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Complete the crossword then rearrange the marked letters to form the answer to the following clue: A low cost fee for your contemplations or hedge (5)

To enter the prize draw please post or email the mystery hidden word(s), with your name, address & telephone to: Whitby Advertiser, PO Box 120, Whitby, YO21 3ED Email: crosswords@whitbyadvertiser.co.uk (Please note, we only accept one entry per household). LAST ISSUE'S CROSSWORD SOLUTION:

HARBOUR

Won by: Valerie Hanson of Saltburn

ACROSS

4 Lottery (11) 7 Geordie Alan's shirt number (4) 8 Unscrupulous schemes (5) 10 Mirror images (11) 12 Delicate (5) 13 Remains of a cigarette (4) 15 "Star Wars" evil influence (3,4,4)

DOWN

1 Brazilian footballer (4) 2 Tyre inflation measure (1,1,1) 3 Concluded (10) 5 Result of combining red, green and blue (5,5) 6 Computer character set (1,1,1,1,1) 9 Manifestation of insincerity (3) 11 Body fat (5) 13 Good Queen --- (4) 14 Illustrative craft (3)

This month's deadline for entries - 11/11/22

SEND HELP! I HAVE A SERIOUSLY SHRUNKEN SWEATER DILEMMA!

As the days became colder I pulled out my supersoft wool sweater and wore it for a while. Then I popped it in the wash basket with the intention of freshening it up before wearing it again. Then I fell victim to COVID (again) for a few days. During this time, my lovely husband and teenage daughter looked after me. One evening 15-year-old Elise appeared nervously by my bed. “Um. You know your turquoise sweater, it wasn’t like, your favourite or anything was it?”

Yup, she’d shoved my nicest cosiest knit in the tumble drier and shrunk it. “Never mind love,” I said through gritted teeth as I looked at my now diminutive pullover, which was too small even for her, “I’ll put one on my Christmas list.”

But I reckoned without the resourcefulness of teenagers. The next day, as I was attempting to get out of bed on wobbly legs for the first time in a week, she reappeared with my sweater, now apparently magically regrown. “How did you do that?” I asked. She looked pleased with herself, “YouTube!” she replied. “There’s a tutorial for most things. I looked up ‘shrunken sweater solutions’ and followed the instructions.” And here are those instructions for anyone else who has ever accidentally ruined their knitwear. Wool items shrink because there are scales on the surface of the wool that react to the combination of heat, moisture and agitation in a washing machine or tumble drier. The scales stick to each other and interlock like Velcro, so you end up with a jumper that’s several sizes too small. Any rescue attempt is aimed at relaxing and separating the fibres. Fill a sink with lukewarm water and 50ml of hair conditioner. Soak the sweater thoroughly, make sure it’s completely wet and leave it for ten minutes. This helps to relax the fibres and release the scales. DON’T wring it. Instead let the water out of the sink and press out the excess water. Then spread a large towel out on a firm surface and lay the sweater out on top of the towel. Place another large towel over the sweater and press out as much water as possible. Elise apparently used a rolling pin for this bit! Then gently (so you don’t break any fibres) stretch the sweater out to pull the now unlocked fibres away from each other and back into the desired shape. Finally, allow it to air dry. This may take a couple of days. Unfortunately, this method doesn’t always work. Elise also shrank my husband’s sweater in the same wash load, and it ‘felted’ quite badly and sadly was beyond rescue. His sweater was a looser knit lambswool while mine was a tight knit cashmere. The looser knit and shorter fibres of his jumper meant the heat and moisture had more of a ‘shrink’ effect because there was more ‘room’ for shrinkage to occur. The fact my sweater is a tighter knit and is probably made from longer fibres meant it was easier to relax them again. So, while not a fool proof solution Elise scored a 50% success rate, learned a valuable life lesson in the process, and has promised her dad a new sweater for Christmas.

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These days most homeowners suffer from a lack of storage space. So many precious items that need to be kept – but where to store it all? That’s where Yorkshire Loft Ladders come in.

The company, based locally, offers homeowners the opportunity to maximise their storage space with a loft ladder, 50 sq ft of boarding and a light all fully fitted in less than a day from just £277 + VAT. But it’s not just the affordability of the package the company offers that makes Yorkshire Loft Ladders stand out as manager Mark Hodson explains: ‘Our watchwords are Quality, Integrity and Value. Quality in the materials that we use for all our installations and the fact that all our loft packages are fitted by time served tradesmen so our customers are assured of the best job. Integrity in that we will turn up at the time we say and make sure the house is spotless when we leave, and Value in that we offer our services at a price people can afford. Our business relies on referrals and we got a huge amount of our calls from people who have been referred to us by our existing customers - that simply wouldn’t happen if we didn’t adhere to our overriding principles. At the end of the day the old adage that happy customers lead to more happy customers is true and we work hard to make that happen for every installation we carry out!’ So, if you want to make use of your loft space, however big or small, call Mark on 0800 612 8359 and he’ll be happy to pop round and give you a no obligation quote so you too can make use of your loft!