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The river cottage book of preserving by Pam Corbin for £1.50p.

Gem-gem

4 wine glasses £4
James Patterson Book for 60p

DigForVictory

Happy is the pot nerd who's husband Gets It. I came home to find he'd found another manor green coffeepot, all of a pint size, and with glorious huggable curves. In a cancer research shop.
Some days I adore that man.

Frith

St Richards Hospice, Worcs

Jack Wills grey t shirt for son2 -£4

M and S shirt with dragonflies pattern - £6. Tags are still on and it would have been £28 new.

DigForVictory

Himself found a genuine French stellarscope new in box & it's wonderful - all the fun of stargazing without the stress of Lancashire cloud! And a Denby china trivet for £2 (black ceramic, retails for £20 something) and two more vintage thimbles with glass tips - new to me, but whyever not? Online suggests plastic, but the temperature feels 'wrong' for that.

And something he's really very pleased to find - a knitting sheath, real old wood, clearly used, clearly someone's go to tool. He's made several in different styles for me, but I have resisted the knitting it suggests (it took me over two years to power up to knitting one Monmouth hat) while cheering on the research - so when he showed the undulating piece of wood to me even I recognised it. We'd need a museum to price it, if you could (no makers mark, no owners name, no identifying shaping other than its existence) but bought for a pound. A happy man!

RebeccaAnn

Ended up having a few hours to kill today, found:

Lindex black and cream polka dot dress, very casual and will look nice in the winter with tights and boots £3

Cameo rose summer dress, apparently these sell in new look, it is very pretty and floral £2

Jane Norman cream going out dress, it is beautiful £8

Miró

A serendipitous but timely find this afternoon in Oxfam. A pair of Solea, croc effect, black patent, loafer stylee flat shoes. Brand new and priced at £4.99. I needed a pair of flat shoes, a size bigger than I normally take to accommodate my currently swollen foot and ankle. Found them advertised on the Shoeaholics website priced at £75 originally, then reduced to £19.

D for V
Stellarscope....knitting sheath????? Had to Google both of those!!!

bobsa1

Pickings in the cs have been a little slim recently but a recent car boot saw me get 2 immaculate joules harbour tops which I love for £2 each. The rather expensive age uk provided me with a Crabtree and Evelyn la source hand wash and hand conditioner set in a gift box for £5. Currently on sale for £23 for the moisturiser and £18 for the soap. It will make an amazing and very posh Christmas gift for my sister.
Yesterday I popped in to Sue Ryder where someone had obviously donated a load of barely worn Boden and pure collection clothes so for £17 I bought some Boden Capri pants, a very fancy Boden top and a Boden summer dress. Very pleased with my purchases

DigForVictory

Sorry Miro (forgive me, site won't let me copy the accent), the chaps have exotic tastes. Well, that or bizarre, but as a Denbyholic I'm nowhere near the moral high ground.

The knitting sheath is said to be the weapon of choice for where tension is vital (fair isle socks?) or just for keeping a project on the hop while you chat. My grandmother never used one that I saw but could knit and tell a story and remind her daughter to turn the pies in the oven. Hand her a kipper for breakfast though, & out came the reading glasses...

Off to hunt a table for youngest. We may be some time!

Miró

DigForVictory wrote: »

Sorry Miro (forgive me, site won't let me copy the accent), the chaps have exotic tastes. Well, that or bizarre, but as a Denbyholic I'm nowhere near the moral high ground.

The knitting sheath is said to be the weapon of choice for where tension is vital (fair isle socks?) or just for keeping a project on the hop while you chat. My grandmother never used one that I saw but could knit and tell a story and remind her daughter to turn the pies in the oven. Hand her a kipper for breakfast though, & out came the reading glasses...

Off to hunt a table for youngest. We may be some time!

I found a wonderful video on t'internet of an elderly lady using one and chatting about. Her accent was so strong though it was hard to make out what she was saying. Now, of course, I cannot find the blooming' video again!!

Aha! https://rovingcrafters.com/2015/10/20/why-dont-i-have-knit-sheath/

Scrolly down to 'The Terrible Knitters of Dent'