Preparing for Winter

annie123

PennyPinchingPrincess wrote: »

Bought some winter pyjamas from Primark for £5 - they have cakes on .... pictures of cakes that is, I've not got cake all over my new 'jamas already!

They've got them in already! :T my treat to myself new pair every year:D
especially as I'm £49,995 short of enough money to winter in the Caribbean

PennyPinchingPrincess

annie123 wrote: »

They've got them in already! :T my treat to myself new pair every year:D
especially as I'm £49,995 short of enough money to winter in the Caribbean

Lol! Me neither!

Yeah, they've got some for £6 too, but there's no way I'm spending that much:rotfl:

I'm still miffed that none of last year's, reduced to £3, are in my size

Winchelsea

csarina and notjustlaura

My sock pattern is both 4 and 2 needles!

Love knitting socks on 4 needles, but when I divide for the heel I just continue on the two needles along the sole, then knit the instep (also on two needles) to the same length, graft together and sew up.

This means:
1. If the wearer goes through socks wholesale you can knit the heel and sole in double wool for twice the life
2. When the soles do wear through you can unpick the seams and re-knit them. Sewing up in a slight contrast wool makes the unpicking easier. Or, you can knit the heel and sole in a complete contrast if you want. I used some 1960s nylon yarn (found in a CS) like this, and DH has not made any impression on them despite constant wear.

I haven't seen this anywhere else to my knowledge, but made it up when one of my DSILs wore through the first pair of 'normal' 4-needle socks I made for him.

purpleheather2810

PennyPinchingPrincess wrote: »

Lol! Me neither!

Yeah, they've got some for £6 too, but there's no way I'm spending that much:rotfl:

I'm still miffed that none of last year's, reduced to £3, are in my size

They don't make them in my size but I usually get some for the kids

Chipps

downshifter wrote: »

The stairs go up from my living room, one of the main reasons why it's so cold always, even in the summer. No way of blocking them up unfortunately, due to stupidly huge stairwell which extends into the room quite unnecessarily. Oh if only this were my house...

Hi

Our stairs go up from the living room too. We always got a draught down the stairs so was cold on the back of your neck - horrible. We initially solved it by hanging some thick curtains across. It didn't look great, but it saved stiff necks! Is that a possibility for you?

We have solved the problem more permanently now by building a wall instead of the very 1960s open plan look and opening up the cupboard under the stairs (which was totally useless as it opened at the short end, if you know what I mean, so that we couldn't get at the stuff at the back of a long narrow cupboard) Now we have a useable room space instead - without a draught!

wssla00

Ooh! Thanks for the info re primark! I will get some this week....:)

PennyPinchingPrincess

Just tried my new Primark pyjamas on - gosh, aren't they small!

Luckily I thought they looked on the small side, so I bought the 16-18 rather than the 12-14, but the bottoms are way smaller than the size 14 Asda ones I have! They fit, but I hope they don't shrink when I wash them! (or my bottom doesn't get any bigger )

purpleheather2810

Princess_kate wrote: »

Any one on the hunt for fleeces, asda have them on 2 for £3 and at the mo there is 20% off homewear so they would be £2.40 for 2! Had cream, red & brown ones.

Thanks for that Princess Kate. Can you tell me what size they are? I have a pair of curtains for my dd's room and I want to use the fleece to line them... each curtain is 168x137cm...

PennyPinchingPrincess

purpleheather2810 wrote: »

I have bought both my girls thermal vests (the t-shirt shaped ones) from Primark today - €3 for a pack of two. The camisole-style ones were the same price but looked very flimsy to me...

That's a thought, I should look at my thermals, I'm sure a few more sets would be useful.

I've had some from Primark that I bought a couple of years ago that have lasted well, they are lovely and fluffy inside

It's a bit hit and miss in there, but the hits can be really good!

starsandmoon

Primark have adult fleece sleep suits like the ones babies wear for £8. Not the sexiest garment but would be nice and cosy especially as I live in a freezing cold Victorian house.