The typewriter collection has grown to ten specimens, not counting what might be lurking in the basement, and it’s time to learn more about how to repair and maintain the various typewriters. I’ll start with the one that will be offered for use during the Creative Writing Festival that takes place the week after Thanksgiving. Just getting that one model ready for a full day’s use should be enough of a project for now.
The latest acquisition is another Royal HHE, manufactured at the end of the production year in 1955. That may have been in early December so that everyone was off for the holidays, so an exact date of manufacture may be impossible to pin down. However, rough estimates of typewriter “birthdays” are possible because serial numbers were typically noted on January 1, July 1, and December 1.
This particular typewriter was manufactured in Canada, and that’s almost all that I know about it. Unfortunately, after I moved the carriage all the way to the left so that I could locate the serial number, I was unable to get it to return to the right. Oh, dear, it looks like I shall have to learn more about typewriters in order to fix that. Whatever shall I do?
In other news, Princess has been slowly growing along (though she doesn’t look much taller this week). My standards for horticulture are not particularly high; I’m looking for benchmarks like “didn’t turn black and shrivel up.” Still, perhaps she could use a bit more exposure to sunlight now that Wisconsin has entered the Lean Light Months.
Knitwise, I have continued to work on the Stripe Scarf, which now measures over 34 inches long, and the Very Narrow Shawl.
It’s been a busy weekend and now it’s a late night — so here is a short post, with hopes that next week’s will be longer and feature more photos.
Chocolate Sheep 