Spray Coating Miniature Work

I'll post an update/upgrade to the Birdhouse Earrings Procedure in a day or so, but here's how I spray coated the latest batch.

On the previous batch (Oct 2007), I was on a tight schedule for the Northern Expedition. I stitched wire hangers through a length of braided line to maintain longitudinal position. I gave them one coat at departure. Only one break for tiffin between Virginia and Pennsylvania, so they only got two coats altogether. Good thing my brother was along to help maneouver the line in and out of the truck, and Wendy's (Murrican Wendy's that is) rose bushes got a protective coating of overspray. Problem is, even braided line can go wobbly under tension, and two of the pieces went off plumb; coating worked out OK though.

This year's Northern Expedition (visit will include some cousinesses from a different branch of the family tree) isn't until April, so I gave myself more lead time.

For the latest batch, I made a "Daisy Chain" from mason's twine. With all the twists and turns from knotting, the daisy chain is much less vulnerable to wobble. I formed wire hangers (Christmas tree ornament hangers would be easier, but probably not available this time of year), and attached each one through alternate (more or less) links of the chain.

How I formed the chain:
Work with the entire spool to assure adequate supply.
Tie a bowline knot at the free end to form an attachment loop.
A few inches from the end, tie a half hitch on a bight, with the bight protruding.
Reach through the bight with tweezers, and grasp a portion of the line.
Pull the line through the bight to form another bight.
Repeat until there's an adequate length.
About a foot or so from the last bight, cut the line and tie a half hitch around the last bight. This secures the length.
Tie another bowline to form the second attachment loop.

For more info about this "knot," Google [daisy chain sinnet]. Inclusion of [sinnet] should bypass most of the obscene connotations of urban slang.
>br /> Joe