Beading Frustration
Dec. 12th, 2010 08:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosMy daily meditation is supposed to begin with a five-minute session of four-four breathing -- but I'm pretty sure that unless I look at the clock I don't get anywhere near that, and looking at the clock is tough given that I take my glasses off and sit in a dim room when I meditate. Finally I had the idea of creating a set of prayer beads to count the cycles of breath: four cycles per minute for five minutes equals twenty beads.
I've created a lovely strand with hematite beads for each breath cycle, each separated from the next by three slightly smaller beads. Each set is either green-blue, red, or tiger-eye. After the tenth set I have a smooth, colorful oval stone to let me know that I'm halfway through -- because I get twitchy when I don't know how long a given activity is going to go on. Opposite the halfway stone there is a silver pendant with a labyrinth on it to mark the beginning and end.
I'm very pleased with the way the strand itself has come out. The hematite gives it a nice heft and grounding energy, and the colorful spacing beads make it pretty.
The problem is that I can't get the $%&$ crimp beads to actually crimp so I can seal the ends! I've ruined four of my last seven crimp beads. For some reason I just can't get the pliers to do the job -- and it's taking me at least five minutes or more just to get the wire looped around the pendant and back through the beads. I am beyond frustrated! And now I'm going to have to go to the bead store to get more crimp beads in order to finish it.
I've created a lovely strand with hematite beads for each breath cycle, each separated from the next by three slightly smaller beads. Each set is either green-blue, red, or tiger-eye. After the tenth set I have a smooth, colorful oval stone to let me know that I'm halfway through -- because I get twitchy when I don't know how long a given activity is going to go on. Opposite the halfway stone there is a silver pendant with a labyrinth on it to mark the beginning and end.
I'm very pleased with the way the strand itself has come out. The hematite gives it a nice heft and grounding energy, and the colorful spacing beads make it pretty.
The problem is that I can't get the $%&$ crimp beads to actually crimp so I can seal the ends! I've ruined four of my last seven crimp beads. For some reason I just can't get the pliers to do the job -- and it's taking me at least five minutes or more just to get the wire looped around the pendant and back through the beads. I am beyond frustrated! And now I'm going to have to go to the bead store to get more crimp beads in order to finish it.
