Thursday, May 29, 2008

Promise

We have had a young lady staying with us for a few days and she asked if there was something that she could make. The shop is not a pleasant atmosphere without the dust protection at present, so, we spent an hour or so on promise bracelets, their husbandry and habitat. She managed to stick with the study and gradually got speedier at tying the multiple knots it takes to make one of these little things and ended up with one fairly decent effort completed. We didn't get as far as more complex plumage patterns, chevrons and diamonds, etc, but once you have the basic technique those can be explored in ones own time. I think mine could do with a bit of ironing to straighten it out.