hangover

I had a nice Christmas - yes, despite my complaining, grinchy posts of the last couple of weeks, the day/weekend itself was very good. Much bookage and other gifty goodness + 4 days of relaxation with friends, D., and my hobbies was very welcome indeed :)

Still, the post-holiday "hangover" between Christmas and New Year's still disorients me even though it's the same every year - a month of hectic followed by inertia. I have to be at work but there's very little to do, there is almost no one on the roads morning or evening, and it seems evident that everything is on hold until January 2, when the serious business of Getting On With It can continue.

In an effort to normalize I'm taking the night off SCA practice to do some cleaning and tidying and finishing up of the last brownies of the season (not all at once, geez!)

But man, it is just strange, this in-between time. Makes me jumpy.

I love French curves

They help me scale up the hat patterns from the Tudor Tailor. I drafted the Henrician coif, bongrace variation, and basic pleated flat cap (can't find decent photo); the objective is to have a variety of things with which to cover my anachronistic hair :P

Over the weekend I completed construction on the Zoey vest! All that remains is the surface finish discussed here which I will of course try on a scrap first. Pictures forthcoming....