knit
many charity shops will have wool in stock, but you have to be quick: old women have razor-sharp wool-detecting senses and will snap it up almost immediately. if you do manage to get some, it will be much cheaper than buying it from a normal shop, although you can get a 500g ball of white wool from B & M for about £3.49.
once you know how to knit(and especially if you're not picky about the colour), you can make yourself a warm and cosy blanket for very little money and a fraction of what you'd pay for a handmade blanket elsewhere. with a couple of these, you won't need to use so much gas for heating and you'll always have spare blankets for guests.
knitting also gives you something to do when you're bored on those long winter nights and it'll keep your fingers supple, useful if you suffer from arthritis.
i've got a blanket box stuffed with my own handmade blankets and my latest creation, a tetris blanket, looks great on my bed!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 14 Nov 2011, 18:42, 12 replies)

I find masturbation is equaly good on those long winter nights and is just as effective for keeping your finger supple and best of all it is free and always with me

( fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 14 Nov 2011, 20:07, closed)

but you run the risk of RSI

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 14 Nov 2011, 20:23, closed)

No not at all this is common falasey
the correct way to do it is to sit on your hand for 18 mins not 20 and to only stroke to every other picture of your mum or gran
( fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 17:23, closed)

i'll take your work for it
as i have neither a penis nor a gran
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 18:16, closed)

well thats the problem right there
men usually come with what is know in the trade as penis although some men actually prefer to act as if they are in fact a penis. this can be easy to spot once you know the signs and what to look out for for example

do they have a shell suite?
do they have a bubble perm?
do they have an iphone?
there are several more but these are the most common and once spotted, they can be easily avoided.
( fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 14:39, closed)

can you show us a picture of the tetris blanket please!
Sounds awesome
(teasus likes tea, Mon 14 Nov 2011, 20:13, closed)

I think it will be like his custom icon

( P-MONKE We're all fucked, Mon 14 Nov 2011, 20:16, closed)

i'm still waiting for my mate to take a pic of it for me
as i don't have a camera and the one on my phone is shite. i'll get round to sticking a pic of it on /board one of these sundays.
and it's not like my icon, it's in the design of a purple gameboy colour with tetris on it.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 14 Nov 2011, 20:22, closed)

not just old women
This old man does too. Get to ravelry.com find some free patterns, and knit away and sell the resulting goodies to your work/dole queue buddies.
(lordy lordy, Mon 14 Nov 2011, 23:24, closed)

i'm hoping to start on my next project
within a week or so. it's going to be a double bed-sized space invaders blanket. wool should cost about £16, mainly because i have to go to a different shop for the acid green wool i want to use, but it'll keep me busy till christmas and it's going to make a great present for somebody
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 11:16, closed)

don't go buying expensive wool
go to jumble sales (if they still exist in your area) and buy old jumpers an unpick the wool and wash it
( cakeburglar still bored with Freebase, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 14:15, closed)

0_0
that's a damn fine idea!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 18:16, closed)