2022 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

Gem-gem

maryb said:

I feel your pain Gem Gem.  There was quite a lot of noise emanating from a pillow near me last night as well.  I swear he must have woken me up half a dozen times

would a jury convict do you think?

Some nights I go into the other room (air raid shelter) as that is quieter! 

Gem-gem

Laura_Elsewhere said:

It always makes me smile when I read complaints about husbands snoring - not that I don't understand, I do, and used to feel the same way, until Mr E had that cranial fracture and then the brain bleed six days later - for a very long time I was awake much of the night anxiously following his breathing, terrified he would simply stop - so now when I wake up and he's snoring, it's a lovely, lovely sound to my ears! 
Also, we find it works on either of us if the snoree gently shoves the snorer and murmurs to them to "turn on your side, love, you're snoring"... 

I know what you are saying Laura. After my DH had a stroke and later seizures, I spent many a night anxiously watching him sleep. For months, I also wouldn't move to the other room, just in case. If I am not working the next day it is not so bad. Problem comes when I need to be out at around 7am to get to my destination. 

Hope your DH fully recovered. 

PipneyJane

Seriously Ladies, if your DH is a chronic snorer, do get him investigated for sleep apnea.  There are so many bad effects from not sleeping well.  

flamingo747 said:

My husband's snoring was dreadful. It turned out it was sleep apnea. Very quiet with his cpap

One of my oldest friends was diagnosed with sleep apnea a few years ago.  Things he wasn’t expecting after starting to use a CPAP included his blood pressure dropping and weight loss.  All due to being able to sleep soundly throughout the night.

- Pip

maryb

I know what you mean Laura as DH ended up having a heart bypass at very short notice a few years ago and I do frequently remind myself how lucky we are

But it’s still annoying when he lies with his arms above his head which invariably sets him off grrrr

diminua

Just dropping in to take another 4 coupons off for a length of muslin some of which is being made into extra big face clothes - I've never understood why they're always so small, so had this lightbulb moment where I thought 'I can make my own, it doesn't matter if the hemming looks messy as long as it stops them unravelling'. The rest is being used as a draft excluder along the top of one window (all the double glazing units in this block are a bit old now, but I think this particular one was badly fitted to start with - the screws on the inside frame are actually in wonky and can't be tightened - and as time has gone on it's only got worse). 

PipneyJane

Afternoon Ladies

I have a couple of finished objects to show off, one of which was completed months ago but never photographed.  Behold, the Owls Sweater, finished at the start of July:



This is the one that I knitted the sleeves and the yoke, then knitted the body downwards because I didn’t know how far the yarn would go. Despite my best endeavours, I still had about 5g left of the yarn.  Also, no waist shaping.  

The other thing I’ve finished and photographed are my latest completed pair of socks.   These are another pair made from odd balls and leftovers:



- Pip

CapricornLass

Well done you!  I've got to finish the alpaca jumper I started at the beginning of the year......

Laura_Elsewhere

diminua said:

Just dropping in to take another 4 coupons off for a length of muslin some of which is being made into extra big face clothes - I've never understood why they're always so small, so had this lightbulb moment where I thought 'I can make my own, it doesn't matter if the hemming looks messy as long as it stops them unravelling'. The rest is being used as a draft excluder along the top of one window (all the double glazing units in this block are a bit old now, but I think this particular one was badly fitted to start with - the screws on the inside frame are actually in wonky and can't be tightened - and as time has gone on it's only got worse). 

I have a lovely 1920s guide to The Modern Woman, and it tells you to make muslin squares for your face-care... it doesn't specify size, but it does add that these squares can also be tired round the hair during facial massages and so on - so they must be a bit bloomin' bigger than the teensy things you get nowadays! 

Laura_Elsewhere

@PipneyJane that looks lovely! Well done! 

PipneyJane

Thank you, ladies.  I am glad the yarn (Sublime’s Phoebe) is out of production - the jumper looks good despite all the flaws the yarn contained (e.g. lumps of undyed fibre woven into the chaînette construction,) and there is absolutely no elasticity.  (I’ve just washed up while wearing it and now have sodden cuffs.). 

@CapricornLass, now is the perfect time to get back to knitting on your alpaca jumper.  It’ll keep your lap warm too, while your making it.

- Pip