Experiment time

( Body washing/hair care routines etc... which I am sure some of you couldn't give a rats arse about so I will be nice. )

(But, cause I am occasionally evil and everyone likes footnotes :)
* Conditioner - avoiding silicon, -cones and other varnishes used to glue spit ends down. Luckily this can generally be done by giving up on the expensive conditioners and going for the cheaparse budget stuff. I'll take $1-2 per L if I am going to be slathering it on.
** Some people use caffiene to wake up in the mornings, I use a shower... and occasional Milo.
*** My rant on chemical free was a couple months ago. Suffice to say, if you wish to be chemical free, I will happily put a sticker on your back saying "Vacuum head" and kick you out the airlock to join the rest... Edit: Though as such, I probably shouldn't snap "No it isn't, it has substance" at the shop assistant going through their soap ingredients and insisting they are chemical free. After their sign for "chemical free" henna, they are 2 down on the three strikes and I am not buying there again after telling them so stakes. Nice smelling soaps though. Will save their SLS free olive oil soap for emergency grubbiness.

Shock Horror Oh No...

Mt Cook glaciers 'permanently damaged' by climate change. (NZ Herald, 3 May 2007)

Get all indignant reading the headline and opening paragraph... then read the rest, sigh and snigger slightly as a family friend* appears to be quoted in interesting ways. Rest of the article makes a lot more sense. Might avoid pointing out that former glacial splendour for the Mt Cook region was the last Ice Age or two and yes, it has gotten warmer since and yes, the glaciers are slightly shorter than they were then too.

*NZ expert on glaciers and worked with Dad a lot. I remember Dad laughing when shown a potential science badge project on listing the glaciers of NZ as that was what Trevor had spent the past few decades doing. Great old house to visit with puzzles and beanbags and tall stories. Not certain if he still has the record for furthest south on a mountain bike - he took it down to Antarctica with him round summer 1992-93. Nice to know he is still keeping busy.

Oh look, pretty building!!!

Anyone currently watching, ABC's design building show (6-7pm Thurs) is currently looking at a cruck frame house being built - some nice medieval buildings being shown before they go back to the house being built. Started taping just now so missing the first ~5-10min. Anyone see the rest?

Bliaut progress

Skirts attached so at the fun bit of tweaking the sides to fit as tight as possible knowing that things will pull differently with lacing holes etc. Lots of pins in fingers and swearing. Not happy about the fabric round the underarms and the way it bunches - suspect that is an artifact of having shoulder circumference bigger than the breast circumference.. and bits of the hips... Not certain if the waist seam is sitting too low or what. Is a bit too obvious at present, though the seam hasn't been flat felled yet.
Arsery.
Weight of about 30cm extra hem length isn't helping either but can't cut off too much til I know how it will hang.
And the neckhole is slightly crooked with the neck hole that mm or two too small.

But it doesn't look bad from the back in the mirror and does drape really nicely across the arse and hips and down...

Like the sewing, like the wearing, can't stand the fitting bit.