Trial and Error

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The ideas for the green bracelet I started the other day are still swimming in my mind. I fell asleep Monday night with a thought about why the original plan might not work -- there might not be enough support in the middle for it to keep its shape. However, I'm not ready to just scrap the plan yet. I want to know if it will work. If it does and it looks good, great. If it doesn't or it does but it looks bad, that will be good to know when I'm working on other projects.

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