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numb3r_5ev3n) wrote2022-04-03 08:14 pm
numb3r_5ev3n) wrote2022-04-03 08:14 pm
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Everything is horrible so I'm doing crafts.
:| The news out of Ukraine is horrible and we're long since past the point were Putin belonged *under* the Hague.
I feel dumb and escapist, but this is how I am handling the world being on fire right now.
I got this seax knife, made from a railroad spike, and wrapped the handle in blue leather.
Then I made a sheath for it from vegetable tanned leather:
Then I tried to dye it, but found out that some of the inexpensive leather dyes are a paint/dye hybrid. Oh well, if it comes to it I have enough leather to make another one.
My sewing machine broke, so I re-learned hand stitching and made a tunic. It's kind of dark charcoal grey fabric with green trim.
I also made costume leather armor but I'm not sure how I feel about it.
I made this reversible cloak (black/grey herringbone pattern.)
I'm working on a pair of Ghillies. More on that as they are closer to being finished.
I really wish things were not so awful in the world. I wish we could do something more about it. I wish we weren't at the mercy of a narcissistic genocidal thug with nuclear weapons.
To quote President Joe Biden: "For G-d's sake, this man cannot remain in power."
Current Mood:
I feel dumb and escapist, but this is how I am handling the world being on fire right now.
I got this seax knife, made from a railroad spike, and wrapped the handle in blue leather.
Then I made a sheath for it from vegetable tanned leather:
Then I tried to dye it, but found out that some of the inexpensive leather dyes are a paint/dye hybrid. Oh well, if it comes to it I have enough leather to make another one.
My sewing machine broke, so I re-learned hand stitching and made a tunic. It's kind of dark charcoal grey fabric with green trim.
I also made costume leather armor but I'm not sure how I feel about it.
I made this reversible cloak (black/grey herringbone pattern.)
I'm working on a pair of Ghillies. More on that as they are closer to being finished.
I really wish things were not so awful in the world. I wish we could do something more about it. I wish we weren't at the mercy of a narcissistic genocidal thug with nuclear weapons.
To quote President Joe Biden: "For G-d's sake, this man cannot remain in power."
Current Mood:
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I went to a whole renfaire in that tunic and didn't get a single pic! I'm hoping to remedy that in the next couple of weeks.
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