bead cozies

AKA the Julie bead necklace from knitty. They were little and fun to make, so much so that I took them to the pool and someone I didn't know said that I was going to go blind. She was probably right.

I strung them on a thin fabric tube, then I tried to do more with it as a necklace, but pretty much failed. I tried adding other beads (smaller than Julie's), but that wasn't working for me. I thought that making knots in the fabric right next to the beads would make it more finished, but I didn't do that either. The necklace went to my friend Karen as is. She does more jewelery making than I do, so I'm sure she'll know how to gussy it up better than I.

Tomorrow morning I've off to the Bloomington Third Sunday Market. It will be my first trip of the year. I just don't know where the summer is going, and I feel like I am actively pulling at it's threads to get it to stay. Beebs is loving it though. She's going to a day camp that I like to call "dirt camp", she's eating like a horse, and she's discovered the joys of summer reading. It is so sweet to see her curled up on the couch with a book. It makes me a little jealous, and wistful for the afternoons spent on my grandmother's couch, still damp from the pool.

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