Preparing for Winter

PennyPinchingPrincess

starsandmoon wrote: »

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.

Not just babies, Robbie too!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1252671/Romper-Robbie-Williams-poses-8-flight-home.html

meanmarie

Winchelsea...what a good idea about knitting the instep and sole of socks separately, congratulations on the invention! My late MIL used to knit nylon yarn in with the wool for the heels and toes of socks....not easy to get nylon now though, is it?

Csarina...learnt to knit socks on 4 needles so is the easiest way for me to do them.

Marie

starsandmoon

PennyPinchingPrincess wrote: »

Not just babies, Robbie too!



Oh no they will sell out now. I knew I should have got one yesterday

annie123

starsandmoon wrote: »

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.

Nice if you don't need to go to the loo quickly or into a cold loo!

Princess_kate

purpleheather2810 wrote: »

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...

They're 122 x 152 cm so would nearly fit, that would be good enough for me!!

purpleheather2810

Princess_kate wrote: »

They're 122 x 152 cm so would nearly fit, that would be good enough for me!!

Thanks for that. Also how would I fix them on?? I was thinking I would have to physically sew them on to the curtains or use wonderweb but if they aren't quite as big, maybe I shouldn't do that. They are tab-top if that makes a difference.

Princess_kate

purpleheather2810 wrote: »

Thanks for that. Also how would I fix them on?? I was thinking I would have to physically sew them on to the curtains or use wonderweb but if they aren't quite as big, maybe I shouldn't do that. They are tab-top if that makes a difference.

You can use safety pins on the back of the curtains, easy to put up & take down that way. I tried velcro once but it wasnt strong enough to hold the weight. I have eyelet curtains, I cut a small hole in the fleece, put a bit of ribbon through it & tied it around the curtain pole but in the part behind the curtain, if you know what I mean!

purpleheather2810

Brilliant, I'll try that. Thanks a lot.

Confuzzled

downshifter wrote: »

Has anyone got a slanket and do you find them good?

DS

i've got one (well a cheaper version, same thing different brand name) and i love it. i find the pocket on the front is nice when i'm curled up on the sofa, i tuck the remote in there and don't have to keep wondering where it's gone off too

i don't trip on mine (i'm 5' 6.5") but you have to be careful doing anything near water, best to take it off really and i wouldn't go near an open flame wearing one!

you can also wear them back wards like an oversized robe if necessary, the wee one is always snuggling up in it if i'm not using it.

elona

Why not use safety pins?