Completion
With the wintery days, there’s been plenty of time to complete a few projects while warding off cabin fever. It’s so good to see the snow, which has drastically changed our drought map. We guesstimate we’ve seen about 5ft in the week since Valentine’s!
All of these projects were mentioned in more detail about the yarns and patterns in my last textile post about creativity. Completion means it’s time to wear or share and enjoy the hard work. But if you’re like me and have learned to love the journey just as much, there’s a little bittersweet to the end of a project. There’s no more doing to be done. No more thinking or solving or working. The good news is by completing, it opens the door to start something new.
Jewelry
I dabble from time to time in jewelry making. I come by it honestly as my paternal grandmother and her parents were jewelry makers. Dad even taught me how to make chainmail. Here are a few that were finished, recently.
![On [our last trip to Silver City][2] we visited the gem shop and I found these turquoise chips for a couple of bucks. I'm still a novice when it comes to wire wrap. You can tell it didn't turn out anything like I had planned (from my sketch). That's one of the fun things about the creative process.](../completion/jewlery_turquoise_necklace_subalpine_design_hu_389a20d2aad8806a.webp "On [our last trip to Silver City][2] we visited the gem shop and I found these turquoise chips for a couple of bucks. I'm still a novice when it comes to wire wrap. You can tell it didn't turn out anything like I had planned (from my sketch). That's one of the fun things about the creative process.")
_._](../completion/jewelry_tourmaline_chain_subalpine_design_hu_d62c315d33ca79c8.webp "_The tourmaline chain idea was inspired by_ [Jen Volkodav Designs](https://www.etsy.com/shop/JenVolkodavDesigns?ref=l2-shop-info-avatar)_._")
