Parasol repair

[igenlode]

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I managed to repair an old lace parasol (not 'vintage', I think, as the inside had plastic parts) by cutting down and lashing on a cut-down rawlplug to replace the missing wooden tip, so that the canopy extended under the appropriate tension when unfolded.
Ideally it would have been a wooden rawlplug for a better match, but I couldn't find one in my collection of scraps and wasn't about to go out on a hunt for an entire new packet of rawlplugs :-p

I lashed and whipped the edge of the lace canopy fairly securely through the split in the 'tip' (held together chiefly by the whipping!)

Now I just need to find an appropriate recipient, i.e. a lady who thinks a lace parasol is pretty and doesn't object to the fact that it has been 'rescued'...

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[igenlode]

Like sitting in dappled shade, I suppose (though I've never heard of anyone's getting sunburnt under a tree canopy -- presumably the leaves themselves move around!)

I strongly dislike sunscreen because it leaves greasy marks on sleeves, collars, shorts, etc, and because it needs to be laboriously washed off before your face can touch the pillow. I resorted to Really Big Hats even before my Pirates of the Caribbean fandom (though I was once going down the road with just a bandana tied around my head, and a small child called out "Look, Mummy, it's a pirate", which tickled me immensely at the time ;-)