assorted

First, scraping the cheez off the screen:

( crazy but not evil, and 5 sarah waters? )

And a follow-up to my previous post, Wired has posted its candidates for Sexy Geeks of 2006. I've not heard of very many of them, but am amused to note that Masi Oka (Hiro on "Heroes") made the cut - he not only acts but programs for Industrial Light and Magic. Now THAT is some serious geekery!

home sewing goes trendy

According to "Time", it's evidently the hottest new thing among 20-somethings/fans of "Project Runway", and though I have to snark at the idea that home sewing is suddenly fashionable, I have to admit that I'm fully in favor of anything that gets more people finding the joy of making/altering their own instead of relying exclusively on poorly made, unoriginal "maul style" (and I say this as someone who still buys most of my everyday clothing from the usual outlets).

I'm especially curious about the trend towards sewing lounges and the like (PDF) that take sewing from a solitary to a collaborative/social activity - again, nothing new to those of us who have been doing "stich and bitches" all along, but this trend seems to be defusing the idea that sewing is little old ladies making frilly aprons and the like.

As for my own sewing, I'm going to make a concerted "push" on the venetians this weekend. I just cut out the outer fabric and with tips from multiple people, I've decided to make a wider waistband so I won't have to rely (exclusively, at least), on points or hooks and eyes to the matching doublet to make them stay up: while either of these would be more historically accurate, they're not so great for women and our "inside" plumbing :P

In addition, the wider waistband will provide more coverage above the natural waist, rather like modern fencing knickers, creating additional overlap of layers and hence, greater safety.

for the knitters...

You know who you are... I give you tinynibbles latest article, Knitting for Adults Only. Article is text only and likely worksafe, links within may not be.