13-Hour Workday Hat

Some new projects and work, and I’m pulling long hours; over 13 a day and I call it a shocker. Shockers mean my typing goes funny and my brain turns to eggs. (The original title of this post was “13hour Wordkay HAt.” Seriously.)

When my brain’s like that, all I can really do is crochet. It’s repetitive, it’s soothing, it requires no higher brain functions and barely any muscle control. So these days when I work a lot, I generate hats. They bob up in my wake, the result of one-too-many late night subway rides.

The newest hat, below. It is 20s-themed and pleases me.

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Oh, and sleep. Sleep pleases me very much…

PMC Snapshot

Here’s my latest jewelry piece, a double pendant. The small necklace is rounded and resembles a seashell; the larger is flat, rough at the edges and etched with miniature leaves. These pieces are sort of what I was talking about when I said I was trying to give my Precious Metal Clay sculptures more love and care. I’m trying to return to treating the material as unique and full of quirky texture, instead of manipulating it to mimic other types of silver jewelry.