2022 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

PipneyJane

That's not too bad, @CAFCGirl.  You're only 9 coupons down for 2022.  

- Pip

CAFCGirl

PipneyJane said:

That's not too bad, @CAFCGirl.  You're only 9 coupons down for 2022.  

- Pip

I like your thinking!

It just feels like such a chunk and for actually not a lot of items. 
I'm not itching to get round the charity shops tomorrow to search searching out the 'fill the gap' items

CapricornLass

Liverpool Annie, its one of the Garn Studio patterns, a lovely yoked two colour pattern called Scent of Pine.
https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=9748&cid=19

They do it in green with a cream pattern.  I am doing mine in camel with a darker brown pattern - just to be different!

PipneyJane

CapricornLass said:

Liverpool Annie, its one of the Garn Studio patterns, a lovely yoked two colour pattern called Scent of Pine.
https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=9748&cid=19

They do it in green with a cream pattern.  I am doing mine in camel with a darker brown pattern - just to be different!

That is a beautiful jumper.  Can't wait to see how yours turns out @CapricornLass.

- Pip  (Yes, of course, I've downloaded the pattern.)

MoneysavingmadGem

CapricornLass said:

Liverpool Annie, its one of the Garn Studio patterns, a lovely yoked two colour pattern called Scent of Pine.
https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=9748&cid=19

They do it in green with a cream pattern.  I am doing mine in camel with a darker brown pattern - just to be different!

Love the pattern

Laura_Elsewhere

CapricornLass said:

On the plus side my wool has turned up, and I've started my knitting.  Its the first time I've done a jumper neck first.  The increases are doing my head in!  Increases are to be made evenly, and when I do the sums it turns out that I should be making a stitch every 7.5 stitches!

Ah, it's a DROPS design - they are a bit notorious for not putting in *all* the instructions...

What I generally do in this kind of situation is alternate between rounding down and rounding up - so I might do k7, m1, k8, m1 which averages out at k7.5m1   

Wraithlady

PipneyJane said:

Seriously, those who love Snag tights:  do they bag-and-sag or do they hold their shape?  What is their sizing like?  

Well, I don't wear tights a lot, but my Snag tights seems to have worn fairly well on a number of washes (I put them in a laundry bag) and don't seem to 'bag and sag' at all.

The sizing is A LOT better than most mainstream tight makes, you have a lot more choice so you don't have to put up with the waistband trying to cut you in half - it's based on your UK dress size, but also you can choose from 'curvy' or 'athletic' so these are tights that actually fit

I can also recommend their 'chub rub' leggings - apart from the obvious benefits, they make very useful layering items under clothing.

Gem-gem

I have found John L€wi$ and Whit€ $tuff are good for woolly tights. WS have some wonderful bright colours. Last for ages. 

Laura_Elsewhere

Gem-gem said:

I have found John L€wi$ and Whit€ $tuff are good for woolly tights. WS have some wonderful bright colours. Last for ages. 

Ah but is that "woolly tights" colloquially which are usually cotton-rich, or actual wool from sheep?! Pip and I are on a long-running quest for sheepish-legs! I've not found any actual wool tights/stockings in John Lewis when I've searched in years, although i once bought some lovely Falke wool ones, but about 20 years back now... 

Gem-gem

Laura_Elsewhere said:

Gem-gem said:

I have found John L€wi$ and Whit€ $tuff are good for woolly tights. WS have some wonderful bright colours. Last for ages. 

Ah but is that "woolly tights" colloquially which are usually cotton-rich, or actual wool from sheep?! Pip and I are on a long-running quest for sheepish-legs! I've not found any actual wool tights/stockings in John Lewis when I've searched in years, although i once bought some lovely Falke wool ones, but about 20 years back now... 

Just checked my tights - most don't have a label. The ones that do, do not say!!!