Pinterest Project Week 2

          I got a lot of work done on my dream catcher this week. I started by following a string weaving pattern from Pinterest, by that ended up being more of a guideline than instructions. I used elastic string to create the center of the dreamcatcher, and I tied in some beads to make it interesting. This was actually very difficult because it required a lot of patience and I had to be very careful and gentle not to rip the elastic. A few times the elastic broke or I tied it in the wrong place and had to redo some pieces. I basically made up the pattern as I went along because it didn't look at all like the picture I was trying to recreate. This portion took about an hour.

 

 (the pattern I tried to follow)

          The next part of the project that I started was the strings that will dangle off the bottom of the dream catcher. I want there to be tons of strings with different textures and styles, so I've started making a few out of yarn. I am following the patterns of string friendship bracelets from Pinterest because I think it would be cool to incorporate the two projects together. So I have been braiding a few different bracelets to attach to the bottom, and this is probably the most time consuming part. I've spent about 2 hours on the bracelets so far. 

(my inspiration)

 (my version)

          Overall, I have already spend about 6 hours on the dream catcher. I was originally planning on making a few dream catchers, but I definitely underestimated how long it would take to make one. So next week I will finish this one and depending on how long that takes, maybe I will make another one.