I have no idea why my body has decided it needs to be up at 11:30pm on Thurs night, when I have to go back to work tomorrow & get up at 5:30. D: I haven't napped today, so that wasn't it. I did a few things and while not as active as usual, was fairly active (given I'm still coming off bronchitis & rebuilding my lung capacity & stamina). I even ( Read more... )

Finished off a Viking knit piece last night. This one was inspired by something I did for Kriski about a year ago. She has told me I should make more, but I hadn't done it yet. Part of it was not having the inspiration, part being worried that since I haven't sold any Viking knit in a long time then what is the use of making more pieces to sit ( Read more... )

Since people seem to have enjoyed my previous post I thought I'd show you something you can do with a modified Viking knit. This is something I also learned (separate class) from my local bead store before they closed and went online. It's called "Viking knit wrap". You start the knit on a tool, but only do a couple to few rows, then pull it off ( Read more... )

I worked on the SS VK commission piece yesterday & today & it's officially done, packed in its box and ready to go to work tomorrow. I'm hoping it isn't too small, it seems so small but it is slightly bigger than the wrist size-gauge I made. I'm not overly thrilled with the dolphin clasp. It seems hard to do & fiddly to me, but then I tend to ( Read more... )

I am pretty sure I'm finished doing the weave for the VK sterling silver bracelet last night. I want to do some picts, then I'll patina it. It's hard to know exactly how much to weave as the weave does expand some when you draw it through the tools to tighten the weave. Being a double knit, this doesn't expand as much as a single knit so it's ( Read more... )

I wove the VK bracelet part of this a couple months ago but hadn't had the time (nor the energy since I've been sick) to finish it off. I finished it today, made up the parchment paper (commissions and gifts get gold wax, regular sale stuff gets red wax) & wrapped it. I think she'll like it. I got the agate owl at the Beadhold before they went ( Read more... )

I haven't been around for a long time. I'm sorry! Life seems to get faster, days shorter (despite it being summer and longer days) & I find myself at 10pm barely able to keep my eyes open and yet wondering why I didn't get everything done I had wanted. When I do manage to jump on LJ & DW I open tabs to reply, reply to about half of them and then ( Read more... )

Things have been going ok for me. I've been fighting off various colds that are making their rounds at work. We've been short handed due to annual leave, sick leave and bereavement leave. We're managing to get through the work but have been lucky at quiet work loads earlier in the month. Now we're starting to hit the pick-up for work loads so I ( Read more... )

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Quick post, been busy this weekend. Here's the 22 gauge Viking knit copper bracelet I took up to Craftworld today. I am still working on the contest piece but this was to replace another masculine bracelet I sold about a week ago.


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