Acquisitions and progress

At work we are in the middle of an office shuffle. Cupboards and drawers are being biffed out and tidied up. This has created a lot of rubbish and a few things looking for a new home. Today I spied a tin with a note asking for it's removal, to the bin. So I had a peep inside. Treasure! I asked if I could remove it to my car instead of the bin? The answer was along the lines of I don't care where it goes, so long as it doesn't stay here. So it came home with me.

A very cute tin, but I won't be keeping it. I'm more interested in some of the contents.

Right at the top was a pile of booklets

Embroidery transfers. Some have been used, but there are still plenty there. And some of those are so cute.

This is just a taste. 

There are some adorable characters,

Pretty flowers and also some letters.  They reminded me very much of a time I was let lose in my Grans pattern box. More than 40 years ago!

Under the pattern booklets was all manner of bits and pieces, so I started to sort things out as I dug deeper.

Bias tape, thanks but no, off to one side you go. 

A handwritten pattern for knitted booties.

Yes please.

And a size gauge for knitting needles. That could be useful.

Lots and lots of pins and machine needles. They went right into the bin, no saying how old they are or how rusty.

The buttons and the wooden thread keepers are keepers though and so are the thimbles.

Next it was time to sort out the threads.

They had made a colourful birds nest, but I just cut them away.

There were some old wooden spools in there, with names I have not seen for a while.

Brand names I remember seeing in Mums and Grans sewing tins.

Though I don't recall ever seeing Nora before.

It was a lovely trip down memory lane.

The patterns and the threads have been safely added to my stash. Not that I needed them, but better that than the bin!

The items I'll not be treasuring have been popped back into the pretty tin and I will deliver them to an op shop. Someone might find a use for them. 

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I promised a progress report.

The second  Greeny blue Mohair scarf is complete. No pic sorry.

I have added about 5 or 6 rows to the crochet ripple blanket.

I'll get a pic next time. You have to have something to look forward to. LOL

And progress has been made on the latest jigsaw puzzle.

I didn't say there was lots of progress, just that we had made some progress. 

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With the mohair scarf completed, I'll be adding something else to the current WIPs, I need to go and peruse my list. The ripple crochet is good mindless stuff for TV watching but I'll need to find something else to keep me occupied during the brighter moments.

Speaking of the ripple blanket, the weather here has taken a very cold and Wintery turn today, no frosty start with a warm sunny day, now it's overcast with cold showers rattling through. A good evening to be under a crochet project.

Have a great weekend, I'll be at work.