blarg!

I had a whole post written out and my brain went. NOPE. Because it sounded like I was in second grade. Oh well that happens. My brain is more into working on a new dragon scale with an inlay pattern. I finished the one I was working on in Silver and Bronze tones.  Oh well.

I hope you all have a great day!

Dragonscale

Well the rings are all sorted and I am working on another colored dragonscale bracelet. Let me tell you. Starting a Dragonscale bracelet is a down right pain in the .. *ahem* It doesn't want to start and it is floppity no matter what you do so it takes a few moments. And then... It starts doing everything it is suppose to with out pause.

For some it is a simple weave, but as I use micromaille more often then not. [Micro is anything 20g 21g and up.] it takes me longer then some. I usually find a show to burn out on streaming it and just go.

So here you go, this is one of the photos I took yesterday while I was weaving to give my hands a break.

It is aluminum in the colors of bright silver and an inlay of bronze. Okay back to it for now. Hope you have a great day!

-Blessings!

The not fun stuff...

When you are a crafter it is not all "Let's make something Amazing!" no matter how much we want it to be. There is the fight of how to store things. Sorting them. Add in that if you have furrie babbies then they all want to help you are in for a long while of getting things sorted.

So today and last night I have been sorting out rings. Tiny little rings that are no bigger then well showing a photo will be the better choice of action as they are tiny 1/8th rings.

Yes that is a quarter. So I am sorting all these.. into there right colors like so.

Welcome to the unsexy side of crafting and one of the necessary evils.


Blessings!

On my desk...

So today is one of those.. hey how would that look. I have mixed both a captured weave and a full Persian weave. I think it is coming along nicely. But the chore is making sure the sides are even so the bracelet is even.

The bead captures are swarovski crystals. And as always I working in stainless.

Crafters Dilemma

Its quite the common thing in the world to face an obstacle when you are doing something. For me and many of my fellow crafters it is time loss. Usually when we should be sleeping. We get so involved with a project that the significant other comes over and kisses us good night and we mutter, be in soon. What ever we are streaming on Netflix, or what have you is still playing so we have time right. We have only clicked next episode like twice.

And then it is 4am. You have a rush in your body and you are almost done!

Wait.. 4 am!? And then all the tired hits and you drag yourself to bed. To play there nitpicking ever inch of what you have done. Wondering if you did this right. You sleep.. then you are up again and the circle repeats.

Thank everything for Coffee.

 

Yay coffee!! Have a great day you all. Today I am going to finish a bracelet that has elements of Persian weave, orbitals, and inverted round. Whee!

-Blessings!

Yes it is a day late!

Sorry I meant to have this done yesterday but the Gods of the sinus migraine won out over that making me waste the whole day. So today I bring to you a picture tutorial of European 4 in one! If you can not make this photo bigger you can also find it at : http://pharewings.deviantart.com/art/4-in-1-chainmaille-tutorial-537221357

Morning times!

I like this time of the day to look at what projects I will be working on. No one is home but me and the cats so I can take as long as I want.. unless the cats are hungry and then I best tend to the needs of my small furry masters. I think today I am going to make another rainbow dragonscale bracelet.

Dragonscale is a weave where one smaller ring looks like it is patterned into a smaller ring, and how they lay makes it look like scales.

Here is an up close of the last rainbow bracelet I did. With the brighter colors being the smaller 'scale' you can really see the pattern in this photo. But it works amazing in stainless steel.

As you can see in stainless it still gives of that wonderfully complex looking texture while still being a nice and thin bracelet. Nor is it to hefty of a bracelet to wear on your wrist. You can see this one in more detail at my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/208759587/stainless-steel-micro-dragonscale

I would say this is an advanced weave. Its a pain the the butt to start but once you get going it is a quick weave.  Tomorrow I will show you how to make the most basic of weaves. The European 4in1.

-Blessings!