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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 15 Jan 2018 15:09 |
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Sharron | Report | 15 Jan 2018 15:31 |
Knitting is not a cheap sport any more. You can buy a wardrobe for the cost of knitting your own jumper. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 15 Jan 2018 17:34 |
Liz ............ |
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ZZzzz | Report | 15 Jan 2018 17:38 |
In my younger and thinner days I found it easier to make or alter my own clothes as the top of me was one size and the bottom of me was a size bigger so I could take the top of a trouser suit and make it smaller, don’t need to now cos the top of me has caught up with the bottom. :-D :-D |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 15 Jan 2018 18:27 |
In 1957 we were getting married and I wanted some new dresses |
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ZZzzz | Report | 15 Jan 2018 18:41 |
A few years ago I would have to shorten trousers because at 5” 3’ some would be to long now however it is fashionable to wear them just above the ankle which is perfect length for me below the ankle as I’m 5’ 1” |
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grannyfranny | Report | 15 Jan 2018 19:27 |
My Mum did sides to middle on her sheets. I have done in the past, but am currently using up cotton sheets from Mum and MIL. I stitch a pleat on each corner to make the flat sheet 'fitted'. Sheets that are thin in the middle have pillowcase sized pieces cut off the edges, ready to be stitched up as required. I've made everything over the years, we had little spare money when the children were born. Now I sew to recycle, everything is reused. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 15 Jan 2018 22:29 |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 17 Jan 2018 13:25 |
I loved to knit and made all my childrens clothes when they were small also a whole lot of dolls clothes for the. As they grew up they too knitted a lot but none of my four grand daughters can knit |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 17 Jan 2018 17:27 |
oh yes!! |
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ZZzzz | Report | 17 Jan 2018 20:40 |
I used to darn socks but no need to these days, I do however have a darning mushroom inherited from my lovely Mother in Law. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 17 Jan 2018 22:12 |
My mother taught me to hold my left hand so that it formed the "mushroom" for darning. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 17 Jan 2018 22:46 |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 17 Jan 2018 22:48 |
I've never darned socks! |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 17 Jan 2018 23:12 |
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