Windmill
What you probably don't know is that 'im in the garage' is interested in windmills and watermills. Over 20 years ago he helped restore Burseldon Windmill which you can read about here. So I made a request to Jane for a tatted windmill and she came up with this pattern. It was really fun to tat and I can see me making many more, perhaps for some of those who belong to 'Hampshire Mills Group' of which 'im in the garage' is a member.
The restoration work he carried out was not on the outside but making some mill furniture. What you see in this picture is a hopper and chute. All this was made in the garage, it was his first big project since moving to our current house, since then of course the garage has never had room for a car!
Six more pop-a-bobbin shuttles have been delivered to Jane and she will be putting them into her shop soon.
Of course he did! Why am I not surprised... Lovely, Jane's windmill.
ReplyDeleteFox the story is Jane submitted the pattern for Tat Days but other patterns were chosen, but her patterns are never wasted!
DeleteI don't thnk I have seen that tatted windmill before! - must have missed it. What is a hopper? I love reading about all the wonderful things that are produced in the garage, you can always throw a tarpaulin over the car!
ReplyDeleteOkay Maureen the grain goes into the hopper. It descends into the slipper (agitated by the damsel) and is shaken steadily into the eye of the upper stone. From here it passes outward between the stones finally emerging as meal.
DeleteThanks Sally - I wondered whether the term had anything to do with hops! - and the big Oast Mills that they were kept in.
DeleteI have been fascinated with windmills ever since I read Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates. I guess I'll need to tat one... in blue, of course! ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes you will have to make this windmill Diane - and windmills are fascinating especially the workings, only sometimes you can just have too much of them - if you see what I mean!
DeleteLove the Windmill. Does anyone keep a CAR in the Garage?
ReplyDeleteNo these days! In fact next door and another house down our road have just converted their garages into extra rooms - but of course ours is the wood working area!
DeleteThere's an interesting windmill near where my brother lives in Suffolk. Looks like this. The windmills we have here to pump water are quite different.
ReplyDeleteLovely part of the UK Jane and there used to be many windmills in Suffolk, not so many these days, especially restored ones.
DeleteHi Sally
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing pictures of the bread you've made from the grain milled by "I'm in the garage's" windmill!
Anne the mill is going through another phase of restoration at the moment and they will not be milling until the Summer. I used the flour when the children were at home, but don't bake as often these days now there is just two of us.
ReplyDeleteHi Sally, as like you, there are only two of us at home now and my husband enjoys bread making. After allowing to cool, usually the following day, we first slice the bread and then freeze it, this way we can take individual slices off should only one of us want it. I'm very partial to our tomato bread, it's yummy!
ReplyDeleteNice windmill!! :)
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