2024 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

Watty1

Lovely to see you @Pippajane

I'm just off to the church for a gossip with the ladies there.  Will pop £3.50 into the pot for tea and home made cake and return the borrowed evening dresses from last year (I went to an event and managed to borrow dresses rather than buy).   So grateful i have a friend who let me raid her and her daughter's wardrobe.

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, lovely to see you Pip, we miss you although Laura is doing a sterling job . I hope things are as good as they can be with you. Lots of rest and tlc in the future, hugs. I also love the infinite monkey cage, always entertaining.
No spends to declare though I have nearly finished my latest blanket and am itching to try the scarf but 1 project at a time is my current moto to keep me on track
Hugs to everyone who would like one
Take care everyone

Cherryfudge

Good to see you @PipneyJane! You sounded very spritely for five in the morning, but maybe the dream about fabric did that? Perhaps it was your subconscious trying to ensure Mr PJ is well dressed?

I hope he and the dog didn't get too muddy?

I've never heard The Infinite Monkey Cage but it sounds as though we should tune the wireless in next time it's on. Mind you, I'm nowhere near making a jacket out of anything and my task for this weekend is to get the hang of frequency tables (which I doubt were even a 'thing' when I was a lass).

Looking forward to seeing you again next time you're able to pop in.  

MrsCD

Lovely to see you, @PipneyJane! Thanks for the cuppa. Laura's done a sterling effort in holding the fort until you are back to full power. Hope you're not feeling too yucky and Mr PJ is looking after you. 😊

Not sure if it was Pip or Laura who mentioned 'running' a sock heel to strengthen it, but Messrs Goggle and Utube don't appear to understand what I mean when I did a search on it, as they came up with running socks(whatever they are 😉).
All this came about because I was watching catch up with Matt Baker's Christmas Travels with his parents. They were at Dove Cottage and they read a bit from Dorothy Wordsworth's diary from Christmas Eve. She wrote that she was running a sock! But it just went over their heads as though they didn't understand what it meant.
Please tell me it's not all in my imagination! 😄

Laura_Elsewhere

MrsCD said:

Not sure if it was Pip or Laura who mentioned 'running' a sock heel to strengthen it, but Messrs Goggle and Utube don't appear to understand what I mean when I did a search on it, as they came up with running socks(whatever they are 😉).
All this came about because I was watching catch up with Matt Baker's Christmas Travels with his parents. They were at Dove Cottage and they read a bit from Dorothy Wordsworth's diary from Christmas Eve. She wrote that she was running a sock! But it just went over their heads as though they didn't understand what it meant.
Please tell me it's not all in my imagination! 😄

That would be me! And the best explanation to show you how to do it is my friend Sally Pointer on her YouTube channel  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fKKLOUNOHU

It's so much easier than darning after the place has worn thin- but you're right, it's not really remembered nowadays. 
I'm always one for the lazy route- prevention is less effort than cure!  

maryb

Afternoon everyone.   Good to see you Pipney Jane.  Hope the chemo isn't too wearing but it sounds as if Mr PJ is looking after you.

Spends to report.  I thought I might have majorly overspent my coupons on a prorata basis as it's only January but I don't think I need anything else until summer so I should be OK    Spend to date 20 coupons
2 thermal vests 3 coupons each.  Ouch to the coupon cost but they were definitely needed during the cold snap
1 jumper (Uniqlo sale) 5 coupons
1 jersey skirt 7 coupons
1 scarf 2 coupons

Adds up quickly doesn't it?  I also bought a belt but I think that's coupon free?

flamingo747

Good to see you Pip thinking of you

Maryb it looks like belts are free

dND

@Laura_Elsewhere beat me to the y-tube video. 🤣

But while looking I came across posts showing how to knit double thicknesses to protect the heel - which I as a very basic knitter, think looks complicated.  I then came across this post which I think will be what I do when I get round to making a pair of socks.

https://www.10rowsaday.com/reinforce-socks

I'd never heard of 'running a sock' before but it makes so much sense @MrsCD, thank you for that.

Teadrinker_4

Bought a pair of gloves today as a treat to myself during a visit to the theatre. Could someone tell me how many coupons they would have been please 🙏 
Also bought 200 grams of yarn knit my granddaughter a cardigan.

Cherryfudge

Teadrinker_4 said:

Bought a pair of gloves today as a treat to myself during a visit to the theatre. Could someone tell me how many coupons they would have been please 🙏 
Also bought 200 grams of yarn knit my granddaughter a cardigan.

Gloves are two coupons, and the guidance for yarn is as follows: in actual wool, it's 1 coupon for 2 oz, but synthetic is charged differently, so I think that's 1 coupon for 4 oz (100g) for synthetic.

• 2 ounces of wool knitting yarn equals 50g of any knitting yarn containing natural fibres. Note: according to a display I once saw at the Imperial War Museum, there was a different coupon cost for man-made fibre, but I've never found out what so let's assume acrylic is half the coupon cost of wool, i.e. 100g acrylic equals 1 coupon.

Sorry, I've been trying to learn some Maths today and my brain has packed in for the night and left me unable to do any further conversions! Perhaps someone can help out?