How my hobby killed our landline

A knitting related story that may not interest you.

My husband stayed home from the band concert last night to diagnose and hopefully fix a problem with our landline phone at home. It has been failing intermittently for the past week, and died completely a few days ago. We suspected it was not the line outside the house, because internet still worked.

When we got home from the concert, “ta-da!”, the phone worked. He had a smirk on his face which made me ask, “Either it was something stupid and quick, or something really complex, and you are brilliant. Which one?” “Neither, it’s better. It’s your yarn’s fault,” he said.

So, try to figure that out, or read on.

One of the telephone wires added for the kids Wii travels across the perimeter of the carpeted tv-room. The tv-room is the only room without basement beneath it, just a crawl space, which gets cold. And it has recently gotten very cold here in Grand Rapids. The wire got trapped in the corner of the room beneath my knitting basket, which is full of wool with all its insulating properties. The wool prevented the heat from the room from getting to the space below the basket where the wire was trapped. The carpet elevated the basket just enough for some air to flow just a bit- enough for condensation to occur. The condensate accumulated, wetting the carpet and shorting the wire.

More on the insulating properties of wool

The shop cubbies are pretty bare (actually, not a pretty thing). It sounds and feels chillier in the shop. We’ll keep the heat up to compensate, to try to keep you cozy while knitting. Tonight is the last knitting night. Saturday is the last day. Most of the furniture is still here for you, but since all our folding chairs are gone, Saturday folks will want to bring a chair.

50% off & $1 patterns

Friday, all remaining merchandise is 50% off. Also, individual patterns are $1. Saturday will be 50% off as well. If I add more to that, I’ll hop back to edit this post. You’ll have to check.