And still they keep on coming... I have spent the last week or so barely functional, with a horrible cold that just wouldn't give up & go away. So there was no scope for rescuing any more machines; not that I should anyway, until some of the ones I currently have have gone on to their new homes. Anyway, I used the "downtime" to piece a couple of scrap quilt tops and sort out some fabric to dispose of. I freecycled it yesterday afternoon and one of the ladies who replied & "won" some asked whether there was anything I wanted, as she was sorting out the contents of a large loft... And this afternoon she turned up with a Singer 66K (probably with the wrong tension knob to be useful to TFSR, and in need of a new slider plate, but otherwise lovely) and a straight-stitch electric Brother. I'll know more when I've cleaned this one up, but it's a classic candidate to be converted to handcrank, having reverse & drop feed, which makes them very versatile; the Alfa 50 that has undergone this process is now my favourite "everyday" sewing machine. And the 66K might be the best candidate yet to sit on the delapidated treadle pretending to be a table out in the garden, if I ever manage to restore it.

I'm still wrestling with my Harris No. 9H, which has some kind of problem with the feed dogs snarling the bobbin thread. I may have to admit defeat with this machine, which would be sad but might give me some much-needed spare parts; that's what I "rescued" it for in the first place, after all. And we're still waiting for some reliably decent weather, now that I have sourced some spare needles for the Vesta, so that we can get out & about & do some extreme patchwork!