Julia Goes to the Welding Shop
I have decided to make my own hammock chairs, as there is nothing like that available here. I have never tried my hand at macrame, having avoided it during the 70s macrame era. No time like the present. Wouldn't want to die without having macramed.
Off I go to get the things I need. Lots of cord which I find surprisingly easily. Beautiful hand made cotton cord. Great natural colour and will be very comfortable. Now I need a simple 3" ring. I would have thought that that would be the easiest thing to find. Wrong again elephant breath. After hunting everywhere, my friend Janna finally told me that I would have to have it made. My tuktuk man, Nimal knew of a welding shop. After trying 4, all of them still closed for the holidays, we finally found one quite close to home where the guy actually knows what he is doing. Thank god I don't have to train him. My knowledge of welding is very limited.
So now he is making the rings and brackets for my curtain rods as those are not available either. However, before he could start making the brackets, I had to go to a hardware store and buy the screws and wall plugs, drive back to the welding shop and show him the screws so he will know how big to make the holes in the wall plate. No one stop shopping here.
Then I go off to the hand-loom lady to pick up my mosquito netting. After 3 months she tells me that she can't do it. I am pissed off, but she is so nice, giving me oil cakes, jack fruit, bananas from her garden and other food stuffs, that I can't even tell her off. She also swears that the hand woven curtains that I have been waiting for for 3 months also, will be ready by next week. I may have to work up a head of steam to make that happen.
Now I am back home to continue cutting the cord to begin knotting. Maybe this will be another skill I can pass on.
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