Alchemists Fire's posts

@FUZZY: Oh, that's fun, I've done that! Someone got me a "bead maker" kit as a kid and it was making beads with skinny triangular strips of paper
Actually, THIS was almost the exact thing I had!
It's a neat idea, but IDK how sustainable it is. I always had trouble getting my beads to stay stuck together

@Ruby: Oh, I think I get it, like you hold one end down with your middle finger or something? I've had to do that with clasps and I think that's how I'd have to tighten the sliding style ones, never tried tying one on like that

I forget what silly bandz were, I meant like these things xD
I had Livestrong, I think a music related one, 3 in my high school colours, and a few others, can't remember it was like 15+ years ago now
But I think I broke two Livestrong bands and the other ones just got old and sticky xDD

Booo, pinchy bracelets suck =(
I didn't mean "rubber band" like elastic bands, I just said "rubber bracelets", but maybe they were more silicone, idk xD all I know is they got icky and gross after a while haha

@FUZZY: What kind of things have they done previously? I totally understand the hot and gross and not wanting to go anywhere =(

@Ruby: How do you tie them on your own wrist though? don't you need two hands? Or is there a technique I'm missing? (there probably is xD)

I saw your post to Fuzzy about loom bands, and I don't think it's a brand thing I think it's that just the nature of that type of material
Remember those rubber bracelets that were really popular in the mid 00s? started with LiveStrong and then a bunch of other places started making them too, and it was cool to have a whole wrist full of them? I have a bunch that have totally degraded and got all sticky and awful, it's just that type of rubber

@Ruby: You probably do, lemme grab the links off my phone!
Square Sliding Knot v1, Square Sliding Knot v2
Simple Sliding Knot
Barrel Sliding Knot

I think part of the reason I didn't do the braid thing is some of the styles I was making didn't have enough strands to braid.
I'd love to see how you tie your bracelets!
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@Lina: Jewellery modification sounds really fun! Nothing wrong with beads on elastic, there's definitely some talent in choosing the colours, shapes and styles of the beads, deciding the order to string them in, etc.

Tiny dolly chainmaille is really fun, but it can also be fiddly and frustrating. I'm limited in the ring sizes that are available for that scale, and so that limits the number of different patterns I can do. At least I have a few options for colours, so that lets me change things up a bit ♥

I googled, and it says "more yarn is used in crochet than knitting, for a comparable project", but I think it also depends on what knitting stitch is being used. I wouldn't be surprised if the double stockinette I'm doing takes more yarn than a single stockinette.
I think knitting is kind of the same? Everything is either a modified knit or modified purl? IDK, I'm not deep enough into it yet xD

Most of my attempts at macrame have been with yarn so far, cause I find it easier to learn with bigger string. I did one diagonal striped bracelet that reminded me of a bookmark when I was done, but I think it's too thick to actually be used in a book. I'd like to get back into it, because I do wanna try some of those pretty designs with spaces.
Tiny looms sound amazing! Weaving is really fun and relaxing, I'm just lazy with colour changes xD maybe I should build a tiny loom on cardboard and get weaving again, just to keep my hands busy!

I wanna get into cross stitch because I love the idea of IRL pixel art, haha. Doing a retro game screen would be really fun, or a loading scene would be cool! I can totally imagine doing a series of those! I wanna do a bunch of stuff with it, Pokemon sprites, Stardew Valley sprites, probably some retro video game stuff too.

Ohh, mandala colouring book, so pretty! If my mom was actually colouring in all the colouring books she's picked up I'd get it for her! We're in the (slow) process of trying to do a purge, so I'm trying not to bring in anything new at the moment, but I really appreciate the offer!

I'd still love to see the sacred geometry stuff whenever you have a chance =D ♥

@Ruby: There's a style I've seen with sliding knots that I wanna try, and another one with a short piece of square knots over the two ends so they slide within the square knot.
I found a couple of tutorials, will share them later because switching tabs and copying and coding is a pain on mobile haha

I want to make sure I can put my bracelet on if there's no one else around, and I don't trust that a metal clasp won't fail (not to mention I react to some metal clasps).

This actually gives me another really good reason to get a little tripod for my phone, so we can do vid calls or record ourselves trying stuff and then share with the other for help ^^

I have a hemp bracelet a friend made me with a big loop at one end and a big knot at the other. That one is hard to get on by myself too

That's incredible!
It's so pretty I don't think I'd be able to eat it, but also I kinda wanna know how it would look covered in chocolate 🤔

I don't think I have any particular talents with food, other than eating it? XD

@FUZZY: Aww, that sounds lovely! I hope your daughter is having fun with it! ♥
What kind of crafts do they do?

@Ruby: I feel like crochet might one of those things we'd need to video chat for, or do in person (someday!!!). I'm not sure how well we could do macrame at a distance either, hmmm.
The biggest struggle I have with friendship bracelets is how long should my cord be and how much do I leave for making a way to "clasp" the bracelet. I think I need to go back and look at the square knot tut I saw

I attempted knitting first, so that might be why my brain is accepting it better? I'm sure crochet will click, it's just a matter of finding the right tutorial

Wow, I didn't get to post at all today

@Lina: Ooh, what kind of jewellery do you do?
The nice thing about chainmaille is I can play with different ring sizes and get essentially the same effect if I get the right ratio of wire thickness to ring size. So if I'm having a "big hands" day I can work with larger rings ♥
I actually love working tiny, though. I started trying to make a line of chainmalle jewellery for my BJDs (Ball Jointed Dolls)

I'm not doing anything too crazy with the knitting, pretty much a basic knit and purl but the way it works out the fabric kinda ends up double-thick so it's gonna be really nice and cozy ♥

I've tried crocheting very briefly, I was able to get single chain going okay but then got confused for either connecting it into a circle or starting to single crochet the next row. One of these days I'll try it again, though!

I also started getting into macramé after I bought some gorgeous bracelets while on vacation like 8 years ago. I've only learned some really basic patterns and I wanna get back into it - more interested in macramé jewellery than wall hangings or plant hangers

Ruru is trying soooo hard to get me into cross stitching, and I wanna because like IRL pixel art (and takes up way less space than fuse beads ahaha, even though I'd rather tinker with the beads), but I'm not quite sure where to start?

Ohh, I'd love to see your mandalas and sacred geometry pieces! I keep meaning to get into mandalas too

I got distracted by the awesomeness that my Rogue is gonna get to do...poison master here I come

@Lina: Thank you so much!!

Home now, D&D hasn't really started or gotten serious yet so I'm tempted to dabble

I forgot that I can't inspect elements on my phone, which is so annoying. I can't even view page source, ugh.

I wanna do the borders around the boxes, wonder if I can do a gradient for those, hmmm

Think I'm gonna try and do some more work on Roy's profile tonight, he needs more rainbow xD