Oddments

Because most of the wool I purchase comes from charity shops, I tend to only have small amounts of any one yarn - usually too small to know quite what to do with.  The same is true of material, I pick up odd bits and pieces here and there even if I don't know quite what I'll do with them.  Today I found a couple of useful little booklets that could be very handy when it comes to using up some of my thrifted wool and material. 

One of them was a vintage Patons Bazaar booklet, I remember these well as my Mum always seemed to have a few of these useful little booklets about (in fact, I think she still has them), and the other a vintage King Cole booklet.  There were some useful ideas in both of them.

From the King Cole booklet was this knitted pencil pencil case - I rather like this one.

And some unusual hat-shaped pin cushions - my favourite is the little clown hat.

From the Patons booklet are these teapot or cup-shaped pot holders.

And, again on the tea-cup theme, a nice pattern for a gingham apron.

And I do like this sweet little kitten hot-water-bottle cover.

Of course, there are the usual 'dodgy' bazaar (or should that be bizarre) items also featured.

The 'spawn of satan' knitted cat, guaranteed to give any small child nightmares.

The court jester type fireside slippers.  With the added bonus of a trip to A&E when you slip whilst trying to wear them on any floor surface that's not shag pile.

And the 'why on earth would anyone want one of these' embroidered Radio Times cover!!

Comments

[French Knots]

I remeber my Grandma having a cover for her Radio Times, not a cross stitch one tho!!

[Claire]

I have that Patons book. Can I admit to really loving the utter kitsch stuff in there and, dare I admit to it, planning on making one of the satanic kitties from some mohair in my stash.... Like you, I have random bits and bobs I have picked up along the way and these magazines are great for ideas on how to use them. I also seem to remember badly wanting one of the "pencil" cases when I was little - height of cool when you're little in the 80's and it's come back again now. I love thrifting! x

[Racheal]

Hi, I just found your blog and thought that I would say hello.

Racheal x

[Gill]

I remember having booklets like that around when I was a child, my Mum knitted all the time and she would use up the oddments to knit clothes for my Sindy doll. She must have had the patience of a Saint! So fiddly. I loved it when she presented me with a new miniature cardigan in the morning, she probably sat up very late to finish it!