Znafud: Ango 2011

I did this while on a conference call for work, however a friend of mine posted up a comment on G+ about it questioning if it was in the right spirit to be multi-tasking, as the point of sewing is to sew...and for work is to work.
After my initial defense mechanism went down, and a few hours of sewing behind me. I came to the realization that he was totally right. Mostly because I really got into my sewing and being able to dedicate a decent portion of time to it, felt the beauty of the practice, with out hindrances or mixing it with other tasks.

Was able to get the 5 panels sewn, assembled and installed into the frame.
Only thing left on the frame is the middle stitch.
My wife and I had a good laugh when I held the first rakusu I had sewn up against this one. You'd never guess the same person sewed them. Both however are beautiful in their own ways. I have many fond memories of sewing the first one...and maybe a few not-so-fond. :)

Still on the Power of the robe, but almost done.
Read today on the 10 merits bestowed upon those who wear the robe...some were quite surprising, like defending against snakes?!
A bit disappointed in the book quality. The translation is fantastic. I think Kaz Tanahashi did a great job as did all his co-translators. However Shambala did a poor job in assemble imho. The contents are only in the first book as are the indexes.
Last night I was reading Instructions to the Cook and I had to dig out book two, which didn't have the table of contents, so had to go back to book one to look up the page.
Additionally, the binding on the first book is already breaking down and I'm only about half way through my first read! Not very good quality for something that's $150.

Doing this one offline as I am a bit tired and really just don't want to drag my laptop over and get it all setup. :)

Thursday, September 15, 2011