4.1.11

PEYOTE STITCH!

I really enjoyed my jewelry class. I worked on my bracelet at home. It is hard to show the colors because the beads are iridescent.

OH, NO! I did not get enough beads in my packet. Good thing I keep a few beads on hand in case of emergencies.

I worked in some round beads to finish out the cubes. I like the texture change and although the flat planes of the cubes push the light back in photography and do not show the true color, the two beads are very similar. "Close enough for government work," as my current basketry teacher says. I have been hearing that all my life, since it was a favorite quote of my father's when I was growing up.

2.28.11

What if I take time off from knitting? Where is the bead class going to lead? This image comes from Calitrendz. While I may not use my new skill to make adornments for hair thingees, the shape and the colors are interesting to me.

I keep thinking my creative interests, while on different paths, run parallel sometimes. Does peyote stitch have anything to do with my interest in knitting? My re-kindled basketry avocation?

2.27.11

Oh. No. I signed up for a peyote stitch jewelry class. I wonder if we will make anything like these beads that I saw at Embroidered Soul made by someone named Helen. Where am I headed with this?

One time, not too long ago, I had the idea of planning out my days and weeks, lining up successive projects. Maybe spend an hour or two a day on one thing, then move to another, then another.

Now it seems I let caprice take me where it will.  I thought about that for awhile. What if I stayed with one thing at a time or what if when I woke up in the morning, I consulted my planner and then set off to work on whatever was on the schedule? I think it would turn into WORK on what was on the schedule, instead of enjoy. Besides, I think I work more efficiently when I am driven by that almost uncontrollable urge to make. Whatever the project will be.