Ok….so I’ve been learning to swim the last few weeks. I never learnt it as a kid, so thought at 25 I’d better get to it, let’s face it, if I’m going to go on sun sea and sand hols to sunny places then I’d better be able to use the pool I pay for for in my hol eh?
So I’ve been learning at Southampton University Sports Centre and it’s been going well. Least I won’t drown anymore so that’s a bonus.
I’ve been fascinated lately by jewellery making - ever since I was looking for some beaded jewellery for a night out and found nothing but rubbish stuff in the shops. Anyway, I’ve since found that the jewellery making activity is just a smidge expensive, when you count the fact you need the tools, the jewellery parts and beads. The problem is that the only way I can see whether I actually like how fiddly and time consuming it could be, is if I buy the bits and do some - which I’m not going to cos it’s rather expensive if I don’t like it. So, I’ve decided to give a ‘bead loom’ a try. The initial set with the loom and the beads and all the needed kit wasn’t at all as expensive as the tools, parts and beads (to make necklaces, earrings, bracelets etc). The bead loom can only realistically help you to make beaded rings, bracelets and belts (if that’s your fashion), but it seems to me the cheap way of seeing if I initially like beadwork and it means I can make myself some really pretty bracelets how I like them.
It’s fiddly to set up, like you wouldn’t believe, but it’s rather cool. I shall post a piccy when I make a little more progress 