I know, I ought to be posting photos of Linda’s tallit completed. It isn’t quite done. it needs about another hour’s worth of work. I’m a little too tired to do it today without making a mistake that I will regret. I will get back to work on Linda’s tallit after Shabbat.Sunday, Linda’s family shows up and we all tie the tzitzit together. I used to work with Linda’s husband, and I know their now adult kids, from infanthood. It will be nice tying the tzitzit with all of them. I did work on the beginnings of this tallit that I’m calling The Bride’s tallit. it is being made by a man, as a gift for his bride. The groom and I have had a couple of meetings on Skype. He pulled out his beloved’s favorite scarves and showed them to his web-cam. I am working on making the stripes look like rivers. I made a stencil out of Bristol board and applied the color with Shiva paint sticks. Doing this kind of work is the same satisfying feeling you have when you a...
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