Unearthing Handmade 'Stuff'

One of the drawers (can I just take a moment here to say how irritated I am at seeing the word 'drawer' mis-spelt as 'draw' - I saw it twice on TV yesterday alone!!  Sorry, bit of a rant there but it DOES annoy me a tad)  under the bed contains most of my handmade 'stuff' that I hope to sell at some point or another.  I haven't really investigated this drawer fully in the two years since we bought the new bed.  Hmm, yes, well, quite a few handmade objects came to light - not only 'stuff' I forgot I owned but 'stuff' I'd even forgotten I'd made, and that's a bit worrying.

 
First out of the gloom were a set of four pure cotton lilac-coloured napkins that I gussied up with a knife, fork and spoon embroidery a couple of years ago.  I was really pleased with how the embroidery turned out but knew I'd never have the guts to use them myself for fear of getting food on them (I'm a notoriously messy eater!). 

 
Then several handknitted beanie hats were found squashed up at the back of the drawer.   They were all knitted with a view to, hopefully, selling them but they're not going to sell whilst jammed under the bed.

 
 

Although I'm quite taken with the purple and grey striped one (isn't there a poem that says 'when I get old I'm going to wear purple'  Well, I must now be officially old as I've got quite a few purple items in my wardrobe,) I've got more than enough knitted hats to keep me going for many winters to come.

 
So I've rescued them all from the drawer - plus quite a few other items that are now destined for the charity shop - and as soon as ebay have another of their free-listing weekends I'm going to list this lot and hope someone fancies buying a handmade / handknitted item for Christmas.

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[Kim Cranson]

Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

By Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple

with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

and run my stick along the public railings

and make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

and pick the flowers in other people's gardens

and learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

and eat three pounds of sausages at a go

or only bread and pickles for a week

and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

and pay our rent and not swear in the street

and set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

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I must be officially old because I wear a lot of purple too!!!

Kim (Birmingham)

[Shoestring]

Draw? DRAW? Seriously, has the world gone mad?! On a different note, I'm loving the hats...