I Blame MawB ( not my fault at all!)

Also when I joined a couple of years ago she was running a very active thread on "knickers"
Not me I think Rufus, a couple of years ago was when my husband died and I don’t think “knickers” were on my mind.
However, if you can find a link I am happy to stand corrected.

Sorry MawB I don’t think I explained it properly.

There were no scarves there when I went and they said they only had the one and had recently sold it.

Yes a three figure price tag for a scarf made me gulp !!

Thanks, annep1. They match the Tardis p.j. bottoms my son bought for me! As soon as I come through the front door, the slippers and lounge pants go on and the bra comes off. All about comfort these days.

I bought boots in the sale today. I must have picked up Maw's thoughts subliminally.

I went shopping for knitting wool but that shop was closed so as my feet were wet I had to check out the shoe shop sale.
I haven't taken my boots off yet. They are doubling as slippers. It is cccold here Brrr.

Says in the Blurb:
Designed for frozen winters and fierce women. This pull-on boot takes on cold conditions with a super-comfortable, low-bulk insulation and a waterproof lining.
They are Merrell and were half price. Not glamorous but who cares!

Ooooo, those look comfortable, Grammaretto. If I wore leather, I'd grab a pair in a split second!

Grammaretto, the power of MawB. ?
Maw, failing shops should employ you to lift them out of the doldrums!

Gabriella used to have that effect on me. ?

grammaretto those look absolutely lovely! Unusual, stylish and warm too! Win-win

They are also easy to get on and off - another factor now that I'm at the how do I reach my toes? stage

A likely story Grammar ! ?
Closed wool shops, wet feet etc. We all know you headed straight for that shoe shop like a bee for clover.
Where are you btw ...the Klondike?

I've solved the on and off problem. We had our loo slightly raised on a plinth to aid DH's mobility and guess what? It's the perfect height for sitting on - lid down, natch! and putting on or pulling off boots.

I bought myself a handbag on my birthday after a gn poster bought herself one for her birthday. It was annsixty I think, sorry ann if it wasn't you. It was a long time ago and I'm still using it .

However, if you can find a link I am happy to stand corrected
Maw Challenge accepted! I'm sure it was you under your MawBroon alias and I'll never forget all the (verbal) identikit info. that filled pages. Talk about 50 shades of pink!
OoRoo

^ MawBroon Sun 29-Apr-18 15:36:45^
We seem to have silenced Rufus2 or was it my usual curse of killing a thread stone dead
Maw That search was easy! We're both right! Annie was OP, but you had a lot to say; the thread seems to have improved with age, like me and possibly you?
OoRoo

Knew I hadn’t started a thread on undercrackers.
Care to provide a link Rufus ?

I think you need a reality check Rufus2
I too have found the thread to which I believe I contributed all of 6 posts, none of which were anything to do with Knickers or autobiographical information - not my own. If you look again I believe I was trying to correct your misapprehensions, aka getting the wrong end of the stick, so not exactly a lot to say?
So to refer to “my” thread is a bit wide of the mark, but hey, if it makes you happy to have another pop at me, why should it bother, or even surprise me?

Dear Maw.

If you are not already into knitting or crochet, please could you take them up, and then would you start a thread on beautiful (but ridiculously-priced) must-have yarns?

The thing is, I saw a pattern last week for the most beautiful scarf. I looked up the yarn it was worked in, and nearly fainted when it costs well over £50 just for one skein.

So far, I have been telling myself that there is no way I would ever spend so much on any yarn - my best-quality ones so far have been picked up in charity shops for around a pound. However, if you were to start a suitable thread, I could probably buy it, guilt-free, because it would be all your fault!

MamaCaz I am assuming you value your time and would appreciate the finished product both for its uniqueness and quality of finish?
No-brainer - your skill and expertise more than warrant expensive raw materials (and “expensive” is only relative anyway)
Just think how much you would enjoy working with something so beautiful - are you there yet?

I have often “costed” out things I have knitted or crocheted and the final figure has been eyewatering, but it is a one-off, a work of art.
You must be there by now?
Good luck!

Too true maw. I like quilting. I have just made 2 quilts for DGC. I have spent hours making them and spent a fortune on the material. I could easily buy a throw for them for less that I spent on the thread to sew it with. It is the pleasure of making something that is important.

You know just what to say Maw

Think of it as creating a family heirloom

Care to provide a link Rufus ?
Not really!

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Care to provide a link Rufus ?
Not really

Then rein your neck back in and stop casting unsubstantiated (and wrong) assumptions.

aspersions not “assumptions” !
And anyway, isn’t there a GN ban on “threads about threads” ?

Just caught up with this great thread. Maw it seems you have a lot to answer for !

I miss GabriellaG for her great fashion advice and bought my very favourite M&S “crazy, woolly, lamb coat thingy” after describing it to her way back in September . I absolutely love it .

Love those boots Gramarretto (especially the sheepskin trim) they look so comfortable. I would wear them a lot .

My new Skechers have just arrived!