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Posted on September 11, 2024
Tags: madeof:atoms, craft:sewing, FreeSoftWear
I’ve been influenced again into feeling the need for a garment.
It was again a case of multiple sources conspiring in the same direction for unrelated reasons, but I decided I absolutely needed a linen hood, made from the heavy white linen I knew I had in my stash.
Why? I don’t know. I do like the feeling of wearing a hood, and the white linen should give a decent protection from the sun, but I don’t know how often I’m going to wear these instead of just a hat. On the other hand the linen was already there and I needed something small to sew.
My first idea was to make a square hood: some time ago I had already made one out of some leftovers of duvet cover, vaguely inspired by theS , because I have a long-term plan of making one a bit more from scratch1.
I like the fact that this pattern is completely made out of squares and rectangles, and while the flannel one is quite fitting, as suitable for a warm garment, I felt that by making it just a cm or two wider it would have worked nicely for a warm weather one, and indeed it did.
Except, before I even started on the square hood, I started to think that the same square top would also be good for a hood-scarf, one of those long flowy garments that sit on the head, wrap around the neck and fall down, moving with the wind and the movements of the person.
Because, let’s be honest. worn in a way that look like a veil they feel nice, it’s true. But with the help of a couple of pins then you can do this.
And no, I’ve never played that game2, and I’m not even 100% sure what it is about, other than killing people, climbing buildings and petting cats3, but that’s not really an issue when making a bit of casual cosplay of something, right?
Anyway, should anybody feel the need to make themselves a hood or ten, the patterns have been released as usual as #FreeSoftWear: square hoodand hood scarf.
- I’m not going to raise the sheep :D I’m actually not even going to wash and comb the wool, I’ll start from the step just after those :D↩︎
- because proprietary software, because somewhat underpowered computers and other related reasons that are somewhat incidental to the game itself.↩︎
- at least two out of three things that make it look like a perfectly enjoyable activity.↩︎
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •Ieri mentre cucivo ho guardato un video-sul-secondo-canale di qualcuno che stava chiaccherando dello status del progetto di cui postano sul primo canale mentre riordinava casa, faceva bucati e lavava i piatti.
Stamattina, mentre stendevo il bucato, ho pensato che spero veramente che almeno qualcuno di questo video sopravviva nel futuro, perché quanto non sarebbe figo avere un video di qualcuno nel passato che svolge questi compiti quotidiani mentre chiacchera di cose scorrelate? anche se non ci interessa niente delle cose di cui parla, solo per avere una finestra sulla vita quasi¹ quotidiana della gente.
Tutto sommato è già carino adesso vedere la differenza con il modo in cui quelle stesse cose vengono fatte da quest'altra parte del mondo.
¹ è comunque qualcuno che si sta riprendendo per un video che finirà sull'internet dove tutti lo vedono, immagino che non sia proprio proprio tutto identico a come quelle cose verrebbero fatte in privato.
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rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •È una considerazione che feci tempo fa (a una riunione di filosofi!) sul porno cosiddetto "amatoriale": quando si sa che c'è una webcam ci si comporta SEMPRE in modo diverso.
O come quando i fotografi ti dicono "fai un'espressione spontanea!".
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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Sini Tuulia
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •I love those housekeeping pages in Victorian ladies' journals where they offer tips to do things I'd barely ever heard about.
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Sini Tuulia • •@Sini Tuulia this
and when it started to get written down a bit, often they skimp on the details that are obvious to everybody at the time (and baffle us).
a video on its own would probably have parts that leave us baffled too¹, but having both written sources and unrelated videos I hope would solve a number of mysteries!
¹ why is she saying that she's washing the clothes, when she's just putting them in an oddly shaped box and going away?