Phooey!!! (or pliers therapy)

Yep!  That's what I said, "Phooey!"  For 2 months I've been trying and failing to start a dragonscale bracelet.  Double Phooey!  Sad thing is, I didn't make anything else.  Nuttin.  It was like the muse had left the building.  All because I was being stubborn and determined to make that silly dragonscale bracelet.

Now I've made dragonscale before, about 5 years ago to be exact, and had no problems.  So I know it's possible.  My mind knows how to do it.  I just can't get the darned thing started because the rings want to fall all over the place.  (and yes, I've tried multiple strategies to nail them down- I guess you have to be smarter than the rings!  :op)

So tonight I waved the white flag.  I gave up. . . on the dragonscale. . . for now.  I realized that the dragonscale weave had just decided it didn't want to be made right now.  Maybe later it will be more cooperative.

Then I took out a big bag of 18 gauge BA rings, I think they are 1/4 inch in diameter and a container of 20 gauge, 5/8 inch diameter BA rings.  I'm forcing myself to make a Japanese variant weave simply to get creative again.  This is not my favorite weave, but it's simple, and I need to see some success in my work again.  After a half hour of work, I was imagining how it might look with triangles, danglies and scales, so it just might be working.  Only time will tell.  And this isn't something I have to finish.  I see it more as therapy than work as such.  Open the ring, put through other rings, close the ring.  Doesn't get much more boring than that UNTIL you see the wonderful patterns emerge.  That's what I love about maille.

This is a test!

You have been warned! Last time I tried to post from here it posted several different places, and I really don't want that to happen every time- even though it would be nice occasionally...

This time I only want it to publish to blogger and this blog.

that will be all!

Stretchies for Grandbabies

Had some birthdays last week and I am big on corrupting the grandbabies

The bracelet is one I made for the birthday girl's little brother, a 3 year old. She got a pink one. The o-rings are glow-in-the-dark. Got them from "nototo" on Etsy. (highly recommend her!!!)

I won't do it this way again because it doesn't stretch enough. First I made a regular Euro 4 in 1 stretchie and it was just too floppy. Soooooo I gave the edges a HP 3 in 1 finish. I have yet to crawl in the closet to see if they glow in the dark... I'm sure the kids will check that for me.

Also made a really sweet Elfweave- 20 gauge, 1/8 inch ID. PINK and PURPLE!!! Perfect for a six year old girl. She got it before I could get a pic.

Bummer!

Right now I'm seriously bummed.

Overall I had a great day. 2 cats and a dog to the vet. I was injured by a kitty (Puddin) during the round-up, but it's just a scratch. Britty had a breathing issue that should be ok- just an old age thing, but still something to monitor.

Did some birthday shopping for Dad and Emily. Found some good stuff.

Decided to make a maille bracelet for Em for her birthday. Decided elfweave would be cool, especially in pink and purple. Had to look up the instructions again, no problem. the problem came when I tried to do step two, where you insert ring 1 into 4 rings. Couldn't believe my left hand could shake so badly. It was shaking before, but when you do 1 in 1, it's no big deal. The more frustrated I got the worse it got. major bummer.

Maybe a nice Euro 4 in 1...

OK, this is just goofy!

All this time I've avoided the blogs because stuff has gotten lost in cyberspace.

Now I've gotten a new laptop and the first time I type "blogger" in the address bar, it goes straight to my blog. No sign-in or password or anything. That's kind of scary

I guess it's because I have a Google account and have been signed in there, but it still makes you think twice!

Well now they went and did it!

I got an error code and my blog wouldn't publish. Last Sunday I lost my post about 6 times. *sigh*

Methinks I'll try the crosspost thing.

In the meantime, if you want to see what I'm up to, go to my Multiply site.

www.heartdancr.multiply.com

I think I gave up LOL!

Last Sunday morning I sat down and tried :::several::: times to post something, and each time it got lost in cyber space.

*sigh*

I had some good pictures in there too!

I think one of the reasons I keep trying is that more people use blogger and I am getting somewhat stubborn about the whole thing, grrr...

Oh well I think I'll try setting this so that it will cross post with my Livejournal, Facebook, Multiply, etc. As it is, Multiply is my blog of choice because it's easiest to manage. Livejournal has some cool themes and privacy settings and blogspot has cool widgets. What's a girl to do? LOL!

That "Fluffy" avatar-

Some have asked about my avatar that I often use, the fat kitty sitting on the scale with the caption "I'm not fat, I'm fluffy." Some folks have even asked if I have a cat named "Fluffy." Fluffy almost seemed to become a mascot to some folks!

On the left is Fluffy in his Christmas finery. I couldn't resist giving him a Christmas makeover one year.

On the right is the real "Fluffy." My husband came with a kitty named Tigger who looks A LOT like the "Fluffy" in the picture. And when we were first married, Tigger was heftier, hence "fluffier." Tigger is still with us and quite a grand kitty. He still isn't overly fond of my cats, but he does well enough and we love him dearly. As you can see, he is kind of a ham!

Welcome to 2009

Hello everyone. I've been experimenting with blogs again, and thought I'd give this one another shot. Blogger has some new toys to play with, and if nothing else I can keep track of my friends who use blogger. Heck, I even added an adsense account.

So we'll see how it goes.