2021 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

skogar

In response to Laura's what are you wearing.

On 13th August

polo shirt in a light knitted cotton fabric which was given to my OH as a present some years ago (5-10?) but he wasn't keen on it and didn't wear it so I snaffled it

Walking trousers (not sure how long I've had these - but I think the shop I got them from closed about 2013)

Fleece - 3 years old ish so fairly new

Pants - bought abroad in Dec 2011 in Sweden (only reason I know how old they are) as had to stay longer than intended and no washing facilities

New thin walking socks (comparitively) bought last year

Bra - bought in Debenhams in York - no idea when - not recent

Walking shoes - 3 years old now need to be replaced due to being used almost all the time, will get the same ones again if they are available

Today is less interesting - standard WFH outfit in warm weather - leggings, socks and shoes added if I need to go out.

dress bought last year

bra - as 13th

pants - sloggi ones (older than the Swedish ones) must have got them on offer - they have lasted well though

MrsCD

Today I wore..
Denim patterned skirt 10 years old ish
Blue t shirt probably older, but both still look good..to go shopping first thing today
Then changed into old blue top  and jeans to move gravel at dd's
Then changed again...pink tshirt with slightly newer jeans, to go shopping for furniture with dd. What a day!

CAFCGirl

Am pleased to announce, all the squares for my big knitting project have been completed and so the task of stitching them altogether is upon me.
I opted for by row, and then by column, and aim is one row/column per day and then I will attempt to crochet around the edge to keep it tidy and together.

With any luck it'll be ready for the autumn weather.

No coupons to report, however having realised that I am now in the North for all the seasons from here on, I will need what i think is termed 'a big coat'.
In the south I'd got away with a barbour jacket and a jumper for the winter but I fear that wont be the case here so on the lookout for something appropriate.

PipneyJane

CAFCGirl said:

Am pleased to announce, all the squares for my big knitting project have been completed and so the task of stitching them altogether is upon me.
I opted for by row, and then by column, and aim is one row/column per day and then I will attempt to crochet around the edge to keep it tidy and together.

With any luck it'll be ready for the autumn weather.

No coupons to report, however having realised that I am now in the North for all the seasons from here on, I will need what i think is termed 'a big coat'.
In the south I'd got away with a barbour jacket and a jumper for the winter but I fear that wont be the case here so on the lookout for something appropriate.

Congratulations on the completing all the squares, @CAFCGirl.  Can't wait to see the result.

On the coat front, you may recall that I spent several winters working in a badly heated portacabin in the middle of a field.  In December 2017, I invested in the longline version of this Ultra Light Down Hooded Coat from Uniqlo, which I'd wear at work until the day warmed up. I was as warm as toast.  (My husband calls this coat, "The Duvet".)  I can't recommend it enough. I've worn it to football matches on cold, windy days and never felt a thing.  The only thing I don't know about is how waterproof it is.  I know it's machine washable, because my sister has one and washes it irregularly.

Today, I will mostly be wearing one of my pairs of M&S jeans, an H&M t-shirt, purchased in 2002, a pair of socks that I knitted in 2016 from yarn reclaimed from a pair of Jaywalkers knitted in 2011 which I frogged - there's a link to my blog post about them on the Ravelry project page - and this jumper, which I started in April and finished on 3rd July:



- Pip
 

Nonnadiluca

Lovely jumper Pip, but, JUMPER IN AUGUST?????????

PipneyJane

Nonnadiluca said:

Lovely jumper Pip, but, JUMPER IN AUGUST?????????

You forget that I am a child of the sun. (It's cold, wet and damp in West London today.)

- Pip

Laura_Elsewhere

I am in my shorter green linen skirt (made this year from fabric given in ?2019), Tequila Sunrise ankle-socks (knitted/ wool bought early 2020) and yellow-spotty plimsoles (bought this year); a striped linen camisole (bought BNWT on eBay his year) under a green-white striped cap-sleeved shirt I bought for 50p or thereabouts 3-4 years ago in Primark and altered significantly earlier this year. Blue linen shorts (BNWT on eBay last year) with lace edging underneath (cotton hread bought this year from Rav de-stash), knicks M&S about 2017.

I'm also finally getting going on my autumn skirt in Thriftwizard's lovely needlecord. All cut and pinned, long seams machined, now to hand-sew the yoke and waist... 

thriftwizard

Looking forward to seeing the skirt, @Laura_Elsewhere!

Today I'm wearing - a hat! A hat made from old shirt collars & cuffs, to be precise. Just to see if it could be done - and it can!

 

Please excuse daft expression - the iPad, which I was trying to use one-handed whilst restraining a rather large & clumsy cat, was threatening to leap into the pond!

PipneyJane

That hat is lovely, @thriftwizard.

< cough >  

Forgive me, sisters, for I have sinned...  Despite my loudly stated intentions of buying no more yarn in 2021, 7 balls of DK are winging their way to me from Hobbycraft. I had one of their £5 birthday vouchers to use up before it expired, and it was on 3-for-2.  (That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.) It's the 100g ball Women's Institute Home Grown DK Yarn in plum.  I bought enough to get free P&P.  £26.50 and 14 coupons spent.

- Pip (hangs head in shame)

Nonnadiluca

Fab hat TW!