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Crafting Madness: I Love This Rat Man & I Made Jewelry About It

Hello!

Do you like Arcane? What about crafts?

Do you have a deeply unsettling fascination with the Rat Man himself?

Are you unfamiliar with the definition of restraint?

Then welcome!

I’m horribly obsessed with Silco and I make morse code jewelry and I decided to combine these two things in a complete bout of maddness! The first time I saw the ChemBaron meeting scene in 1x7, I Learned Things about myself I was previously unaware of, so in dedication to its magnificence, I translated the entire scene into morse code and made the batshit decision to string it as a necklace!

I’ve made 2 failed attempts as documented by DM with @xiaq and they suggested I put it all in a post so the other nerds can at least delight in my insanity!

Here's a sneak peak of the in-progress project:

Supplies thus far:

Slant nose tweezers

Wire cutting pliers

Round nose pliers

Memory wire cutter

Needle nose pliers

1-step looper pliers

Bead board

6/0 black beads (scrapped)

6/0 silver beads (scrapped)

6/0 yellow beads (scrapped)

6/0 purple beads (repurposed for later)

5 slot necklace layering hardware (scrapped)

11/0 black beads

11/0 silver beads

11/0 bronze beads

11/0 dark red beads

11/0 acid green beads

11/0 silver lined yellow beads

11/0 light purple miyuki beads

24 gauge jewelry wire in gold

10 slot necklace layering hardware

I’m going to breeze over the first 2 attempts, and then detail the successful (so far) one. 

1st Failed Attempt:

I started out using supplies I already had, which were 6/0 seed beads. Seed beads are round glass beads, and the number indicates how many beads fit to an inch, so 6/0 = 6 beads to an inch. 6/0 is the largest seed bead you can get, and I’ve seen them go all the way down to 20/0. 

This was the first attempt:

I don’t remember where this ended, but it’s about Finn’s first three sentences in the 1x7 scene. Obviously this was gonna be way too unwieldy so I scrapped that, gave it a think, and bought some other beads.

2nd Failed Attempt:

For this round, I bought new beads and downsized. I considered 8/0, but I didn’t think that would be enough. 9/0 and 10/0 are very rare and nearly impossible to find, so 11/0 was my next step. I thought I knew what I was getting into, but I Did Not. Here’s the size difference:

I have to use tweezers to handle even 6/0 beads because they’re small and I’ve got arthritis, and the 11/0s are twice as bad. 

Originally, I was going to use memory wire, which is a really firm wire that already comes sized for necklaces, bracelets, or rings. It’s very sturdy, but incredibly difficult to find in anything less than .75mm, and that’s still far too thick for 11/0 beads, so I swapped to 22 gauge jewelry wire. It’s thinner and more pliable so it’s easily bent out of shape, but it’s also easy to correct. 

I measured out each length of wire the same (Don’t ask for actual measurements. I eyeballed it, went “yeah that looks right”, and then cut the rest of the wire the same. Yes, this caused Problems.), looped one end to keep the beads from sliding off, and strung the beginning of the translation. 

I bought this 5 slot necklace layering hardware, and tried to give it a go, but it ended up being far too small to work with. 

Additionally, I cut the wire too long and it overlapped in the back, which also made attaching each line unwieldy. I got 2 layers attached and tried it on, and it didn’t sit well, and thus brought our 2nd attempt to an end.

3rd (and so far successful) Attempt:

Supplies still in use:

Slant nose tweezers

Wire cutting pliers

Round nose pliers

Memory wire cutter

Needle nose pliers

1-step looper pliers

Bead board

6/0 purple beads

11/0 black beads

11/0 silver beads

11/0 bronze beads

11/0 dark red beads

11/0 acid green beads

11/0 silver lined yellow beads

11/0 light purple miyuki beads

24 gauge jewelry wire in gold

10 slot necklace layering hardware

(Unfortunately, I don’t have pics of every step because I’ve never documented anything like this before, and if I hadn’t been live blogging my frustrations directly into @xiaq’s DMs, I wouldn’t have any idea of what steps I’ve taken.)

I do endeavor to learn from my mistakes, so the first thing I did was cut the wire to a more desirable length. Instead of overlapping in the back, I left about an inch between the ends to account for the new 10 slot necklace layering hardware I bought. 

After I figured that out, I measured out the length of 9 beads from each end and marked that on each wire. I did this for multiple reasons: 

Obviously each layer is going to be different, so I didn’t want to pack the morse code beads in from end to end because if I needed to adjust anything, I’d have to take part of the beads off and recalculate and I didn’t want to do that

If I did need to adjust anything - say I miscalculated on the size of an end loop and needed more wire than was available - I could use my needle nose pliers to crunch off a spacer bead without having to unstring the beads 

It just makes the ends a little more uniform and nice looking

After that I used a string to measure the length of the space between the marks, and marked it down on my bead board. Beads take up much less room on the wire than they do on the bead board because on the bead board they lay flat, not snuggly up against each other on their sides, so I mostly used the measurement as a guide, ie I needed at least this many beads plus a little more. 

I laid out the first bit of beads and that’s when the Biggest problem came about. 

I’m right handed, so the easiest way for me to string the beads is to use my right hand to pick up the beads, and my left to hold the wire, but if you do that, then the words will be in the correct order, but when you flip it around so the first word is on the left as we would read it, then all of your letters would be backwards. And I dunno if you guys know this, but that’s not how morse code works.

Morse code is a combination of dots and dashes and some, like H (....), will be the same no matter how you flip them, but if you write down an A (.-) and flip it over, that’s now an N (-.). That’s no bueno. 

This resulted in a 45 minute conversation/argument with my sister as we tried to figure out what to do and the solution, honestly, fucking sucks. 

In order for the letters to read correctly when flipped over, each word had to be written from left to right, as in the order of the letters was correct, but each letter itself has to be strung backwards.

Example( X to separate the letters):

Left = .-..X.X..-.X-

Would have to be strung as:

..-.X.X.-..X- = Felt

The E and T didn’t change, but those are two different words. 

Honestly, this has been incredibly frustrating and has resulted in several false starts, but I am nothing if not stubborn so I’ve persevered. 

After figuring all that out, I was able to string the first layer!

Here’s the breakdown so it makes more sense:

Bronze is used to cap the end of each line

Black is used as dots and dashes - 1 bead is a dot, 2 beads is a dash

Silver(Finn and Renni) or bronze (Silco) is used to separate the dots and dashes in a single letter

The colored beads separate the end of letters and words and denote which character is speaking

1 colored bead separates the letters in a word, 3 colored beads separate each word

Yellow/silver beads = Finn

Green/silver beads = Renni

Red/bronze beads = Silco

3 light purple miyuki beads end a sentence

1 6mm purple bead indicates a change in character

It reads “FIRST THIS WILD ATTACK IN THE HEART OF PILT-”.

Originally, I wasn't going to cut a word in half, but that just wasn’t a realistic wish when some of these words are so long. Instead, I can cut a word in half, but not a letter, lest I confuse myself even more. 

Note: I’m using the original punctuation in this post, but there is no punctuation on the necklace. A period is .-.-.- and it only gets worse from there and that’s too much when I’m already doing so much.

Here are the following layers:

“OVER. NOW THE BORDER’S CLOSING. WERE BLEEDI-”

“NG MONEY. AND FOR WHAT? HIS DREAMS OF REBELL”

[I don't think I took a pic of this one, and if I did, I have no idea which on it is]

“ION? HE’S LOSING CONTROL. IF WE STAND TOG”

“ETHER…(SWAP TO SILCO, RED) WE AREN’T DUE FOR AN ASSEMBLY. (SWAP TO FINN, YELLOW) WE SHOUL”

And here’s what the first 5 layers look like strung on the layering hardware. Yes, it’s an incredible pain in the ass to connect them.

And that’s what I have so far. I’m going to include the entire translation at the end of this post just for funsies. I know there are a couple of mistranslations - I keep mixing up Ls and Ys for some reason - but I catch them as I go. 

Now if you’ve made it through this post and are thinking “wow, this looks like so much fun, I think I might try this”, I beg of you, Don’t.

I mean, do what you want, but there has been much frustration and yelling, and some rage-related blood pressure issues, and there are SO MANY beads on my floor. You will drop them. You will find them in places you could never imagine. You will bump the table and undo 30 minutes worth of work. You will realize you strung the beads incorrectly and have to start over. You will cry. You will have to put yourself in time out and calm down with a juice box. Ask me how I know.

You will also find a new fascination with buying beads so take this as the warning it is. 

I’ll update this post as I go (and as I remember to), so stay tuned if this is the kind of freak you’re into!

Here’s the translation of the entire scene (X separates the letters in each word as that’s easier for me to read):

FINN: 

FIRST, ..-.X..X.-.X…X-

THIS -X….X..X…

WILD .--X..X.-..X-..

ATTACK .-X-X-X.-X-.-.X-.-

IN ..X-N

THE -X….X.

HEART ….X.X.-X.-.X-

OF ---X..-.

PILTOVER. .--.X..X.-..X-X---X…-X.X.-.

NOW, -.X---X.--

THE -X….X.

BORDER’S -...X---X.-.X-..X.X.-.X…

CLOSING. -.-.X.-..X---X…X..X-.X--.

WE’RE .--X.X.-.X.

BLEEDING -...X.-..X.X.X-..X..X-.X--.

MONEY --X---X-.X.X-.--

AND .-X-.X-..

FOR ..-.X---X.-.

WHAT? .--X….X.-X-

HIS ….X..X…

DREAMS -..X.-.X.X.-X--X…

OF ---X..-.

REBELLION? .-.X.X-...X.-..X.-..X..X---X-.

HE’S ….X.X…

LOSING .-..X---X…X..X-.X--.

CONTROL. -.-.X---X-.X-X.-.X---X.-..

IF .X..-.

WE .--X.

STAND …X-X.-X-.X-..

TOGETHER… -X---X--.X.X-X….X.X.-.

COLOR SWAP

SILCO: 

WE .--X.

AREN’T .-X.-.X.X-.X-

DUE -..X..-X.

FOR ..-.X---X.-.

AN .-X-.

ASSEMBLY. .-X…X…X.X--X-...X.-..X.-..

COLOR SWAP

FINN: 

WE .--X.

SHOULD …X….X---X..-X.-..X-..

BE. -...X.

EVER .X…-X.X.-.

SINCE …X..X-.X-.-.X.

YOUR -.--X---X..-X.-.

STUNT …X-X..-X-.X-

TOPSIDE, -X---X.--.X…X..X-..X.

PROFITS .-..X.-.X---X..-.X..X-X…

HAVE ….X.-X…-X.

BEEN -...X.X.X-.

PLUMMETING. .--.X.-..X..-X--X--X.X-X..X-.X--.

COLOR CHANGE

RENNI: 

HE’S ….X.X…

RIGHT. .-.X.X--.X….X-

MERCHANDISE --X.X.-.X-.-.X.-X-.X-..X..X…X.

HAS ….X.-X…

BEEN -...X.X.X-.

FROZEN ..-.X.-.X---X--..X.X-.

AT .-X-

THE -X…X.

BORDER. -...X---X.-.X-..X.X.-.

TOPSIDERS -X---X.--.X…X..X-..X.X.-.X…

ARE .-X.-.X.

TOO -X---X---

AFRAID .-X..-.X.-.X.-X..X-..

TO -X---

CROSS. -.-.X.-.X---X…X…

COLOR CHANGE

FINN: 

WE’RE .--X.X.-.X.

ALL .-X.-..X.-..

WONDERING, .--X---X-.X-..X.X.-.X..X-.X--.

WHAT’S .--X….X.-X-X…

YOUR -.--X---X..-X.-.

PLAN .--.X.-..X.-X-.

TO -X---

FIX ..-.X..X-..-

THIS? -X….X..X…

COLOR CHANGE

SILCO: 

YOU’RE -.--X---X..-X.-.X.

ALL .-X.-..X.-..

WONDERING, .--X---X-.X-..X.X.-.X..X-.X--.

ARE .-X.-.X.

YOU? -.--X---X..-

COLOR CHANGE

FINN: 

WAY .--X.-X-.--

I ..

SEE …X.X.

IT, ..X-

WE .--X.

SHOULD …X….X---X..-X.-..X-..

CUT -.-.X..-X-

A .-

DEAL -..X.X.-X.-..

AND .-X-.X-..

GIVE --.X..X…-X.

BACK -...X.-X-.-.X-.-

THE -X…X.

GEMSTONE. --.X.X--X…X-X---X-.X.

BETTER -...X.X-X-X.X.-.

TO -X---

HAVE ….X.-X…-X.

SOME …X---X--X.

TRADE -X.-.X.-X-..X.

THAN -X…X.-X-.

NONE -.X---X-.X.

AT .-X-

ALL. .-X.-..X.-..

CHANGE COLOR 

SILCO: 

THE -X…X.

BORDER -...X---X.-.X-..X.X.-.

ISSUE ..X…X…X..-X.

IS ..X…

TEMPORARY. -X.X--X.--.X---X.-.X.-X.-.X-.--

JINX .---X..X-.X-..-

WILL .--X..X.-..X.-..

DEAL -..X.X.-X.-..

WITH .--X..X-X….

IT. ..X-

COLOR CHANGE

FINN: 

HA. ….X.-

RUMOR .-.X..-X.-.X--X---X.-.

IS, ..X…

YOUR -.--X---X..-X.-.

DOG’S -..X---X--.X…

OFF ---X..-.X..-.

HER ….X.X.-.

LEASH. .-..X.X.-X…X….

HOW ….X---X.--

YOU -.--X---X..-

MEANT --X.X.-X-.X-

TO -X---

BRING -...X.-.X..X-.X--.

PILTOVER .--.X..X.-..X-X---X…-X.X.-.

TO -X---

HEEL ….X.X.X.-..

IF ..X..-.

YOU -.--X---X..-

CAN’T -.-.X.-X-.X-

HANDLE ….X.-X-.X-..X.-..X.

YOUR -.--X---X..-X.-.

OWN ---X.--X-.

PEOPLE, .--.X.X---X.--.X.-..X.

HUH? ….X..-X….

CHANGE COLOR

RENNI: 

WHAT’S .--X….X.-X-X…

THAT? -X….X.-X-

CHANGE COLOR

SILCO: 

OH, ---X….

YOU -.--X---X..-

DON’T -..X---X-.X-

RECOGNIZE .-.X.X-.-.X---X--.X-.X..X--..X.

IT? ..X-

HAVE ….X.-X…-X.

YOU -.--X---X..-

FORGOTTEN ..-.X---X.-.X--.X---X-X-X.X-.

WHERE .--X…X.X.-.X.

WE .--X.

CAME -.-.X.-X--X.

FROM? ..-.X.-.X---X--

THE -X…X.

MINES --X..X-.X.X…

THEY -X….X.X-.--

HAD ….X.-X-..

US ..-X…

IN? ..X-.

AIR .-X..X.-.

SO …X---

THICK -X….X..X-.-.X-.-

IT ..X-

CLOGGED -.-.X.-..X---X--.X--.X.X-..

YOUR -.--X---X..-X.-.

THROAT. -X….X.-.X---X.-X-

STUCK …X-X..-X-.-.X-.-

IN ..X-.

YOUR -.--X---X..-X.-.

EYES. .X-.--X.X…

BUT -...X..-X-

I ..

PULLED .--.X..-X.-..X.-..X.X-..

YOU -.--X---X..-

ALL .-X.-..X.-..

UP ..-X.--.

FROM ..-.X.-.X---X--

THE -X….X.

DEPTHS. -..X.X.--.X-X….X…

OFFERED ---X..-.X..-.X.X.-.X.X-..

YOU -.--X---X..-

A .-

TASTE -X.-X…X-X.

OF ---X..-.

TOPSIDE. -X---X.--.X…X..X-..X.

AND .-X-.X-..

FRESH ..-.X.-.X.X…X….

AIR. .-X..X.-.

I ..

GAVE --.X.-X…-X.

YOU -.--X---X..-

LIFE. .-..X..X..-.X.

PURPOSE. .--.X..-X.-.X.--.X---X…X.

BUT -...X..-X-

YOU’VE -.--X---X..-X…-X.

GROWN --.X.-.X---X.--X-.

FAT ..-.X.-X-

AND .-X-.X-..

COMPLACENT. -.-.X---X--X.--.X.-..X.-X-.-.X.X-.X-

TOO -X---X---

MUCH --X..-X-.-.X….

TIME -X..X--X.

IN ..X-.

THE -X…X.

SUN. …X..-X-.

WE .--X.

CAME -.-.X.-X--X.

FROM ..-.X.-.X---X--X.

A .-

WORLD .--X.-.X---X.-..X-..

WHERE .--X….X.X.-.X.

THERE -X….X.X.-.X.

WAS .--X.-X…

NEVER -.X.X…-X.X.-.

ENOUGH .X-.X---X..-X--.X….

TO -X---

GO --.X---

AROUND, .-X.-.X---X..-X-.X-..

FINN. ..-.X..X-.X-.

THAT -X….X.-X-

IS ..X…

WHY .--X….X-.--

WE .--X.

FIGHT. ..-.X..X--.X….X-

DO -..X---

YOU -.--X---X..-

REMEMBER? .-.X.X--X.X--X-...X.X.-.

CHANGE COLOR

FINN: 

SORRY. …X---X.-.X.-.X-.--

PLEASE. .--.X.-..X.X.-X…X.

PLEASE. .--.X.-..X.X.-X…X.

CHANGE COLOR

SILCO: 

DON’T -..X---X-.X-

FORGET ..-.X---X.-.X--.X-

AGAIN. .-X--.X.-X..X-.

GOOD --.X---X---X-..

MEETING. --X.X.X-X..X-.X--.

[gin-juice-tonic]

Crsfts on the floor is all fun and games until you remember you have a spine.

[lucia-has-thoughts]

birn ti do arts and crsfts, forceed to hunt mondsters

and do majic or wgatever :p

[multitudecontainer420]

knit,hands on crsfts, clay

[spinayarndesign]

If you’re in the #desmoines area, come check us out at the Outlets of Des Moines in Altoona! We’ll be here till 6! #iowa #crsfts #etsy #etsyseller #craftshow #crochet #knit #sew #handmade #handmadewithlove #etsysellersofinstagram (at Outlets of Des Moines) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFmqUvHln4y/?igshid=lo5r73dfstae

[claycult]

Our little rescue dog Kiki .. guarding her girls @ the workshop. You can tell she's a big mean viscious killer!! ; ) #craftersbeads #ceramics #cambodia #bohofashionline #ceramicbeads #artisanbeads #unique #workshop #ceramicstudio #siemreap #jewelry #ceramicjewellery #fashion #crsfts #educationsiemreap #khmerbeads #socialenterprise #NGO #fairtrade #mascot

[gimme-the-gun-ill-shoot]

Me: *constantly refreshing the dimileth tag on AO3 and Tumblr waiting for new content, not writing any of my own because I have yet to finish my first row fics* gÖöd ÇoÑtênt, mUst héve mœre~

Also me:...what if...?*thousands of ideas bombard me at once

[brenheiraaaa]

I bought a set of color pencils and a sketchbook as if I have any drawing skills whatsoever smh

[leiafkpuz]

My gf is amazing

[star-crossed-lizards]

would rather be dead than feel this anxious!

[the-cookie-of-doom]

10th grade history, industrial England, and my teacher pulled up a loom on the PowerPoint, telling us the different parts. Then he said “I don’t know why it’s called a flying shuffle, maybe aliens helped make it.”

I said it knew what it was, and explained to the class of ambivalent teenagers and grudgingly Impressed history teacher that it was called that because the weaver tosses it through the warp, thereby making it “fly”. Which I knew because a woman in the mountains had been teaching me to weave for the last 2 years!

have i ever told y’all about the greatest moment of my academic career

i was a freshman in college and i had this history teacher who was ~edgy~ and his hotness level on ratemyprofessor was off the charts and he was the first teacher i ever heard use the word “fuck.” anyway he would do this thing every so often where we’d have a “quiz” and the first two questions were always really easy and the last one was hard - they were all similar questions, and the point was to show what you learn about history and what you don’t. 

so one day he’s like okay kids time for a quiz and the first question was who killed abraham lincoln. the second question was who killed JFK. third question was who killed william mckinley. 

we all take a few minutes and write down our answers, and then the teacher asks the questions again so we can shout out the answers. everybody answered the first two with really no problem.

now, keep in mind that this class was at 9 a.m. and i was exhausted All The Time during my freshman year of college so i sat in the back in my sweats and never said a word and the teacher definitely had no clue who i was. 

so you can imagine his surprise when he asked the class who shot william mckinley and without missing a beat i said, “czolgosz,” pronounced correctly and everything. 

my teacher froze and in a very stern voice asked, “what was that? what did someone just say?”

i repeated: czolgosz.

my teacher: “who said that?”

i raised my hand, and my super cool history teacher glared at me. he then asked me how the hell i knew the answer. he said that in the TWENTY YEARS he’d been teaching this stupid class, nobody, not A SINGLE PERSON, had ever known the answer to that question.

i then had to quietly explain to a room full of people that there’s a musical called assassins and there’s a song about czolgosz shooting william mckinley at the great pan american exposition in buffaloooooooo (in buffaloooooooo)

[batz]

wait minecraft steve for smash brothers crashed twitter im so gglad:) i love, mined crsft i HATE twitter >:(

[insanetwocubes]

So weird thing is. In our social life we're really ashamed of being self focussed. 90% we don't genuinely care what other people are doing with their lives. I mean 90% of them are human, it's gonna be boring, you, me, they know it.

Most of the time i just pretend to care to keep the conversation going.

But here's the thing about online. If you want to be an online creator, you gotta be your own fandom until everyone else catches on.

So in this situation, being self obsessed is a marketting tactic.

But the thing is, being online, you get no feedback, which tricks your brain into thinking no one is interested, which makes you stop.

I guess it's hard to talk about your online content in the meat space because you are actually exposed to feedback. And online half the time you're hoping no one pays attention to you anyway.

I guess i really need to figure out which content I want my fandom to revolve around.

If I'm honest, the bulk of my content is from this blog.

But I do say real sketchy and super alienating things on here. Because this is also our mental health blog.

Which is how I am allowed this feeedom from Flare.

I did try to start a few content blogs and a few fandom blogs. But Flare wants to keep the system stuff on the dl except-

Our youtube!!!!!

That's our content! That's our fandom! That's the thing that I want!

Okay I know what to do now.

The point of accessibility is gonna be our youtube Osu Plays. From there we're gonna post highlights from our blogs as well as highlights from the same channel which is still gonna hold our video content and it is the most accessible point that I'm gonna promote irl and whereever else it's appropriate.

I know what to do after work.

I'm gonna go through either this blog or our fandom blog or any other blog we have and try to cut together some highlights.

I'll still try to post some music sessions if I can. And lyke crsfts or whatever if I can.

But highlight reels if all else fails.

~Four

[stubby-suggestion]

Mind ctraft!!!!!!#

Mind!!! Crsft!!!!

Dirt

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