Learning New Skills
It's a new skill but not so much a new hobby. It's more of a tangent, one my brother likes to make fun of (though not nearly as much as the writing of the gay Jedi porn. He STILL thinks that's hilarious). Then again, my brother in general likes to poke fun at me, but since I give as good as I get I'm not bothered by it.
Anyway, a work acquaintance (she'd be a friend if we lived in the same country, we might also be ruling the world but that's a post for a different day) was showing me her chainmaille jewelry. It's gorgeous, she's really good at it, and I decided to try it out. After a huge debacle with Paypal still having Tripoli listed as my address, and a desperate email to the Pouch people and then it getting sent back and then another order getting held, I finally got the rings. Of course, then I was swamped with other things like NaNoWriMo and my boss randomly deciding to do my eval and other things.
So I finally got to do my first project yesterday! It's pretty good if I do say so myself. It's a simple mobius weave, very basic, but it was good to start basic and then I did a twist on it.
Or will, once I decide how to wire work the pendant onto the chain. There's part of me that wants it in the middle, but I think that would end up looking too Goth like for my friend and since it's her Christmas gift, I'll probably drop it just below the chain. I'm out of practice though, so I need to think on it for a bit and figure out what I want to do with it, plus since I'm using 22 gauge wire (it's the only black wire I have for the pendant and the rest is gunmetal gray) it limits my options.
I bought the rose bead in Bali last July but haven't really found anything I wanted to do with it yet. I had thought of making some really fashion nouveau necklace with the rose and the leaf beads I have but I'd never wear it so what was the point? This is so much better! Though I think I need new tools because OMG do my hands HURT! It doesn't help that I'm used to working with 20 gauge wire and these loops were 16 gauge. The 20 felt like putty in my hands afterwards and I'm thinking "this will never hold" when really 20 is what you use when you want to make a clasp. Which I still need to do because a tiny lobster claw is not going to do it. So I need to come up with a clasp as well. Again, need to get my wire working brain in gear and maybe to flip through some of my old beading books.
Still I'm very happy with it. One project down, one more to go for Christmas. Then I can decide on new tools. :D
Anyway, a work acquaintance (she'd be a friend if we lived in the same country, we might also be ruling the world but that's a post for a different day) was showing me her chainmaille jewelry. It's gorgeous, she's really good at it, and I decided to try it out. After a huge debacle with Paypal still having Tripoli listed as my address, and a desperate email to the Pouch people and then it getting sent back and then another order getting held, I finally got the rings. Of course, then I was swamped with other things like NaNoWriMo and my boss randomly deciding to do my eval and other things.
So I finally got to do my first project yesterday! It's pretty good if I do say so myself. It's a simple mobius weave, very basic, but it was good to start basic and then I did a twist on it.
Or will, once I decide how to wire work the pendant onto the chain. There's part of me that wants it in the middle, but I think that would end up looking too Goth like for my friend and since it's her Christmas gift, I'll probably drop it just below the chain. I'm out of practice though, so I need to think on it for a bit and figure out what I want to do with it, plus since I'm using 22 gauge wire (it's the only black wire I have for the pendant and the rest is gunmetal gray) it limits my options.
I bought the rose bead in Bali last July but haven't really found anything I wanted to do with it yet. I had thought of making some really fashion nouveau necklace with the rose and the leaf beads I have but I'd never wear it so what was the point? This is so much better! Though I think I need new tools because OMG do my hands HURT! It doesn't help that I'm used to working with 20 gauge wire and these loops were 16 gauge. The 20 felt like putty in my hands afterwards and I'm thinking "this will never hold" when really 20 is what you use when you want to make a clasp. Which I still need to do because a tiny lobster claw is not going to do it. So I need to come up with a clasp as well. Again, need to get my wire working brain in gear and maybe to flip through some of my old beading books.
Still I'm very happy with it. One project down, one more to go for Christmas. Then I can decide on new tools. :D