Knit Me A Straightjacket

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Thanks guys!

After posting my whine this morning, I received supportive messages from friends who a) actually read my blog and b) care about me. At the risk of being revoltingly sappy, that officially makes blogging worthwhile.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it!

Good Morning (NOT!)

I am so beat. The kids haven't been sleeping well lately, which means Mommy doesn't sleep either. Isn't there a form of torture where they keep waking you up over and over again, so you never get any actual rest, just get to doze off and then YANK! you're awake again...

Rachel is sick, and I'm starting to feel crummy (big surprise). So far Ben seems fine, but I called him in sick anyway, because I'm too damned tired to haul him out of bed and drag him to school. Besides, he's probably carrying Rachel's germs even if he isn't symptomatic yet. *sigh* This is going to be such a fun day. Heh. I typo'd "suck" instead of "such." How appropriate.

God I'm a ray of sunshine this morning, aren't I? Truth is, I'm stressing about some stuff. That's at least half of why I'm not sleeping well. It's not entirely because of the kids.

It's this whole "in charge" thing. I don't try to do it, I don't want to do it, but I always end up in charge of things. It's just because I see something that needs to be done, or that needs help getting done, and I can do that sort of thing so I jump in and do it, and next thing you know, it's my responsibility. Then it becomes an obligation. Then I start to resent it. Then I withdraw and my brain refuses to deal with it, which leads to procrastionation which results in more stress because now I have three days to accomplish two weeks' worth of work and I'll be letting people down if I don't. *phew*

Guess I'm just gonna have to grit my teeth and blow through, again, and get it done. God I hate this. It doesn't start out as a burden. It's always exciting in the beginning. What's my problem, anyway?

Friday, January 20, 2006

Bling for the Queen


Okay, so it doesn't sparkle, but I have to say I think the stuff we turned out for HRM turned out pretty damn cool. Cool enough that it hurt to let them go.

The little one I knitted with 12/2 silk and size 0000 needles, using elements and colors from HRM's device in submission. It's based on a small handful of extant 14th century relic purses from Sion and Chur cathedrals in Switzerland, .

The big one was a collaboration by the Textile Guild, of which I am the chief instigator (and guild head, to be precise.) It's handwoven from handspun and hand-dyed (with period natural dyes) wool, the strap is tablet woven in a period pattern from same, there are glass beads on the catch which were hand made for the project, it's lined with 100% linen fabric and hand-sewn with linen thread.

Cool, huh?

Credit where credit is due, in order of precedence:

Baroness Leonora made the glass beads
Mistress Maerwynn did the tablet weaving
The Honorable Lady Jeanne-Marie wove the cloth
Lady Savina (yours truly) spun the thread, sewed the bag, and wrote the documentation
my good friend Debbie dyed the blue and yellow wool (she's not SCA, but I love her anyway)

Gotta go - time to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - the new one. Maybe I'll post a review later.

G'night.