2020 Fashion on the Ration Challenge

PollyWollyDoodle

I love that sweater. Thanks for confirming that the face mask fabric is free. There were four fat quarters in the pack, two plain and two patterned. Both the patterned ones had faults in once they were washed, so I only got two masks out of each. Not impressed. 

The fabric was something I saw and just couldn’t resist. Office /spare room is overdue for a revamp, so the cushions will be part of that. Here you go ..

PipneyJane

PollyWollyDoodle said:

I love that sweater. Thanks for confirming that the face mask fabric is free. There were four fat quarters in the pack, two plain and two patterned. Both the patterned ones had faults in once they were washed, so I only got two masks out of each. Not impressed. 

The fabric was something I saw and just couldn’t resist. Office /spare room is overdue for a revamp, so the cushions will be part of that. Here you go ..

Awww...  Cute!  No wonder you couldn’t resist.  I’d imagine that fabric would make great curtains for a bedroom, too.

@Laura_Elsewhere, nice idea but I really don’t want anything more to do with this yarn.  I’ve learned that there was a reason why it wasn’t manufactured for long.  Fortunately, it didn’t cost me a huge amount (£1.25 a ball, on clearance).

- Pip

TwibbleDee

PipneyJane said:

TwibbleDee said:

Today I learned that if a recipe calls for parchment paper liners, you better use them.
Anybody want a pumpkin muffin (low carb, even!) that you have to lick off the cupcake liner?

Me, please! 

Ohhh... Yummy!  Please share the recipe.

- Pip

https://cookingketowithkristie.com/2020/09/04/perfect-low-carb-pumpkin-pie-spice-muffins/
I used Swerve instead of Sukrin.  Her recipe here doesn't say that you need to use parchment paper, but it sure does in the cookbook!

skogar

Polly - the cat fabric is cute. I call our back bedroom the cat room due to a gorgeous handmade cat quilt that my MIL made which i much admired at the time and she gave me later. There are also some cat pictures hence the cat room.

Pip - the jumper in the photo looks lovely. It must be very frustrating after all that knitting to discover that the wool you have used for the newer jumper wont wash well. I am really loving the felted slippers I found (they are more like a felted low angle length sock) so I second Laura's suggestion for cosy felted socks. I quite fancy having a go at some if I can get the hand of the sock knitting. The other thing of course would be some nice Dachstein mittens.

Many thanks as well Pip for the suggestion that I might get on better with fixed 40cm cables. After questions on what I wanted for Christmas I suggested to my Mum a nice set of 15cm metal dpns suitable sizes for knitting socks (knitpro zing - 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5 and 4mm) (I normally prefer wood needles but I thought the thin ones would probably get broken too easily) - actually I was given these this week as my Mum said that she  hadn't given me a birthday present (birthday was August). Then one of my sister's asked me so I asked her to get me or a donation towards a set of 20cm wood dpns (drops pro romance 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0mm) so that is my birthday and Christmas ppresent  from her (again things have not been normal this year with Covid) - so I am very pleased. She said I could order them here and if needed I could open them early if I needed to use the 4.5mm dpns for the hat as I didn't have any that size. So when I ordered them I also ordered 2 of the cheapest 40cm fixed circulars (a 4.0 and a 4.5mm) to see if they were any better and they have arrived and I can't believe the difference. My interchangables are 47cm long and the non flexible bit at each end tips and metal connecting end of the cable is 13.5cm, the fixed ones are 41cm long and the tip is 8.5cm long. I can actually  bend them in a loop so its possible to knit at a sensible angle! The other thing I ordered was a tiny cross stitch kit 8cmx8cm which will go nicely in a cracker for my friend that does cross stitch (a rather cute christmassy owl in the snow). I can see the points calculations are going to get complicated - I assume that must be about 1/50th of a point!

skogar

Pip - I have taken so long typing this that I missed your reply - it made more sense before you said that you weren't going to use the wool.

skogar

Cherrryfudge - I forgot to comment on the dress pattern - lovely dress but it will take a lot of starch to get it to stick out like that. :-) Reminds me of the crocheted bell decorations where they starch them to make them hold the shape.

TwibbleDee

skogar said:

Cherrryfudge - I forgot to comment on the dress pattern - lovely dress but it will take a lot of starch to get it to stick out like that. :-) Reminds me of the crocheted bell decorations where they starch them to make them hold the shape.

Wouldn't there have also been crinoline underneath?

Cherryfudge

Pip, that jumper looks lovely and soft!

Re the dress: yes, I'd not thought of this aspect but it would drop. I'm sure there would have been petticoats underneath, possibly with layers of net, but I think it wold be a lot of work for something that wouldn't last. Perhaps some starch in the rinsing water would help it keep its shape? I've not heard of yarn being starched, but maybe I've lead a sheltered life.

I found all sorts of patterns at Mums: My sister has given up her collection of 1970s/80s sewing magazines and I've no idea what to do with them but I don't want to throw them out. There are also early 1960s women's magazines with classic 60s clothes that aren't at all my style but look very chic. The ones I really like are from the 40s and 50s, especially Mum's collection of Needlewoman and needlecraft with vintage embroidery patterns (though sadly not many of the iron-on transfers, though these days we have photocopiers so there might be a way of copying designs).

ETA: I found this on petticoats of the era. @TwibbleDee is right about crinolines though I don't know if the term crossed the Atlantic. The notes on the care of them show starch was used. They look a lot of fun but hard work to maintain! https://vintagedancer.com/1950s/1950s-petticoat-history/

joedenise

I remember wearing what were called paper nylon petticoats when I was a child in the 50s!  They used to rustle and one day my brother, sister and I were playing under the dining room table and my petticoat rustle and our dog thought I had sweets hidden under my skirt (at least that's what mum thought!) and he tried to get at them and on the way caught my face with his teeth - I still have the scar on the side of my face 60 years later!

I suspect that dress wouldn't have been worn very often and would just be aired between wearings - I doubt very much it would have been washed often so less likelihood of dropping.

PipneyJane

Cherryfudge said:

Pip, that jumper looks lovely and soft!

Re the dress: yes, I'd not thought of this aspect but it would drop. I'm sure there would have been petticoats underneath, possibly with layers of net, but I think it wold be a lot of work for something that wouldn't last. Perhaps some starch in the rinsing water would help it keep its shape? I've not heard of yarn being starched, but maybe I've lead a sheltered life.

I found all sorts of patterns at Mums: My sister has given up her collection of 1970s/80s sewing magazines and I've no idea what to do with them but I don't want to throw them out. There are also early 1960s women's magazines with classic 60s clothes that aren't at all my style but look very chic. The ones I really like are from the 40s and 50s, especially Mum's collection of Needlewoman and needlecraft with vintage embroidery patterns (though sadly not many of the iron-on transfers, though these days we have photocopiers so there might be a way of copying designs).

ETA: I found this on petticoats of the era. @TwibbleDee is right about crinolines though I don't know if the term crossed the Atlantic. The notes on the care of them show starch was used. They look a lot of fun but hard work to maintain! https://vintagedancer.com/1950s/1950s-petticoat-history/

If you want to donate them somewhere, the University of Sussex - I think - has a pattern archive of 20th Century knitting and sewing patterns.  They'd be the first place I'd contact.

Re the dress, I was just thinking that the weight of the wool would pull the skirt stitches out of shape.  Of course, it'd depend on whether you knitted in a toothy wool - more likely to stick together - or not.

- Pip