2022 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

Gem-gem

Went and put a beloved sleeveless jumper on today to discover that when I last washed the jumper, in the spring, I had accidentally shrunk it. It finished around my waist!!!!! Will be taking it down to my Mum who is 6 inches shorter than me, hopefully she can wear it. 

So, I went out and bought a new jumper. I have come away from my usual palate of navy, silver grey and black and bought a dark green colour. 

Took five clothing items to be recycled plus had a £5 voucher. So received £10 off.

5 coupons spent. 

I have finished the rib roll neck part of the poncho. When I next see my Mum hopefully she will be able to help guide me with the next part. (Wool already accounted for).

Spend: 

Poncho - balls of 100g wool (28)

Summer poncho - balls of wool (20)

Cropped linen trousers (6)

Cotton trousers for walking (6)

4 Jeans (24)

4 Summer tops (20)

1 Jumper (5)

2 Bra (4)

4 vests (12)

Trainers (5)

Total (130/66)

PipneyJane

maryb said:

I’d say it’s a Siren Suit for keeping warm in the air raid shelter.  You see advertisements for them in old magazines, does it say anywhere what the coupons were?

Try as I might, I can’t find a coupon cost for a siren suit.  So let’s stick with an oodie being a dressing gown and costing 8 coupons for a man, 6 for a woman.

- Pip

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all,
@PipneyJane thanks for the coupon update, happy to go with 8 so my total is 26.5 + 2 refunded = 28.5 remaining
I have finished knitting 1 hot water bottle cover and have started the 2nd, although I still need to press it and fashion some buttons but it is doable
Take care everyone

MrsCD

Thanks @PipneyJane I'll count 6 coupons for the oodie.
I hope your carol concert went well. Is it on YouTube?

Gem-gem

Liverpool_Anne said:

Hi all,
@PipneyJane thanks for the coupon update, happy to go with 8 so my total is 26.5 + 2 refunded = 28.5 remaining
I have finished knitting 1 hot water bottle cover and have started the 2nd, although I still need to press it and fashion some buttons but it is doable
Take care everyone

Liverpool Anne, if possible,  please can you post a picture of your hot water bottle once it is finished. 

I finished crocheting and sewing up Lionel the Lemur today. He will be a present for someone next year. 

Also, spent a lovely three hours with my friend talking about 'arty' projects and low tech hobbies incl. Jigsaw puzzles, books that we are reading, crocheting and drawing. 

PipneyJane

MrsCD said:

Thanks @PipneyJane I'll count 6 coupons for the oodie.
I hope your carol concert went well. Is it on YouTube?

Thanks @MrsCD.  It went really well and, amazingly, nobody told us the outcome of the England football match.  (Our ex-MP did, however, give a spoiler at the end of the concert, when the score was 1:1.)

It was a fundraiser for the local food bank.  I’m waiting for the email from our Treasurer, telling us how much we raised.  (Usually around the £10k mark.). The choir donated the hire of the church, our time and our professionals’ time (conductor, organised, rehearsal accompanist).  We choose a different local charity every year.

Sadly, no.  It’s not on YouTube.

- Pip



PS:  Hope you all aren’t too cold today and that your “coal rations” are sufficient.  We don’t have snow right now, just a major frost.  The smart meter tells me that we’ve already spent £6.90 today on gas and electricity.  That’s more than we used to spend in an entire winter’s day, a year ago.  

MrsCD

Well done @PipneyJane for raising so much for the foodbank! 👏👏👏

I've been wearing my thermals under my winter clothes, so keeping nice and toasty, even if the house isn't! Our night storage heaters are old and not very efficient, so we bought a couple of plug in oil filled radiators with some of the money from HMGov. We switch one on in the living room for half an hour or so if we feel cold and it really does heat the room up nicely. DH feels the old more than I do, so he's wearing his very thick cardis over other layers, but all in all, we're doing ok so far.
We had a bit snow on Thursday afternoon which doesn't want to go, and another dusting last night. It's very icy though so we have to be careful if we go out.
Tomorrow I'm going to make an ice picture in the garden. I will collect pretty berries and leaves, put them in an old container with a bit of string to make a hanger, and cover with boiled water. When it freezes, left outside, I can hang it up and see how pretty it looks!

Wraithlady

@MrsCD, the ice picture sounds amazing! Pics, please, when it's done?

Wore my new cobweb-patterned jumper out to a restaurant last night, it was lovely and warm and looked quite smart. The meal itself was thanks to my Christmas bonus - a little 'us' time before the mad scramble of Christmas.

florianatwobob

Just popping into the hall to thank @Laura_Elsewhere for the recommendation to keep in stock a pack of dishwasher salt. After joint efforts with my neighbour to clear our shared path I have liberally salted it to prevent black ice. 

diminua

Another two coupons gone on a black and white scarf - recycled polyester, so hopefully not too ecologically disastrous. This is to go with an orange, black and white check overcoat that I've had ten years now and wear with black and orange gloves.  So if you see someone up in the smoke who looks half chocolate orange, half everton mint, that will be me.