Despite a rather large comedy of errors, I managed to put some new pieces in the Etsy shop over the weekend.
For lack of a better idea, I’m calling these chains “eyeglass minders”. You’ve seen these before, mostly on little old ladies and sterotyped pictures of librarians. They’re the chains you slide onto your glasses so that when you aren’t wearing them on your eyes, you can just let them hang from your neck. The chain keeps them convenient and findable.
A few years ago, I was wandering through some craft store and saw a pattern for one of these chains. The chain in the image wasn’t my style, but I was fascinated to see how they made the loop ends. It was another couple of years before I sat down to design my own chains (and yes, I do have a chain I designed for myself), but I’m really pleased with the way these are turning out.
I thought it might be fun to let the DIY types in the audience in on how to make the ends. You start with a bail and about and inch and a half of elasticord. Fold the elasticord in half and place the ends in the bail so that the loop goes away from the link on the bail. With a pair of either needle-nosed or flat-nosed pliers, flatten one side of the bail over the elasticord, and then flatten the other side over the first side. It will be difficult to flatten the second side, but make it wrap as firmly as you can. Voila! End loop for the eyeglass minder!
