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Brie

no big surprise here but I'm a year round scarf wearer.  In fact I tend to buy plain coloured tshirts and jumpers so I can vary outfits with colourful scarves. 

Silk is the top preference as it's both warm and cool - if that makes sense.  (I remember reading about this in a book about Japan a zillion years back).  Cotton is good too.  Polyester is avoided at all costs (hate the way it feels and it seems to irritate my skin).

I've worked in too too many overly air conditioned offices and one would never know if one would end up sitting directly under a cold wind or in a stuffy corner.  Long thin scarves are best IMHO as you can then wrap them around your neck a couple of times when it's cold or dangle them tied loosely like a tie if it's warmer.  

I do have some bigger woolier scarves I wear with coats in winter but as they tend to be scratchy I only give in to them when I'm wearing a turtleneck or similar.  Otherwise I will go for a large silk square usually folded in half and arranged with the 2 corners dangling down the front to warm my chesticles and (depending on the length) the ends wrapped around my neck and potentially knotted under the dangly bit at the front to keep things secure.  The better the quality of silk the more slippy so careful knotting can be very important.

I've also got a few pashmina type things - some in solid colours to go with flowery outfits.  They are very handy when things are extra cold.  I expect they will get a lot of use this winter as I've started working wear they won't be able to close the doors in the winter and I'm really going to need to layer up.

Floss

MACKEM99 said:

Floss said:

@Wednesday2000 scarfs are a very easy way to keep warm - I wear one most days from September through to April.

In the house?😄

Not big thick knitted scarves, but yes fine wool / silk / cottone ones, they keep draughts off the neck & shoulders. I have a fine wool pashmina on the back of my chair in work to keep off the aircon chill.

Pollycat

florianatwobob said:

A friend introduced me to the concept of ‘indoor scarves’ and ‘outdoor scarves’. It was a game changer when I worked in a very cold building

Sometimes I wear both - one under and one over my coat - if it's chilly outside.

Wednesday2000

I was wearing a scarf indoors earlier today while I was reading. They do keep you warm.:)

Miró

Pollycat said:

MACKEM99 said:

Floss said:

@Wednesday2000 scarfs are a very easy way to keep warm - I wear one most days from September through to April.

In the house?😄

I sometimes wear a soft fine silk scarf in the evenings, tucked inside the neck of a sweatshirt or fleece.
It feels lovely against the skin.

Also helps to keep the neckbands of shirts/blouses/coats clean too.  Soecially if you wear make up or tinted sunscreen.😊

Thankees all for the birthday wishes, much appreciated!  Found a small chip in one of the car booty crystal vases so as the Cosmos has gone berserk in the garden this year I picked an armful, stuck it in the vase and took it to the Queen's Memorial flower display in Northallerton.  Sone gorgeous flowers and messages there and someone had done a lovely painting of one of HM's corgi dogs.

goldfinches

Frith said:

Oh, there they are!

We hardly made anything from that book, we just liked looking at the pictures! I remember the pinwheel sandwiches and choux pastry swans as well. 

I quite fancy a crack a making the swans once I've mastered choux pastry so watch this space! There are some really clever suggestions for various nibbles and delicious treats in the book and the more I look at the recipes the more I'm inspired so it was really worth buying. I've just got to make a space in my bookcase for it now.

Rosa_Damascena

goldfinches said:

Frith said:

@goldfinches we used to have that cookery book growing up and I loved it! Have you seen the boats made from jelly in orange peel slices yet?

Yes I have and here's the proof.   



They're really pretty aren't they.

My Mum had the same book when I was little, was it M&S?! I remember the dinky little choux swans too. Long gone now though!

goldfinches

@Rosa_Damascena - The one I bought is published by Sainsby's and is here on the big river site. The publisher seems to have changed over the years looking at this list under the author's name Amazon.co.uk : Carole Handslip children's party cooking

Cherryfudge

Miró said:

Thankees all for the birthday wishes, much appreciated!  Found a small chip in one of the car booty crystal vases so as the Cosmos has gone berserk in the garden this year I picked an armful, stuck it in the vase and took it to the Queen's Memorial flower display in Northallerton.  Sone gorgeous flowers and messages there and someone had done a lovely painting of one of HM's corgi dogs.

I saw the Corgi painting too! It was very nicely done. It's a nice touch to send home-grown flowers.  

Rosa_Damascena

goldfinches said:

@Rosa_Damascena - The one I bought is published by Sainsby's and is here on the big river site. The publisher seems to have changed over the years looking at this list under the author's name Amazon.co.uk : Carole Handslip children's party cooking

The book looks different but that pirate ship was definitely in it! So yes in all likelihood the same content wrapped in different ways.

I learned how to make choux pastry from that book as a child, no such niceties as piping bags so I made buns instead. I remember the kitchen smelling of egg afterwards as I beat some into the mixture in the saucepan resting in a sink of cold water, so it was not something I went out of my way to repeat.