French blogs….
I enjoy reading bead blogs from other countries. The styles and color choices can be different than those in the Midwest region of the United States, where I live. I follow a few French language blogs (or to be more accurate, I look at the pictures in these blogs, as I don’t know French). I…
Warping a Mirrix, part 3
I had a lot of time for my next foray into getting this ready, which is a Good Thing because I most certainly needed it! It took me 1 1/2 hours to get the rest of the heddles on (which is faster than before). I did end up holding the second warp in the pair…
New blogs in the blogroll
I got lost in German blogs today, and added 6 to my feed reader and to this blog. There are some fabulous geometric beaded beads, some amazing bead crochet, and more. The following are the ones I added: Try-to-be-better (Sabine) Traumperle (Ricki) Immer Wieder Perlen (Nicki) Mariposa’s Schatzkiste Froschprinzessin (Annette) Bluepearls Perlen (Anke)
Monkeybiz
From an Amazon email, I learned that there is going to be a book on Monkeybiz, a South African project reviving beadwork by providing beads to disadvantaged women in Cape Town. They can work from home, and still look after their family and avoid transportation costs. This nonprofit organization puts profits back into the community…
Warping a Mirrix, part 2
Okay, I’m another hour and 45 minutes into it. It took me an hour and 15 minutes to wind off enough thread to complete warping it, wrap that onto a paper tube (worked great), and to finish warping it. (I made a mistake and had to go back probably 5 warps at one point.) Then…