Category Archives: General stuff

Quick and dirty.

Posted on June 1, 2009 by HappyGoth

This post, and the choli pattern I’ve got now. I spent some time at Leah’s house, wherein we could not find her zari supplies (oh, there’s still much time for this later, never fear) but ended up drafting a rather … Continue reading →

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My yarns!

Posted on May 31, 2009 by HappyGoth

Let me show you them: Good yarn on the left, not-so-good yarn on the right. Yesssssss. This yarn rocks. I’m almost done spinning the fluff! Then I can learn plying. Wooooo plying. SCA yarns. This is what I spin when … Continue reading →

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More SCA nerdliness

Posted on May 29, 2009 by HappyGoth

I SHALL: Complete a Magister’s requirements for Bookbinding. I have decided. Here is what I shall do for this: Teach classes in the following – Coptic codices, Byzantine codices, Persian bindings, gothic bindings, Carolingian bindings (I might replace the gothic … Continue reading →

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Blind people read, too.

Posted on May 29, 2009 by HappyGoth

Media guys, don’t be jerks. No, seriously. Any sort of profit you might make from the copyright restrictions you’re proposing (making it illegal to have a text-to-speech feature on e-books) is negated by the sheer assholery that you’re perpetuating. This … Continue reading →

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Friggin’ sweet.

Posted on May 27, 2009 by HappyGoth
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More yarns.

Posted on May 26, 2009 by HappyGoth

I have spun them. I am another hour’s spinning away from having them finished totally. Actually, it’s probably more like five hours, because there are some knitting projects what need finishing before then, so I’ll finish those and then do … Continue reading →

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I have over-klutzed myself.

Posted on May 25, 2009 by HappyGoth

I am a giganto klutz. Usually, however, this is limited to an encounter with a doorframe here, an altercation between my knee and the edge of a coffee table there, and so on. But not usually all in one day. … Continue reading →

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The safari was a success.

Posted on May 23, 2009 by HappyGoth

For me, at least. I had also been sent on a mission from Dawn to find some cheap and lovely saris for draping, but I came up with squat. I did, however, discover that Mirage sells fabric by the yard, … Continue reading →

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LIE.

Posted on May 22, 2009 by HappyGoth

I so totally (lie) have mono (lie). I am going to die (lie lie lie). I will be sick forever (oh, hypochondria, you LIE). (Truth is that I have a cold and am so excited about tomorrow’s shopping outing I … Continue reading →

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Oh! And also.

Posted on May 21, 2009 by HappyGoth

This is so awesome: Shark Attack Hat I can totally scale this up to fit my own head.

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