Flooding and Felting
Posted By Laura on June 26, 2007
Today I am not at work. It is a ‘snow’ day. However, not because of snow, but the floods that have affected Sheffield [news.bbc.co.uk]. Many schools are closed, including *all* the schools in my area, roads are closed, including the M1 from junction 36 to 32 and a major dam looks like it is going to burst any second now [news.bbc.co.uk]. Oh, and Meadowhall [meadowhall.co.uk] is now a dirty swimming pool. With looters 
Glad i’m not at school today as it took me 3.5 hours to drive 5 miles yesterday to get home. Was not impressed by that.
So, an extra day at home, has meant that I found time to felt my Booga Bag. It is currently drying / blocking. I will take a photograph when it is finished. The handles are a lot shorter than the picture on the website and I knit it to the 6ft that they suggested. We’ll see what it is like when I make it up. Overall, I am extremely pleased with how it came out. Yippeee 
So I have now started a new project. Hopefully, it will be a fairly quick knit. I have started the Irish Hiking Scarf [helloyarn.com]. I am using ‘mega’ chunky yarn! Hehe. It is a slight variation, but it’s going to be huge and chunky. Again, photos will come later.
Right, off to watch BBC News 24 a bit more 
Yoiks! Stay safe! I’ve been more than one flood. Not fun, but days off are nice.
Can’t wait to see your bag. My handles turned out way shorter as well. I didn’t use Noro, so I dunno.