Silver has tanked in the last couple days. So I bought some more while the price was low. I don’t like dipping into my funds without planning, but I know, in the long run, it will save me money. On a whim I bought just a foot of half round, to try making a ring. [...]
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The summer zenith
Summer! The height of summer! Here in Oregon, we have skirted the heat that is oppressing so many other areas in the United States. I am grateful to not be blanketed with relentless heat every day…but the cool isn’t doing my tomatoes any good. The blueberries have come out, and are fat globes of juicy [...]
Encompassed
I have wanted to try making a bezel for awhile. I often find new projects hard just simply because it is so much STUFF to track down. I had to get the bezel wire, and the first one I bought wasn’t the right size, too narrow, so I had to send that back (and of [...]
Knitting with Vikings
I am actually learning how to knit, with yarn. But that is not the knitting I am talking about. I have learned to do a method of creating chain called viking knit, which is hundreds of years old, back to 700 AD. It is an offshoot of chainmaille work, but it is wire that is [...]
