While I'm feeling a bit housewifely.....

Just off to google scrim.

I've had a scrim for years but it has now been superseded by a Karcher

None the wiser

Wanders off bewildered

Aka; it looks like a piece of sackcloth but costs a lot more . What is a Karcher? Is this some sort of domestic one upmanship?? How can anyone improve on a bit of sack ?

Thanks Tegan but why would anyone want one?

And now j08 has made me realise that I shouldn't have finished at the scrimming and there was another stage to go through. My domestic goddess delusions have come crashing down.

I don't clean the windows outside. The wind and rain do it for me, so I have more time to eat cake

Now that DG has mastered a scarf for her dolly she has asked me to help her knit an 'innocent juice' hat. This is our project for the weekend.

HOWcan anyone live without a Karcher?

There is ths modern invention called a 'window cleaner'. If you get one of those your can eat cake all day.

The problem is that once we have finished our elevated discussions sorting out the problems of the world, other Gransnetters and anyone else foolish enough to wander on to Gransnet we descend from the rarified atmosphere of our cloud nine and realise that the washing heap is overflowing and we cannot find any clean knickers.

Which brings me to washing machines!!!!!!

I need a new one and when in a local shop asked why the programmes were so fixed, temperature etc. I was told that these programmes are set and standardised by the clothing manufacturers so that they can give standard washing instructions on clothing labels. If you are lucky you will be allowed to reduce the temperature, but never, never exceed it.

Personally I look back fondly back to the days when my machine had a wash cycle dial and a water temperature dial and made my own decisions on such important topics as temperature and wash length of my washing!!

I have wondered about the hats for smoothies. I cannot see what use they are at all for anything else. That seems a complete waste of time.

Nellie; egg cosies. Perhaps?

Apparently they will give 25p to Age UK for each one sold.

...and our local Age UK asks us to knit them each autumn.

The reason my GD wants to do this hat is, having just learned how to knit she thinks she can do the hat and I have to show her how to make a pom pom.

No idea what the result will be but for us, it's just a bit of fun

What's the point of them ? They would cost a lot more than 25p to make so why not just donate to the charity? Am I missing something here?

I'd never heard of a scrim and googled. The things you learn eh. I have two eco cloths, one must be similar, but cheaper, than a scrim, the other is like the 2nd one Jo8 showed an image of. I've done more window cleaning recently than I like. Maintenance work on the house = plaster dust, it gets everywhere. In fact, I've done more cleaning generally than ever before.

Why do wash cycles take so long? The new washer takes over 2 hours to do an ordinary cycle. There is a magic button you can reduce the time to one hour. I was told it's to do with water/electricity economy - I don't understand how that can be.

It's an advertising thing, under the guise of charity. The company probably save on tax through the money they donate. A bit like Waitrose with their green plastic coins.

Aka I haven't knitted one of those but according to my youngest DGS I can knit "Shreddies"

Oh sorry jings I don't know what make of machine you have but all the machines I have had over the years have all had a 50degree wash on the programme list.

My mission, on the next rainy day we have, is to search the internet for one of these machines with a 50 wash! I have been looking for one for years. And now my current machine (LG) has started leaking water from the. soap drawer, I need a new one fast. Fed up with wet kitchen floor as happens when I forget to put the soak-up cloth down.

Will start with the AEG and Hotpoint ones mentioned here, for which grateful thanks.

I hate to tell you agus, but the closing date for this year's Innocent hats was October 1st! It happens every year so you have plenty of time to teach GD for next time. I find pom poms take up too much wool, so after the decrease I knit a further 5 rows which can be stuffed after sewing up to make a bobble. Another option is a jaunty hanging tassel.
I am annoyed that I get a thank you card despite asking them not too. What a waste of postage money. This year I didn't give my address.

I do all my washes on the reduced cycle Iam and it's fine.