This week I don’t have much of an update from the kite room.
I was tempted to skip the post, and let a filler run. After a moment’s reflection I thought it might be better to post despite the tribulations of the week.
I have often mentioned some lack of energy or enthusiasm that will keep me from doing the work, and while there has been a bit of that this week. I put another block in my own path as well.
I am always looking for better ways to do something, and so I decided to spend time and money that I don’t really have on a tool that I hoped would help me cut out sails.
After working through a little trepidation over experimentation, I managed to get the bargain model tool to communicate with my handheld computer, and then it cut a few shapes out from some card stock. This got me excited, as I’ve been holding off making any new star shaped kites, as they are time consuming to cut by hand.
After some interruptions from family obligations, and after-hours calls, I went on to shred some of my napkins using the tool. My hopes are dashed, until and unless I can find some answers on using a Cricut from someone. I’ll keep the tool handy for working with cards, at lest for a while.
I really don’t feel that I have much to show for the week, other than that little adventure. After venting a touch of frustration at the time I had invested, I spent a little time cutting some sails out of the remainder of some napkins to set aside for future grab-bag packages or to use to send to friends and family, and made up one kite from a package that I posted about a couple weeks back to send as a belated birthday greeting for a dear supporter. Unfortunately, I wasn’t thinking too clearly before I dropped that in the mail, so there’s no pictures of that turned out.
I’ll be spending the weekend at dad’s again, so that is the limit of the update.
I’m frustrated that the time and money that I put out for the tool didn’t pay dividends yet, but there is still a little hope. In the mean time, I’ll keep making kites, and mailing them from time to time.