I don't like posting photos of myself on my main, okay?

@blueemmisaurus Not weird at all! I made it based off of grave finds. It's the simplest possible way to do turn shoes since they're in one piece each, that piece being shaped kinda like a horseshoe. I just looked for an illustration to show you, and this is basically it.

I wanted to see what the upper limit is, as far as my body is physically capable. They're both copper, and I wove them on the same dowel, and I used the same amount of stitches per rotation. I had to do every single stitch with my pliers in place of my fingers, which didn't slow me down as much as I would've guessed, but I had to skip my pushups for the day. So, maybe not something I will repeat, unless I get some dead soft aluminum. But I can't deny, it's so lush and expensive-looking.

I guess plenty of people break their first comb, but this sucks because the whole thing was done. I didn't push it, kept it simple, just a few tines, and I snapped it putting the hanging hole in it. So, literally the last step! But that's how it goes sometimes. I remember an archaeological find of an unfinished comb, so breaking a comb in progress is a well-established misery, it seems. Maybe I can glue it but I'm sulking for now.

I've been setting aside items to put on a chatelaine for years and until I recently learned wire-weaving, I wasn't able to put it all together in a way that I felt was secure. The big jewel is a massive glass and brass costume brooch that was broken that someone gave to me, and it matches the wire perfectly. So I stitched that onto a big safety pin with wire. The back looks pretty messy but no one needs to know that, shhh.

1. A seam-ripper I bought specifically for this project, 2. A magnifying glass with a slipcover. I brushed it with coffee to mold and color it a bit. Honestly, I kept thinking, what if this magnifying glass sets my clothes on fire somehow like I'm in a Final Destination movie, so the last thing I made for this piece was this slipcover. I think it would have been fine, but it looks nice anyway.

3. A pair of embroidery scissors someone gave me. I've noticed when antique chatelaines have scissors, they have little metal scabbards on the sharp ends, so I will probably go back and do that at some point. But I had metal clips in my stash, so I put one of those on there to keep it from opening up while I wear it.

4. A threader/needle case I bought specifically for this project, 5. A piece of beeswax I put inside a small metal box I've had for decades and never knew what to do with.

6. A detachable thimble. I drilled a hole in an old, thin thimble that I don't like much tbh but it fits me.