Mar. 29th, 2008

gurdymonkey: (Default)
Dealing with the bomb site that is my living room. Scrub bathroom. Scrub kitchen. (Kitchen is not a bomb site with lovely new shelves. Bathroom is not a bomb site because it isn't big enough.)

Tomorrow's activities: dealing with the bomb site that is the garret.

(You see, I have a very bad habit of taking things out to go to events and then not putting them away....)

EDIT. There comes a point when one has to tell the voice in one's head that is wailing, "That stuff was $__ a yard!" that some of the scraps are just too small and too oddly shaped to salvage for monkey clothes, pouches or even hair ties. I filled an entire paper grocery sack with such scraps.

Living room is done except for dusting and vacuuming.

Kitchen is done.

Groceries and a new rag rug for the bathroom have been acquired. (Old, icky, beyond-all-redemption rubber backed mat is out on the landing for next trip down to trash.)

I think I shall save the bathroom for tomorrow and start dealing with the garret now. Hm.

EDIT 3:15 PM
Inroads have been made. Amazing what a difference simply PUTTING BOOKS BACK IN THE BOOKCASE made. It's that whole teaching online thing. I pull stuff out to answer a question and the next thing you know, there's a ziggurat of books next to my chair....  I even put my beloved dictionary away. And put all the paid bills into the paid bill box.

Despite its unsightliness, the craft table is staying up for now because I should actually have time to work on Mitsuhide's obi tomorrrow.

I'll hump the vacuum downstairs tomorrow. I'm done for today!
gurdymonkey: (Default)
I've been saying for years that we cannot know what medieval music truly sounded like unless someone finds a CD buried in a bog. The technology of recording sounds is only about 150 years old. Check this out!

'Magical' song from 1860 knocks Edison off the chart

ExpandRead text of article and click on mp3 link to hear the first known recording. )
gurdymonkey: (Default)
http://www.conair.com/compact-fabric-steamer-p-208.html

There is nothing that is such a pain in the backside as trying to iron something considerably longer than one's ironing board. Some of my Japanese pieces are considerably longer than I am tall and the prospect of pressing them, packing them for CostumeCon and taking them out again only to find that they need to be pressed AGAIN does not appeal.

I figured that $29.99 was not a hideous investment in a garment steamer, so I figured I'd give the Conair a try. I followed the instructions, filled it to the fill line, plugged it in, switched it on and waited the requisite six minutes. It produced a steady flow of steam once heated.

My test was on a wool cotehardie that had a lovely array of wrinkles from being machine washed and hung to dry after having had to be unwound from the agitator. I had to move the steamer nozzle slowly, but it de-wrinkled the wool most satisfactorily.

Next, a  tunic  in a heavy  cotton/linen blend.  The steamer worked quite handily on this. 

Finally, a silk dupioni kosode. Light wrinkles came out pretty easily, but the steamer did not do as well with heavy creases. These will have to go downstairs and be ironed the old fashioned way.

That said, I still think it will be worth packing along to CostumeCon for touch-ups.

Profile

gurdymonkey: (Default)
gurdymonkey

March 2024

S M T W T F S
     12
3456 789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

Expand All Cut TagsCollapse All Cut Tags
Page generated Jul. 26th, 2025 07:39 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios