Make, Repair

I made some fingerless gloves out of self-striping yarn, one right after the other, and look how they line up, color-wise:

Unfortunately, the spectrum doesn't continue when the mitts are flipped over:

In other sock yarn news:

Yesterday was spent with plumbers and electricians, trying to diagnose and repair a water heater that wasn't heating water.  It all came down to a loose wire connection.  Still, it was hours of inconvenience and Tap barking and barking and barking.  My water heater is under the house, so Tap was hearing noises coming up through the floor --- as if unknown people in and around the house weren't aggravating and confusing him enough.  It might have been kind of comical if it hadn't gone on so long.