Sigh...

[stellar_muddle]

Sulk sulk sulk sulk sulk...

So, added as much wire as I thought necessary to the viking trichnopoly chain I was making for Z. Couldn't find the draw plate so Z made a new one. Tried tucking the wire ends in, but ended up cutting them off close to the main chain. And then drew it (well Z did).

Bugger.
Evened out nicely. Looked good, but you can still feel the little sharp sprag ends when running your fingers down opposite to the pulling direction. And it is plastic coated silver coloured wire, making it entertaining to solder ends onto anyway.

And still too short. Fits around my neck nicely, but definitely not around Z's. Which given it was started as a birthday present for Z last year...

Hmph.

But we have swept and mopped wooden floors. I have a new chest (well, Z redid the ends and now it is chest version 3 out of that wood), which wool and various projects have been transfered into. Ironically the most viking looking chest has the blackwork and doublet projects in... And you can see a great deal more lounge floor.

And Z has just made a nice large batch of sympathy popcorn which smells great but due to sore gums* I possibly shouldn't eat. Given the new mouthwash also appears to have nuked my tongue and mouth from orbit - feels burnt, which it really shouldn't...

Screw it, LKH vampire popcorn, real popcorn and a good beanbag time I think.

*Crooked wisdom tooth interaction and rubbing? Ouchie in any case

Comments

[auntyyolly.livejournal.com]

You could join the ends with some sort of exciting pendanty object that was squarish or horizontally cylindrical ... I know that most examples ended in sexy terminals, but after Midwinter I'd be happy to ring up the girl who has all my Norse jewellery books and get her to roam through the pages looking for something doco-wise ...

[stellar-muddle.livejournal.com]

The issue is that it was always intended to have some form of terminals and rings (like here, but probably cast in pewter in appropriate shapes) with most likely a Thor's hammer hanging off (the most common artifact combo found with the trichnopoly). Unfortunately it is too short taking into account the appropriate endings. Would make a not bad choker for me, but the Thor's hammers aren't found in female graves...

Scale hasn't quite made it yet (I am actually working too fine compared to the extant examples I have seen), so may play with the techniques a little more.

But pretty jewellery piccies never go amiss when people have the time :)

[anthraxia.livejournal.com]

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