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Thursday, 22 October 2026

Thawing

I wasn't really cold cold, but I'm so glad to have radiators back. 

The very nice man turned up at 7.30am. He had told me 8am and I was still in the middle of my breakfast when he knocked. I hadn't cleared access to a cupboard and thought that I'd be able to do that while he got started, but apparently he needed to start there. I would have been further in front, but I had a two hour call with my brother last night immediately followed by a call with bear for an hour and a half. 

I was so flattened that I decided to abandon the writing - especially since half the doors and windows in the house were open for various reasons and I write in a room that was in the way for most of the comings and goings, so I retreated out of the way. 

As I was clearing access to the cupboard, I found some yarn. I don't know if you remember the fluffy short blanket that I was wearing like a deep scarf, but I caught the edge and the cast on edge sort of unravelled. 


I apologise for the poor quality of the pic. I should have unravelled it and reknitted the thing. I couldn't face it. Besides, the yarn is lovely and warm and snuggly, and definitely could be worse to knit with, but any loose strands tangle like they're possessed. I threw it out. Today I regretted it because I found more of the yarn and together it would have made a lovely, large blanket. Instead I started another stole type type thing and got quite a bit knitted.

The poor lad didn't leave til 7.30pm as there was a problem sorting out some of the pipes. And he's back tomorrow at allegedly 8am. 

I am so tired, gently warming up as I feel like I'm thawing (even though it wasn't really that cold) and feeling particularly limp. I hope to catch up properly tomorrow.

Hugs and good health to all. 

8 comments:

  1. Wow! That's a long day of work for the workman! And he needs to come back, again! But, at least you have heat, again, and a chance to thaw out. :) Enjoy your knitting while you thaw out. :)

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    1. The man was amazing. I am so glad to be thawed out now.

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  2. Glad you've got the heat back! It's nice to be warm. I don't like sitting in the cold

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    1. The cold makes me incredibly grumpy and I almost shut down.

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  3. Being cold is very energy-sapping... hope heating work goes well

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    1. Thank you. I hadn't realised how tiring it was.

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  4. Oh no. That yarn is so pretty I'd be gutted throwing it away. Hope you've thawed out.

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    1. I'm thankful to be warm again. A part of me wishes that that I'd kept the yarn and unravelled it, but there are no polite words to describe how easily it tangles even if you're just knitting from the ball, and it would have added to projects when I'm trying to lose them.

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