KK Chat -- 8 February 2015

[DesertRose]

NOTE:  The chat got cut off by a netsplit; this is why KK did not say goodbye.

[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:01 PM] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:11 PM] <Evie> hi kk
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:13 PM] <KK> Hello, all.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:14 PM] <Alkari> I just have to keep active and I take Panadol at night
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:17 PM] <Alkari> Hi KK
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:19 PM] <Jemler> hi kk
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:24 PM] <Kldara> Hi, KK
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:43 PM] <Alkari> The treatment is what you would normally do for arthritis and muscular weakness anyway, and I started Tai Chi last week
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:55 PM] <Aerlys> I was recently put on an new antibiotic, and I started experiencing dizziness, numbness and tingling in my extremities. The cure is worse than the disease sometimes
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:08:58 PM] <KK> Tai Chi is cool.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:09:07 PM] <Alkari> I think I am going to enjoy it, KK
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:09:31 PM] <Aerlys> Hello KK
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:09:32 PM] <Alkari> It is nice gentle movement, all conentrating on softness and control
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:09:50 PM] <Dennis> Hi, KK!
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:09:54 PM] <Kldara> I love tai chi, but haven't been able to find an instructor since I moved
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:10:11 PM] <Dennis> Kildara, you're welcome to any of it, you can take.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:10:13 PM] <Aerlys> Are you on gabapentin for your shoulder, Evie? That's what DS1 was on (one of the drugs, at least) after his accident
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:10:22 PM] <Kldara> Or rather, one close enough that i don't have to commute for 1/2 an hour
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:10:32 PM] <Kldara> Thanks, Dennis - would love to
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:10:33 PM] <KK> Try your local HS or Parks and Recreation. That's how I did it, back in Ireland.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:10:39 PM] <Alkari> I go up to a community hall about 10-15 mins drive away
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:10:51 PM] <Alkari> Its through the local council
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:10:54 PM] <Evie> not for the frozen shoulder, but for the (possible) nerve damage in that arm that caused me to restrict my movement and led to the frozen shoulder
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:11:11 PM] <KK> Evie, I take it that your shoulder is still bothering you.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:11:15 PM] <Kldara> Thanks, KK - did that. the only place nearby requires a membership with a hefty fee
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:11:26 PM] <Kldara> I'll keep lookkng
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:11:32 PM] <Evie> shoulder and arm, which is why i'm typing mostly one handed today
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:11:58 PM] * Aerlys sends woodgies to Evie
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:12:00 PM] <Evie> i'm having little stabbing twinges in my upper arm at random intervals
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:12:16 PM] <Alkari> the trouble with getting older is that you don't bounce anymore when you fall, and you get all sorts of odd things going wrong
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:12:23 PM] <Jemler> dennis, send evie some ice
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:12:31 PM] * Alkari sends healing thoughts to Evie
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:12:36 PM] <Jemler> send some to dr as well
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:12:40 PM] <Dennis> Nuh uh. I don't want Evie slipping and falling.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:12:42 PM] <KK> Of course, moving is better than not moving, if you can do it. Could you do some PT via your insurance, Evie?
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:12:51 PM] <Evie> i can, kk
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:13:08 PM] <Dennis> I'll go with Alkari's idea and send healing thoughts instead.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:13:12 PM] <Evie> just haven't had a chance to sign up for it, since I've used up so much sick leave time on the other doctor appointments this year
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:13:30 PM] <Evie> i'm hoping i can squeeze in pt during my lunch hours
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:13:56 PM] <Alkari> I had a couple of sessions with my physio and she put me into traction for a bit! I did check the room to see if Ramsay Snow was anywhere nearby before I allowed her to fasten all the straps!
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:15:26 PM] <KK> Not nearly as much fun as sewing for the littles, but if it will make you feel better....
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:15:28 PM] <Alkari> But it certainly helped with my wonky hip that was giving trouble
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:15:38 PM] <Evie> kk, mini-duncan got a new cassock for his birthday this week
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:16:16 PM] <KK> Yeah, I did some last year for my back, and it helped. But when I stopped, the back got worse again. I need to resume the exercises he gave me.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:16:20 PM] <Evie> fortunately it's the left arm this time around, so i can still sew in moderation
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:16:27 PM] <KK> This getting older is not for wimps.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:16:34 PM] <Evie> lol
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:17:08 PM] <Alkari> Agree, KK
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:17:15 PM] <Jemler> that's why i decided not to do it.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:17:28 PM] <Alkari> The Peter Pan of the Deryniverse
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:17:31 PM] <KK> I looked at the website this afternoon, and realized I'd not checked in since Duncan and Helena were decorating their Christmas tree. Please do post a pic of him in his new cassock.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:18:15 PM] <KK> Speaking of hops, have we heard from The Bee since last week?
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:18:25 PM] <KK> hips
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:18:25 PM] <Evie> it's on there, but i accidentally posted the pics in the mini-deryni photo art thread instead of the regular one
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:18:40 PM] <Evie> not since last sunday
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:18:44 PM] <Alkari> Is that the one of him in the new purple outfit, Evie?
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:18:53 PM] <Evie> yes alkari
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:19:00 PM] <Alkari> Looks very smart
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:19:38 PM] <Alkari> tpestry background is appropriate
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:21:12 PM] <Evie> about midway down this page, kk http://www.rhemuthcastle.com/index.php/topic,1226.15.html
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:23:21 PM] <Evie> the tapestry background pic is actually on page 3 of that thread, kk
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:23:45 PM] <Evie> that's my favorite pillow, alkari.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:24:31 PM] <Alkari> yours or the cat's?
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:24:52 PM] <Evie> mine, since it's at work where the cat can't get to it anymore
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:25:08 PM] <Alkari> wise move
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:25:43 PM] <Evie> welcome, mib_i69uaw! If you want to change your name, try /nick NewName
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:25:51 PM] <Alkari> wish I could have a cat.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:25:59 PM] <mib_i69uaw> cat can't get at what?
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:26:11 PM] <Evie> my tapestry pillow
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:26:57 PM] <Alkari> Must admit that Duncan's hairstyle tends to remind me of the pudding-bowl haircut on Steve Irwin's son
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:27:01 PM] <KK> Looks nice, Evie. Any way to do a standing collar?
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:27:19 PM] <Evie> lol alkari!
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:27:36 PM] <Evie> maybe, kk, but haven't figured out how yet
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:27:51 PM] <Evie> and haven't seen one in period art anyway
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:28:28 PM] <Evie> at least nothing that looks like a modern style standing collar, but i think it evolved from the amice, didn't it?
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:28:57 PM] <KK> Probably. But I do picture them in standing collars.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:29:04 PM] <Evie> wb alkari
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:29:16 PM] <Dennis> Just came across a random thing on Wikipedia. Apparently, Creoda was the first king of Mercia.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:29:21 PM] <Evie> ok, i'll see if i can figure out how to add one
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:29:24 PM] <Aerlys> rehi, Alkari
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:29:27 PM] <Alkari> thanks - Mibbit just started flickering badly so I logged out then back again
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:29:53 PM] <Evie> still haven't made a cummerbund style cincture. my spool of purple ribbon is missing
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:30:23 PM] <Evie> and can't find purple fringe, but i have gold fringe if that will do. I've seen purple cummerbund cinctures with gold fringe online
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:31:28 PM] * Aerlys pelts mibbit with a squid
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:31:55 PM] <Kldara> KK - do you mean like the color on a clergy shirt before adding the collar, or like the rolled collar on a cassock-alb?
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:32:39 PM] <Alkari> Hi Bee
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:32:43 PM] <KK> Like on a clergy shirt. But the more rolled collar would work for our purposes.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:32:43 PM] <Kldara> Or like the collar on a basic cassock
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:32:52 PM] <Jemler> hi bee
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:33:03 PM] <The_Bee> Hi all!
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:33:18 PM] <Evie> hi laurna
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:33:21 PM] <Laurna> Hello everyone
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:33:25 PM] <The_Bee> hi laurna
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:33:28 PM] <KK> Bee! We were just wondering how you're doing.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:33:34 PM] <Alkari> Hi Laurna
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:33:43 PM] <Laurna> Bee how are your feeling well I hope
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:34:21 PM] <Jemler> hi laurna
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:34:29 PM] <The_Bee> I'm still at the post surgery rehab center. We're supposed to have ameeting Tuesday to decide when I can go home.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:34:35 PM] <Laurna> Hi Jemler,
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:35:02 PM] <Alkari> How are you feeling?
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:35:04 PM] <Laurna> I hope the food is good
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:35:15 PM] <Evie> i need to look up a cassock-alb to see what you mean
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:35:33 PM] <Evie> hi bee
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:36:17 PM] <KK> A cassock alb is a fairly modern invention, but the collar is probably more like what would have been possible medievally.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:36:20 PM] <Kldara> The rolled collar can be created by extending the neck to form a kind of tube (needs to be lined and interlined a little) and then folding it down to the desired height. Don't know how difficult that would be in minature. I am in awe of Evie's work.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:37:53 PM] <Kldara> The collar on a cassock alb, I've always thought, is supposed to suggest a folded down hood - sort of. At least that't why I always thought since when they first appeared, there were also hooded albs available (kind of like a cowl without the dramatic sleeves).
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:38:19 PM] <Kldara> Sorry - lots of typos in that last
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:38:30 PM] <Evie> I've seen some hooded capelets with the hood down to create a folded collar-like effect with a gap in front. Might that have a similar effect?
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:39:33 PM] <Kldara> Yes, Evie
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:40:55 PM] <Evie> it would be easy to add a hood to the capelet and then fold it down collar-like
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:40:57 PM] <Aerlys> Bad mibbit, picking on Bee like that!
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:41:19 PM] <KK> Yeah, the folded-down hood could create the right effect.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:41:45 PM] <Evie> or i can try to copy my 1:6 modern- style priest dickey (it has another name but I forget what) to see if I can make a purple fronted one to wear under the cassock
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:42:12 PM] <Laurna> I still don't have a camera shot of the new action figure horse but he looks good next to my knight.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:42:36 PM] <KK> Or he could just wear that under the cassock.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:42:41 PM] <Evie> doing a stand up neckline requires more fitting at the neck opening than I'm usually able to achieve, given my trial-and-error style of fitting rather than using a pattern
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:42:48 PM] <Aerlys> nice, Laurna
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:43:06 PM] <Evie> no, the one I have would show black under the cassock opening
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:43:06 PM] <Alkari> sounds good Laurna - look forward to pics
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:43:18 PM] <Kldara> Don't call it "trial and error," Evie - call is "draping." Very couture.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:43:22 PM] <Evie> so unless it's meant to look that way, Ithink the folded hood would work better
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:43:57 PM] <Jemler> hi jerusha
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:04 PM] <Laurna> Hi Jerusah
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:05 PM] <Evie> in terms of garment creation, I drape, but as for the neck openingg, that's usually guessing what size hole to cut and then either doing a rolled hem or adding a facing, then hoping i guessed right
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:12 PM] <Laurna> Jerusha
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:15 PM] <Jerusha> Hi Everyone! Sorry to be so late.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:21 PM] <Evie> and the hole usually has to be cut large to get it over Duncan's hair
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:31 PM] <Dennis> Hi, Jerusha!
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[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:37 PM] <Evie> unless I take off his head to put the cassock on
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:38 PM] <Alkari> LOL @ couture draping. All the little folk have lovely couture clothes.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:54 PM] <KK> That <is> a problem. YOu don't want to behead him every time he changes clothes.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:44:55 PM] <EPCarpenter> Hello again...
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:45:03 PM] <Jerusha> Losing one's head for a wardrobe change?
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:45:30 PM] <KK> Hello, EPC. Staying warm? There's weather headed your way, isn't there? Certainly coming after Bee.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:45:31 PM] <Aerlys> rehi, Eric
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:45:41 PM] <Jerusha> Hi EPC
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:45:42 PM] <Evie> so neckhole size always has to factor in the opening size needed for a pullover garment, unless I'm going to do a hidden closure in back
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:45:59 PM] <Evie> but that creates other difficulties
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:46:01 PM] <Kldara> Yeah that is a problem, especially since the arms don't bend either - I used to have that problem when I made baby doll clothes.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:46:04 PM] <EPCarpenter> Some weather. Luckily today's high melted off most of the snow and ice.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:46:15 PM] <Aerlys> (well, he was a Ken doll. Losing his head over new clothes might not be such a stretch )
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:46:22 PM] <Evie> oh, all of my figures have bendable arms. I refuse to keep them on non posing bodies
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:46:24 PM] <Kldara> LOL Aerlys
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:46:37 PM] <Evie> Duncan is on a Triad Evo action figure body, so very poseable
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:46:51 PM] <Evie> but even so, plastic bodies have limitations
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:46:58 PM] <Evie> and his arms don't come off easily like Helena's do
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:47:00 PM] <Kldara> That makes sense.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:47:03 PM] <Alkari> he needs custom physio
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:47:13 PM] <Evie> For some of her outfits, I remove her hands to get them into tight sleeves
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:47:23 PM] <Jerusha> Ick!
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:47:24 PM] <Evie> and even remove her arms as needed to get into fitted bodices
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:47:28 PM] <Laurna> Ooch evie
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:47:37 PM] <KK> Ouch!
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:47:50 PM] <Jerusha> Evie's little house of wardrobe horrors
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:48:06 PM] <Alkari> After one lot of physio following surgery, I told my physio that it would probably be a lot easier if she just took my arm out of the socket and put it back where she wanted it to be.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:48:10 PM] <Evie> with duncan that's more of an ordeal because his hands aren't easily removable and his arms aren't removable at all. And while his neck comes off easily for now, I would rather not take it off if I don't have to
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:48:30 PM] <Laurna> For my larger porcelian dolls you have to make large puffy sleeves just to dress them or make right and left sides and sew them together after she is dressed
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:48:49 PM] <Aerlys> my grandmother always said, "It takes pain to be beautiful" Didn't think it would involve dismembering onself to don pretty clothes...
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:48:56 PM] <Jerusha> Trial by wardrobe
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:49:02 PM] <Alkari> This is starting to sound like a Mary Shelley follow-up
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:49:17 PM] <Alkari> 'how to make your action figure'.
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:49:21 PM] <Kldara> I'd never heard of Triad Evo figures - just went to look. They're impressive
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:49:37 PM] <Aerlys> only the best for Duncan
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:49:48 PM] <Evie> I also tend to cut clothing looser than actually required to reduce wear and tear on the figures when changing clothing, since I don't want them to have to remain in the same outfit all the time. A few of mine are, but that's not my preference
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:50:47 PM] <Evie> they're hard to find, Kildara, being mostly discontinued, but they're the best I've found so far to go with Ken skintones, and require little adaptation to get the more modern style Ken heads to fit on their bodies
[Sunday, February 08, 2015] [07:52:31 PM] <Aerlys> a brief glimpse into Dr. Frankenevie's laboratory
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