How do you occupy your time when you are retired?

Hi,

A busy morning. Shopping done by 7:30 then after a mug of tea into the workshop to do more brazing; I'm helping a friend out by brazing 20 tungsten carbide tips onto tooling; I've just brazed the final 10 and once again enjoying a mug of tea; the tools will have cooled when I get back into the workshop then I can fettle them making them ready to pass on to my friend.


Busy as usual.
Close up of how the TC tips are gently held in position by using a "third hand" these third hands are extremely useful; I made three of them.
Tools fully brazed awaiting fettling; my friend has tried many brands of tipped tools and even high speed steel but all have failed due to the work they are used on; I'm happy to help knowing how to do this type of work so he now buys high grade TC tips as raw blanks and these are up to the job; this is the second batch of 20; I did the first batch just before Covid. Not gardening by any stretch of the imagination but I enjoy many hobbies and this brazing is what I was trained to do way back before time began in 1963. I like to keep my hand in.

The taps been turned off it's not raining; WOW.

I'd better get off my behind and stop being lazy; plenty to do. I'm fully charged with de-caf tea.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

Besides gardening, trying clean out junk from the house. We go to lots of car shows with our car,

 

Watching YouTube and crochet a blanket with odd balls of wool that I have lying around in the wardrobe.
If I've got enough I will give it to our son to put on his lap when working with streaming games and reviewing them.

 

@Logan Are you doing Granny Squares? You will have to put a pic up. I am just finishing a big scarf.

 

@Victoria no I'm going to make 2 big squares and sew them together, this is how far i have got, it's about 14 inches square at the moment.

I'd like to see your scarf when it's finished.

 

That is looking good. I so dislike sewing ends in. I have been using a lot of 'self colouring' yarn. I will put the scarf up in my hobbies. I may finish it today, I keep picking it up and putting it down.

 

Thank you Victoria and yes sewing the ends in does take a bit of time. Some of the wool is self colouring it was given to me a few years ago buy a friend, his mother had passed away and left a load of wool. I didn't have it all I thought at the time I didn't know what to do with it.

 

That's one thing...well apart from chocolate , that I will never say no to, oddments of wool!

Here's this years supply for keeping warm in the garden so far...

Hats and a pair of handwarmers


Infinity scarves and neck warmers


I'm currently doing some Christmas tree decs for my great nephews to add to their collection that I started for them when they were born...but time is fast running out!

 

They are all very pretty Upsy. You guys could do some for charity over the winter as I do.

 

Yes they're pretty upsydaisy

 

Thanks.
I use to knit neonatal/ premature baby hats, but now they prefer material ones.

I only knit Nov,Dec and maybe Jan ( but then seed sowing time is then edging nearer )
I also have the tree decs to do and I usually do a couple of pairs of slipper socks too to keep my feet toastie in the evening when I'm sitting, still have them to do . I only knit for an hour or two in the evening as I find it a strain on the eyes under lights.

 

Decorating.

 

As in putting up a Christmas tree, or as in painting walls ?? ... those smilies (although none of them are actually smiling) could be used for either

 

Either way same response.
But this is, as in, painting the walls.