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elisem; we both would have liked more time, but circumstances didn't work for that.
She gave me "Song of the Lesbian Elephants," the earrings I won [an odd thought] from her a month ago. We then spent a bit of time sorting out that no, I hadn't asked to be in this month's Artist Challenge of the Month, for reasons partly of time and partly because I don't have a great affinity for jasper. And I got the basic earring-making lesson that didn't happen at last Wiscon, including advice about working on a piece of cloth and not eating or drinking while making jewelry.
Elise also took some time to pet and praisejulian_tiger; she's known some fine orange cats, and said that he was excellent by that standard. (Fear not, pnh--her coat and sweater were safely in a cat-free closet.)
After Elise left, I tried what she'd shown me. I had to throw away two pieces of wire--this is why I'm working in steel rather than silver, for the instant--but the third one worked. I used a sterling hook, because the style of hooks I've got in steel aren't comfortable for me and I didn't quite catch the trick for modifying them. I think I'm going to want more beads, because the ones I have do a remarkable job of not going together, for the most part. In the meantime, I have two single dangly earrings; I designed both, and she made one.
I mostly wear pairs, but since I'm inherently asymmetrical (three ear piercings, one of which always has the same purple captive bead ring), so I may wear one of these with an unrelated earring (perhaps one of the orphaned ones left after I lost their matches), or maybecattitude will want one.
I have put away the beads, discarded the stray bits of wire (had I been working in silver, I might have kept them; were I working in gold, I surely would have), and made a cup of tea.
elisem; we both would have liked more time, but circumstances didn't work for that.She gave me "Song of the Lesbian Elephants," the earrings I won [an odd thought] from her a month ago. We then spent a bit of time sorting out that no, I hadn't asked to be in this month's Artist Challenge of the Month, for reasons partly of time and partly because I don't have a great affinity for jasper. And I got the basic earring-making lesson that didn't happen at last Wiscon, including advice about working on a piece of cloth and not eating or drinking while making jewelry.
Elise also took some time to pet and praise
julian_tiger; she's known some fine orange cats, and said that he was excellent by that standard. (Fear not, pnh--her coat and sweater were safely in a cat-free closet.)After Elise left, I tried what she'd shown me. I had to throw away two pieces of wire--this is why I'm working in steel rather than silver, for the instant--but the third one worked. I used a sterling hook, because the style of hooks I've got in steel aren't comfortable for me and I didn't quite catch the trick for modifying them. I think I'm going to want more beads, because the ones I have do a remarkable job of not going together, for the most part. In the meantime, I have two single dangly earrings; I designed both, and she made one.
I mostly wear pairs, but since I'm inherently asymmetrical (three ear piercings, one of which always has the same purple captive bead ring), so I may wear one of these with an unrelated earring (perhaps one of the orphaned ones left after I lost their matches), or maybe
cattitude will want one.I have put away the beads, discarded the stray bits of wire (had I been working in silver, I might have kept them; were I working in gold, I surely would have), and made a cup of tea.