Plastic pegs everywhere

 

 It's been such a long time since I posted! So much has happened I don't even know where to start 🤣

  So I'm going to start with a complaint about pegs. With all the beautiful and hot weather we've been having I've been washing anything I think will fit in my washing machine. I'd probably rip up the carpets and put them on a daily wash if I thought I'd get away with it. 🤣

  I did notice however my pegs were severely depleted and I needed more. That was even after I made new pegs from the graveyard of peg parts at the bottom of the peg bag. That's the great thing about wooden pegs. They are a standard size and shape so you can frankenstein spare pieces together to make new pegs. 

  It is really difficult to buy wooden pegs any more. I tried numerous local shops that I thought would carry clothes pegs only to find them all sold plastic ones 😡

 Plastic pegs are rubbish. They go brittle in the heat and cold. They snap in ways you can't repair. They are all slightly different shapes and styles so repair is even harder.  Give me a simple wooden peg any day! 

 That's not to mention the carbon footprint they must have from production, plus they don't breakdown like wooden ones do. I throw snapped wooden pieces into the compost bin. 

 

  Not having much success I even looked on Amazon for wooden pegs and found plenty but only at extortionate prices. Eventually I found some in a chemist. £1 for a packet of 36 pegs. Perfect. I bought 5 packets. 2 will be topping up the peg bag and 3 will be stored in the pantry for later. 

 Has anyone else noticed wooden pegs slowly disappearing from the shops? Next time you go have a peek and let me know if you find any.

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