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Miró

Green eyed scarf monster activated here also….not just cos it’s Gucci but cos it’s really beautiful!!  Ooooh lucky you!

Floss

Miró said:

Green eyed scarf monster activated here also….not just cos it’s Gucci but cos it’s really beautiful!!  Ooooh lucky you!

Here too, that is gorgeous 

DigForVictory

It is beautiful. I could find at least 5 joyful homes for it in my family, but canny you, you got there first!
I must challenge youngest on printing onto silk (we gave him a fiend expensive large printer a couple of years ago & I've not seen volume printing yet) then point him at keble martin & culpepper & audubon for source ideas. 

Brie

Forgot in my excitement that I also bought a lovely orange/green/brown wrap - as mentioned previously, the sort of thing that is nice for work due to artic/tropic heating system in a 1970s office.  £3.  OH has said I really must stop buying scarves.....(after he got me 2 for my recent birthday....)

goldfinches

Miró said:

Green eyed scarf monster activated here also….not just cos it’s Gucci but cos it’s really beautiful!!  Ooooh lucky you!

Also activated here too, that is a gorgeous scarf. Your m-i-l is clearly worth having!

Pickings here have been rather slim but I did find an Addis container, six cork mats and this Australian Women's Weekly Pasta cookbook. 



I was very pleased to find the cookbook as I have a couple of others published by them which are very good. This one has a great section on sweet recipes made with pasta along with comprehensive instructions on how to make a wide variety of pasta doughs and shapes.

Floss

I found a beautiful black 90% wool 10% cashmere coat by Coast yesterday. It has a crimson lining and leather trim on the hem & sleeves. It cost me £12 but is a classic style & in immaculate condition with its pockets still stitched. Today I found a vintage M&S mens lambswool aran jumper for a fiver 😁

Miró

Floss said:

Today I found a vintage M&S mens lambswool aran jumper for a fiver 😁

Nooooo…sticks fingers in ears!!!!  I started knitting an aran pattern jumper with the wool I recently bought in a local chazza.  Finished the front, both sleeves and half way up the back and have run out of wool.  Now found out the wool is discontinued….spent hours searching online and on foot for old stocks or a close match…..no luck so far.  Was so pleased with myself for wrangling the complicated pattern too…..haven't done any knitting in yonks!  *sobs* 

Floss

@Miró Oh no - keep an eye on Ebay, and also have you tried Black Sheep wools?

Brie

@Miró
Can you change the top to a solid coloured yoke?  (I can't knit and even when crocheting rarely followed patterns just making things up as I went along.)

Brie

Or or or!!!  Tell us what you're missing and we can all check our locals for you!!!