Stokey Sue wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:30 pm
I think basic pj/lounger pants are a good thing to make if you’ve done little or no dressmaking, basic techniques and can be done in one workshop. Also doesn’t matter if the finish isn’t perfect as only the cat will see them.
In Harrow there were a few chavvy parents who would rock up to the schools first thing wearing PJs and a robe. I imagine Hemel is the same.
The PJ trouser class is showing as full with a waiting list.
My mum had one of those, or very similar and the holder for the skein of wool although my sister and I did much wool holding before these were available. She had a knitting machine and made jumpers and socks for my Dad as well as the occasional hat for us girls ..
I’ve not encountered one of those, though I have seen a wooden doofer for holding a skein of wool taut while you wind it into a ball, so you don’t need to make a small child sit still. There seem to be lots of Heath Robinson-ish wooden devices though none are exactly what I remember
My grandmother was the main knitter in the family. When we grew out of something, the garment would be unravelled and either my brother or I would wind the wool into a ball. Then a new garment would be knitted.
Wow oat!
I'm pretty sure my grandmother's contraption, of which I have only the faintest memeory, it was just something we played with. would have dated from between WW1 and WW2
Several are a 'must' for me! The last one interested me. I wanted something like it for scraping the last bits from jars and sent DD to investigate and get me something suitable for my Christmas stocking. After deliberating with friends, that's what she came up with. I had no idea that the handle was shaped like that for that reason!
It’s funny how the little things make you smile. I agree with a lot of those, ice cream spoons are surprisingly versatile
I once gave my builder some cash held together with a fold back clip, and never having worked in an office he’d not seen them - he was so taken I had to give him a handful.
There has been a lobster pick in a kitchen drawer since time immemorial, no idea where it came from but recently I realised it’s the best thing for hoicking an anchovy fillet out of one of those fiddly little jars.
Stokey Sue wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 9:44 am
There has been a lobster pick in a kitchen drawer since time immemorial, no idea where it came from but recently I realised it’s the best thing for hoicking an anchovy fillet out of one of those fiddly little jars.
Ah, I could have done with one yesterday, I ended up extracting bits of anchovies
I realised it’s the best thing for hoicking an anchovy fillet out of one of those fiddly little jars.
along with pliers etc. very handy little tool.......!
