2024 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

thriftmonster

Very pleased to hear the news of Thriftwizard's Oh. Wishing him a restful recovery

dND

PipneyJane said:

I have used that exact yarn.  Bought it in L!dl in December 2012 (so Ravelry tells me). I bought enough to knit a jumper with the blue and multiple pairs of socks with the multi-coloured yarn.   It softens up nicely and wears well.  

- Pip

Pip, that would probably fit with where and when I bought it in France.  I did wonder if it would soften up.  I bought the pink colourway as well which I used to crochet a shawl.
I started on the Winwick Mum pattern last night - not used DPN's before so lots of juggling going on. 🤣
It's been about 30 years since I did any real knitting but thankfully there is some residual memory.  This might take some time though!




Wonderful news @thriftwizard.

Nelliegrace

I came across some more vintage linen handkerchiefs at my favourite online store. They are a good size, 18 inches, with pre-war wide hems. They were £7 for 6, a bargain. No coupons and none of the new Purchase Tax. They will be useful for Christmas presents. I must get on with my knitted loop scarf, and the traditional tea cosy.  

I do enjoy listening to a book being read while I am knitting. The Maisie Dobbs books by Jacqueline Winspear are very good. I have her first books from the library. 

Cherryfudge

Another no-coupon spend: a 100% cashmere jumper in a pop-up charity shop for £2! Today I've carefully washed it, squeezed out excess water in a bath towel and laid it on another towel to dry. It will need to be de-bobbled and there's a tiny hole in one sleeve which doesn't seem to have pulled at all. I think I can put that right with a smidgeon of embroidery thread but I will have to buy some to match.

PollyWollyDoodle

A bargain, @Cherryfudge - I never seem to find those sort of things. The one I did find last year turned out to be too low in the neckline.  

Halfway through some sewing yesterday, my machine gave up the ghost.  It’s been dodgy for a little while, so it’s time I booked it in somewhere for an overhaul.  Meanwhile, it may be over 100 years old, but my grandmother’s sewing machine has been hauled out and proved yet again that it’s worth keeping.  

Cherryfudge

It's very rare I find anything like that, @PollyWollyDoodle. Over many years this is the fourth cashmere item I've found. There were two M&S cashmere mix jumpers at a jumble sale for I think 10p each, then some months ago a cashmere sweater in mint green which is slightly stained though I've got a lot of the stain out. I forget how much it was, but I don't think I'll ever wear it. If I return to the fray and attack the stains often enough to get them out, it will be given or donated as, having lost weight, I still think it looks too small for me.

I love the look of your old machine: my wedding dress was made (by my sister) on Mum's old treadle machine: beautifully strong even stitches. 

dND

Hi all, Just reporting in from the Borrow's Novice Knitters Club.  My lessons in un-knitting are progressing well. 🤣 
I've managed, after a couple of attempts, to turn the heel and am currently halfway along the gusset.  I'm already looking forward to the challenge of making a sock that matches this one! 🤣🤣
Take care everyone. 💕

potplant

I'm a hopeless knitter (grew up in the tropics so no real call for it!) and am impressed but puzzled - do socks have gussets? Which bit?  

dND

potplant said:

I'm a hopeless knitter (grew up in the tropics so no real call for it!) and am impressed but puzzled - do socks have gussets? Which bit?  

It's the bit where having increased to make the heel you are shaping/reducing down to make the tube heading towards the toe. xx

Sarahspangles

dND said:

Hi all, Just reporting in from the Borrow's Novice Knitters Club.  My lessons in un-knitting are progressing well. 🤣 
I've managed, after a couple of attempts, to turn the heel and am currently halfway along the gusset.  I'm already looking forward to the challenge of making a sock that matches this one! 🤣🤣
Take care everyone. 💕

‘Un-knitting’ - love it! I spent Saturday unknitting a 75% finished yoke sweater after coming to terms with the fact it was too big. I discussed it with OH - at length - but we came to the conclusion that the alternative was to finish it and - however nice it was - never wear it. The yarn has been dunked and is airing ready to ball and start again.

OH has very kindly made me a mini niddy noddy. He used bits of a broken chair that was once my nana’s. It’s the perfect size for partly used balls/skeins. They’re somehow more appealing made into twists - they don’t look as glass-half-empty as a skein that is falling apart.

As a bit of light relief I cast on a simple cotton raglan sweater requested by my daughter. I need a quick win!