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[bluecastle]

ugh. tired of googling. whose brain wants to be my google?

story problem/issue.

in the original story of which I am stealing at least some of the plot ... the heroine is blind, uneducated, oppressed, and brings in a little money by stringing beads. She has a daily/weekly quota. That story was set in the 1960s.

In updating this, I am trying to figure out if there's some modern equivelant, or if can just leave in the bead stringing, which kind of works but isn't quite what I want.

Anyone have any brilliant thoughts. It needs to be something portable so the person can work on it away from home, and carry the supplies around in a small case/bag/package ... and not require much/anything in the way of book learning. (tho I am still debating this with myself)

Any ideas pop up ... lemme know will ya?

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Comments

[pocky_slash.livejournal.com]

I think jewelry making in general or knitting would work? I mean, people are always making crap and selling it on etsy for a little bit of extra cash these days.

[verasteine.livejournal.com]

Had the exact same thought as above :).

[alba17.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I was thinking knitting too. Because I recently saw some little knitted purses in a shop and thought, hey, I could make these and I looked at the tag and they were made in Vietnam or somewhere in SE Asia, and I was surprised. So I had a vision of a whole village of people knitting up these little bags all day long.

Is this the Merlin fic?

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm sudden vision of knitting needles as sword parallel. That has possibilities. Must think.

Yeah, not sure why this Merlin fic has leapt out at me but I'm trying to go with the flow!