Not sure if I have local readers, but just in case, through Wed the 30th of January, the Ark on Milwaukee Ave in Wicker Park is having a bag sale for cold weather clothes for $10.00. This price is for what they call a medium sized bag. It was actually quite large, almost the size of a typical kitchen garbage bag. I came in a half hour before closing and got 7 merino wool sweaters from the men's section and happily a pair of jeans for my son. I say happily because I assumed they were priced at $6.00 separately from the sweaters and cold weather gear in the sale category. More could have fit if I had more time to browse were greedier than I already am. Funnily and yet sadly and yet funnily again, the gloves and mittens were not included in the sale. Oh well. I paid $10.93. They turned the lights off in the back of the store as I was putting my little purse into backpack I noticed I no longer had my own mittens tucked under my arm anymore. I asked them to turn the lights back on so I could hunt, but a young man working found them it the dark. So good to get them back. They were a gift from my mother some 20 years ago. I lost them one time before trash picking in an alley. I found them hours later on the ground.
Last week I got a black cashmere sweater for 1/2 off the regular $10.00 price. The merino wool ones in the bag sale were marked for $6.00 each. I tend to like the selection in the men's section because the sweaters there are broader in the shoulders (like I am). Oversized is fine, if they shrink a little, no problem, usually they still fit. If tight they are a good layer underneath. Or they can be pieced together to make a bigger Frankensweater. So many good books on the subject. Some time ago I read a blog post on Mr. Peacock about how he make a patchwork sweater from his dad's black cashmere socks. I imagine wool and cashmere would take dye as easily as cotton, so a lighter blah color can be transformed into something more flattering (more shrinkage than cotton probably).
OK, that's it happy hunting. Any good finds on your end? Any reconstructions?
Last week I got a black cashmere sweater for 1/2 off the regular $10.00 price. The merino wool ones in the bag sale were marked for $6.00 each. I tend to like the selection in the men's section because the sweaters there are broader in the shoulders (like I am). Oversized is fine, if they shrink a little, no problem, usually they still fit. If tight they are a good layer underneath. Or they can be pieced together to make a bigger Frankensweater. So many good books on the subject. Some time ago I read a blog post on Mr. Peacock about how he make a patchwork sweater from his dad's black cashmere socks. I imagine wool and cashmere would take dye as easily as cotton, so a lighter blah color can be transformed into something more flattering (more shrinkage than cotton probably).
OK, that's it happy hunting. Any good finds on your end? Any reconstructions?
