So...it has been brought to my attention that I perhaps have a type, and this book ticked a lot of really good boxes for me. It's regency-inspired. It's fantasy. It's a romance. It has a chronically ill main character. It has sewing and fashion. Literally 90% of the characters are LGBTQIA. It has a BALCONY SCENE for crying out loud. It even has a gossip columnist who might be better than Lady Whistledown (do NOT come for me, Bridgerton Fandom, I said what I said). I could go on, but at that point I think we would have completely dissolved from actual review to screamed list of things I enjoyed, so let's rein it in for a minute and talk A Fragile Enchantment.

Numerology is a way of looking at the world through numbers. Letters are assigned numeric values and then added up until a single digit is reached. Birthdays or other significant dates may have the same done. The numerals from 1 to 9 are all given meanings. One is usually about beginnings, where 9 is completion. 3 is joy amongst friends. 8s are karmic, receiving what you have given. This is not an exhaustive list, but just a start. It is not hard to google for deeper explanations.

Only the numbers and their meanings impact more than practicing numerology. If you do cartomancy (divination with cards such as oracle, tarot, or playing card), you may find especially the cards are influenced by the numbers on them. The fives are all about struggle. The five of pentacles or diamonds is a card about not enough resources of the material world. The five of swords (spades) or wands (clubs) are about battles, deadly or just sparing respectively. The five of cups (hearts) is about making the hard emotional decisions about what remains after a struggle. The rest of the pip cards can be discussed at the same way. Major arcana cards, at least the first few can be treated similarly. The magician, card 1, can be about creation. Card 2, the priestess, balancing knowledge with silence.

Outside of divination, numerology also can affect thread magic. The number of strands used in stitching can be intentional to what is being worked. Embroidery floss usually comes in six strands, crewel yarn can come in four. The number actually used can vary. DId you want to work in joy, balance, beginnings, adventure, work? Pick the number of strands that matches the end goal of the work.

I had a theory and it checked out.

Historically, people have been running sewing thread through beeswax since many years ago. Waxing thread before hand sewing stops it from twisting and tangling as easily and just generally makes things easier. I talk about waxing thread in the old Reasons You Hate Hand Sewing post.

The main reason why waxing your thread might be bad is that the wax comes off on the fabric, just a bit, and if you hit it with an iron it will fuse the wax into the fabric forever.

To combat this, there’s thread conditioner. You run the thread through the conditioner and it gets some of the conditioner on the thread and it acts like the wax does, but without the problems of wax. There is Thread Magic and you can buy another called Thread Heaven. Both of these are very mystical about what they contain on their websites. They use words like “inert” and “non-toxic” and “non-staining” but they don’t tell you WHAT they are.

As y’all know, I’m not ready to just accept that something is mysterious and corporate secrets. I want to know what it is. I’ve done great research and I have learned many things.

This is Thread Magic. A tub of Thread Magic costs $10.

This is what the box of Thread Magic looks like when it’s opened. Mine’s been used a little bit, but that doesn’t change how it looks too much, except that it’s got some extra lint going through the putty.

This is a 8-pair pack of silicone putty ear plugs that I got at Target for $4.69.

This is what it looks like when you put two of them in the Thread Magic box.

Folks, I’ve done the testing, I have the facts, and Thread Magic and two silicone putty ear plugs operate exactly the same when you put them on some thread.

hi alex! happy wbw!

i tried to answer to this yesterday and then my phone said nope and shut off so let's try again today!

Thread Magic is probably one of m favorite magic systems I've created to this day (not that I have created a lot but the point remains) and it's inspired by my wonderful friend @neliakey!

Basically it consist on the result of making different knots with different coloured thread (each color has their own property and depending on the pattern you come up with, the result has one spell or other), so basically I'm talking about magic friendship bracelets haha

Some examples of the colors are: blue for protection, yellow for energy and purple for defense!

Although bracelets are the most common way of using thread Magic (some thy are easy to hide and to camouflage from the Starless's eyes), you can make everything and anything! some people even have threaded rugs in their houses to protect it

Spell Bracelets and Charms!!

I’ve always believed that working with yarn and thread was a type of magic and I’m very excited to offer these Spell Bracelets and Charms for you!

Let me know what emotions/feelings/images you would like me to bind to the spell bracelets or charms and associating colors and I will make it especially for you!

Spell Bracelets are $9 or 3 ko-fis

Charms (half the length of the bracelets) are $3 or 1 ko-fi

https://ko-fi.com/finleyday

These will be mailed to you in a letter, so there will be no tracking available. If you’d rather pay with paypal I can arrange that! If you have any questions feel free to send me an ask or messages.