Comments on: The anti-consumer and socks http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/ The trials and tribulations of a modern crofter Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:08:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: stonehead http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-724 stonehead Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:41:44 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-724 I posted earlier this year about <a href="http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/fashion-with-a-conscience/" rel="nofollow">environmentally friendly fashion</a> and included half a dozen links. I should have linked to the post earlier! I posted earlier this year about environmentally friendly fashion and included half a dozen links. I should have linked to the post earlier!

]]> By: Shirley http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-697 Shirley Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:53:03 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-697 LOL Stonehead I meants SOCKS ooops!! Sack cloth undies maybe?? LOL Stonehead

I meants SOCKS ooops!! Sack cloth undies maybe??

]]> By: goodgirlculture http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-693 goodgirlculture Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:15:02 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-693 On the subject of secondhand undies, I am a little concerned about it...though I haven't had to cross that bridge yet as part of Subverting Overconsumption. However, shortly after starting the blog I got this great email from an uncle of mine on the excellent possibilities for discovering used underwear. I was about 50% amused and 50% disburbed. Here's an excerpt: "So I hear you are going to buy nothing new for a whole year, what agreat idea. Sometimes I find new underwear at the sally-ann*, but I think they may have been a dead man's pair and he just never got to use them. Your mom said you were going to make up a blog on your year shoppig adventure, send it to me please." *Sally-Ann is the Salvation Army Thrift Store...not sure if that's exclusively a Canadian or North American thing. Anyway, I'm not sure which is worse: the prospect of buying underwear that somebody alive wore, or the prospect of buying underwear that somebody dead didn't get a chance to wear. Stay tuned to see how I face this really weird dilemma in the coming months (subvertingoverconsumption.wordpress.com). Thanks Stonehead for sending so many nice folks my way! On the subject of secondhand undies, I am a little concerned about it…though I haven’t had to cross that bridge yet as part of Subverting Overconsumption.

However, shortly after starting the blog I got this great email from an uncle of mine on the excellent possibilities for discovering used underwear. I was about 50% amused and 50% disburbed. Here’s an excerpt:

“So I hear you are going to buy nothing new for a whole year, what agreat idea. Sometimes I find new underwear at the sally-ann*, but I think they may have been a dead man’s pair and he just never got to use them. Your mom said you were going to make up a blog on your year shoppig adventure, send it to me please.”

*Sally-Ann is the Salvation Army Thrift Store…not sure if that’s exclusively a Canadian or North American thing.

Anyway, I’m not sure which is worse: the prospect of buying underwear that somebody alive wore, or the prospect of buying underwear that somebody dead didn’t get a chance to wear.

Stay tuned to see how I face this really weird dilemma in the coming months (subvertingoverconsumption.wordpress.com). Thanks Stonehead for sending so many nice folks my way!

]]> By: stonehead http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-687 stonehead Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:54:05 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-687 Hmm, not many moose in these har hills! How many rabbit skins to make one moose skin? :D I've added the link to the frienship letter to your comment. Thanks. Hmm, not many moose in these har hills! How many rabbit skins to make one moose skin? :D

I’ve added the link to the frienship letter to your comment. Thanks.

]]> By: stonehead http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-686 stonehead Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:50:04 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-686 What? Knitted undies? :D What? Knitted undies? :D

]]> By: Shirley http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-685 Shirley Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:33:29 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-685 I love buying second hand clothes but no... sorry, I couldn't do the socks and undies :) I guess you could always knit your own from a second hand jumper that doesn't fit . I love buying second hand clothes but no… sorry, I couldn’t do the socks and undies :)

I guess you could always knit your own from a second hand jumper that doesn’t fit .

]]> By: carol in crathie http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-682 carol in crathie Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:24:38 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-682 Well, here is an alternative to socks....You make Canadian Indian style wrap ups! No, not the tortilla stuffed kind you twink! They are thin leather (moose hide is the best because you can wash it - dry flat, put on while slightly damp to form.) Follow your basic, sans cuff, moccasin pattern, but the make an attachable ankle portion that has an extra wide front portion which wraps over. The ties are threaded through the top of the moccasion portion and wrap up like ghillie brogues. They last really well if cared for properly and double soled. I had mine made in 1986. Still wearing them and resoled twice when they started getting thin. If you want a pattern, get in touch with the <a href="http://www3.telus.net/public/slnfc1/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Slave Lake Alberta Native Friendship centre</a>. They should have a website and be happy to help you out. Catherine Augier made mine.... Well, here is an alternative to socks….You make Canadian Indian style wrap ups! No, not the tortilla stuffed kind you twink! They are thin leather (moose hide is the best because you can wash it - dry flat, put on while slightly damp to form.) Follow your basic, sans cuff, moccasin pattern, but the make an attachable ankle portion that has an extra wide front portion which wraps over. The ties are threaded through the top of the moccasion portion and wrap up like ghillie brogues. They last really well if cared for properly and double soled. I had mine made in 1986. Still wearing them and resoled twice when they started getting thin.

If you want a pattern, get in touch with the Slave Lake Alberta Native Friendship centre. They should have a website and be happy to help you out. Catherine Augier made mine….

]]> By: welsh girls allotment http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-679 welsh girls allotment Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:56:00 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-679 Nearly all of my stuff is second hand but I will draw the line at knickers bras and socks ! Nearly all of my stuff is second hand but I will draw the line at knickers bras and socks !

]]> By: susie rigby http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-678 susie rigby Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:49:39 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-anti-consumer-and-socks/#comment-678 I often buy second-hand because I love a bargain and now I can feel good about it too,because it's recycling! Yes!! I often buy second-hand because I love a bargain and now I can feel good about it too,because it’s recycling! Yes!!

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