2024 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

Laura_Elsewhere

Nice jumpers! What colour stripe would Surrey be? 

I'm approaching the body/sleeve divide on my green-cream striped cardi. The last half-dozen stripes are taking yeeeears, because once I divide then I get to work the cabled owls, and I really want to see how they look  

I also have to get on with the 3-ply plain-white baby hat and socks to go with the mitts, as we'll be visiting MiL in a couple of weeks and I want to take them down then... 

First thing it was cooler but still nice, then it was sunny and startiong to feel quite warm as I picked blackberries and sloes on the way back form the shops- then the sky turned black, the wind turned cold and I trotted briskly for home! In fact, the threatened storm passed over us, but it's definitely cooler- Mr E has the window closed while he's WFH today, first time this autumn...

PipneyJane

Laura_Elsewhere said:

Nice jumpers! What colour stripe would Surrey be? 

 

Good question, @Laura_Elsewhere.  Eu de Nil and brown are their colours but I can’t find a picture showing their classic cricket jumper.  They don’t have one for sale now.

- Pip

Laura_Elsewhere

PipneyJane said:

Laura_Elsewhere said:

Nice jumpers! What colour stripe would Surrey be? 

 

Good question, @Laura_Elsewhere.  Eu de Nil and brown are their colours but I can’t find a picture showing their classic cricket jumper.  They don’t have one for sale now.

- Pip

Would that have the advantage of going with warm colours (the brown) and also with cooler colours (the Eau-de-Nîl)? ie more versatile?

Nelliegrace

Thank you, @PipneyJane
Some more vintage British handkerchiefs arrived this morning from the second hand store, eB, unused old stock from a shop. They have a few left. Christmas gifts are going to be useful things this year, though we all agreed not to exchange presents some years ago, I like to tuck a nice
hanky in the card, or a ten bob note for the great nephews and great nieces.

The sender had opened a small corrugated cardboard box, turned it inside out and stuck it back together to reuse it. I must put it in the salvage.



There is half a mug of hot tea left in the flask.
It has gone colder, a grey, windy day with rain soon. Knitting seems a good idea to keep my hands warm. Last night it was chilly and I grabbed my Welsh wool chair throw, which makes a generous shawl for reading in bed. Daisy Dog was on her rug on the end of the bed, a good foot warmer.

DH refereed a bowls tournament all day Sunday, in the rain. The bowls splashed through the puddles. He was glad of his knitted pullover, an extra layer under the waterproof jacket. I like the pattern, but the V does seem too deep, like too much cleavage, a bit worrying. Perhaps you could put both Surrey and England colours in the stripe? 

Sarahspangles

PipneyJane said:

Lovely handkerchiefs @Nelliegrace.  
A quick search of Ravelry turned up very few “real” cricket sweaters; plenty that don’t have any relation to one.   This one is the closest to what I have in mind, but I will need to change the neck.  (Not a problem.).

Sirdar who produced that pattern are a couple of miles from me, though I suspect it’s now just their HQ and the yarn is spun elsewhere. Growing up my little sister modelled for their Hayfield patterns and my mum always aspired to design for them - though she never actually did design, even in her free time, so that was a pipe dream. At the time the business was run by a formidable, glamorous woman who would have fitted in on ‘Dynasty’.

I looked at the same pattern for me recently but the neck put me off - how would you rework it? It feels like the cables need to flow into a firm edge of stocking stitch, and then pick up the neckband stitches in fabric that is ‘clear’ of the cables.

Sarahspangles

PipneyJane said:

Laura_Elsewhere said:

Nice jumpers! What colour stripe would Surrey be? 

Good question, @Laura_Elsewhere.  Eu de Nil and brown are their colours but I can’t find a picture showing their classic cricket jumper.  They don’t have one for sale now.

- Pip

I think there’s just one company that is the main supplier for all clubs. My sister grumbles about the cost, her husband and son have to have two different ones. One is possibly M’sex as husband’s grandfather was something like the secretary and there is still an association, and the other must be the clubs they actually play for. I had a look at one - advising on repair! - and they are nicely made but nothing really special.

MrsCD

https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/collegiate-cable-jumper-free-knitting-pattern-for-women-in-paintbox-yarns-baby-dk
Is this any help to anyone? I know it's not proper cables, but maybe the neckline would be in the right place!

Sarahspangles

@Nelliegrace those vintage handkerchief patterns are very familiar from times I’ve done a batch of ironing for my grandparents and parents! I wonder where they are from?

Sarahspangles

Nelliegrace said:

The sender had opened a small corrugated cardboard box, turned it inside out and stuck it back together to reuse it. I must put it in the salvage.

I’ve just noticed the instructions for what we would call recycling in this ad - segregate your paper, metal and bones (and food if collected in your district). And people moan about having multiple bins and variable services today!

Nelliegrace

http://fab40s.co.uk/menscricket.html

1940s cricket pullover knitting patterns. 

I like to find handkerchiefs with patterns similar to these CC41 Utility from the 1940s. They are British, Northern Ireland or possibly Lancashire. The proper hems show the quality.