2022 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

Laura_Elsewhere

Gem-gem said:

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!!!

If they were wool, trust me, it'd say so! Real high-percentage wool tights and stockings are very difficult to find and as for price - put it this way, I reckon Snag's £15/pair is pretty impressively cheap for 50% wool!  

I always used to call all the thicker ones "woolly tights and was quite surprised to realise they were cotton-rich, not wool...  

Cherryfudge

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!

I love that jumper... 

@CAFCGirl, IMO the best stocked cs for clothes in our area is Sue Ryder, what do you think? I'm really looking forward to car boot sales starting again, I think Bedale will be mid March on a Saturday.

MoneysavingmadGem

@Laura_Elsewhere I thought snags price was good as well as others iv looked at have been £25-£35. 

@Cherryfudge my local carboot only shuts for Dec ... hoping to go for a gander but is a bit hit and miss. Best one is about 45mins away .... 

Cherryfudge

MoneysavingmadGem said:

@Cherryfudge my local carboot only shuts for Dec ... hoping to go for a gander but is a bit hit and miss. Best one is about 45mins away .... 

Ours is warmer weather only... I always look forward to the restart and nearly always miss it! Now DH is working on a Saturday it will be a bit of a rare treat. We sometimes go to stay with friends in the Midlands who have a choice of huge car boots sales with prices a lot lower than ours: I always come away with bags of things and having spent about a fiver! It's as well they aren't nearer. I have had some great finds though and this year I plan to remember a generous tote bag and plenty of change!

Gem-gem

Laura_Elsewhere said:

Gem-gem said:

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!!!

If they were wool, trust me, it'd say so! Real high-percentage wool tights and stockings are very difficult to find and as for price - put it this way, I reckon Snag's £15/pair is pretty impressively cheap for 50% wool!  

I always used to call all the thicker ones "woolly tights and was quite surprised to realise they were cotton-rich, not wool...  

Do you think that they were woollier in years gone buy and then with the drive to make things cheaper the % of wool decreased? Or do you think the cotton/rich ones were introduced to make tights more durable? Or ???
I have some 60 denier cotton-rich type. I'm going to try and investigate some of the others. 

Edit... W$ - tights are 76% organic cotton. Not a piece of wool in sight...  well, I have learnt something tonight. 

Edit again

John Lewis & Partners Cashmere Touch Opaque Tights, Navy £22.00. (I got mine in the sale a quite a few years ago) is only 7% cashmere. Don't think there is any other wool in there!!!!

Gem-gem

   MoneysavingmadGem and @Cherryfudgemy local car-boot Is also warmer weather only. They run from Easter to October half term. I usually hold a stall once - twice a year. Started about 35 years ago. Last year, I only did one and made about £100 profit. It helps to keep the excess down. Some things the prices have not changed in all that time. 

Liverpool_Anne

@CapricornLass, that is a lovely jumper, thank you for the link

PipneyJane

I have a confession to make:  I have never attended a car boot sale.

Yesterday, I went hunting for a pair of woolly tights which I bought in the South Melbourne Market back in 1985.  I remember wearing them here in the 1990's, before buying the Damart ones, but have no recollection of what happened to them afterwards.  They weren't a great colour, an orangy-brown, IIRC, so not worn often. I didn't find them. (One of the reasons I bought the Damart ones was because they were black so could be worn under a skirt suit for work.  I couldn't do that with this other pair.  Too noticible.) 

What I did find was my swimsuit from the 1980's, last worn maybe 10 years ago.  The fabric is fine BUT the elastic sewn into the edges has hardened and cracked in my hands.  Pity.  Fortunately, I have others.

- Pip

Baileys_Babe

You are not alone @PipneyJane neither have I.

Laura_Elsewhere

Me neither