Chapter 1-Bead Strumming
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Bead Strumming is one of the pirate jobs(chapter 4). Most of the time Bead Strummers are girls, not often boys. Bead Strumming is easy, but requires much skill also. Bead Strummers have to thread beads to make into bracelets and necklaces, which are handed out to other pirates. As you are a Bead Strummer in training, I shall tell you more about it:
Bead Strummers hold the very tip of a thread. They choose beads very carefully, and they are often of the same color. Most of the time they are all different shapes and sizes, but sometimes they are not. When they have their beads, they tie the end of the thread in a triple knot to make sure that the beads don't slip off. Once done with that, the Bead Stummers slide on the beads in a very neat way. It is often tricky, but most Bead Strummers get it done. Once one bead is on, the rest are easy to slip on and off. When the thread is full, the Bead Strummer takes both ends and ties them together, often using five or six knots. Sometimes, if requested by a crew member, there will be a seagull feather dyed the matching color put on the bracelet. The end gets slipped under a bead and glued there. The thing is, if there is no thread left, Bead Strummers often use twist-ties instead!
Interesting, aren't they, those Bead Strummers? Well, you are going to become one. Let me tell you of their history. . .
Bead Strummers are wonderful at Jewelry making. And where do they get their skills, you wonder? They get it from their very ancestors. Isabelle, you get your Bead Strumming talent from your great great great great grandmother, who was a young jewelry maker back in the mid 1700s. She believed in pirates, as she was married to one. That is also how you become a pirate. By having one as an ancestor. And I bet Alexander has been telling you those lies about becoming a pirate by that crystal you have, hasn't he? That's part of the reason. You can only become one if you have a crystal like that and a pirate ancestor. Interesting, isn't it?
Well, that is the end of your Bead Strumming lesson for today.
ISABELLE'S PIRATE NOTEBOOK:
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Oh, I can't wait to become a Bead Strummer. It's so interesting that my great great great great grandma was a jewelry maker and was married to a pirate. Very cool and intersesting. I can't wait for my next lesson on Bead Strumming!
1 comment:
I didn't know, that I, too, am a bead strummer!!What a wonderful story. I enjoy making bracelets and necklaces, too.I have been doing quite a bit of that lately as I have 3 fractured bone. I fell off the porch onto the HARD sidewalk. My cast is most pretty-orange with pictures and friends signed their names on it. More later,
Love, Granny Lily
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