Kingdom of Knuffel

Honestly, if I could hack cold better, I'd emigrate.

As for Derrick, from what I understand, something to do with COVID.

We DO sell really good winter clothes around here.

Ahhh. Makes sense. I could just find that it was sudden. Angie's bummed too.

would they be able to stand up to Reynauld's-related pain?

I lost a friend to COVID earlier on, so this is just another hard blow.

Also, Facebook. *shakes fist at* Blocking someone from going through a MASSIVE album at their own pace?! For "going too fast"?! wtf.

Heated gloves and socks and little heat packs. I think it could.

Awww. *big hug*

Wait, what????

yeah. I'm going through a collection of Victorian-Era patterns someone was nice enough to upload, and saving a bunch, and I get hit with "You're going too fast".

Very very lame.

Incredibly so. But I'm getting through the albums for the relevant periods I'm interested in for the project I need patterns for.

I'm making a series of room boxes, at 1:24th scale (so, teeny tiny!) for the five main fashion eras during Queen Victoria's reign that my town had settlers/existed in. mid 1850s through 1901. so most of the Victorian Era. The fashion eras are as follows: Romantic/Hoop (1850s-1868), Early Bustle (1869-1875), Natural Form (1876-1882), Late Bustle (1883-1889), Belle Époque (1890-1901).

I've gotten to the point where I can very nearly tell you which era a dress is from just by the shape of the skirt. The ones I struggle with are Early and Late Bustle, because the only real differences is the amount of trim, and the size of the bustle.

4:37AM CST UPDOOT: HIPPO GNU DEER

I didn't know them by name, but I had about the same ease/difficulty in telling things apart. Lady Perceptor was in London during the late bustle eara.

Scrappy pew beer!

Victorian-era fashions are one of my lifelines... as is steampunk... so I know the names and an approximation of dates off the top of my head... and the really only easy ones to tell are Romantic/Hoop, Natural Form, and Belle Époque, because of how distinct the silhouettes are. 1830s-1860s have similar silhouettes, just skirt length and sleeve shapes vary. before that is a whole different silhouette.

I stayed up way too late, ringing in ALL the timezones in the US and its territories.

Yeah, 1830s is the time of the megapoof sleeves, right?

...Ironhide wishes he could have come sat with you. Remember when he tried that as a ghost?