Its tough, it will get better and guess what its freezing brrrrr!

gailey_2

He he so does my hubby he ad 2pairs and had big split in middle of his dark pair so just down to 1pair and 2pairs that dont fit that he swears he slim into!

Socks drive me mad always go tatty always lost.
i have 2draws one for matched one for odds in hope that one day they find their pair.

Frugalista

jackieglasgow wrote: »

I'll get choked for telling you this, but my OH always wears out the crotch on his jeans

Dare I ask HOW??? :eek::eek::D

RAS

jackieglasgow wrote: »

As for socks, I don't know, I throw them in the bin *Hangs OS head in shame*

Here are a few ideas of old socks http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&biw=1676&bih=894&q=sock+dolls&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=3HjBTJL3CMiW4gbtucSvDA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQsAQwAA

maybe an idea for mardatha's littlest one for Christmas?

AnnieG

gailey wrote: »

So 2nd part of pleasing hubby project any linkie on how to mend holes in socks?

My mum, who is the queen of OS, has a wooden mushroom for darning socks. I'm not sure she'd even know where it came from, but you could probably find one in an old fashioned haberdashery shop.
I've got to go out now but will come back later and tell you the story about my OS mum and the duck fat.

jackieglasgow

Frugalista, I honestly don't know, its not as if he's fat, he could probably do with losing about ten pounds, but not from his skinny legs or backside! Its all that Tom Jones hip swinging

RAS thanks for that, but I honestly don't think anyone - except maybe Beetlejuice - would like a sock dolls from my OH's cast offs! :rotfl: x

Frugalista

AnnieG wrote: »

My mum, who is the queen of OS, has a wooden mushroom for darning socks.

I found a darning mushroom in a charity shop for 10p!! OH thought it was hysterical seeing as I have no idea (nor inclination) to darn his smelly socks - but it looks nice in my sewing box! :o:o

Frugalista

kezlou wrote: »

Em sure i put them up on the first page will go and check now.

Just checked!

Yep i did put them up:

the first is kittie's thread starting back in 2008 and second is the one ceridwen started earlier in the year.

hmm i'll have to see about making them bolder so its easier to see them.

Thanks for that kezlou :A - I was also thinking of the 2 earlier ones from 2006 (I believe kittie linked to them in her thread that has just been closed).

Sorry to be such a PITA :o

ETA: Oops! I see you have already put one of the 2006 ones up. Soorreee!! :D

lambanana

My mum (well it was originally my grandmas) had a darning mushroom in the house somewhere but can we find it now? No. Annoying as I knit my own socks and I do want to be able to darn them if they get holes after all the time spent knitting them!!

We're having a lovely stew for dinner, I'm excited just thinking about it, I love stew! It's possibly my favourite thing about winter. I am only putting a bit of beef in though, I split a 450g pack in two so half of that bulked out with lots of onions, carrots and mushrooms then we'll have extra veggies and potatoes on the side. Should have enough stew to pop a portion in the freezer as well

Lindy_-_Loo

Hello everyone,

Been to harvest festival at school today, sadly not everyone brought a food item so there wasnt a big display in the hall. In Aarons class only he and one other boy donated food - I know times are hard but the food is parceled up and split between the local YMCA and sheltered (for elderly) housing. Assembly was lovely and we won the raffle! our price was a gift bag ful of john frieda hair stuff, I wont use it so am putting it in neices and sis in laws xmas present, unfortunalty apart from John Freida being in english the rest is in german!

off to read the thread from last night xx

ChocClare

I have a darning mushroom (actually I have two!) - you can still buy them in any haberdashers. I used to sew up tiny holes or splits in socks but tbh, I bought a pack of five pairs of thick socks from Primark yesterday for my husband and they were two quid - if I had to buy darning wool in all the right colours it would probably be more than that. So holey socks go in the cleaning bucket in the garage, and DH uses them for polishing his car...