Beautiful Art from Katerina Art, Mirrix Loom Creation (working) and Join Email to Earn Certificate!

WOW!  Did you see how far I got yesterday on my new creation?  I actually had someone guess what the image is already!!  Yes, it is a piece of beautiful art from Katerina Art (Katerina Koukiotis).  Here is her original drawing….I just love the eyes – I hope that I do it justice!!

Here is where I start out this morning…..Can you see the edge of her eye already??

Now, you all know that I am using the Big Sister Loom with the No Warp-Ends Kit from Mirrix Looms, but here are some things that I have discovered….first, that I have to have the pattern under the loom….this is so that with my left hand I can move across the pattern with my finger as I pick up beads with my right hand and the needle.  This is important, with 88 beads wide it is VERY easy to loose your place as you move your eyes from pattern to beads/needle.  I also have been marking off row by row so I don’t forget what row I am on!

You can see that I am using the paperclips, but what I found is that they are TOO skinny for the beads I am using!  So, I put 1-2 paperclips in between each of the paperclips that are holding my actual warp threads.  This is keeping them separated almost perfectly!!  As I go farther up in the beading I will be able to remove the extras….because the ‘work’ will keep it flat on it’s own.

Here is a closer view of what the ‘extra paperclips’ look like!

Now here is one more photo….see the tape? Let me tell you what that is for….something so simple and yet…. When I put the paperclips on – as I was warping the loom – I didn’t think about how they were laying!!  If you can look close (or at a paperclip at your desk) you’ll see the the ‘outside’ opening is on the back.  Well, that is where my thread goes around to do the beading…guess what…it caught every time!  So, I put a piece of tape around the back…just to cover the openings of the paperclip.  Next time this will be a lesson I remember!!

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Life is no brief candle to me.  It is a sort of splendid torch which I am permitted to hold for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. ~George Bernard Shaw