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It took 3 months, but they finally got to me!!! Yay! Cordelia sent me The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson, full of food and thrills.
Also included was an Annie’s Crochet issue full of kitten patterns…July August 1997! I may never make them, but I love the cats!
This package was mailed out on September 2, 2005 and reached me on December 5, 2005. Surface mail. Cordelia never lost hope, though I did.
So now there is one less package with my name littering outer space. Sad. 😉
Kimberley: I should have known a post about the post (pun, pun, pun) would bring you out of commenting hibernation…
Dude: I’m honoured you still follow my postings…
Well, it’s official (more or less). The guy at the shop I bought some yarn at yesterday told me categorically that we can only get woollen yarn in Pune and Nagpur and similar cities (Vardhman, he said). Hmmm. Wonder if I’ve ever bought any…No woollen yarn available in Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Sad!
There was a sale of books surplus from American libraries in Vizag and I got lucky!!! I got this book, Crocheting for Pleasure, by Mildred Graves Ryan for Rs 95 (about US $2)
Then this British book, called simply Crochet, for Rs 195 (about US $4)
This one, McCall’s Needlework Treasury, for Rs 295 (about US $6)
And of course, I had to have this:
Also forgotten (how could I?!), is this free yarn sample card from Australia’s Ozeyarn. I could pet it for hours….
It arrived while I was away in Hyderabad.
After a long break, I know, unforgiveable, isn’t it? No excuses, except I was away…
And plus, since it is sort of winter here, the sun has moved southwards, meaning that the sunsets are usually obscured behind a building 😦
Yes, the template has been changed. I think I’ve fixed most of the customisations I had, but if you find any bugs, please let me know!
PS The title comes from the Two Cheers programme on BBC World Service Radio sometime during Maggie Thatcher’s reign…Anybody heard that one?
By courier yesterday evening, I got my first copy of the Anchor Needle N Magazine, which is from Coats India and features all Indian content. You can subscribe for Rs 225 per year and the magazine is quarterly, so you get an issue every 3 months. I got my subscription form from Viji in Chennai, and was very thrilled to get my first copy! I’m quite pleased at the overall content (several different types of needlework & embroidery) and the mail order pages.
Also in the envelope was this kit for coasters:
It uses cross stitch.
Nice! Apparently you cannot buy this magazine on the stands, which might explain why I’ve never seen it before. I wonder if there are any more such hiding somewhere?
On the crochet front, this magazine has a filet curtain pattern.
We had the festival of lights, Diwali/Deepavali on Tuesday, November 1st. Although nowadays it is more sound than light.
Here is Sridhar watching a flowerpot do its thing:
And here is the whirling Bhoo chakram
It whirls on the ground. There is also a Vishnu chakram which is held in the hand…
While I was away from Vizag, I received these two postcards for postcrossing:
from Lauren in Chicago and
from Jessie in Oregon
My sister, mother, niece and I went sightseeing today to see the Chowmohalla Palace near Charminar. First, a picture of Charminar, the distinctive landmark of my city, Hyderabad.
Chowmohalla is a complex of 4 palaces (which is what its name means) around a spacious courtyard with a fountain/pool in the centre. The largest is the Khilwat, which has a large durbar hall with a marble dais for the seat of the Nizam. The entire durbar hall is lit by 19 Belgian crystal chandeliers. Upstairs they currently have an exhibition of period textiles. We were not allowed to photograph either of the exhibits, but I have a couple of picture of the outside of Khilwat Mahal, front, back and side.
The entire complex is being restored by the Nizam’s family, to whom it still belongs. There was also a photography exhibition of photos of the Nizam’s family form early last century. We found some smaller interesting details, such as this seal on some fireproof almirahs made in 1857:
and the work on these doors and windows:
Plus, being the flower spotters that we are, we also liked these pink and white hibiscus:
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