Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2015

cheerfulness4 · 26 February 2015 at 5:44PM

You learnt in a morning.:eek::eek: I've been twiddling with my circulars for weeks and undone my work loads of times.

I am such a slow learner. Well done you! :T

jinny · 26 February 2015 at 5:59PM

cheerfulness4 wrote: »

You learnt in a morning.:eek::eek: I've been twiddling with my circulars for weeks and undone my work loads of times.
I am such a slow learner. Well done you! :T

Just practice it is frustrating and the other needles annoy me
I have circulars as well so I should tackle them next
I get holes on the toe up bit. I'm a sewer really but want to make socks.
I'm amazed myself it just clicked
The first rows are delicate I found if I went really slow and
Knitted thes first rows on the very end of the needles that avoided the strings from needle to needle
Just gonna knit tubes for practice for now

littleowl · 26 February 2015 at 6:36PM

re grey hair

I don't mind it a bit and would not contemplate using hair dye to colour it. I am grey all over with a bob and love it!

When I lived in France I was stopped one day by a very chic-looking French woman who asked me where I had my hair dyed. When I told her it was natural and not a dye she was fairly fed up!

Joan

[Deleted User] · 26 February 2015 at 6:52PM

Wow I am a lot of things

but dark and elegant never in a million years:)
As for the pillbox my late OH used to call me JackieO when we were first married in 1962 and it stuck, when Jackie Kennedy was still with her OH before the dreadful day in Dallas
When she married Onnasis my OH said 'look what they have called her honey in the papers ,they've pinched your name'

:):)
Sadly he never had Onnasis' money but I wouldn't have swapped him for all the tea in China

:):)
I am 5'4" wet through, but only just, as my OH used to say and now my hair is more grey than I'd like it to be, and my wrinkly face is where my youngest DGS Mikey says is because I laugh a lot.
Think it needs a bit of ironing to be honest

I used to be a skinny size 8 many moons ago, but now I am built for comfort ,not speed anymore

:):)
I always thought Carol Levvis was tall dark and handsome when I listened to him on the wireless as a child ,what a suprise when I actually saw a picture of him in my Mum's Radio Times .Bless him he was definitely made for radio(but he did have a lovely voice)
My friend popped the Aldee vouchers through the door but I shan't use them this week as I don't need any shopping at the moment Only two days until the end of the month and I have decided to do what my DD suggested n and use £20.00 from the left over food budget this month and £15.00 from next months one and combine to make the £35.00 shop next Thursday That way I will get my cupboards stocked up and still have £45 in the food purse I have enough to keep me going at the moment and no food shopping to buy (fingers crossed )as I can shop from my freezer and dried food stocks for a week easily.
Onwards and upwards fellow frugallers
JackieO (think weeble

:):))

jinny · 26 February 2015 at 7:00PM

cheerfulness4 wrote: »

You learnt in a morning.:eek::eek: I've been twiddling with my circulars for weeks and undone my work loads of times.
I am such a slow learner. Well done you! :T

I hasten to add it isn't the first time I've tried. It's like trying to knit
With mini bagpipes but I'm determined to make socks
The needles are tiny but hey I persevered .
I crochet on buses ect. If I get the basic pattern cracked I'm flying
Xmas pressies sorted if I can bear to part with them

KnittaPlease · 26 February 2015 at 8:55PM

Just received the Marie Kondo book from Amazon. Inspired me to chuck 4 bags of rubbish out, and took 2 big bags of books to the charity shop. Only read the 1st chapter, and yes, a lot of it is common sense, but it is useful to see it down in black and white.

vhalla1478 · 26 February 2015 at 10:20PM

Hello again, All,

Here's a poached sausage and hot potato salad recipe from Jocasta Innes - very frugal and filling

Poached Sausage and Hot Potato Salad

2 large potatoes, scrubbed, a smoked sausage ring, tsp mustard powder or 2 tsps. French mustard, 4 tbsp. oily French dressing (3 parts oil, one part vinegar, salt, pepper, herbs to taste),salt and black pepper, tbsp. finely chopped onion.

Bring two pans of water to the boil, put the potatoes in one and the sausage ring in the other (minus its revolting polythene wrapping). The sausage should simmer, not boil for 5-10 minutes until hot. After about 20 minutes test the potatoes with a fork. When they are tender, take them out and peel them, holding them in a cloth. Cut them into smallish chunks. Stir the mustard into the vinaigrette dressing and pour over the potatoes, spooning about gently to spread the dressing evenly. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the chopped onion and spoon around a bit more. Take the sausage out of its cooking water, cut it into chunks and serve with the potato salad.

JackieO, that's exactly how I am doing my budget next month, get the basics and stock up those shelves. I think that way you have more choices in what you eat; everyone's circumstances are different, of course. I have now got to do a complete re-think on your looks, Jackie, and I think Celtic moon must have Pre-Raphaelite hair and wear flowing garments.

Silvasava, deepest apologies for the Buck Rarebit! I saw !!!!!! Emery at the Wakefield Theatre Club many, many moons ago; apart from being funny he had the most amazing voice.

I've always worn high heels when going out and have problems with round toed shoes. When I was young my feet were always in winkle-pickers!

Have a great evening, All.

Viv xx

GreyQueen · 26 February 2015 at 10:53PM

I'm a gangling tomboy, not far shy of 6 ft, with short hair, a wicked twinkle in my eye and a trustworthy post-40 face. People always approach me on the street for directions, so I reckon I look both safe and competant.

Poor fools, how little they know, mwah ha ha!!!!!!

I would kind of like to be chic and elegant, but am far too messy and accident-prone to pull that off for more than an hour at a stretch. But I'm kind to small children and cats and dogs and horses like me.

Have given an archery accessory to a fellow archer tonight at club, so that's one less item on the premises. Haven't minimalised anything much but have been working for the past 4 days and will use tomorrow to catch up on errands and making stuff. I have de-constructed two part melted and damaged candles into chippings and will be re-making them into fresh ones, probably starting over the weekend.

kittym · 26 February 2015 at 11:00PM

Evening all

I've loved reading the images that you have for each other in your heads. You all sound so lovely, funny, kind hearted and kindred spirits.

Howmuch hope all goes well for you and yours over the next few weeks. You will be in our thoughts and prayers.

Sewing Bee was great tonight. The chaps are doing a great job. Roll on new budget as I feel a little like old mother hubbard, and I'm dying to try some of these lovely recipes.

Cheerfulness tea always looks fab in your house. Wish you lived round the corner from me.

Have a nice evening. xx

KnittaPlease · 26 February 2015 at 11:29PM

jinny wrote: »

Just gonna knit tubes for practice for now

Tubes can work perfectly well as socks if you knit the whole thing in rib, then reduce the toes and graft them as normal - no faffing about with heel turning and the like.

As I'm still not allowed to post links in case I'm a big, bad spammer, if you go to the knitting pattern website ravelry dot com and search for tube socks, you'll find plenty of inspiration!

Congrats on mastering dpns!

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