Notices by Sìne (sine@pagan.plus)

@feditips I like #BookWyrm 😀

I'm on the Rambling Readers instance and am gradually adding my previously read books alongside my current reads. This is me
https://ramblingreaders.org/user/StephanieJane if anyone wants to link up!

#RamblingReaders #Fediverse #Books #Bookstodon

@FrostPoem
#MicroPrompt #haiku anns a' Ghàidhlig!

Seo an àmhailteach
Le planaichean cho craicte,
Na lean a shlighe.

(This is the sly man
With such wacky plans,
Don't follow his path.)

Nice one @gunchleoc 👍 I'd not heard of metager.org before

And for the strophium conversation @mimicofmodes @VVitchy @AimeeMaroux @antiquidons @histodons I found this page which is written by a re-enactment woman and describes how she ties her strophium https://wh1350.at/en/clothing/the-strophium/

Now I just need to find the recommended thin linen. A haberdashers maybe?

@mimicofmodes @VVitchy @AimeeMaroux @antiquidons @histodons Better late than never 🙄 but I've got a cut-up t-shirt functioning as a strophium right now and it is surprisingly comfortable although I might have tied it just a tiny bit too too tight!
It is actually two 2-metre long strips of an old running t-shirt so it is thin lycra rather than cotton or linen, and they are tied together in a knot at the centre. I didn't want to waste effort sewing until I had seen if it worked 😄 Each strip is a bit less than 30cm wide when flat though the fabric easily curls in on itself
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I started with the joining knot front and centre. Then wrapped each side around keeping the fabric as wide as possible. On returning to the front, I kept the fabric wide over each boob, before folding it narrow above the opposite boob to give some 'lift'. I then wrapped the folded fabric around and back to the front again where I tucked one side over the original central knot before knotting the ends together and tucking the remaining ties in.

After half an hour including dancing energetically💃to Peat And Diesel and Face The West, my strophium is still comfortable and firmly in place. From the front it is less visible than a padded bra I often wear, although there is a bit of bunching across my back. I can probably improve that with more tying practice though.

I think I have worked out the weaving in that original photo we saw too, but I need more hands to be sure 😂

@AimeeMaroux @antiquidons @histodons If anyone works out how this is tied, I'd love to know! It actually looks much more comfortable and elegant than the padded thing I've got on today 😕