Friday's doings

[helwen]

I made some soap today as we were about out. Melt-and-pour veg. glycerin, some with Lavendar and some with Rosemary essential oils. I included some Lavendar buds in the first and some ground Rosemary leaves in the second. Not really necessary, but it makes it a little easier to tell which is which :)

I may wrap some for sale at ellid's church; I'll need to make more if I decide to do that. I made 5 pounds of soap, which sounds like a lot, but really isn't... 14+ bars (drippings and scraps go into one of the bar molds until it's full - home use only).

I currently use some Celtic knotwork molds and some Chinese character molds, but I'm considering investing in one of the professional block molds -- pour a block, set, then cut into bars. I've seen metal ones and figure it will last longer than my plastic molds, and while they might not be as pretty, it would take less time to make and work just as well.

We finished a couple of scrolls today, which baronessmartha kindly consented to deliver for us to Mudthaw.

We went over to Hancock Fabrics after dropping off the scrolls, as baronessmartha informed us that the store is closing and everything is at least 20% off. We picked up some notions, some red & black buffalo check cotton flannel, a couple of bags of cotton batting, and a couple of bags of wool batting.

We've been using some of our fabric stash wool as covers on the bed and find wool to be quite satisfactory for warmth and breathability, but the way the wool layers sometimes roam about during the night to be not quite so. So, the plan is to make a cover with wool as the top layer, then the wool batt, then a bottom layer of linen.

We also took the DVD/VHS player to Circuit City as it could no longer read discs (possibly a scratched 'eye', but beyond ours or in-store repair), then decided to upgrade to a box that can dub from VHS to DVD, so we can dub our tapes and have the movies take less space in the cabinet. They currently don't actually all _fit_ in there, really.... the old player was turned in for recycling. We had it for at least 5 years, and it was well used. Since we don't watch tv or movies as often as we used to, I'm hopeful that this one will last longer than the previous one. We'll be trying it out this coming week.

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[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

I found a copy of The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding today, couldnt afford it. ( $100 )
Odd circumstance, cannot access it til next March ( last day of local booksale ).
If you are interested this time next year, I can get it if I dont mess up.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the offer, but looks like it was fortunate you didn't have enough money -- we already have that one :)

Thanks for thinking of us!

[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

That's why I didnt do my usual "grab and gloat" =) I assumed you likely did have it, but on the off chance...