Thanks . Unfortunately, I don't sew. (Though after we move, I plan to learn).

But, I finished my snood.  It didn't end up being totally free- I ended up adding pearls (nearly 200 of them!). But I think the result looks good. And, it was really easy to make, even without a pattern. Yay for snoods!





I also washed my hair- found Chagrin Valley's Nettle sample bar and realized that I hadn't tried that yet. I really liked it, and it seems to work well with my hair- just like the others. I guess I have to choose my favorite one by smell. 

Holy cow!  You made that without a pattern?!  You've got some talent there-I'm really impressed.  I, myself have absolutley no patience for fiber arts.  I'll stick to music.
Way to go, Galadriel!
Have you checked out Lady MacSnood's website?  I get 3 snoods from her-they're really nice and she has some interresting patterns.

Thank you, all *blushes happily*.

But, it was really easy make, and also quick as the yarn is fairly thick. I made the snood in a day and adding the pearls took one evening. I used elastic to tighten it. I discovered quickly, that it doesn't stay too well in my hair when it's recently washed (well, what does stay in my hair then lol ).

I checked Lady McSnoods' webpage, just to get some inspiration. Actually, seeing the intricate patterns gave me enough clue about the basic idea behind the snood and enabled me to make my own one.  
I suppose that my way of making a basic snood differs a bit from hers. I'm now making a second one and start to actually have some idea of what I'm doing. I could use a bit of extra cash, so if I get hang of this and my crazy schedula allows, I might make a few to be sold in LHC swap board.

But, we'll see. My life is in fact pretty busy at the moment so I don't know if I have time for that. I have been asked to participate in writing an expert opinion to our Parliament concerning a certain new law. Not to forget, that my job situation for summer is still open- I hope to get some clarification of that soon too. Not to forget, that I still have to finish my Master's thesis (there isn't much left, though). And the book is coming out on Monday. I suspect that my latest LL hairsticks won't quite make it to publishing party. But, they will make it to LHC's longhair meet in Helsinki!  
  There are a few Finns in LHC and now we're going to meet. I don't know if any of us has really long hair yet, or if our talks will be mostly about growing hair- either way, I'm happy. It's going to be great. One of us is an experienced snoodmaker, and she promised to bring some of her snoods. Me? I'm going to take a few pairs of my LL hairstick collection there.  

I asked T in a very innocent voice, how much my hair is above BSL. He said that it's about 3 cm (about 1 ½ in). Yay! If he estimated correctly, I guess I can expect to be in BSL in the end of the summer in spite the coming trim. 

I fetched my summer clothes from the attic, and put my thickest sweaters back in there. My wardrobe looks renewed (though the weather seems to be cooling again and I don't expect to wear all those lovely clothes quite yet). I can't wait for my Keylime Pie hairsticks to arrive- I bought them when I was thinking of my summer wardrobe, and am totally convinced that they'll look awesome with many of my summer clothes. For some reason, my summer clothes have even some color in them...it'll be great when the weather warms up just a bit. 

Today, I'm still reduced to a more all-weather garb in shades of brown and grey that help me to focus in hard thinking. Though heavy rain is promised later today, sun shines still so brightly that I chose Romantic Interlude hairsticks. They have just the perfect sparkle for this beautiful spring day. *hairstick collector happiness*.

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you see you see!!! hair does grow faster than you think

You must let us know how your meeting with other long hairs goes.  You might even encourage one or two to join in the fun here as well.  Of course, if you wore all 20 pair of LL sticks at the meet, they will ALL want LL sticks, hmmmmmm what a dilemma. 

If that was the case, I wouldn't mind it.  Nor would I be very surprised- in every way, seasons and changing of them affects me a lot. Especially when changes can be dramatic. Yesterday I noticed that again when I was in train on my way to Helsinki. Trees have been bare this long (I feel it's exceptionally long...) but yesterday hints of green seemed to be found in every other tree. Last night it rained, and today it looks as if the green has enhanced from yesterday. It'll be summer soon! 

Back to hair. I spent some time dusting yesterday. Seeing that there were more splits than I would like, I decided to wash my hair with Honey Beer & Egg, and add another dose of XZ deep conditioner. Today it seems that it was a very wise course of action- hair feels very soft and wonderful and not a bit overconditioned. It wants to get all the pampering it can get!
I also found three new floral cotton scarves to add my (already overwhelming) hair scarf collection. Today I'm wearing a single braid with a scarf tied around my head-
a style I'm planning to wear more when summer comes. I have a bit difficulty in making the kerchief hold in my freshly washed hair even though I use snap clips to secure it- but at least it looks nice and fun. My braid doesn't look exactly pitiful any longer (hair has grown! ), just short, so even though scarf still covers most of it, I don't feel uncomfortable wearing it.

I've noticed that making a simple English braid is a bit complicated. It's difficult to divide my hair to even sections and to make the starting point tight enough for the braid to look and feel good. But I'm practicing and learning little tricks, and at least today, fourth try resulted in a good braid. I just wouldn't have thought that after mastering all those fancy braids I'd have any trouble with making the simplest braid. Apparently, things aren't quite so  straightforward.

Sunny weather continues, but today's also been very windy. As I spent the day at home, I decided to test combination of twin braids and bandana scarf as headcover. My twin braids are still far from perfect-looking, but they were comfortable. Also scarf felt quite nice worn this way...except that wind managed to blow it from my head once though I had tied it well.  Well, next time I'll use snap clips.