2024 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

PipneyJane

maryb said:

I treated myself to a pair of M&S Heatgen tights yesterday.  Cosy!  How many coupons for that ?- they aren't the ordinary tights that we get a special allowance for but on the other hand they are probably no or not much  more heavy on materials than a  pair of ordinary opaque tights

Call them Thermal Tights @maryb and swap a stocking voucher for them.  There is information in the first post, but you may have to scroll down a bit.

Hi everyone and thank you for your good wishes.  I'm too exhausted to post much, but I am lurking.  @Laura_Elsewhere may I put you on Village Hall duty for the foreseeable?  Many thanks.

- Pip

Cherryfudge

*Waves* Hi @PipneyJane, nice to see you! I thought you were supposed to be taking it easy, but it's hard to make some people sit still. Have a cup of tea while you're here, and there's some cake in the tin, so you can lurk in comfort. I'm sure @Laura_Elsewhere will keep us in order, and the rest of us will try to make ourselves useful too.

Look after yourself!

maryb

Yay! So I still have my 66 coupons.  These are so cosy they would be worth spending actual coupons on but the 6 'vultures' are very welcome

Cherryfudge

maryb said:

...the 6 'vultures' are very welcome

Now I know you're not a flighty lady, but that's nothing to crow over, so don't go raven about it. (I'll get my coat).

maryb

    One of DD's baby sayings which entered the family lexicon

Laura_Elsewhere

PipneyJane said:

Hi everyone and thank you for your good wishes.  I'm too exhausted to post much, but I am lurking.  @Laura_Elsewhere may I put you on Village Hall duty for the foreseeable?  Many thanks.

- Pip

I shall do my best! It's not like we have any trouble-makers in the Village Hall...  

Well, apart from That Ruddy Dog! 

I have a new Oxo tin, and I hope this time he won't be able to get the lid off. I don't know how he does it... 

I plan to bake tomorrow (saving the rations for it!) so I hope the tin will be filled up for anyone popping in over the weekend as it gets colder...!

flamingo747

Those look awesome @Laura_Elsewhere

alicef

Fabulous socks @Laura_Elsewhere!  

First up, whilst I sort out my stashes, is a pile of mending.

I need to slap a few more patches onto the OH work trousers.
I need to mend the elastic on my pyjama bottoms; (I made these from a very old cotton sheet so I'm very fond of them)
I need to unravel an old shop bought jumper to recover the wool - though this is proving tricky - so I may see if I can make gloves from it w/o unravelling

Then 

I need to finish the 2023 christmas knitted blanket!  (not reverse counting coupons for this as all the squares were completed before year end - just need sewing together).

Thoughts so far on what to make:

I would like to sew a new dressing gown
I would like to knit either a brioche stitch jumper or make a moss stitch short jacket from stash (haven't decided which)
I would like to knit a stranded colourwork jumper from stash

That's it so far.

Teadrinker_4

Hi everyone, 2 weeks in and feeling good about keeping my 66 coupons. 

I finished a knitted tank top last week for my OH but it didn’t fit him 😂 However it fits be beautifully! Therefore do I reverse coupon it for me as it was a project I’d stashed away ages ago with wool out of my stash? 

I would like to see how many garments I can do for my coupons in a year but this was started beforehand? 

Baileys_Babe

@Teadrinker_4 yes I would add the coupons, as it is about using your stash. A WIP is not useable a finished item is.