Tams... mostly
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Just uploaded 5 more to the facebook page. (This includes 1 mottled coloured 100% cotton hat, see if you can find it!)
I'm looking into setting up an Etsy account as well, anyone wanna tell me whether that's a good idea?
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Tams... mostly
General Talk
The red-brown ones are made from Randalna which is a wool-based yarn and so it can be a little bit scratchy if your skin is sensitive. But it's an awesome yarn to work with, the slow transition of colour makes for a pretty tam. The wool breathes really nicely too, so it's a little too chilly for most of the Icelandic winter, but it's warm enough for the fall when the colours match the natural surrounding perfectly 
Amanda; I'm open to trades as well, cause while money's something I can't possibly live without (you know, cause.. basic necessities demand it) I'm hard pressed to see it as something more than simply multicoloured pieces of paper.
Tams... mostly
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I've been playing with the crochet hook and gotten into the habit of crocheting.
I'll call it a habit because honestly, that's what it is.
It's become something I'm doing practically all the time.
I carry crocheting project in process in my bag with me!
SO!
I decided to try and find new homes for my work as I just can't justify keeping all these tams for myself!
I have tossed 'em up on a facebook page, but it's in Icelandic, and I haven't found the time to make an etsy properly yet,.. so For the moment I'm "shopless" really, but I'm going to share some of my work with you here and you all can tell me what you think, or tell me if you want one, and I'll make it happen.
The yarn is of various types, some wool, some acrylic... Mostly wool though.
I've been taking approx 20usd per hat (one-price is easier than trying to muck about with excess calculating) though for overseas orders I will ask for another 5usd to cover shipping.
Opinions are VERY welcome!
(Some pics below, can find the rest of 'em on http://www.facebook.com/BlindaNalin )
updated by @hans-miniar-jnsson: 01/19/15 11:13:35PM
Getting really frustrated with dreading (Dandruff)
Dread Maintenance
Dandruff can be a fungal issue, in which case it may take a month of washing your hair every 2-4 days with an anti fungal shampoo designed specifically for that issue.
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GAH!....
... and now it goes to "Unable to process payment. Please contact the merchant as the shipping address provided by the merchant is invalid, and the merchant has requested that your order must be shipped to that address." instead...
*throws hands up and quits for the night*
I'ma go make a smoothie and read a book instead.
dreadlocks shampoo anti dandruff teatree rosemary bar review
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ooofh...
2 objects = 17 bucks shipping,... 3 = 48 bucks... that's a pretty big leap!...
Well, never the less, thanks for that... I'm a little less horrified now... Might actually be able to swing an order since it's not a hundred bucks.
dreadlocks shampoo anti dandruff teatree rosemary bar review
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I was going to pick up one of those bars today, seeing as I'm running out, and I found myself shocked to see the shipping const.
Dear gods, 47.95 dollars?
I'm just... I don't know whether I can order from there again if that's the shipping cost... 
'Specially since customs is calculated on "total" cost of the order, including shipping and handling. Meaning that if I pick up two bars and a bottle of liquid shampoo (like I planned) then the total cost would be 82.95 with most of that being shipping, and the customs on that would be another 31.53 dollars...
All in all.... I'd be paying almost 115 dollars, for two bars and one bottle, of shampoo... I'm just... stunned...
This is by far the best shampoo I've ever used in my entire life, but... at this price... I just can't possibly afford it. And what stops me is not the price of each bar or bottle, but the shipping and customs that turn a 35 dollar order into a 115 dollar one.
I could cry!
taking the loooong road.
Alternative Lifestyles and Subcultures
I have wanted to do just that for a very long time, but it's something I can not do.
I have responsibility to my daughter, to my furry children, to my husband, to myself, that I can not walk away from.
So I am here.
EVERYONE! i want to know...
General Questions
Back when I was a kid, I saw someone somewhere with locks. I don't remember who or where, but they stuck with me. I found myself wanting to let my hair tangle up like that. A want that lingered in the back of my head a long time.
Mind you, I'm a researcher and skeptic by nature... so, I did what comes naturally... I read... everything...
Sometimes that means I give up on what I had previously wanted but in this case it actually made going through with it inevitable.
To most, dreadlocks is simply a term tied to Jamaica, reggae, cannabis andRastafarianism, but what I found was a number of traditions far older than any of that, traditions rooted in nature, wisdom, self-sacrifice, etc, etc, etc,...
I had hesitated to lock ye olde mane of hair because of a few things.
1. I'm not christian. Rastafarianism, the origin of the english term "Dreadlocks", is a christian sect where the locks are a part of showing their devotion to YHVH (the judeo-christian deity.)
2. While I am of mixed heritage, I'm about as white skinned as the next guy. Dreadlocks, as a word, is strongly tied to the history of people of colour (specifically, of African descent) in Jamaica and USA.
3. There is no other actively used term for this than "dreadlocks" (or "dreads" for short) so there's no way of escaping the first two points.... people will misunderstand and misinterpret.
Doesn't matter...
Not after I found ties to my ancestors, my ancestral faith, my heritage if you will.
Not after the tradition of locks as something done, not out of rebellion, not out of combat, and not out of subservience to a deity, but out of a search for something more, a search for wisdom, a search for understanding, out of proximity/connection with the earth, etc, etc, etc, etc...
I respect wisdom more than rebellion, I want to learn and grow in wisdom myself.
I want to understand more, I want to know more, I want to be more open to the beating of the heart of nature herself.
I know that hair won't do that... but it's symbolic, it has meaning to me.
And meaning is something we create. A card doesn't have an inherent meaning, but the image, the text, and the people who give and receive it, these are the things that add emotion to the act of giving a card, and the people who have that emotion are what gives it value and meaning.
So it doesn't matter if it's "just hair", it's something I'm doing, for this reason, and this gives it value, and meaning.