Tents, like PhDs ( Read more... )

Second attempt: Resulting seam is wrinklier than I would like and I have the nasty suspision that I need to unpick it and redo it. Except that I am not that happy with how many more holes that puts in a part of the tent integral to holding it up - getelds being tensioned up by the walls themselves, rather than any external ropes. Suspect it is due ( Read more... )

So, it is Sun afternoon in the middle of a long weekend and as it is 3 weeks til we need to leave for Festival, guess what we are up to ( Read more... )

And I would manage to burn the right thumb in the middle of a sewing binge - not on the banana muffins (3 trays) or on the lamb ribs, but on the roasting tray with wedges in. Oh well, had finished attaching the back of the yellow stripy tent by then so that is all good ( Read more... )

Right, one side of the back is now sewn on. Stopping now so my thumb doesn't get too unhappy and my neck changes angle a bit more.
The other side is about 10cm started and fingers crossed should be doable tomorrow. 210cm long... Probable about 4 hours work.
No more sewing tonight though, no matter what the scale.

Sewing machine now happy leading to a less stressed me ( Read more... )

For anyone interested in some very nice hand sewn linen tents. Polish company and not exactly cheap, but they have some good manuscript images (and sources and dates for the sources), which people may be interested in. They also appear to have manuscript evidence for a basic pyramidal tent in the Anglo-Saxon era (Utrecht Psalter 816-834 - Psalm 83 ( Read more... )

Bathtub Bob has decided to become Kinky-sit-above-the-shower-watching-people Bob. And spends a lot of time lot of time cleaning his mandibles and leering slightly. As long as he doesn't become Filthy-rich-via-webcamera-footage Bob, it is survivable. You do tend to look up a bit more to check if he has moved ( Read more... )

Last night there was a teeny tiny spider in the corner of the bathroom. This morning there was a Bathroom Bob... and no little spider. Munch munch. This would be fine except Bathroom wall Bob decided to become Bathtub Bob in the middle of my shower. Usually they don't reveal the teleportation technology when someone is in the room. It may not have ( Read more... )

... and my hands still smell of turpentine, linseed, beeswax and lanolin ( Read more... )