# Knittery and Stitchery and Stuff **URL:** \ **Category:** Not The Archers\ **Created:** [11 October 2019 09:57 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291 "2019-10-11T09:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 12:56 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/321 "2021-02-04T12:56:54Z")
“Little Jute Owl from Bangladesh” became a household curse. (Aunt and uncle were in the oil exploration business and travelled a lot, and brought back strange useless things.) ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 15:04 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/322 "2021-02-04T15:04:41Z")
> [@3Wells](#): > > I saw a macrame swing for a young girl’s room designed by Angela Strawbridge on Escape to the Chateau make do and mend > > I was a magical thing for a 12 year old - whimsical and almost grown up > > Especially as the child did her own knots under parental supervision… Dick Strawbridge is an engineer, & chef turned into all round good egg. His wife Angela has an interior design business. They have the eye, & ability, & tools to turn / repair broken things & fashion them into summat Noo. I think that the programme is excellent, a spin off from the hugely successful ‘Escape to the Chateau’ series, which has funded the repairs to their own Chateau over the last 5 years. Showing a child how to make summat useful, & helping them _is_ great. It’s the droopy wall-hangings I can’t abide… Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 14:10 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/323 "2021-02-04T14:10:44Z")
Huh. The poppers on a double duvet-cover have died, and it is a nice cover, but where am I going to get decent replacement poppers, and what sort are decent ones that are easy to insert anyway? I mean, I suppose I could do buttons and button-holes, but honestly I wouldn’t get round to it and anyway buttons are a pain to do and undo with every change of bedding… ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 14:44 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/324 "2021-02-04T14:44:56Z")
You can buy ready made popper tape to sew on, Fishy, or continuous zip by the metre, with as many zip pulls as you like. You would only lose about an inch from the length, which isn’t usually a problem. Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 14:55 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/325 "2021-02-04T14:55:14Z")
Oh, that’s brilliant! Thank you! (wanders off to look for those on the internet, since I can’t go to a haberdasher’s and ask just at the moment) ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 15:08 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/326 "2021-02-04T15:08:27Z")
Zipperstation have an excellent range of specialist zips too. I found them via ebay when I needed a particular weight & finish. Amazon, as ever, & also my beloved Fred’s Haberdashery. > **[Fred's Haberdashery for all your sewing, knitting and craft supplies](https://www.freds-haberdashery.co.uk/)** > > Fred's Haberdashery, the shop to go to for buying craft supplies, cross-stitch, aida, knitting, crochet, ribbon, trimmings, buttons, lace, upholstery, haberdashery, sewing, needles, pins, zips, bias binding. DMC, Knitpro, Prym, Anchor. Situated in... Free postage on orders over £25 Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 15:21 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/327 "2021-02-04T15:21:16Z")
I found Zipperstation, and they allow you to buy 2 metres – which is what I need, since the zip needs to be red, orange or dark yellow, and I don’t really have a use for five metres of which three would be left in a mending box forever – and Amazon don’t seem to, or not the ones I have looked at there. But I’ll have a check of Fred’s too. edited to add They don’t have red, orange or dark yellow, so Zipperstation it is. ---
**Author:** ![soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/soobee/32/43_2.png) [@soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/soobee)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 15:53 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/328 "2021-02-04T15:53:21Z")
Hurrah for an Carinthia! Soo xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 15:56 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/329 "2021-02-04T15:56:46Z")
Slammers for her also! ---
**Author:** ![soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/soobee/32/43_2.png) [@soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/soobee)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 15:58 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/330 "2021-02-04T15:58:30Z")
Justly deserved. Soo xx ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 16:15 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/331 "2021-02-04T16:15:11Z")
That’s great, Fishy. As the zips aren’t generally seen, people who make cushion covers, & the like, tend to buy white or beige onna roll. Another way of doing it is to sew a flap of fabric about 12" deep inside, like a ‘Housewife’ Pillock case. Again, it won’t be seen… Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 16:18 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/332 "2021-02-04T16:18:42Z")
The zip has been ordered, now, so that’s what is going to be used. The postage was more than the cost of the zip, and the VAT brought them nearly level! ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 16:27 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/333 "2021-02-04T16:27:23Z")
It will do the job, & save the cover, Fishy If you consider the big Pillockcase idea though, you can use any sheeting you may have, or even buy 1 cheaply, innan strong, dark colour, & use the hemmed ends, & selvages, to save having another damn thing to do… Said with feeling… 😉 Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 16:35 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/334 "2021-02-04T16:35:56Z")
I wonder if these posts should be moved to the Knittery/Stitchery thread? [_Isn’t that where **all** thread should be? - Ed._] Not concerned with “thread drift”, but they’d be easier to find if anyone needs to refer back to them. ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 16:50 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/335 "2021-02-04T16:50:34Z")
Go for it, Joe. (And then move your reply to Gus back here?) ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 19:37 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/336 "2021-02-04T19:37:35Z")
Addendum: Fred’s has free shipping on orders over £5 during February, so stock up on supplies! Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 19:38 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/337 "2021-02-04T19:38:02Z")
Aha! ---
**Author:** ![soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/soobee/32/43_2.png) [@soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/soobee)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 22:16 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/338 "2021-02-04T22:16:43Z")
Your comment about mending boxes, dear Fish, had me rummaging through mine to find my last embroidery project. I’ll give it an iron and possibly post the pic, sometime. Soo xx ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2021 23:13 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/339 "2021-02-04T23:13:42Z")
Extra Gin fer Photies, Soo Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2021 01:18 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/340 "2021-02-05T01:18:06Z")
Me, I am unreasonably delighted to discover that tape with poppers on exists. What will they think of next? Gxx [Previous page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291.md?page=16) [Next page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291.md?page=18)