Had a look round the shops today. Actually saw a mug / lid set in a charity shop, but it had ‘Lover Boy’ written on the side, not quite what I wanted! I’ve settled temporarily for a plastic lid from my Pyrex collection, to sit on one of my glasses. It’ll do, just not pretty! Here are pictures of my temporary solution, plus the one that’s going back. Thanks for all the suggestions. @BenCotto, those carafes brought back memories of the anisette we would be sent by our relatives in Gibraltar. Lovely diamond cut bottles with ornate labels! Delicious stuff!
I'm sure you've enough solutions/options now @Ergates, but years ago a friend gifted me some crocheted coasters/covers with beads around the edge to weight them down. Very pretty and the fine crotchet a good deterrent for bugs etc. A pretty solution and can be used on any glass/cup.
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I used to use those, @D0rdogne_Damsel! They didn’t wash very well, so I had to replace them when they got a bit manky. I could buy them in the lovely little drapers shop in our nearby town, but that has sadly closed down. I don’t like buying things on line if it involves waiting in for the post, and the faff of having to send things back. ( I love John Lewis because I can pick up my orders while I’m doing my Waitrose shop, and drop returns back there too) The plastic lid worked well last night, and had the advantage that it was nice and quiet, so I didn’t wake OH!
Hadn’t occurred to me to consider making my own. I shall look out a pattern! I was very upset when our drapers shop closed. Not surprising though, as although I loved it, it was a real Aladdin’s cave, I rarely had need to buy anything in there. The occasional skein of embroidery thread or a couple of crocheted jug covers isn’t going to keep anyone in business.
We had an Acer in an RHS square shape glazed pot up on our patio. We noticed the glaze cracking and coming off, particularly on one side. We assumed the whole pot was frost damaged. We have just moved the plant to different pot, very annoying the main pot is completely ok it's just the glaze falling off.
I also have some crochet-trimmed rectangular mats (originally traycloths I think) that came from my gran's. I believe one of her sisters made them. She also had a round crochet table mat that had 3-D swans - I don't remember what became of that one. I can knit and do dressmaking as detailed as you like but my crochet skills are very rudimentary and the idea of attempting such fine detailed work scares me a bit.
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Here are pictures of my temporary solution, plus the one that’s going back. Thanks for all the suggestions. @BenCotto, those carafes brought back memories of the anisette we would be sent by our relatives in Gibraltar. Lovely diamond cut bottles with ornate labels! Delicious stuff!
The plastic lid worked well last night, and had the advantage that it was nice and quiet, so I didn’t wake OH!
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I was very upset when our drapers shop closed. Not surprising though, as although I loved it, it was a real Aladdin’s cave, I rarely had need to buy anything in there. The occasional skein of embroidery thread or a couple of crocheted jug covers isn’t going to keep anyone in business.