As we’ve noticed before, summer seems suddenly to arrive. And this week someone switched the summer button and we’re enjoying the hot weather – until Tuesday when rain is forecast again. That’s going to be a bit of a problem as the roof of the house is now bare of tiles and the builders have been scraping off cement which means that it is not waterproof. And of course, all of the things from my workshop that we moved to keep them dry are now upstairs…. And Ian’s new photo studio equipment. Let’s hope that the weather forecast is wrong, however as we know, it is generally unerringly accurate.
The back of the house is covered with lots of pre-historic looking insects. They have fallen off the roof. They like the shade so they disappear when the sun gets on them, but their way of disappearing is just to fall off what they are on, which gives a sense of raining insects.
I’m writing an article today about stripping batts for spinning. It’s for a UK knitting magazine which has a spinning supplement coming up. The supplement is being given away free at the fibre/wool festivals this year. The timing is great. I’ve been doing an online marketing course and the lady that has been running it is a knitting writer and designer and is putting together this supplement. When I told her of my new venture she asked if I wanted to write something about batts for this supplement. Of course, I won’t get paid, however the PR aspect will be worth much more than I’d get paid for an article, so I’m delighted to be doing it. And Ian, of course, is delighted to be able to take some photos that will appear in print.