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May 29, 2007 by Tien Chiu

Tutu diversion

I’ve just finished threading up the loom for my white silk huck lace shawl, and was going to finish sleying the reed tonight, but I’ve been diverted by a crisis: an AIDS Lifecycle rider needs a tutu for Red Dress Day!  So I am going to make him a tutu tonight.  I think I have some red sparkly fabric, if not I’ll have to dye some of the oodles of silk I have sitting around.  I’ll also have to make him an under-tutu, I think, because his waist size is vastly larger than mine (38″ vs 31).  I don’t think my under-tutus will fit him, even with elastic!

Anyway, that will slow down my weaving by a couple of days.  I’m a little disappointed but not by much – it’s nice to know that even if I can’t ride AIDS Lifecycle this year, one of my tutus will!  And, of course, it’s nice to help out another rider.  I’ll post a pic of him in the tutu (if I can get one) when I’m done.

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