Dulcie’s Coral Necklace

A Bit Too Much Rain

Rag Rug

Rag Rug

It is Still Raining… I don’t think it has been forty days and forty nights, but it feels like it.  The house of the Human’s weaving friend has experienced a disastrous flood, which  involved pumping out large volumes of water, removing carpet and drywall, and putting the loom up on blocks while dehumidifiers and workpersons ameliorate the situation.  We have had to put on hold the exciting weaving project we were just about to start.  Constance has gone back to her Finnish Rag Rug-weaving.

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Rainy Winter Sunday

Tea with Dulcie and Constance

Rose’s Kitty

Half-Pint Four

Tatty’s Skirt

Gage Swatch

Gauge Swatch

The daughter of the family is a genius knitter!  She is responsible for the Dalahäst Sleeping Bags which appeared in this house two years ago.  (Click Here to see that post). Now she is embarking on a knitting project for the youngest human in the family.  The Hittys were the lucky recipients of the gauge swatch using glorious red and white wool…

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Carline Twitches

 Carline Twitches

 Carline recently helped to replace the suet block in the winter cage, which has gaps small enough to deter squirrels and starlings, but big enough to allow passerines to pass in and out.  We did not realise that she was a birder, but she insisted on sitting down in a corner of the cage for much of the day,  while coincidentally, the Hitty’s favourite photographer practised with his new camera and 40 year-old lens.

 

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