2020 Fashion on the Ration Challenge

retiredinfrance

Love the parachute silk reference. My dad was in the RAF all his life and kept my mum well supplied with the stuff. She made nightdresses, slips, knickers and baby dresses for me after the war. Being a good dressmaker was a boon and I'm sure she made wedding dresses.
Keep safe everyone.

PipneyJane

Afternoon All.

I have a confession to make.  I fell off the wagon on my yarn diet.  I blame Deramores, who not only had a 20% off promotion over the weekend but gave me a coupon for £1-something off....  Anyway, I couldn't resist, so bought another ball of West Yorkshire Spinners Signature Sock Yarn in Liquorice (that's "black" to the rest of the world). This means I now have 3 balls of black in my stash, so can knit a jumper.  Any luck, it'll be the same dye lot as the last ball.  I am kicking myself that I didn't buy two balls, because that'd guarantee I could knit a long-sleeve jumper, with leftovers for socks. IF I have coupons left AND IF they have another promotional weekend before Christmas, I may buy another one.

- Pip

Laura_Elsewhere

@PipneyJane is this where I mention the 7% cashback at Deramores on TopCashback...? (sorry, sorry - now I feel like a Purple Bricks advert!)

I am in awe of your svelte slenderness - I can't imagine 3 or 4 balls of wool being enough to knit me a jumper!  

Anyway... buying the odd ball of yarn is a pretty minor slip. It's not like you went and bought 15 balls of the stuff, is it? 

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Or even 127 balls 😉😉 I am definitely in the SABLE club 😂 
Knitting beanies, scarves & hand warmers for charity. You never know I might see someone wearing one of my knitted items one day 😉

PipneyJane

Laura_Elsewhere said:

@PipneyJane is this where I mention the 7% cashback at Deramores on TopCashback...? (sorry, sorry - now I feel like a Purple Bricks advert!)

I am in awe of your svelte slenderness - I can't imagine 3 or 4 balls of wool being enough to knit me a jumper!  

Anyway... buying the odd ball of yarn is a pretty minor slip. It's not like you went and bought 15 balls of the stuff, is it? 

How long have you known me, @Laura_Elsewhere?  You are forgetting the multiple slip-ups from last year... When I did go and buy 15+ balls of the stuff...  What's that just fell behind me?  Looks like a frisbee.  Definitely not a halo. 

I will forgive you the PurpleBricks.  

- Pip

MrsCD

Your 'frisbee' reminded me of Angelmouse, a cartoon character that often did the wrong thing, and then his thingummyjig would slip!

skogar

Laura - I feel your pain with the tights, don't wear nylons either, too easily snagged - woolly / knitted tights / leggings here. As its your trousseau - I think some coupon gifting may be needed.

Hat coming on now its actually being knitted - interesting to see what the yarn is knitting up like. So far there hasn't been a repeat on the colours and I am well over half way. i was wondering about trying a pair off mittens with the same yarn but suspect they would look like odd ones....

PipneyJane

Evening All

I have another spend to declare:  2 coupons spent on a pair of “running gloves”, £9.99 in C0stco.  They’re fleece lined and have that metallic thread in the fingers which means you don’t have to take you glove off to use your phone.    I did try - and failed - to find a suitable pair in the basket of miscellaneous gloves, scarves and hats that lives by the front door, and I was contemplating knitting a pair.  Up until now, I’ve been running in fingerless mitts, but last week’s cold snap brought home to me that I need something to cover my fingers and I need them now, not in 3 or 4 weeks after knitting them.

 

skogar said:

Laura - I feel your pain with the tights, don't wear nylons either, too easily snagged - woolly / knitted tights / leggings here. As its your trousseau - I think some coupon gifting may be needed.

Hat coming on now its actually being knitted - interesting to see what the yarn is knitting up like. So far there hasn't been a repeat on the colours and I am well over half way. i was wondering about trying a pair off mittens with the same yarn but suspect they would look like odd ones....

Depending on how large the ball is, would it be possible to split it into smaller balls - or use two fresh, separate ones - so that you can start each mitten on the same colour repeat?

In my knitting news, I’ve been knitting the Lady’s Lacy Jumper for 7 days now, and I already have 7 inches done on the body.  (I’m knitting in the round.)  It’s amazing how much faster you can go when you don’t have to pattern something on every round.  

- Pip

PollyWollyDoodle

Pip, how are you getting on with your running? I have restarted Couch to 5K, it’s been six months since I sprained my ankle and it’s only now that it feels safe to run on. I am doing it with a friend which really helps, we try and do two out of three runs together. We should have been starting Week 3 tomorrow, but she hasn’t been able to do her third run so we are going to do Week 2 Run 3 together, it will mean I’m repeating a run but I don’t mind. I have promised myself that if I can run all the way through lockdown, when the shops reopen I will treat myself to some decent running shoes.

Regarding the gloves, did you know that you can buy conductive thread (I’m not sure that’s the right name!)?  I think I got mine on eBay, I just stitched a bit into the fingertip of an ordinary pair of gloves and it made them work for using the phone.  Worth thinking about if you need another pair at some point.

skogar

Hi Pip,

I'm nearly at the top of the hat and the bit of wool on the ball that I can see next doesn't look like it repeats yet either. It's  bit ball (200g) so don't really want to buy another. I will see what the wool looks like further on. I intend to make some mittens for myself out of it and for me it won't matter if they don't match as such. Will see what the ball looks like further on. Its odd - the wooerl hasn't knitted up like i expected at all from the colours on n the outside of the ball - but it looks nice but perhaps the hat's recipient will change as a result - will see what it looks like when  finished.

Polly - Thanks for the tip on the conductive thread - I didn't know it was available.