Bank Holiday Discount & Knitted Bracelet Anyone?

I found some lovely knitting pattern books at the charity shop this weekend.

Some of the 'must makes'

 

 

 

 

I will be knitting this sometime, a country cottage bag!

These books had lots of lovely ideas and patterns in and itching to make something I jumped in and knitted this little bracelet, or 'Artisan Cuff' as it was referred to in the book:

 

Lots of cable and little needles = time consuming, but I enjoyed making it.  I changed the pattern as I thought it would be a right faff to have to fasten cords each time you wear it, so I extended the pattern a bit to make it longer and added a crochet loop and button fastening.  Made in super soft baby cashmere dk.

I added little shell buttons to the cable spaces to finish it off.

I can see more of these coming on, I want to try a few different colours and button/bead combinations.

 

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As we are on the cusp of another wonderful Bank Holiday Weekend ~ I want to spread the Bank Holiday Love and as such I'm offering a

15% off everything

 in my little Folksy Shop from now until midnight on Monday.

You don't have to do anything at all, each and every purchase (including the postage cost) will be refunded 15% through Paypal ~ as folsky does not allow for discount codes.

If you were thinking of snaffling anything up, now might be a good time.

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Is it wrong to love buttons?

I’m not talking Cinderella here I’m talking real buttons.

After bitching with fellow posters on MSE (money saving expert) about how rubbish and expensive my local charity shops are the patron saint of charity shops must have heard my rantings and blessed me yesterday. Look what I got ;

All of these were sorted into similar colours in loads of little sandwich bags tied together with wool.

It is clear someone slightly unhinged like me collected these for years and treasured them. Most of them are full sets of 5 or 6 of the same type, many of them are so well made and it is clear that they are quite old. I kept finding bits of threads amongst them where someone had snipped them off old clothes and saw fit to keep them.

These are a few of my favourites:

I love these badly cracked little black buttons:

These are my very favourites, look how much work went into these:


And now to the price … I paid £1.00 for all of these, I did feel a little guilty and added my change to the charity box to help ease my guilt!

I came in from work last night after what seemed like a very long week and I was stressed to the eyeballs, and after 20 minutes sat sorting and adoring my buttons I felt better, isn’t that mad?

Am I the only button freak out there?

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Another Charity Shop Haul

No makes to report, but I have had another little charity shop haul on a lunchtime trip this week with my lovely friend. Came away with a new bag, it’s quite huge and super soft:

This lovely skirt – it’s a size 10-12 and I am not (he he) but it was spotted by my eagle eyed friend as something I might want to cut up ~ and I do! This might make a nice tote bag or two:

And last but not least these little stoneware cat buttons:


... apparently a huge stash of these were donated, I am guessing by the person that made them and these were only one of a few they had left.

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Scraps & Yo Yo Makes

Having recently acquired my new rotary cutter I was itching to try it out. Fortunately I am a bit of a hoarder and I keep lots of off cuts; so delving through my 'rubbish' bag I came up with loads of little scraps that I cut into circles to make Yo-Yos.

I don't know how I managed without a rotary cutter before now ~ it's fab! I was able to cut through 4 layers in one go saving loads of time, and cutting in circles with the cutter is not easy (I should have tried it out on squares I guess, I never go for the easy option!) but it worked.

I really enjoyed pottering with these, they were quick and easy to do, and I got to use some of my lovely buttons. So instead of a bag of scraps I now have a bag of Yo-Yos.

I'm not entirely sure how I will use them at the moment, perhaps a necklace or a couple of brooches, or just to add to makeup bags etc. but whatever they turn into I will be sure to let you see.

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