Wednesday 31 March 2010

What I bought this month

a book
some black trousers
6 packets of veggie seeds
a guinea pigs calendar for my wall
some wool
some books for my little cousins who I'm going to visit at Easter

The seeds were a treat to myself for getting some temping work (only 4 days in a shop over mothers day, but it's a very welcome something after 8 months of unemployment!! yey!). They were on special offer £1.50 for 3 packs - I got peppers, spring onions, carrots, leeks, broccoli and courgettes - I can barely wait for them to grow so I can eat them! The black trousers were also for my new temping job - £1.50 from the charity shop, they look brand new too! Score! I bought the wool cos I was dying to make a crocheted blanket - it's acrylic though, which means it's made with horrible chemicals and will never biodegrade (possibly - I'm not sure on the science of acrylic wool decomposition, but I figure it's plasticy and therefore will be around for a while) I did look at the cotton yarn, but it was waaaay to expensive, so I'm going to have to have a think about eco knitting/crochet materials!

3 comments:

  1. If you have some scrap material, you could cut the material into strips (& connect them by either sewing the pieces together, or maybe tie together?) & crochet with that!

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  2. Sooz,
    I'm liking your new header.

    I really do hope you find some permanent work :D

    By the way, i've just hit my 555th blog post and am having a give-away that you may be interested in, so please do come by and check it out and enter it you wish.

    Warm wishes.

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  3. Hi Crafty maima! I'm definately considering doing that...I made some yarn from old tshirts before, but I think that it might be a bit heavy and unsnuggly for a blanket - I'm going to use it to make bags or something from though!

    Thanks Mangocheeks :) My headers still a work in progress, but as I accidentally deleted the old one while making it, it had to go up as it is! oh well! And thankyou for the job wishes - I hope so too! It's soo rubbish at the moment, but I'm sure I'll find something soon!

    Big congrats on your 555th post! I'll definately be checking out your giveaway - thanks for thinking of me :) x

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