2024 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

Cherryfudge

Laura_Elsewhere said:

In my case: I can no longer get through *any* doorway in the flat and much of the furniture is buried under books...

An excellent excuse to backpack across Europe, perhaps? Give yourself the duration of your trip not to add to the collection... they will be appreciated all the more when you return.  

P.S. Doesn't have to be Europe. 

PipneyJane

Laura_Elsewhere said:

Thanks, everyone! It has been several months since I could knit at all, so even just the ten minutes feels great! 

My spine collapsed in my mid-30s, turning out to be a major problem probably starting in very early childhood- now in my mid-50s, this is the last bits of lifelong "everything in the wrong place" stuff... once I get the muscles strengthened *in balance* so it's not all being pulle dout of alignment, then I should have better posture than I have ever had, and finally no major pain, which will feel rather welcome...! 

ETA:  I am so sorry that you’ve had to live with such pain, and for so long.  Big hugs, Laura.  

Laura_Elsewhere said:

Cherryfudge said:

What's this about thinning out a vast book collection? Are you backpacking across Europe? Can you no longer get through the door? If neither, keep and nurture those books! You might read them some day and they save you having to redecorate.  

In my case: I can no longer get through *any* doorway in the flat and much of the furniture is buried under books...

I am convinced you are related to me, @Laura_Elsewhere.  Like you, I have lost control of the books…. 

Going back to Worldwide Knit In Public Day, this is me and my sister at Twickenham today, before kickoff.  I managed to knit 30 rounds on my new sock during the match.  No comments from strangers, sadly, about me knitting in public.  (Final score, Northampton 25 Bath 21.)



- Pip

dND

Another spend to declare!

I only went to the store to get a rotary washing line but managed to leave with not only the line but a pair of navy blue cotton/linen Regatta shorts! So that's a 5 coupon spend I believe, bringing my total to 14.

While pegging out the laundry - not on my new line as I have to clear the garden before that can go up - I can see that I will be visiting the nation's knicker seller before too long as well. 🤣

MrsCD

Well done, @PipneyJane! That's a lovely photo of you and your sister.😁 You couldn't disown each other, you're so alike. 
I didn't think to get a photo of me and my friend, unfortunately, but we were just in the local cafe, so not as special as Twickenham! We had a couple of couples who asked what we were making. I was just making yet another square for "the blanket". My friend was making dolls' clothes, specifically, a pair of knickers! That raised some smiles.😂

Sarahspangles

MrsCD said:

Just a shout out to remind everyone that Saturday is National Knitting in Public Day! I'm going out for a cuppa with my friend in the morning, and taking some knitting!

I didn’t knit yesterday as we were out urban sketching in Otley. Which also attracts interest from bystanders. They like to stand in front of sketchers and explain that they can’t draw or paint!

Cherryfudge

Sarahspangles said:

MrsCD said:

Just a shout out to remind everyone that Saturday is National Knitting in Public Day! I'm going out for a cuppa with my friend in the morning, and taking some knitting!

I didn’t knit yesterday as we were out urban sketching in Otley. Which also attracts interest from bystanders. They like to stand in front of sketchers and explain that they can’t draw or paint!

That made me laugh! Do you reply 'Neither can I when you stand between me and my subject'?

My distracted brain has just decided that a good way to get into conversation with random strangers would be to sit in public sketching knicker-knitters. 

Sarahspangles

Cherryfudge said:

Do you reply 'Neither can I when you stand between me and my subject'?

It’s tempting! We’re mostly amateurs, and it’s all very relaxed, but we do have a ‘throwdown’ after a couple of hours so it’s nice to have something to show.

When I’m retired (this is turning into my catchphrase) I’d like to find a group of knitters. 

crazybunnylady4

Sarahspangles said:

When I’m retired (this is turning into my catchphrase) I’d like to find a group of knitters. 

Least its knitting and not crochet.

Otherwise you'd be looking for a group of hookers 🤣 

PipneyJane

MrsCD said:

Well done, @PipneyJane! That's a lovely photo of you and your sister.😁 You couldn't disown each other, you're so alike. 

Awww… Thank you.  I look more like mum than DS does, but there’s definitely a strong family resemblance between the two of us.  (I have a small, framed, black-and-white photo of my mum from when she was in the WAAAF in WW2.  Back in the 1990’s, it was on the mantle in my old house.  I lost count of the number of people who saw it and asked me when I was in the Air Force!)

Are you sitting comfortably?  I have a spend to declare!  We took DS and BIL to Windsor yesterday afternoon and had a wander around the shops.  As you know, I’ve been looking for a replacement for my summer coat for a couple of years.  Well, I found it, in Barbour and spent my entire saved clothing allowance on it.  It’s a cream coloured “Lavender” coat.  Waterproof, hooded and amazingly roomy.  (I normally buy my coats one dress-size up.  Not this time.  This time, I had to go with a size 12 and even that has plenty of room for jackets, jumpers, etc, to be worn underneath.)  £249 and 14 coupons spent.

While in Windsor, I discovered that there are multiple - at least 8 - different charity shops, so I will be going back to shop those, once DS and BIL are off on their cruise.  I’ll have to raid my Fun Fund but it’ll be well worth it.

- Pip



PS:  In other news, I sewed up the sleeves of my “Trott” jumper and weaved in the remaining ends.   No photo yet, because I found a moth in the bag(!) in which it had been stored, so it’s currently in the freezer for a few weeks to kill any eggs.  Also, this jumper will always have to be hand washed - when I machine washed the swatch, years ago, it shrank by 3/4.

Cherryfudge

The coat sounds like a good investment, Pip, and a planned one at that. 

Oh no! to the moth - is there any damage?