Complicatedcrafticitis

I bought a shirt a while back that had a necklace attached to it. It is very cute and perfect for me, who rarely stops long enough to put on jewelry on the morning. However, the metal necklace kept coming apart in the washer and dryer, and I’m too lazy to hand wash it, so I decided to instead take the necklace part off and make it into a separate piece.  There was just one problem.  I had no idea how I wanted to do that.  The easiest way would be to buy a necklace fasten in the craft store and attach it to the chain, then tada! You have a necklace.  But of course, I hate all things easy.  It’s a sickness, it really is.  That was just waaay to simple for me.  This was a perfect craft opportunity and I was supposed to just slap a fasten on it and call it good? NO! I refuse! But for lack of better vision, I put it to the side until inspiration stuck/ until bazaar season was over.  Then I got sucked into this site and discovered this! How beautiful! How wonderful! How perfectly exactly what I was looking for! So inspiration had struck, but it was past midnight, and I had to wait till morning to try it out.  I’m ashamed to admit that sometimes when inspiration strikes that late at night I actually stay up thinking about it in bed and have difficulty sleeping because of it. Insomnia: another symptom in the disease of Complicatedcrafticitis.

So the next morning, I started right in on this great project.  I took a ton of ribbon, about two feet for each side and threaded it through the fist chain half way, so that I now had two pieces of ribbon.  Then I started a kind of braid process and wove them alternatively through the chains.   

There are just a few tips I would suggest.  First make sure that the chains are always laying flat and straight, otherwise they can get all bent out of shape and won’t rest right.  Next, always thread the ribbon in the same direction.  I always threaded it in over the first piece, under and through the chain. This makes it look and rest nicer, and it makes it easier to remember where you were. 





  


Other than that, this is a pretty simple craft, it’s just a little lengthy, especially if your chain is longer.  I tied it off at the end of the chain with a knot, and again near the end of the extra ribbon, which I left on to tie around my neck, around 6 inches extra. 

And there you have it! This is the actual shirt it came on.  That's why it looks so good with it! Ignore the goofy smile, I have difficulty taking pictures of myself.

 

 It is also incredibly difficult to take a picture of the back of your neck.  However, after several failed attempts, this one came out.  So here is hoping that you come down with a case of Complicatedcrafticitis.  It's really worth all the the insomnia. Just look at the results!