I may still be alive

[ysobel]

but I'm not quite sure. so here, have some updates.

beading with respect to crochet: works a lot better with a) appropriately sized beads, and b) dental floss. (seriously. Oral B has a "superfloss" thing that is basically pieces of floss with a stiff segment at the tip, which is theoretically designed for braces but works quite well for getting beads onto yarn.) finished the fingerless gloves (rav link) and am in limbo about what to tackle next.

computer argh: iTunes is being stupid and insisting that I only have fifteen tracks (all stuff purchased through itunes), zero playlists, four movies, one app (none of the paid ones though), etc. Am running a recovery thing to get the stuff off my iPad; at the moment the playlists that have transfered over are oddly stunted and out of order, no clue if they will stay that way.

body stuff: pain sucks. so do digestive issues (seriously, poop-of-doom for three days straight? for no apparent reason?) and lack-of-spoon issues and depression issues and woe etc.

new obsession: puzzles & dragons (iOS/android game). bejeweled + pokemon, basically. I still haven't totally figured out how the power-ups and evolves work, and a lot of the info out there is in Japanese, and stuff, but it is addicting. and free (though you can of course buy gems for stuff) but not in the obnoxious way that facebook/g+ games tend to be (spam all your friends! you cannot progress unless you do!)

writing: zilch. my muse seems to be on extended holiday or something. :(

religiosity: easter is a-coming, which is giving me thinky thoughts, but I don't know if I can really articulate them (and don't know if anyone would care even if I did, or if it would be just "lol let me shove the dominant religion in your face")

to sum up: hhhngggg. /clings to flist/

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

I'm a total blank slate when it comes to knitting/crocheting, but I have a decade or so experience with beads. I wondered: couldn't you use the same yarn, thread the beads on it, and sew it on the work? Surface embellishment as opposed to integrating it with the thread?

As you've discovered, integral needles are lovely. One can purchase silk thread which has been woven onto very thing needles, but it's quite short and quite expensive:
http://www.beadaholique.com/p-10805-griffin-silk-beading-cord-needle-size-0-white.aspx

But the COOL thing I discovered is you can create a needle on the end of any thread/cord using glue! I've mainly worked with leather or hemp cord, and never w/ acryclic. I use the discarded plastic top from a countainer, plop a good pool of white glue on it, don a plastic/nitrile glove. Pick up the cord in the gloved hand, drag the end through the glue so it's good and soaked. Then squeeze out extra, roll the cord in between thumb and first finger to sharpen it, and let it hang over something to dry. When it's good and hard, use something real sharp to make a point.

to sum up: LOTS OF STUFF.

[sineala]

Can I answer any of your Puzzle & Dragons questions? :)

[shoaling_souls]

I'm interested in thinky thoughts. My annoyance that stores close down for days on end and not being able to eat perishables is separate from being interested in my friends' thoughts.