Thursday 18 May 2017

More stuff gone.

DD1 has collected all the gardening tools, a rug for DGD's room and assorted other bits and pieces.

I'm taking my sewing machine, a shoe box full of fabric, a small cutting mat and a box of haberdashery and notions to the boat. I'm also taking my crochet hooks and some yarn.

This is my current yarn stash, I'm debating how much I can fit on the boat!


12 comments:

maureenlthompson said...

Do you have a vacuum cleaner on the boat? If you do you could buy those bags that you suck all the air out of and they flatten to nothing. Perfect for yarn. I believe they are reusable time after time, just have to suck out the air again if you open them.

maureenlthompson said...

I see you can get them with their own handpump now too so even better.

Hard up Hester said...

Just a dustpan and brush, we did have a small rechargeable vacuum but realised there was no room

Vronni's Style Meanderings said...

Just to say there is a charity called for 'Knit for Peace' who accept blankets, knitted or crocheted and send them to conflict zones. They don't stipulate any specific sizes for the blankets.

I am now near to completion of my second crocheted blanket for them; I made them the size of a single bed or large throw. You have to pay the cost of the postage for the blankets which is why I'm sending two together!

lynda said...

Take your cushions / pillows out of their covers and stuff them with yarn and fabric!!!!!!

Hard up Hester said...

Thanks for the info Veronica.

Lynda, I think that would prove a bit lumpy!

galant said...

Could you not have a little boat attached on the end for your yarn etc? A mini Boaty? Do they call them "tenders" or something like that? I love Lynda's idea of stuffing pillows and cushions with yarn and fabric, what a brilliant idea!
Margaret P

Hard up Hester said...

Butty is an engineless boat use for extra space someone near us has 5 children they use their butty as bedrooms for the children.

Col said...

Could you use some bags of yarn as ballast? I know it doesn't weigh much, but maybe, just maybe, CHS will take pity on you and allow a few bags to be stashed 'below'!

Winters End Rambler said...

I'm with the vacuum packers...no air = less space taken! x

Joy said...

Vacuum bags are great in theory, I have loads of them. However I have found it rare to find one that keeps the air sucked out. After a while they seem to leak air back into them, if you see what I mean, and you are back where you started.
I would suggest making covers for the wool stash and using them as sort of hassocks or footstools to rest your weary feet on after a hard days navigating or a hard night's hestering.

Hard up Hester said...

Vacuum bags, once the air has been sucked out are also very stiff and don't take well to being rammed into small areas.

Beano is a grumpy old man.

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