I was somewhat baffled by the presence of a broom in the living room with a vegetable strainer sellotaped to the handle.  It turns out that it was involved in the hunt for a wasp that suddenly and inexplicably appeared yesterday and then took up residence on one of the beams inconveniently out of reach, suffice to say it has now been dealt with.  The pony jumper has now been finished but there are mutterings about an ear being a stitch too short but which one is unspecified.  The front of the aran jumper is in the process of being cast on.