Preparing for winter II

Eenymeeny

Thanks for the snood pattern Kitty66, I might just have a go... now did I throw out all of my knitting needles in 'the great declutter' when we moved house?:o
Am I being really bad when I begrudge OH sitting next to me moaning and groaning 'cos he has cold and NEEDS the gas fire and heating on? (Thinking of all of the hours I've done without heating while I've been alone and it's BOILING in here!) He's had hot drinks, home made soup, water bottles, paracetamol... maybe I could go for a walk instead of breathing in all of his germs. I know, I should be ashamed of myself!:D

calleyw

kitty66 wrote: »

hi everyone

be reading through the posts about snoods at http://www.coatscrafts.co.uk/Knitting/Projects/snood.htm

you can download a free snood knitting pattern if anyone is interested.

kitty

Kitty,

Just to say thanks again it has loads of freebie projects including my fav hobby cross stitch.

Look here there is knitting, crochet, cross stitch and sewing projects.

Yours

Calley

adelight

calleyw wrote: »

Cool can't knit for toffee but wonder if I get the wool my mum would knit for me for christmas.

I wonder if eyelash wool would be ok?

Yours

Calley

Can you do the most basic knitting stitch?
If so, you can do a snood :j Just keep knitting a long rectangle until it's long enough to wrap around your neck then finish it off and sew the ends together. I always used to do it when I got fed up of scarves taking ages to knit :rotfl:


Hey all. It feels much cosier with the curtains up but it makes the room feel so gloomy! I'm going to hit the charity shops for a nice lamp when I have chance, maybe a hideous fake-antique one from the '70s to go with my ugly '70s brown curtains and quilted velvet bed? Or a bonfire? Heat and light in one!
In all seriousness I have a small collection of glittery animal ornaments and a skeleton from halloween painted silver that would look lovely draped with some led fairy lights. Maybe the cold and all the maths work is beginning to rot my brain?

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I am another one who was expecting a sunny day and it has turned out gloomy, wet and chilly. Thank goodness I put raintoday on as I was going to wash the flannel bedsheets and they have to get dry in a day. Doh, I was looking forward to trying my new minky washing line system. I like the fact that I can take the minky off its holder when I want it out of sight. Its my alternative outdoor system as my rotary won`t provide max drying at this time of year

re the lakeland heated airer, I have one and it is amazingly fantastic. It will never rust. It is great for those days when there is a mountain of washing or if every day is wet

Lizzieanne

I too invested in a Lakeland electric airer last year having heard good things about it. It's fabulous, it definitely makes the whole room warmer.

Broomstick

I'm a member of the Lakeland airer fan club too! I bought one last year and it suits us extremely well. It's been one of those purchases that has saved me money in terms of stress - if you know what I mean - and is a really good back up for when the weather is too bad to use the line. I only dry clothes indoors on it (it lives in the kitchen), not on the radiators any more, so it helps keep condensation down to the one room which is easy to air. And, like other people say, it helps keep the room that bit warmer too.

B x

fedupandskint

I've finally sold a chair from my living room that blocked the radiator in there. At long last the space has freed up and the room already feels warmer for it. That's been on my list for ages for things to do

One more thing ticked off the list

My bread flour order arrived the other day and I'm stocked up with this now so no need to carry anything heavy back from the supermarket for a while yet. Used a bag yesterday in the BM and it nearly grew out of there so had better use half a bag next time - at least it should last longer this way too!

skilly

glendam wrote: »

I have one of the driers from Lakeland and love it.:T

I have noticed that when I have no heating on the temperature in that room is always noticeably higher.

I don't think the bars will rust as they are anodized aluminium (a sort of shiney siver metal).

Hope that helps

Glenda

Hi,i also have one of these driers and i also love it :-) since buying i no longer use my tumble dryer.

kitty66

i'm new member of the lakeland airer club its be great i wouldn't be without it.

kitty

Confuzzled

kitty66 wrote: »

hi everyone

be reading through the posts about snoods at http://www.coatscrafts.co.uk/Knitting/Projects/snood.htm

you can download a free snood knitting pattern if anyone is interested.

kitty

thanks for that kitty!

that's actually a different style to the one i had years ago though it looks very easy to use. the on i had looked a bit like a very wide scarf that had been folded in had then had one side sewn about half way down. this formed a hood with a scarf built in that you could wrap around your neck a few time or tie and stuff the ends in the front of your coat to keep your chest warmer

either style is very useful though, nice to see them making a comeback :T