It doesn’t matter

One of the classes that I really enjoy teaching is the wire crochet necklace.  The best part is when students come in saying “that looks really complicated, don’t think I can do that!” and go out wearing a fabulous necklace that they made themselves.  Also gratifying is when they tell you later that when they wear their necklace everyone comments on how good it looks and how proud they are to be able to say “I made it myself”.

 

I’m thinking of changing the class title though to “The doesn’t matter” necklace because I spend most of the class saying “It doesn’t matter”. 

“This looks too tight” – It doesn’t matter just keep going and try to make it a bit looser, once the necklace is made up you won’t notice it.

“This looks a bit too loose” – It doesn’t matter just keep going.

“I forgot to slide on a bead” – doesn’t matter, you won’t notice.

“Mine doesn’t look right” – doesn’t matter, once the necklace is finished it will look great.

 

I haven’t yet had a student finish the lesson and not have a completed necklace that they are happy with.  It is such a versatile technique.  In fact at one class I had a 10 year old who came along with her mum, she had a lot of trouble managing the crochet hook, so in the end we abandoned that and I got her to finger knit instead.  Worked just as well and she too ended up with a great looking necklace that she had made herself. 

 

The other nice thing about the wire crochet necklace is that no two necklaces are the same, just by varying the beads – shape, colour, size – you end up with something unique.  I think I’d be safe in saying that it is my most popular class!

 

 

With the cold weather now setting in I find it hard to get into my work room and create.  It’s gets too cold and we only light the fire (that warms the whole house) occasionally.  So I spend most of my time in the family room where the gas heater is and as the days get colder I get a yen to do some knitting.   I don’t seem to have the time or the perseverance to complete a jumper or garment these days and so have been knitting small things.  My ‘passion’ (if you can call it that) at the moment is tea cosies!  They are fun to knit although a little bit kitsch!  So far I’ve knitted two, and I’m on to my third.  The first one is a Jo Sharpe pattern that I saw my niece knitting at Christmas and decided I had to have one! (that’s the one on the right).   The second is from a great little Patton’s book that has lots of ‘little’ projects in it.  So no jewellery to show this time just tea cosies!

 

Keep warm

Sharyn