VROOM

2 years static. The Pontiac has been in the garage for two years. It's been moved forward and backward a couple of times, but that was using the push and pull method.

Jeff wants to drive it to our new location so he spent the better part of a day installing the newly coated gas tank (with a refurbished sending unit) and getting all the fuel parts gunk-free.

One turn of the key and the engine started. Wow. The car is 52 years old, has (obviously) sat outside for many of its years, and it starts and runs beautifully. The engine is a straight eight, and to hear it idle you have to be within 3 feet of the car.

Felted

Whew. Luckily, leaving the bag in the washing machine overnight after the second wash did not adversely affect the bag shape. I remembered the bag this morning and it was still quite damp, so I pulled it over a box to dry. The bottom dried nice and square.

I think this will forever by my moving bag. I started it right after we found out we had sold our house and worked on it as Jeff drove us from house to house, looking for a place we could call home. I was early to my appointment to see the house on Fayeway drive, so I sat in the car with the windows open and knitted. All I could hear was birds and kids and the soft sounds of knitting.

It seems right to finish this project mere days before I move, the finish of a project before starting another.

French Market Bag, b.f. (before felt)

My FM bag is finally knitted, felted, and drying on a box. The picture is of my son Sam holding the unfelted bag. My sister Holly chose the Noro yarn for me; isn't it wonderful? The bottom and handles are Cascade 220. Holly did all the work of checking felting compatibility on the yarn types.