Hyperbolic Pseudospheres

After the Rains and This and That

I really didn't know that Kansas had a rainy season. Actually, we had it so much easier than those by big rivers. God bless those people.

My flowers are bedraggled.

I was happily crocheting away on my hyperbolic plane when I realized I had vastly underestimated the amount of orange cotton I need. I hope the LYS still has some.

I used to sit around and make fabric yoyos. I have a bunch to either sell as they are, or make things. It amazes me how cheaply they are offered.

I'm far behind where I thought I would be on filling my Etsy shop. However I'm determined not to let it take over my life. Sometimes in the past when I've been involved in making money, I've had the attitude that if it didn't make me money, it wasn't worth my time. Isn't that disgusting?

To repent is to "turn again", to be in the same situation as before and make a different choice.

Dear Knitting Teacher fell down the steps at church and cracked and bruised, etc. How dismal this should happen to her. She is so full of love and optimism. God bless her.

Spot the Rabbit and Pseudospheres

Spot came from the Feed Store. I had help choosing a boy rabbit. (lol) Our herd is supposedly New Zealand Whites, but we think there's some dwarfism mixed in. Dwarves are perfectly fine people, but not so good for our purpose in raising rabbits.

Our other rabbits are all white, but Spot is mixed, and we hope he'll add size and strength to the herd. Isn't he cute?




I added some models of hyperbolic space to the Esty shop
See photos above.
They were a lot of fun to make. There are three different red pseudospheres, in the one set. (Enough to pass around a math class) They will also make dandy Christmas decorations.

I'm also working on an orange model of a hyperbolic plane. It would look good with Autumn decor, I think.

Other new stuff in the shop, too.

Mr. P

Some of you were aware that Mr. P had a medical procedure yesterday. Thank you for your prayers.

It was indeed painful but I distracted him by talking about rabbits. He's feeling better today.

Living (Green) Efficiently (edited)

This is a post about clothes and acquisitiveness. If it gets around, I'll probably never be given a gift of clothing ever again.

I've sewn for years, supposing it was more efficient than buying clothes in a store. Life itself isn't very efficient and everything is tending toward collapse anyway(Second Law of Thermodynamics) but I figure we ought to fight the good fight.

Then too, handmade clothes FIT me, and don't encourage slave labor.

I'm not sure about the efficiency of handmade. I've recently read that, though it's counterintuitive, keeping your old vehicle, even if it's a gas hog, leaves less of a carbon footprint than buying a new car. It "costs" so much ecologically to make a new vehicle.
It could be that the fabric I buy was made by slave labor. Growing and spinning my own fiber, and then making fabric, seems so time consuming that I won't even start. I have great respect for those who do.

I'm reading a novel set in Japan, so I'm on overtime reminiscing about my years there. The Japanese women with whom I taught and worked seemed to have only one or two work outfits.
In teacher training in America, I'd been told to keep the wardrobe as large as possible, to keep things interesting. Evidently, in Japan teachers can be interesting without having lots of clothes.
Of course, as an American, I got the idea that part of MY job description there was to look as glamorous as possible. It's the American mystique. (I got so tired of it that when I repatriated, I stopped wearing makeup and jewelry.)

So, how many clothes does one person need? I'd always thought that five to seven outfits was about right, so I only had to do laundry once a week or so. What's the norm? (Of course, kids need a lot more, since they get dirty.)

Mrs. X works in a store that we frequent, and she came up one day and said that she and her husband had outgrown some clothes she thought would fit us. Would we take them? Sure.
She gave us three BIG bags. They do indeed just fit us, and look never worn. It was like Christmas, almost, and we're grateful.

We didn't have enough hangers in the house. How many clothes do we need?

I don't think income really needs to be a factor. I've known a couple or three people who are really rich, and they seem to have even fewer clothes than I.

People do need BEAUTY in their lives, and sometimes that's purchased as clothing or jewelry.

Sometimes I think I must be weirdly conservative. Maybe it comes from living in the Midwest, where memories of the '30s Dustbowl have not really died. It certainly seems to me that the attitudes of people who lived through the '30s are very similar to "living green".

Use it up.
Wear it out.
Make it do
Or do without.

I like the upcycling done in many Etsy shops.

If you're feeling poor, check out the people served by Warm Woolies,

or GFA,

and remember that while life on earth may seem expensive, it includes a free trip around the Sun every year.

Comments welcomed.

Photos of WW Prizes

Prizes

The seven winners of the Grace Livingston Hill book giveaway have been contacted by email or etsy convo, and I await their permission to post their names.

The Warm Woolies contest continues. Check the ww site for details.

I just received my Warm Woolies prize. I hesitate to post the details for fear someone will be jealous. But we're all mature, aren't we?

Books:
50 Baby Booties to Knit by Zoe Mellor

Two-Stitch Knits by Jane Crowfoot

Sock Yarn:
100 g Wildfoote Geranium by Brown Sheep Co

200 g Regia in two different colors, whose names I cannot read

100g Socka Color(?) If the band lists the color, it's in a language I don't read.

I'm pleased.