2022 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

nannygladys

It won't be clothing, more like a place mat!!!!

PipneyJane

OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe said:

PipneyJane said:

OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe said:

I am having a particularly good day. A present arrived from my mother in the form of crochet work gloves, which will give my poor hands a break from freezing while I do most things. Also in the parcel was a bar of dairy milk, EACH!

Being gifted that's zero coupons and almost a kilo of chocolate without using our food ration. (We're the odd family going all in this year for hose who haven't met us yet!) 

So to end January my declaration is minimal. I've only bought one pair of tights for myself, 2 vests for hubby, 1 jumper for DD1(15), 1 cardigan and 1 pair of boots for DD3(5) and nothing at all for the other 3 children.

Those gloves are lovely @OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe.  Very kind of your mum and what a lovely surprise!  (If your mum would be willing to share the name/source of the pattern, I'd be tempted to make a pair for myself.)

- Pip

I'll ask for you Pip but I'm not sure there was one. She is one of these awfully clever people who just knows how to do these things through some kind of witchcraft.

Makes me green with envy. 😒

Today I purchased a 'how to knit' And a 'how to crochet' book.(Lidl £2.99 each RRP £12.99 if anyone is interested) they actually look like they may be easy to follow. Myself having zero to no skill in these subjects will be the perfect test of them!!!

That would be very sweet of you.  If she just gives you a vague formula, I'll be happy with that.  It'll give me something to work with.

Re learning knitting and crochet from books, you may find it easier to use video tutorials from YouTube.  I'm a visual learner, so video makes more sense to me. 

- Pip

OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe

There isn't a tutorial I have found I can follow! But I also hate TV with a passion so I think I have trained my brain that if it didn't come from a book it isn't worth retaining!

Rich words from someone who will happily watch ww2 information films and 40s set dramas until her eyes turn square.... 👀🤦🤣🤷

CAFCGirl

Well I had a dither of a day with two of my accounts being hacked from an IP in Russia.

I feel violated!
Had a rather ugly full blown panic attack (which I've avoided by sticking to just basic old anxiety attacks which I've been able to manage) at the thought of how much information they'd get a hold of, the levels of access to me is online etc and all round just wanting to sign out of the digital arena and close the door to my little hidey hole under the bridge.... and then went and ordered another 9 items of clothing because post panic, I was feeling completely disassociated!

Luckily though, common sense and rationale eventually prevailed and I'd already taken all the measures to attempt to recover my accounts, 1 is back in my hands and the other is in some form of 'holding' whilst Bill at the Gates investigates whether I actually own my account or whether it belong to the Russians..... and then I managed to cancel the clothing order and am waiting on the refund to land in my Paypal, and the coupons are safe once again.

Then cancelled my bank card for good measure as that may have been saved on my account as seems to be the norm, so that'll stop me spending for a short time too LOL

I've been reading with interest all this sewing machine talk and sitting in awe and wonder at what you lovely lot are capable of.

To the biscuit tin to eat my feelings!

OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe

PipneyJane said:

OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe said:

PipneyJane said:

OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe said:

I am having a particularly good day. A present arrived from my mother in the form of crochet work gloves, which will give my poor hands a break from freezing while I do most things. Also in the parcel was a bar of dairy milk, EACH!

Being gifted that's zero coupons and almost a kilo of chocolate without using our food ration. (We're the odd family going all in this year for hose who haven't met us yet!) 

So to end January my declaration is minimal. I've only bought one pair of tights for myself, 2 vests for hubby, 1 jumper for DD1(15), 1 cardigan and 1 pair of boots for DD3(5) and nothing at all for the other 3 children.

Those gloves are lovely @OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe.  Very kind of your mum and what a lovely surprise!  (If your mum would be willing to share the name/source of the pattern, I'd be tempted to make a pair for myself.)

- Pip

I'll ask for you Pip but I'm not sure there was one. She is one of these awfully clever people who just knows how to do these things through some kind of witchcraft.

Makes me green with envy. 😒

Today I purchased a 'how to knit' And a 'how to crochet' book.(Lidl £2.99 each RRP £12.99 if anyone is interested) they actually look like they may be easy to follow. Myself having zero to no skill in these subjects will be the perfect test of them!!!

That would be very sweet of you.  If she just gives you a vague formula, I'll be happy with that.  It'll give me something to work with.

Re learning knitting and crochet from books, you may find it easier to use video tutorials from YouTube.  I'm a visual learner, so video makes more sense to me. 

- Pip

Mother said to let you know that the pattern is one from Toft 🙂 full message response below:

" https://www.toftuk.com/home.aspx

Many free patterns on here (many more not free) - but they are for two stick and one stick crafting, I cannot do two stick things. That's Witchcraft."

Laura_Elsewhere

@nannygladys - oh goodness! What an honour... I hope you have as much joy as I've had from mine! 

Laura_Elsewhere

Oh @CAFCGirl, how awful! You poor thing... 

Laura_Elsewhere

@OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe - I cannot follow a video tutorial to save my life. Hopeless. I need things written down, with maybe a nice clear line drawing or clear photo. 

I taught myself to knit in my 30s from my Gran's late-1920s booklet on sock and stocking-knitting, and when I find it, I would be delighted to photograph the pages and send you them. My very first-ever knitting was a shaped knee-high stocking with a turned heel and everything which my Mum has as a Xmas stocking. 
Knitting in the round on multiple double-ended needles is FAR easier and simpler than knitting back and forth flat on two. I can't sew knitting together, so I just knit everything in the round, ie tubes, and then cut up the front to make a cardigan, etc.  

I taught my friend to knit legwarmers for her very first time she had ever picked up knitting needles. She was wearing them about a fortnight after taking the needles out of their packet the first time.... 

OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe

@CAFCGirl feelings!what an absolute pig of a day! I am so proud of you though that despite everything you have managed to be so practical and do all the sensible things and still managed to make enough sense of things to identify your reactions and feelings and separate them into things you can deal with and things you have no control about. This is a huge achievement and as someone who also suffers with the b*stars things I can totally identify with the three thousand feelings you must have had.

Going forward have you considered a top up credit card to use solely for online purchases? I have used them in the past and they afford all the usual buyer protections you get with a standard card, but you can top up as you go and keep it separate from your main accounts. 

Might be worth a look into?

Now sit down while I get the kettle on and fetch you some cake....

OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe

Laura_Elsewhere said:

@OldWomanWhoLivesInAShoe - I cannot follow a video tutorial to save my life. Hopeless. I need things written down, with maybe a nice clear line drawing or clear photo. 

I taught myself to knit in my 30s from my Gran's late-1920s booklet on sock and stocking-knitting, and when I find it, I would be delighted to photograph the pages and send you them. My very first-ever knitting was a shaped knee-high stocking with a turned heel and everything which my Mum has as a Xmas stocking. 
Knitting in the round on multiple double-ended needles is FAR easier and simpler than knitting back and forth flat on two. I can't sew knitting together, so I just knit everything in the round, ie tubes, and then cut up the front to make a cardigan, etc.  

I taught my friend to knit legwarmers for her very first time she had ever picked up knitting needles. She was wearing them about a fortnight after taking the needles out of their packet the first time.... 

Ooh I would absolutely LOVE the pages of you don't mind the extra work copying them for me! Thank you!