Sunday morning and we have been to a car boot sale. Starting at the front -
Some pretty tins, for keeping sewing bits in.
Some books - The Family Knitting Book, by James Norbury: dates from the 1960's:
Collins Field Guide to the Seashore: both 50p.
If you look at the front left hand side of the dresser, there is a flying shuttle. On the table is the one I found for sale - a baby brother. The large one was made in Bradford, so I assume it was for wool. The new smaller one is from Lancashire, and is labelled for silk - it even has a bobbin with some silk still wound on it.Not part of the morning's purchases - the flowers were picked to support the couple of sprays of Sweet Peas, which he brought in, and which are scenting the house with very high class air freshener. Beside them, a couple of blouse patterns that have been used so heavily that they need re-tracing before I attempt to cut them out again. The Sweet Williams have been wonderful this year, even though they were not planted last year - they are hangers-on from the year before.
And finally, I have finished my "Torshavn" Faeroese shawl and it is blocking.
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Is that a new table? I thought it was the folding one at first, but then I saw the edge of it and realised it wasn't the folding one, nor was it the big oak one that was out in the shed for so long.
Nice to see those old kitchen chairs and the cushions on them again. Someday I'd like to be reminded of their provenance...
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