zee mind, it eez numb!

[jennylafleur]

What is it about handsewing eyelets that is so incredibly mind-numbing?

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[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Eyelets are evil. I think our ancestors put them in just to annoy us now. They didn't really serve any functional purpose; we are just told they did so we'd re-create them and have our ancestors laugh at us.

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Oh a costuming conspiracy theory... I like it! :P

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

I recommend audiobooks, the mind still get numb, you just don't mind it so much. ;)

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Agreed - audiobooks all the way, even better than a movie! Tonight's audiobook of choice has been Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. *sigh* I love Harry Potter books. Is it sad I never get tired of listening to them? :P

[trystbat.livejournal.com]

Everything! Altho, compared to some hand-sewn stuff, I kinda sorta can wrap my brain around doing them. Maybe. I supposed...

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yeah, I don't find them difficult, just mind numbing!

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

I usually don't mind them, but the ones I just did on the kirtle? They were brutal. Completely and totally brutal.

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Why was that do you think? The fabric, your mood?

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Both, I think. I'm not going to wear it for a year, so I didn't have that usual deadline pressure, and the silk wanted to pull and make icky looking bits, so I dreaded each hole. I can usually do them quickly, but these were 3 or 4 days :)

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Oh 3 or fours days, that is rough. Eyelets are like ripping off band-aids - faster is less painful! :P

[unclrashid.livejournal.com]

I find them more hand-numbing than mind-numbing. Audio books are good. Movies that are mostly dialogue are good. Movies that have plots that turn on longing, heartfelt stares (Onegin, for example) are hard to follow when looking at eyelets.

I did one set for a corset that didn't bother me at all. I think that it was in a lovely, co-operative cotton drill was the reason.

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

The fabric definitely has a lot to do with it...

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry - I'm going to say how much I love them. I can go into a nice trance working them and be thinking of anything else or watch a film.

But then, I love the routine of working buttonhole stitch which is probably why I love needlelace.

The only problem is I rarely get enough TIME to work eyelets properly as there's always a million other things that need doing on a gown which seems to be a never ending list!

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

I feel that way about binding. It's time consuming but I really don't mind doing it. The love the sense of accomplishment when I finish binding. I like buttonhole stitching too but usually use a whipstich on eyelets, I've found it holds up a bit better.