Further craftiness of the lobster

[elettaria]

I delivered it to the synagogue on Friday evening and it was received with a round of applause and much gratifying marvelling over it, especially the apparently wondrous fact that I hand-sewed it in just over a fortnight. I hope they work out a way to use it as a wall hanging for the High Holydays, they could really do with having something that looks a bit more Jewish in the church that they borrow for those services. Don't get me wrong, that Unitarian church is lovely and as churches go, it's relatively unchurchy-looking, but still, it's a church rather than a synagogue.

In other news, not only am I absolutely bloody shattered from spending four hours at synagogue (I'd forgotten how excruciatingly uncomfortable those chairs are), but I have what has been described by Gerald Durrell as a "rich, bubbling cold" and I want none of it. On the other hand, I've discovered that Potter's Life Drops (tincture of chilli, elderflower and peppermint, very useful stuff but HOT) go well in peppermint tea, and even better when you leave the used peppermint teabag in for the next cup and add a licorice teabag. Electric heating pads are also wondrous things.

I am also rather bored. Audiobook recommendations, anyone? You can see the books I have access to here.

Comments

[elettaria.livejournal.com]

Sorry, "synagogue" was a bit misleading. I used to be a member of the Liberal Jewish community here, which is small, relatively new, and doesn't have its own premises yet. So it holds services in community centres, churches and the like. The only synagogue in Edinburgh is Orthodox (and therefore segregates the men and women; Reform and Liberal synagogues don't do that), and it won't let the Liberals hold services there because they feel they shouldn't condone such shocking things as letting men and women sit together, allowing women to conduct services, or allowing people to be involved whom Orthodox Judaism does not consider to be technically Jewish (they have rather odd regulations about this).

Spotty fabric? Which one do you mean? I started off with the Makower Cascade collection, which is discontinued but can still be found if you hunt it down, then added fabrics from a few other collections. The two lightest blues are from Luminaries by (I think) Country Casuals, there's the Tivoli Scrolls from Makower again, and the Graceful Geishas from Lonni Rossi, who designs for Andover, aka Makower. I can't remember where the gold pine cone fabric originates, but I bought it from the Tabbycat, and you can probably find it cheaper elsewhere.

Life Drops (http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/924917_Potter_s_Eldermint_Life_Drops__50ml.html) are a herbal tincture designed for flu and such, though they're also useful for a few other things, I use them when I'm exhausted and cold. Chilli tincture is pretty potent stuff. It says on the bottle to put 11 drops in 1-2 tbs water, but if you value your life I'd suggest making it at least half a glass of water, if not a whole one, as it's bloody hot.

*sneeze sneeze sneeze*

[altglas.livejournal.com]

I mean the one that fills in the triangles of the star between the yellow stripes (if that makes sense).

[elettaria.livejournal.com]

And that is also used for the side triangles next to the diamonds? Makower Cascade range, Tutti Frutti in blue. You can get it in red as well, it's rather lovely. I think there are still a few shops selling it if you snoop around online.