My car doesn't actually stall when it comes across an unexpected garage sale but it does stop very quickly at free piles by the side of the road – particularly when that heap has what I thought was something to do with weaving.
Upon further inspection at home – I had no idea what it was. I was not sure if the metal piece with the IKEA name and BAR was even meant to be part of it. Moving all the moving parts still held no clue.
Curiosity got me driving back to the house where the free pile was and knocking on the door. At least I would have knocked had the door stayed closed but it opened just as I raised my knuckles and considerably startled the young man carrying a bowl with apple peelings. I explained why I was there and what I wanted to know.
He thought for a moment as he made his way to the compost container in the driveway. "Oh," he said over his shoulder, "That was something someone else got in a free pile and he didn't know what it was either. He thinks it might be an easel."
I came home and fiddled around with it again with easel in mind. Nope.
It may end up by the curb with a big question mark. Any ideas?
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4 responses to “Free pile ; mystery”
Could it be an easel, not the kind that holds a painting, but the kind that might stretch a piece of fabric and hold it up?
Hi Marjorie Hmmm – I guess it could be – but I don’t know what one looks like in ‘working order’. And another mystery – there were two identical parts like the one with the long bolts and now I can find only one – the item did make a trip in the trunk of my car and then back but I can’t find it. What is what you are talking about called – I could then google “images”.
I love your blog, and have just subscribed to it. I myself have not yet gotten the wherewithall to start one!
Also, I thought I was recycling pretty darn well by weaving rag rugs from garage sales, but am not in your league when it comes to thinking up new ideas. But did I spot a few inyour photos, and do you weave them, too??
Cheers Fran from Calgary
Hello Fran
All best on getting a blog underway; I am continually amazed at the scope of this sort of expression! I haven’t actually woven rag rugs – maybe the ones you saw were crocheted or knit with garage sale ‘rags’.