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CollectionsYour library (2,070), Kindle (27), ScribeLib (474), HeraldLib (233), DVDs (477), BroderLib (281), Compleat Anachronists (149), CooksLib (161), Fantasy&SF (1,040), HistoryLib (317), Ian's Library (41), InsularArt (163), InsularHist (73), LanguageLib (137), Mysteries (173), Currently reading (4), To read (1), Read but unowned (73), All collections (5,339)

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Tagsfantasy (684), sci fi (481), DVD (473), history (336), TV (288), illuminated mss (256), embroidery (251), textiles (251), heraldry (232), SCA (223) — see all tags

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GroupsAncient and Medieval Manuscripts, Bug Collectors, Caid, Combiners!, Early Reviewers, Elizabethan England, Fiber Arts, Heraldry, Hobnob with Authors, Irish & Celtic Studies —show all groups

Favorite authorsJ. J. G. Alexander, Lloyd Alexander, Poul Anderson, Janet Arnold, Janet Backhouse, Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Lewis Carroll, Hal Clement, Jared Diamond, Dorothy Dunnett, Kathleen Staples, Edward T. Hall, Piet Hein, Alistair MacLean, Charles R. Pellegrino, Steven Pinker, William Shakespeare, Blake Snyder, J. R. R. Tolkien, Joss Whedon (Shared favorites)

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About meI am a: mathematician, engineer, calligrapher, designer, graphic artist, author, illuminator, embroiderer, embroidery designer, herald, herald-painter, Baroness (SCA), Laurel, Pelican, teacher, student, logophile, wife, daughter, sister, German-American, Anglophile, not-quite-senior-citizen (but sometimes qualify for the discounts), and a curious person. By my books, ye shall know my obsessions.

About my libraryI am first entering the sublibraries I call ScribeLib, HistLib, EmbroideryLib, PictLib, HeraldLib, ClothingLib. So my "obscurity ratings" hit a low value of 4/50, but with the addition of Harry Potter and LotR, went up to 4/109. I'm climbing out of the "long tail" now. Obscurity of 18/258 with 4,370 books and DVDs (visual books, really)

At 2677 books, on May 12, 2007, this is ranked #325 in the list of largest libraries. On June 1, with 3515 books, I am at 190. On July 3, with 3883 books, the library was at 161. Slipped to higher numbers. As of July 29, it took 4062 books to be ranked at 160. I started adding DVDs, and at 4451 volumes, am at #140 in mid-Sept 2007.

Hit 4,500 books on Nov 16, 2007; hit 4,751 books on Oct 8, 2008. Obscurity rating is 28/435, rank is #225 in personal libraries. Hit 4801 books on Jan 27, 2009 with obscurity rating of 30/472. Dec 8, 2009 has 4,936 books, with obscurity rating of 39/577. Getting more mainstream, I see.

I liked the explanation of star ratings from member pdxwoman, so I borrowed them. Thanks!

Movie Ratings:
One Cold Stale Box Full of Unpopped Kernels
"I can't believe I'm 90 minutes closer to death."

Two Stale Half-Eaten Boxes
"I can't believe I paid good money to watch that."

Three Regular Ol' Boxes
"That was entertaining."

Four Bountiful Hot Boxes
"Really good movie; especially that part where..."

Five Monster Boxes of Butterlicious Hot Popped Corn, Baby!
"Let's go see it again!"

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Member sinceOct 19, 2006

Currently readingBuilding the Medieval World (The Medieval Imagination) by Christine Sciacca
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Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 1 (Womens Dress Patterns 1) by Jenny Tiramani

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The Art of Elizabethan Embroidery: 1558-1625 by Jane D. Zimmerman

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John (bamajasper53)

posted by bamajasper53 at 6:22 pm (EST) on Nov 8, 2011

Found your comments on LT statistics very interesting. I am struggling to enter my ca. 11,000 books and am always amazed at those who can enter 1,000 or more books in one month. It takes me ca. 30 minutes for each volume! My median is 1 and has been since over a year, the mean book obscurity stays at 11. Would like to see it under 10 but now and then I pick up a book with 50 or so other owners. If you are ever in Vienna, please contact me for a guided tour of one of our museums.

posted by johninvienna at 10:04 am (EST) on Jan 1, 2011

CrystalPalace100 - you seem to have disabled comments on your profile, so I cannot respond to you directly. The book "600 years of Embroidery" is a pamphlet of the recent acquisitions (at that time) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Fine Art. There are a few pictures, but mostly just listings of the descriptions of their recently acquired textiles. They did not happen to acquire any silk ribbon embroidered items from the regency period. So it is not a useful source for you.

posted by EowynA at 11:19 am (EST) on Apr 29, 2010

Hello EowynA,
I have been looking for references to silk ribbon embroidery from the regency period. I was hoping the you could look in your copy of "600 years of embroidery" for me. I am interested in seeing if there is any reference to this kind of embroidery being used on dresses and ladies coats [spencers etc]. I haven't been able to interloan a copy in Australia.

posted by crystalpalace100 at 9:25 pm (EST) on Apr 28, 2010

Thank you. I hoped the class was informative. I hope you enjoy making an Henrician style of garment, as much as I do. :-)
- Kimiko/Joan

posted by KimikoS at 8:01 pm (EST) on Apr 13, 2010

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