So here's the handwarmer gear I had to use to get the mail, do the recycle, all that, needing free fingers.
it's Tunisian crochet I was doing a while ago. These are simply designed, work fine. It's Tunisian Simple Stitch. I mean, that's the name of it. I realized I should explain that when a knitter I showed them to, when I said it was simple stitch, retorted that's easy for you to say!
It's a cross between knitting and crochet, invented sometime in the nineteenth century and given an exotic name. As far as I know, Tunisia doesn't enter into it, but I'm open to correction if anyone knows better.
Meanwhile back on the deck, Mike the contractor/artist friend came and assessed what's needed. For him, pretty simple. He'll do it in the next few days.
He lives across the street and has been occupied keeping his two little dogs safe while his fence was gone, they being used to play freely on the patio, and now not at all happy about collars and leashes.
His new gate is now in place, high enough that the dogs can easily figure out how to get under it. So he's designing something to avoid that. He's about as happy as I am about the tackiness and clumsy design of the new fences. He's a craftsman and he's in pain over it. They're flimsy, ss he showed me, easily bowing the side wall by rocking it. He said it would not tolerate the weight of planters hung from it, don't try it.
However we might get together later to design some freestanding wood supports to grow plants on. We'll see.
And here's the Pair in Progress aka PIP
Looks as if Biden wants to apply the seized oligarch assets to help finance the war in Ukraine. That would be very satisfying. I hope Congress agrees. Except for the inevitable ones who won't, that is.
