The new wood stove has been installed...very carefully by Jeff with Fanny at his side. It makes quite a difference in the temperature of the house. We've had a fire in it the last couple of nights while we watched tv. Now we've got to get some firewood. That corner has seen a small woodstove that we got thru the JC Penney Catalogue. That's when Dad let me do the z-brick and slate work. That stove was followed by a pellet stove and then a propane burner. The technology of the wood burner has changed but the effects remains the same. Nothing beats a wood fire. We've come full circle and it seems right. Jeff put up the outside stove pipe by himself and it's 18" above the peak of that roof. It wasn't easy going up a ladder with over 8' of stove pipe on your shoulder but Jeff did it and it draws nicely. He put a T (r) on the top to direct the
smoke away from the house and it works! (I think it will need screening of some kind to keep the critters out but Jeff doesn't think so.) He's already planning to clean the outside pipe just to see how much creosote has built it in the few times we've used it. Fanny thinks it's a great idea to have firewood in the house and keeps taking pieces to chew.
I've been working on swap packages for the knitting forums I belong to. The photo on the left is for a coffee and chocolate swap. I made a table mat and mug rugs...the green under everything...for that one. The one on the right was for a Halloween swap. My partner said she collects pumpkins so I did a dishcloth with a pumpkin design knit in and a set of pumpkin stitch markers to go with the dishtowel, pumpkin scrubbie (found that at JoAnn Fabrics), pumpkin soap (from Cooper Country), packet of kleenix and tissue pumpkins. This swap was theme limited so I didn't have to include yarn and my partner requested no candy...that made it a little difficult. Knitters usually love to get chocolate in their swap packages. I just mailed a color specific swap limited to dollar stores that was interesting to shop for. The Christmas swaps have just been announced and they are always fun! Who doesn't like to get packages with yarn and chocolate in them??
The new wood stove has been installed...very carefully by Jeff with Fanny at his side. It makes quite a difference in the temperature of the house. We've had a fire in it the last couple of nights while we watched tv. Now we've got to get some firewood. That corner has seen a small woodstove that we got thru the JC Penney Catalogue. That's when Dad let me do the z-brick and slate work. That stove was followed by a pellet stove and then a propane burner. The technology of the wood burner has changed but the effects remains the same. Nothing beats a wood fire. We've come full circle and it seems right. Jeff put up the outside stove pipe by himself and it's 18" above the peak of that roof. It wasn't easy going up a ladder with over 8' of stove pipe on your shoulder but Jeff did it and it draws nicely. He put a T (r) on the top to direct the
smoke away from the house and it works! (I think it will need screening of some kind to keep the critters out but Jeff doesn't think so.) He's already planning to clean the outside pipe just to see how much creosote has built it in the few times we've used it. Fanny thinks it's a great idea to have firewood in the house and keeps taking pieces to chew. 
I've been working on swap packages for the knitting forums I belong to. The photo on the left is for a coffee and chocolate swap. I made a table mat and mug rugs...the green under everything...for that one. The one on the right was for a Halloween swap. My partner said she collects pumpkins so I did a dishcloth with a pumpkin design knit in and a set of pumpkin stitch markers to go with the dishtowel, pumpkin scrubbie (found that at JoAnn Fabrics), pumpkin soap (from Cooper Country), packet of kleenix and tissue pumpkins. This swap was theme limited so I didn't have to include yarn and my partner requested no candy...that made it a little difficult. Knitters usually love to get chocolate in their swap packages. I just mailed a color specific swap limited to dollar stores that was interesting to shop for. The Christmas swaps have just been announced and they are always fun! Who doesn't like to get packages with yarn and chocolate in them??
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