(I'm amazed the credit cards haven't been cancelled, or gone up in a puff of smoke over the last three days)
Our main objective today was to buy wool for mum to knit Lisa a jumper. My presence was required purely for the payment side of it all! Golly knitting wool is expensive. Gone are the days when it was cheaper to knit than to buy, but I guess the same is true of making patchwork quilts: they are certainly far cheaper in a number of high street shops.
Still we managed to get some lovely wool: we picked up eight balls of this, and the shop is getting in another 8 to be picked up tomorrow
You're so right! I costs more today to do any kind of sewing or handwork than to buy it ready made. That's a shame.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame, Linda! At least handmade will always have the heart. The stores can't take that away from it!
ReplyDeleteBenta, I can't believe you were shopping. Shocker! :)
I can remember doing it all the old way. Having a scraps bag and unravelling old jumpers for the wool. Truly recycling back then. When I came back to crafting after a 10 year break I couldn't believe the cost had shot up so much and to buy had become the norm. Mind you not having kids that outgrow thing every five minutes does change things a little.
ReplyDeleteI do love that wool and I hope Mum shows us the end result. :-)
Hope there's more left in the kitty for tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteWe said the same thing about our Australian summer- we didn't have one! I expect wool is as dear there as it is here! I agree, it's often cheaper to buy a garment than make one!
ReplyDeleteThe cost is crazy, my first pair of knitted socks cost me 20 dollars!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the wool,I wouldn't mind some of that myself, am looking forward to seeing the finished product
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