The Tolkien Coming of Age Club 2

[mark12_30]

Originally Posted by Raefindel

What's your favorite color, Helen Hobbit?

It depends... For what?


For a long time now I've been racking my brains on how to make a functional, useful Lorien cloak-- no, not like in the movies, although those were nice enough; I mean one that can actually blend in in the woods or in the fields or in the water or in the fog.

The scots did it with multicolored tartans. By Victorian times there were "hunting " tartans that were woven with greens and blues, or with faded, earthy colors-- essentially "camo" colors appropo for their environs.

Clan Matheson Hunting
Hunting Stewart
Hunting Erskine
Hunting MacKinnon

Would I use tartan? Maybe. Not sure. I've toyed with the idea of using actual camo! But it's not all that attractive for town wear. I want some sort of nice woodsy, leafy pattern. (Like what?? Dunno-- I haven't seen it yet.) I'm thinking more of a reversable cloak, with greys and blues on one side-- or should it be greys and browns?-- and then greens and browns on the other side. Or *something * like that! Both my cloaks are solid color and unlined, and they are rather drafty; Rae's cloaks are always lined and they're cozier.

Hmmmmm, hmmmm.

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

The lungs are working!

You haven't been sick, I hope!

And as for cold? "I reckon it's cold enough today to start a right good fire!" Hilde says eying the rows of specifications books beside her with a rather peculiar gleam in her eye. "Bonfire even, maybe!"

[mark12_30]

Originally Posted by Hilde Bracegirdle

You haven't been sick, I hope!

I think I've passed seven weeks straight. Antibiotics, steroids, sprays, inhalants, whatnot... I'm tired of financing pharmaceutical heirs and heiress' college educations... but there it is. Breathing cannot be lightly discounted these days. And at the moment, the lungs are working quite well.

"I reckon it's cold enough today to start a right good fire!" Hilde says eying the rows of specifications books beside her with a rather peculiar gleam in her eye. "Bonfire even, maybe!"

With a nod, mark12_30 glances at the shelves to her left. "Aye. One could get a good bit of heat from them, indeed."