2020 Fashion on the Ration Challenge

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Fibonacci. I had a maths teacher obsessed with fibonacci but it looks good in socks. 

I still haven't got new needles or yarn for my next project but I'm hoping to next week. 

Pip the Drift is lovely. I see it in a mustard for myself but equally I see it in a lovely plummy red.

PipneyJane

@PollyWollyDoodle - apologies.  I just realised I hadn’t replied to you.  Sadly, there isn’t any more available.  I bought the yarn on clearance, years ago. (It was £1/ball.)  When I searched stashes in Ravelry, there were only 2 other people who had listed the colour “Red Bud” in their stash.  One said she’d used it all up; the other had 3 balls listed, so I messaged her.  She was most apologetic but said she’d used it all up during Lockdown and needed to update Rav.  I’ve even tried eBay and Google.

Thanks @Noaidi.  I really want to knit the Drift in red, but I may end up making something else or using something else for Drift.  The length to the armpit is 17 inches; there is some wriggle room to make it shorter but only by a couple of inches.  I’ve done it before with semi-satisfactory results.  (Nothing is worse than a too short garment.)  

- Pip

Laura_Elsewhere

EDIT: scratch this, I see from your stash photos on Rav this is not the same stuff at all, sorry! 


@PipneyJane

This only says 'red' and not 'red bud' but is this the stuff? Worth asking them to check the label?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Palette-Collection-RED-knitting-Wool/274423090636?hash=item3fe4e40dcc:g:ljUAAOSwpnRe67Th

PipneyJane

Laura_Elsewhere said:

@PipneyJane

This only says 'red' and not 'red bud' but is this the stuff? Worth asking them to check the label?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Palette-Collection-RED-knitting-Wool/274423090636?hash=item3fe4e40dcc:g:ljUAAOSwpnRe67Th

Sadly, it’s not the same yarn.  This one is 100% acrylic DK, while the Pallette Vintage is 70% Wool 30% Soy “Silk” worsted weight (aka 10-ply to an Aussie).  Thanks for trying to find it, @Laura_Elsewhere.  I am in awe of your Google-fu.

- Pip

catherinekate

What a lot of thread since I was last here! Did anyone see us linked on the Facebook page?

I have purchased 3 bras - so 1.5 corsets and 4.5 points. Adding this to the 7 points I spent on yarn in June that is 11.5 points gone YTD. Found two lovely patterns in a charity shop that fit perfectly with some of my yarn stash so should be OK for knitting fuel for a bit.

I got a lovely set of interchangeable DPNs for my birthday - the Lykke brand. Actually the needles are a bit too short for my biggish hands but I think I'll get used to them in time. I don't knit much in the round but am hoping to do a bit more.

Laura - interested in your posture diagram and comments. I developed some nasty back problems from having a posterior pelvic tilt (significantly exacerbated during and post pregnancy) and have been doing some intensive physio and pilates to try and help. I have noticed my clothes fitting better recently, despite putting on weight, as my posture improves.

PipneyJane

Laura_Elsewhere said:

EDIT: scratch this, I see from your stash photos on Rav this is not the same stuff at all, sorry! 

Don’t apologise, @Laura_Elsewhere.  I appreciate your efforts with Google.  From further digging, it looks like Palette Collection only do/did fairly small product runs.  There are virtually no solids in the Vintage range and it doesn’t look like they made it for long.

I have had quite a think about this.  There is a short-sleeved jumper in my queue, Quick Work in Thick Wool, which I could make with the cream coloured yarn.  It’ll give me a feel for how far a ball really goes.  It’ll also let me see how the Palette really behaves.  (Yes, I wash my swatches before checking my gauge, but they don’t always show up the flaws/drape/pros-and-cons knitting a full garment does.)

catherinekate said:

What a lot of thread since I was last here! Did anyone see us linked on the Facebook page?

Were we? Well done Ladies!  I don’t read the Facebook page, so would never have found it.  Please link, if you can.

Welcome back @catherinekate.  Pull up a (socially distant) chair, grab a cuppa and tell us how life is for you in the fourth month following Lockdown.  I’ll fetch the cake.  It’s Gingerbread flavoured but closer to a parkin.  It’s a bit sticky so, if you plan to knit, you might want to wash your hands afterwards.

- Pip

catherinekate

Here's the link, hope it works: https://www.facebook.com/MoneySavingExpert/posts/3004603786260755

Things are feeling pretty normal here: toddler back at nursery and I'm back in the office, we didn't have much of a social life anyway! (see toddler reference!) I've even had a scout around my favourite charity shop, fully masked up, although mysteriously the clothes prices seem to have increased since March so came away with only bric a brac.

tgroom57

Just dropping by for a catch up.  I haven't spent any coupons, but I did find a wrap skirt in the wardrobe from last summer.  I'd forgotten I had it and it'll save me buying something for a short break coming up.  Also mended a top that's going to CS, and retired some socks. Must say this Gingerbread cake is very tasty

tgroom57

Just remembered a small mend I am part way through.  I need a replacement shoulder strap for my handbag and I've managed to save the brasswear - the hooks.  It's easier than I first thought - I've just threaded the new strap through and just need one rivet on the far end to stop the hook falling off.  If I get the rivet done at Timpsons - how many coupons?

PipneyJane

tgroom57 said:

Just remembered a small mend I am part way through.  I need a replacement shoulder strap for my handbag and I've managed to save the brasswear - the hooks.  It's easier than I first thought - I've just threaded the new strap through and just need one rivet on the far end to stop the hook falling off.  If I get the rivet done at Timpsons - how many coupons?

No coupons for the rivet. It’s just like there are no coupons for shoe repairs.

- Pip