that was way too much work, but worth it.

[theyellowhobbit]

It's the 3rd kippah, out of 4 for Raphi and Dassi's wedding. I finished the last one last night. Isn't it pretty?

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[archgirl06.livejournal.com]

that's gorgeous!

[levana-b.livejournal.com]

Yay rachel!!!

:o

[kellev.livejournal.com]

wow. very nice.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

I started working on yours again when I finished that one yesterday. I'm into the 2nd pattern, maybe 10 or so lines in. You won't be able to tell when I have different patterns, because they're all interchangeable pieces of the whole. It'll be cool. It's fun to work on.

Re: :o

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

thanks.

I think I should encourage people to get married, and then they can commission me to make the kippot.

want to marry someone? I could find you a nice Jewish girl at Penn...

[desh]

That one's for Dassi, right?

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

:-p

her's would have to be smaller and less curved so she could wear it on the side of her head.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Yay Liz!

[smokingredmoon.livejournal.com]

i like :)

[kressel.livejournal.com]

Very pretty!

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

thanks

[by the way, the person from beyond BT still hasn't e-mailed me yet...]

[tamara121.livejournal.com]

Shkeach!

Did you make the pattern yourself, or did you find it somewhere? I also make kippot, and I'm always looking for more interesting patterns. Getting thread is a bit of an issue here, though . . .

BTW, very, very brave of you to do for a wedding. But it's such a nice thing. My cousin did it for her own wedding - mad, I tell you!

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

Wow, Rachel, that is absolutely stunning. FYI, my husband wears the red one I got from you often.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

I have a book of patterns, and the bride picked that one out. When I have the time [maybe break] I'm going to try and put as many patterns as I can on my computer. I do that by taking an excel graph and making the boxes into small squares, copying that, putting it into paint, and then filling in the squares with different colors to make the pattern. Then I can e-mail it to people. Maybe I'll post a bunch online, so people can get patterns.

I sometimes make my own, if I can't find a good one. For example, I made my own pattern for a border with the city of Jerusalem on it. It ended up being crazy, with 5 colors in it, but it came out quite nicely.

I don't really think of it as bravery. Originally Dassi wanted to make the kippot for her wedding, and I told her she was insane, since there was no way she could have the time for it. Unlike me, she doesn't crochet in classes. So I volunteered to do them, as my wedding present to her and Raphi.

She is still making Raphi's, which is the same pattern with blue instead of pink.
There were actually 9 kippot in the wedding party. Dassi's mom made one, as well as the insides of the ones I made, and Raphi's sister is supposed to make two, though apparently she wanted to find someone else to do it. I actually still have 2 weeks before the wedding, so if I wanted to be really insane, I could do one fo those as well.

If you have friends going to Israel, tell them to get thread for you. That's how I usually do it.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and I'm glad your husband wears the kippah a lot. I always like it when people wear the kippot I make them. Of course, 1 friend, masteraleph pretty much only has the kippot I've given him, and thus has gone through 2 in the past year and a half.