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.
The smallest human in the family came over for a tea party the other day. She thought her Hitty Dulcie and my Hitty Constance should wear their finest flannelette for the occasion…
The first tiny girl has gone to her new home! Tiny Christmas-dress-Hitty was wrapped in tissue and put inside a Christmas Cracker for her new little girl’s fifth Birthday party.
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 Hereto 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…
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.