Freak Accident at Wally World *or* Praises for Waxed Linen Cord OTish

good "catch"

poor guy --
Cheryl
DRAGON BEADS
Flameworked beads and glass
http://www.dragonbeads.com/

Thank goodness for that bracelet! Sheesh!

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

So I just got back from w.Mart. Needed some baby wipes, some milk, the
usual...oh, and some beautiful blue crochet thread (the bag is talking to
me--it says if I want to put capri blue S. crystals on it, I need a band
of
blue crochet, too) and a pint of Haagen-Dazs that was on sale.

Anyways, as I'm walking in, I notice this guy, with his three kids. This
man
looks TIRED. Like...find me a dark room to play Rip Van Winkle in,
puh-lease!
He reaches the carts just a moment before me. I see that the oldest
child, a
boy, is holding the youngest child, a girl, roughly 7 and 1, respectively.
The
dad is lifting the middle child, another girl, about 3, into the cart.
(why
the 3 yr old was getting in the cart and not the 1 yr old, I'll never
know)
Just as my hand is reaching out for my own cart, side by side to theirs,
the
freak accident happens.

The 7yr old starts to drop the baby........the dad sees
this.....instinctively
reacts, and turns to the side to catch her........forgetting that he
needed to
actually get both feet of the 3 yr old into the foot holes and her butt on
the
set before she was "secure".........the 3 yr old slips, tumbles forward
and to
her left, right into............ME. Now, I was in the process of reaching
for
my cart, so my left arm was extended, and she fell right onto it. My hand
wasn't above the cart rail, but below it, and the unexpected weight of
that
child forced my hand down until......my Saucy Majestic Bracelet caught on
a
loose piece of metal; part of the cart itself.

You gotta picture this. She fell towards me from my left, onto the back
of my
left arm, with my palm facing down, and nothing to grab onto. The waxed
linen
cord that I strung the bracelet on caught on that spoke thingy and held,
with
her full body weight, long enough for my right arm to drop my lil purse
and
scoop under her.

There was no way I could have reacted fast enough to save her from hitting
the
concrete floor face first. So, I am singing praises for waxed linen cord,
and
cheap base metal clasps.

BTW.....I yelled at that guy for a good 3 minutes about the dangers of
having
children mind children, which was the cause of the incident in the first
place.
I felt kinda bd about it, because one look at him, and you could tell
that
getting yelled at was commonplace for him, and probably not usually
warranted.
He had abused, exhausted husband written all over him.




~Candace~

Candace wrote:

It's made with black waxed linen cord, and size (E) 6/0 glass beads. Only
took
about 3-4 days, cause I was going blind trying to tie all those teensy
tiny
knots.

Nice work, Candace. Reminds me of the waxed linen earrings and necklaces I
used to make for sale back in the mid-70s. It can be hard to see all the
little knots in dark cord, can't it? I used to use all sorts of wood beads
and did several necklaces with sundial shells as pendants.

-Su

I LOVE it!

Paula

"Candace" wrote in message
...
http://snipurl.com/5su3

there ya go

It's made with black waxed linen cord, and size (E) 6/0 glass beads. Only
took
about 3-4 days, cause I was going blind trying to tie all those teensy
tiny
knots.


~Candace~

Yelling is a common reaction when one goes thru "near disaster" that might
have seriously caused injury. Kinda automatic like saying "ouch" when one
gets hurt.

Paula

"vj" wrote in message
...
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from huh
(Candace) :

]BTW.....I yelled at that guy for a good 3 minutes about the dangers of
having
]children mind children, which was the cause of the incident in the first
place.
] I felt kinda bd about it, because one look at him, and you could tell
that
]getting yelled at was commonplace for him, and probably not usually
warranted.
]He had abused, exhausted husband written all over him.

okay - color me dense.
if he looked abused and exhausted [been there, done that - especially
when surrounded by several very young children] why did you yell at
him?


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Because the whole thing scared me and shocked the heck outta me. It was a knee
jerk reaction.


vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from huh
(Candace) :

]BTW.....I yelled at that guy for a good 3 minutes about the dangers of
having
]children mind children, which was the cause of the incident in the first
place.
] I felt kinda bd about it, because one look at him, and you could tell that
]getting yelled at was commonplace for him, and probably not usually
warranted.
]He had abused, exhausted husband written all over him.

okay - color me dense.
if he looked abused and exhausted [been there, done that - especially
when surrounded by several very young children] why did you yell at
him?


-----------
@vicki [SnuggleWench]
(Books) http://www.booksnbytes.com
newest creations: http://www.vickijean.com/new.html
-----------
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America,
and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples,
promising liberty and justice for all.
Feel free to use the above variant pledge in your own postings.

Thank you, Su And yeah, the dark cord is difficult to work witrh, but well
worth it, methinks.


Nice work, Candace. Reminds me of the waxed linen earrings and necklaces I
used to make for sale back in the mid-70s. It can be hard to see all the
little knots in dark cord, can't it? I used to use all sorts of wood beads
and did several necklaces with sundial shells as pendants.

-Su

thank you, Paula So do I.

So um..people seem to like it...*cough cough commissions? cough cough*

*grin*


~Candace~

Candace wrote:

Thank you, Su

Heck, I'm always glad to give someone a positive comment.

And yeah, the dark cord is difficult to work witrh, but well
worth it, methinks.

I did one or two that had a blend of different colors of waxed linen, which
was fun too. It was great watching the different threads weaving and
changing the pattern.

-Su

--
My Floating Needle blog at:
http://www.floatingneedle.co.uk

any possibility of you having kept a picture of them? I'd love to see..I've
never seen any other micromacrame.


Heck, I'm always glad to give someone a positive comment.


And I'm always glad to say thank you for them


~Candace~