Paracord People

先日に引き続き、まだパラコードで飾り結び中。

っていうか、この前作ったキーホルダーの持った感じが微妙だったので、デザイン変えてみた。人型にしてみた。怖い武者のビーズがついた人型は、オットのパソコンリュックにつけた。私の中では「ぐふっ」って笑ってしまうほどけっこう気に入った。

I did not quite like the keychains I made the other day so I changed the design. Still the same snake knots and diamond knots but shorter and the diamond knots give a better grip. And I added some paracord people to my collection. Oh, I like these guys much better.

Paracord measurements for Paracord Peopel: 22" for the body and 6" for the arms. If no bead for the head, 24" for the body.
Paracord measurements for the eagle keychain: 34"; diamond knot, 2 snake knot, bead, 2 snake not, diamond knot.

Paracord Keychains

パラコードでキーホルダーを作りました。決め手はビーズね。
ようするに、ロープを使った飾り結びですな。スネークノットと呼ばれるとてもシンプルなパターンで。

Ever since I made MOTH's steering wheel bag, I was kind of into the whole paracord accessories and I always wanted to make some paracord keychains with funky beads, and now I have done it.

For this design, I cut the paracord for 44", then made 12 snake knots, insert a bead, then finished off with a diamond knot at the bottom, making it about 4" in total length.

I call it Captain Sparrow. Doesn't it look like his braided beard? The beads were in fact sold as beard beads. Why three of the same? Because there are 3 keys for MOTH's Eagle Talon (hence the eagle motif bead). Eagle bead for Eagle Talon.

And with the scary samurai bead.

Yoga Mat Bag

週に1回のヨガを始めたの。それでなくても固い体が、毎日座りっぱなしで運動不足どころではない状態なので。
うちから3軒先の近所の奥さんの家なので、徒歩で行けてとても便利。
そんなわけでヨガマットを入れる袋を縫いました。
今後改善すべきところが多いできとなったけど、ま、今回はこんなもん。（次回があるわけではないけどさ。ヨガマットは一つで十分。）

The lack of movement in my daily life has made my already stiff body even stiffer to a point that I have started taking a yoga class once a week. Luckily, it's held at a neighbor's house only three doors down, so I can walk there. The yoga mat came with a strap but I wanted a yoga mat bag that can hold my cell phone and keys, so I made one.

The main body is Ottertex canvas. The strap is a 1" webbing, left-over from MOTH's steering wheel bag, all the way from England. I added Tula Pink ribbon for decoration.

Pocket. Hindsight: should have made it three dimensional. Although my cell phone still fits in it, it's a bit too tight for my cell phone and the keys to comfortably fit in it once the yoga mat is in the bag.

There is a slip pocket inside the zipper pocket to fit my yoga class card.

I like that this Tula Pink ribbon is 7/8" instead of a full inch so that when sewn on the 1" strap, you can see the strap just enough to make it an accent.

It's not lined but I did bind the seams.

This was not my best sewing. I should not have worked on it when I was tired (argh, the painting). Sloppy sewing is what it is.

Also, there are things I should have done differently in addition to the pocket. One, I made the top opening to close with a draw string, but the fabric is too stiff to actually gather evenly. The other is the direction of how the strap is sewn on (too lazy to redo).

But anyway, it's done. I wish I could call it my "prototype" and fix what I didn't like on my "real one" but I don't need a second yoga mat bag so this is it. I'm not 100% happy, but still happy enough to happily use it and take it out to public.

Painting Continues...

朝日を見ながら朝ごはんを食べ、ペンキ塗りにいそしむ週末。

ちなみにすごい田舎に住んでいるので、朝は鹿の家族や野生の七面鳥が庭を横切り、夕方は火の粉が舞うように蛍が飛びます。

Breakfast: toasted PB&J, multi vitamins, additional vitamin D3 (yep, typical Asian, low vitamin D), and iced coffee. I usually eat in my office but the sun was rising so ate on the deck.

Still painting. Now we have finished the second guest room and the guest bathroom.