of pattern on it. Hopefully it will be dry before we head out next in the van.
Speaking of van, we have half a repair done so far. The charger turned out to be working but the batteries had failed so we now have two brand new leisure batteries onboard which sets us up nicely for any festivals this year. The strange noise has been identified as needing new floor springs, these have been ordered but may take some time however they have assured us that it is safe to use albeit a little noisy when moving around inside. The water leak has not been traced but it is thought that maybe a release valve activated for some reason so we will keep an eye on it.
Back to hats, I failed to show you the last one completed so here it is plus the last couple of pairs of mitts.
The hat is black cheviot from the Isle of Skye and the mitts are knit from handspun oddments in my stash.
In other news, we have our car back all nice and shiny following the repairs, another boilerman turned up just after 8 this morning and replaced the faulty chip so we now have heat ( I've also done the washing so we can take full advantage of the heating to get it dried ). I've successfully done the food shop and am now contemplating popping the coffee machine on.
And this mornings sky was beautiful.
Speak soon xx
1 comment:
Whoa...that is a full bobbin! The hats and mitts are lovely. The gray really lets the other colors pop.
We've got the stove repairman coming tomorrow because our new stove stinks to high heaven whenever we turn it on. No Christmas lasagna for us this year I am sad to say. I am going to try to figure it out in a crock pot but it doesn't look too promising.
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