Not-successes in craftstuff
Mar. 22nd, 2010 09:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysobelI figured that, having frogged the damn sock anyway, I might as well make proper stitch counters1 while the loom was empty. What I had previously, red twist-ties, was functional but the tips kept snagging on the yarn. Plus, they were, well, beat-up old red twist-ties.
So I dig out my beading supplies, and also take a run to the local bead store to pick up magnetic findings (since I needed fastenings that could be easy to open and close one-handed but that wouldn't fall off accidentally).
... in case anyone's wondering, magnetic findings are a fucking /pain/ to work with, given that all of my tools are metal.
Long story short: I spent all day futzing around, hurting my arms a bit, to end up with something that a) doesn't really work, b) managed to break, c) doesn't work, and d) is generally an utter failure.
I am feeling all emo mopey self-pitying miserable.
Also, I can't figure out how the hell to do what I want to do.
1/ETA: See this post for clarification / more information / etc
So I dig out my beading supplies, and also take a run to the local bead store to pick up magnetic findings (since I needed fastenings that could be easy to open and close one-handed but that wouldn't fall off accidentally).
... in case anyone's wondering, magnetic findings are a fucking /pain/ to work with, given that all of my tools are metal.
Long story short: I spent all day futzing around, hurting my arms a bit, to end up with something that a) doesn't really work, b) managed to break, c) doesn't work, and d) is generally an utter failure.
I am feeling all emo mopey self-pitying miserable.
Also, I can't figure out how the hell to do what I want to do.
1/ETA: See this post for clarification / more information / etc