The FAQs section at the RIT site has some advice on what dye colors will cover which colors.

Just dropping in to complain. I haven't been able to get this amazingly cool bathrobe wholly out of my mind ever since MistressT posted it, so a few weeks ago I picked up a shawl collar bathrobe pattern at a sale. Then I made the mistake of asking my husband what color/job he'd like to have, assuming he'd go for either command gold or "operations" red. He picked science officer blue. Guess what color is hardest to match?

Gold fleece is easy to find. I can find suitably red flannel or fleece. Science officer blue is so elusive I may have to go with the "periwinkle" fleece at Hancock's, though it's not quite right and I have a hard time imagining Mr. Spock wearing anything called periwinkle; still, it's better than the powder blue, which is what I mostly find.

Solutions would seem to be:
1. Give up. Don't make super cool ST robe. Allow husband to continue stealing my plush winter robe.
2. Live with fact otherwise super cool robe is inadequately blue.
3. Present husband with robe in color of my choice, saying "But you're the captain of our little Enterprise, honey" or "You know you have an engineering mind and, besides, Scottish accents are sexy".
4. Make myself a gold robe first, then tell husband he has to be a redshirt because I'm the captain and I say so. Any insubordination and he'll be sent on an away mission.

There's also "Continue dithering until cold weather is past, then expand search to include less warm fabrics", but that seems like less of a solution and more of a delaying tactic.

What a clever idea those folds are! It gives an interesting look, while solving a common problem.

Very nice!

I like yours much better than the inspiration piece.

This is beautiful.

I also wanted to say I really enjoyed the summer semester at Hogwarts. It was cool seeing all the different stuff people came up with for the assignments. I didn't get to all the assignments I planned to do, but I had fun with what I did. I liked peeking in here during a hectic week, like this past one. I also got some good ideas for later. One take-away I'm glad for is eiseldora passing on the idea of "blessing bags"; I'd never heard of them before, and, although I seldom encounter homeless people, I've already passed the idea on. Thanks to pinkleo for starting this.

I hope everyone who might have been in Hurricane Isaac's path is safe and sound.


Jenleahlynn, I really like your swirly sweatshirt. I need something with swirlies like that.

CHughes, I like your Gryffindor badge. I may be a Ravenclaw, but I do love a lion rampant.

Class/Challenge/House Pride: Muggle Studies
House: Ravenclaw
Project Name: A Shirt Called Charlie Brown
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Brief Description: Muggle children used to be very fond of an animated character called Charlie Brown; sitting in front of the moving picture box and watching this poor loser try to put on a Christmas play used to be a cherished part of the build-up to Christmas for Muggles (in America, at least). Charlie Brown always wore the same striped yellow shirt, and I've made a loose replica for a little wizard of my acquaintance.
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Class/Challenge/House Pride: Detention with Snape
House: Ravenclaw
Project Name: First Attempt at Hairsticks
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Brief Description: Several years ago, when I made a few sets of wooden knitting needles from dowels, I also cut and sanded down dowels for two pair of hair sticks that I never made. (And an additional set of knitting needles.) There was too much time spent sanding these things down to discard--really, they're nearly as smooth as a baby's bottom. Last week or the week before one of my beloved old, wooden, commercially purchased hair sticks cracked. None of the stores I visited had any, so I figured I had to make some. I filched some chopsticks from a Chinese restaurant before I remembered these ready to paint and tip ones. They're colored with metallic bronze Sharpie and tipped (poorly) with copper polymer clay. I like the bronze color, but I need to do better with the top part on my next pair.
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I'll be seeing people in Detention next semester.