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In other words, I spent the afternoon helping with priming my parents' bedroom. We spent an hour plus removing things screwed into the walls and moving furniture and the like, and the several hours priming- and we're not quite done yet. But it was rather satisfying, in a mildly mind-numbing way that only activities like painting molding can manage. But really, somehow we were all very cheerful about it for a surprisingly long period of time. So then we went out to dinner to escape the fumes, came back and scattered- after all that time working and eating together, we all seemed to need our space for a bit. SO I got some of my mending done, although there's a bunch more of it. It's just so much more tempting to play with beads instead.
(I have a project there to finish too- beading designs on a regular kippah. I doubt I'll finish it over break, so it'll probably languish. But when I'm done, I'm going to have to find someone to whom to give it: it doesn't suit my coloring. And it's beaded, so it's presumably intended for a woman... Worst comes to worst I'll donate it to Egal as a loaner for people who want a decidedly feminine headcovering, although this one isn't incredibly feminine- just beaded in fairly bright colors. I don't know- I never know how these things will come out until they're done, and I've gotten no input on it besides Mom's so I really don't know, although Mom has pretty darn good taste. Honestly, I haven't actually seen anything like this sort of thing, but I haven't seen All that much.
[It's one of those material culture studies that would be really Fun to work on- analyzing ritualwear designs over time and geography and different sorts of communities. Basically- tallit/kippah watching, enlarged. I'd love ot play with that in light of the basic halakha and whatever rabbinic guidelines exist. Darn it, why do all the things I'm interested in seem to be a weird mix of rabbinics and sociology with a smattering of history? It doesn't really fit anywhere in particular- that'll make applying for grad school stuff a bit interesting...])
(I have a project there to finish too- beading designs on a regular kippah. I doubt I'll finish it over break, so it'll probably languish. But when I'm done, I'm going to have to find someone to whom to give it: it doesn't suit my coloring. And it's beaded, so it's presumably intended for a woman... Worst comes to worst I'll donate it to Egal as a loaner for people who want a decidedly feminine headcovering, although this one isn't incredibly feminine- just beaded in fairly bright colors. I don't know- I never know how these things will come out until they're done, and I've gotten no input on it besides Mom's so I really don't know, although Mom has pretty darn good taste. Honestly, I haven't actually seen anything like this sort of thing, but I haven't seen All that much.
[It's one of those material culture studies that would be really Fun to work on- analyzing ritualwear designs over time and geography and different sorts of communities. Basically- tallit/kippah watching, enlarged. I'd love ot play with that in light of the basic halakha and whatever rabbinic guidelines exist. Darn it, why do all the things I'm interested in seem to be a weird mix of rabbinics and sociology with a smattering of history? It doesn't really fit anywhere in particular- that'll make applying for grad school stuff a bit interesting...])