I finally borrowed some knitting needles as I was given some wool to practise with. I was convinced that there was at least one crochet hook lurking around the house somewhere but I still can't seem to find it. I'm not one to sit on supplies though so I've been trying to knit instead. My first attempt was as to be expected, riddled with mistakes, the biggest of which were two little holes. It's hard for someone like me to knit - I'm used to being able to take apart a necklace and fix the bit in the middle before putting it back together again - which isn't really something you can do when you're knitting especially if like me you don't know how to undo your stitches and put the rest back on the needles. My second attempt somehow ended up in a rainbow shape. The third attempt was a impressive squarish shape with only one
imperfect row. So now I consider myself able to knit, well, in one stitch at least!
On the more successful side of life, I've been busy making glass pendants with the
chiyogami paper I'm so obsessed with. I love how no matter how many different ways I try to position it, and decide on the best look, the bit of scrap I put on the back for extra detail is always the nicest pattern, and just where nobody will ever see it.
I also received 8 porcelain
manekineko beads in the post today. I'm not sure exactly where they are from, I'm beginning to think they are from Japan because they are of such beautiful high quality whereas all the Chinese beads I have seen have been poorly made and painted. They're so cute and so perfect that I actually spent around an hour and a half making one into a necklace, making and remaking links so that the necklace is as perfect and fault free as I can get it. I usually don't spend too long dwelling on minor mistakes. As long as it's nothing that's going to compromise the design or function I simply move on and learn for next time I make something. I actually used a chain making method that I haven't used for about 3 or 4 years, where the wire is wrapped around the link next to each bead. It's a really time consuming method and can be rather painful and frustrating. But somehow I didn't care how long it took or how much wire I wasted redoing it until it was as perfect as I could get it. It's nice to have that kind of love for the craft again, rather than being too business minded.
On the more successful side of life, I've been busy making glass pendants with the chiyogami paper I'm so obsessed with. I love how no matter how many different ways I try to position it, and decide on the best look, the bit of scrap I put on the back for extra detail is always the nicest pattern, and just where nobody will ever see it.
I also received 8 porcelain manekineko beads in the post today. I'm not sure exactly where they are from, I'm beginning to think they are from Japan because they are of such beautiful high quality whereas all the Chinese beads I have seen have been poorly made and painted. They're so cute and so perfect that I actually spent around an hour and a half making one into a necklace, making and remaking links so that the necklace is as perfect and fault free as I can get it. I usually don't spend too long dwelling on minor mistakes. As long as it's nothing that's going to compromise the design or function I simply move on and learn for next time I make something. I actually used a chain making method that I haven't used for about 3 or 4 years, where the wire is wrapped around the link next to each bead. It's a really time consuming method and can be rather painful and frustrating. But somehow I didn't care how long it took or how much wire I wasted redoing it until it was as perfect as I could get it. It's nice to have that kind of love for the craft again, rather than being too business minded.
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