What's on your prepper Christmas list - we're preppers we can talk about it (light hearted ish)

[bellinisurge]

Just to get people started, freak out your family by asking for these:
Fire starter, life straw, sprouting jar and seeds (inspired by another thread) ... any more?

[AnotherShirtRuined]

I get that the boards are public and that everyone may read them and have a giggle if they like, @Plimmy. What I don't get is the need to actively mock people. Why not just read, have a chuckle and move on?

I'm slowly getting into prepping from a purely practical point of view and not because I think the world will end. I generally like to be organised and prepared for whatever life may throw at me as best I can, whether it be weather related incidents, temporary loss of water or power, or whatever. I have home insurance for the same reason. Also prepping, in my view, goes great with a bit of frugality, so I'm filling my larder when things are on offer, getting into camping as a way to have cheaper family holidays, etc. What's so wrong about that?

[gamerchick]

It does get tiresome having to address the same comments on every single thread though

Indeed!

Although I wouldn't liken it to baby names, I'm thinking it's more 'laughing into the darkness' then anything else

[Snugglepumpkin]

@IAmInsignificunt, search for drops knitting patterns & you should find

www.garnstudio.com/home.php?cid=19

About 8000 knitting & crochet patterns for every conceivable thing you could ever want to knit, all free.


Drops wool is often on special offer at Wool Warehouse for very good prices & if you search there is ALWAYS a code for discounts there.

[GoneWishing]

We're luckily sorted on the woolly crafts department! My brother's wife's mother seems to be a very prolific knitter. I don't really know her very well (only met in brother's children's birthdays and the like), but she has sent has a huge amount of woolly sock over the years! I'm not a great a knitter, but a crochet a lot. We have crocheted blankets coming out of our ears, really! I've been gradually inflicting them on DH's family, recently...

[GoneWishing]

Christ. Insert grammar above. I've had way too much wine at friends' tonight!

[AnotherShirtRuined]

I, too, have gotten into crocheting and am midway through my first blanket. It's an excellent prepping skill

[IAmInsignificunt]

Snugglepumpkin

Thank you so much!

[bellinisurge]

@GoneWishing - another one with crochet blankets coming out of her ears!!!! Find it relaxing.

[bellinisurge]

@Snugglepumpkin - Fantastic!! Just what I was looking for.

[TooManyPaws]

There's //www.ravelry.com too. Loads of free patterns and advanced search facilities. Worldwide site with excellent advice in the forums for both knitting and crochet.

[bellinisurge]

Thank you @TooManyPaws !!

[AnotherShirtRuined]

Thanks for the Ravelry link! It's something of a rabbit hole, though...

[TooManyPaws]

Hehehe. Those of you who crochet blankets, I presume that you've come across //www.attic24.typepad.com ? 😁

[bellinisurge]

I haven't @TooManyPaws . Another Thank you.

[AndhowcouldIeverrefuse]

I have been asking for a Kelly kettle and other basics for Christmas for years! People think I'm joking and they give me cheap socks and ugly mugs instead

[AndhowcouldIeverrefuse]

What I don't get is the need to actively mock people.
This has happened from the beginning of the board and before, when we were lobbying MN to create a preppers board. I didn't care then and I don't care now

[ElyElyOy]

In a fantasy land it would be a multi-fuel burner: but in reality I’m probably going to ask for a fire-pit BBQ thing for the garden.

My husband is not supportive of the prepping so I have to do it secretly

[AnotherShirtRuined]

Me too, @ElyElyOy. I just say it's for camping, which we are both getting into, so that helps

[ElyElyOy]

I can’t use the camping excuse: everyone knows I would rather stab myself in the eye than sleep in a tent

[RaininSummer]

I am well sorted for crochet blankets and tinned tomatoes but really want a kelly kettle as they are so cool. My partner has this very minute informed me that a shop aimed at campers and preppers has just opened.in our town. Will be interesting to see what they have in store.

[ziggiestardust]

Another one after a pressure canner here! The mason jars are so expensive though...

[bellinisurge]

Lucky Vitamin sell them online and, assuming you are going for a balance of tinned, frozen, dehydrated and "canned" (as in, stored in a mason jar using pressure canning or water bath canning), it's not too pricey. Cheaper than kilner, anyway.

[Weedsnseeds1]

KimChhesePickle - rocket stoves are really easy to make ( no specialist equipment or skills required). I made one from a 5 litre mini keg and some cat litter a couple of years ago.

[Permaexhaustion]

Washing clothes without a machine?
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202074680238?ul_ref=http%253A%252F%252Frover.ebay.com%252Frover%252F1%252F710-53481-19255-0%252F1%253Fff3%253D2%2526toolid%253D10044%2526campid%253D5338268676%2526customid%253D612459d6-1c9a-4472-9dfd-05beaba727fd%2526lgeo%253D1%2526vectorid%253D229508%2526item%253D202074680238%2526srcrot%253D710-53481-19255-0%2526rvr_id%253D1642592161182%2526rvr_ts%253D6aafc47e1650ad789ad3fa66ffe15794&ul_noapp=truethis is where it's at.

[AnotherShirtRuined]

That's interesting @Permaexhaustion. Eons ago I bought an old-fashioned washboard at a fleamarket for decorative purposes. I have since come to realise its usefulness should I ever find myself without access to a washing machine (such as no clean clothes and no power for the foreseeable future).