Recent content by Methuselah

My wife enquired recently via email to ask what wools he has currently available. The response was a lengthy story, here is a summary: It seems that the knitting machine was damaged in a flood last winter and is too expensive to replace/repair. His step daughter is now hand knitting the orders...

Is this it? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11425042/Read-the-lost-Sherlock-Holmes-story-found-in-an-attic.html Hmmnn. Hardly one of the classics...

You might actually find Cheddar in supermarkets, but failing that Cantal is similar. Comté makes a good cheese sauce too.

I'm considering getting something from them as an Xmas present to myself, but I've never bought from them before. However, the country options when I go to the checkout are: AustriaBelgium Denmark France Germany Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain...

The 2nd link is much nicer - the clue is in the title for the Dockers shirt "Ugly Christmas Sweater" (I'd agree with that statement) Do you have TK Maxx in the US? If so, that's where I get that sort of thing. I recently got a Ralph Lauren one for £30 ($48), and other brands are £15-£25.

Well that's good because it was an opinion rather than an actual offer. It was also based on what I can afford rather than what a jumper may be worth. I'm sure that if I was to pay a decent hourly rate for a complex jumper it would get expensive rapidly. I recently bought 2 mass produced fair...

I'd ask her how long it takes and agree an hourly rate. I have no idea how to knit, but I'm sure that the dream "Fair Isle" tank top would take much, much longer than something plain. Also, does you local contact use a knitting machine? Sou West Chunkies charge about £26 including wool and...

There are some details here: http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/CC41_Utility_Clothing/9781781220054 (by Mike Brown, price £20, 112 pages, ISBN 1781220050, available from 12th September)

A different seller, but how about a tatty old cloak for a grand!?!?http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VTG-French-1920-cape-herdsman-Cloak-coat-smock-BIAUDE-farmer-chore-hobo-antique-/291152404760?pt=UK_Men_s_Vintage_Clothing&hash=item43ca092118

Oxford bags spotted in Malaysia, 1926:http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=singfreepressb19261018-1.2.34 Wearers faced jail in Turkey in 1927:http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=singfreepressb19270820-1.2.35 ...and they were out of fashion in Oxford by...

Yes, me too - the warmest jumper that I own. I've also got a gansey in brown nepp on it's way to me. Perfect for this time of year.

Thanks for the clarification. I think an EvaDress pattern may be an early Christmas present to myself.

Do the patterns that you use require shaping the cloth with an iron? That's one thing that has often put me off making vintage style trousers.

I don't own any hat from Bates, but a couple of years ago I went in to try some on whilst wearing my Akubra Stylemaster. Only the really expensive hats were better, most seemed about the same for quality - but that was just my uneducated impression. I think that there is a shop in Manchester...

Yes, it does. For example: In the UK it's anything over £15 that has VAT applied (Value Added Tax)