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janestarzI was afraid this might happen, and it did. I have been preparing for the Fantasy Fair for the last three months, and when it was finally over and I had recovered from three days hard work (it was worse than larp) the filling of my days, the meaning of my life, sort of fell away. I keep telling myself I have to prepare for the Summoning, but so far I've made one cloak this week, and fixed Marilou's dress and that's it.
But from the depths of my mind a new craving arose. I want to get my bow certificate. It's a slow process, but when you want to shoot bow at large events like the Summoning (I don't ever want to play there) or the Gathering in the UK you need a certificate.
The nice thing about getting the certificate is that you don't have to pay for lessons. It's quite different from driving in that particular aspect. You get a < 20 lbs bow and some arrows, shoot with it for a year (at enough events, ofcourse, you need to practice), and then have your first certificate if the security test guy agrees. After that year, you can go for the second certificate, which allows you to shoot up to 30 lbs bows.
The only problem I've encountered with this wonderful system so far, is that I have a 29 lbs bow at home, which I can shoot in the park here and at some minor clubs who don't use the certificate thing, but that I'll need a 20 lbs bow as well because I have to get the first certificate first.
Also: I still want my lockmachine. Am counting it will be about Eur. 500.--; at my mother's friend. I know, it's expensive, but I want a really good one, which can do coverlock stitches (see the hemming of a regular t-shirt, that's a coverlock stitch; it stitches and zig-zags at the same time which will save me a lot of time). I was also drooling over the Eur. 950.-- Singer machine with the 363 stitches, including decorative snowflakes and leaves and flowers and some lockstitches and 8 different kind of buttonholes.
I have a luxury problem. I can't afford all that.
But from the depths of my mind a new craving arose. I want to get my bow certificate. It's a slow process, but when you want to shoot bow at large events like the Summoning (I don't ever want to play there) or the Gathering in the UK you need a certificate.
The nice thing about getting the certificate is that you don't have to pay for lessons. It's quite different from driving in that particular aspect. You get a < 20 lbs bow and some arrows, shoot with it for a year (at enough events, ofcourse, you need to practice), and then have your first certificate if the security test guy agrees. After that year, you can go for the second certificate, which allows you to shoot up to 30 lbs bows.
The only problem I've encountered with this wonderful system so far, is that I have a 29 lbs bow at home, which I can shoot in the park here and at some minor clubs who don't use the certificate thing, but that I'll need a 20 lbs bow as well because I have to get the first certificate first.
Also: I still want my lockmachine. Am counting it will be about Eur. 500.--; at my mother's friend. I know, it's expensive, but I want a really good one, which can do coverlock stitches (see the hemming of a regular t-shirt, that's a coverlock stitch; it stitches and zig-zags at the same time which will save me a lot of time). I was also drooling over the Eur. 950.-- Singer machine with the 363 stitches, including decorative snowflakes and leaves and flowers and some lockstitches and 8 different kind of buttonholes.
I have a luxury problem. I can't afford all that.
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Date: 2004-06-29 01:56 am (UTC)Twi and me agreed that if we ever get married, we'll ask people to add to our ultracool sewing/embroidery machine fund instead of giving presents. Until then, I'm happy to have my mother's Bernina, which happily chews through everything you throw at it, even though it's not that much younger than I am.
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Date: 2004-06-29 03:22 am (UTC)I'll just have to save up for my lockmachine, but I'm not sure I want to go for the embroidery machine, since it's almost 3000 euro and needs expensive thread to make the pictures all shiney. I like to embroider by hand too...
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Date: 2004-06-29 04:04 am (UTC)Tomorrow is the fairy tale party at Fabio's school. Fabio's class has the Little Red Riding Hood theme. I have to finish before tomorrow:
-A red cape for Fabio, for Fabio is going to be a male Red Riding Hood. The Red Hood is already finished, but I haven't even started working on the cape.
- A hunter's outfit for me. And I haven't even started drawing a pattern. I will have to make a hunter's hat, and combine that with some LARP stuff from my wardrobe.
And I have no machine, so I am going to sew it all by hand! AAAAARGH!
I can very well imagine that once you have a machine, you want a better one, and then an even better one.
I would never have imagined myself drooling over sewing machines, not until I started sewing LARP goodies, but now I can imagine that very well.