Morning Check-In

@avant-garde you do well to advocate for yourself sweet.

Yes her first impression is far from ideal and I'm not sure there's any coming back from that.

You are most definitely worth getting to know though sweetheart, I'm sorry that she's made you feel otherwise.

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@avant-garde wrote:

@MissGremlin

I'm interested to know how long @Jynx's clock chain one is because I have all these different lengths of jewellery chain in different sizes of link.

So Jynx

1. How long is the entire chain?
2. How long is each link?
3. How wide is each link?

The length is the most important, but I'm curious to see if I have a chain that's similar.

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@avant-garde @MissGremlin ooooh chain chats!!

My clock chain (from Bunnings) comes in lengths of ~I think~ either 1m or 2.5m - I use pliers to separate smaller lengths though because they're too long to fidget with for much time without getting super tangled. Each link is about 1cm long, about 1/2cm wide - here's a pic!

Also got a length of flat chain from Bunnings - I like the ability to switch up the stim feels! However the sound it makes is higher in pitch so sometimes if I'm in sensory overload I will switch to my thinner jewellery chains, which I've just scooped up in op shops. They make my fingers go black though 😅

Flat chain -

Jewellery chain -

Sorry the photos are a lil dark 😅

I prefer them in loops, makes it easier not to drop/fling them around - the thicker chains are about 40cm loops (so 80cm total length) and the thinner one is about 60cm loop (so 1.2m total length).

Sometimes I smack myself in the face with the longer ones though, which can really hurt... and I have cracked my phone screen protector quite a few times... fair warning ahaha 😝

@Jynx i have multiple types aswell and switch between them depending on how i feel and what i need in the moment. I can relate to the sound when being in sensory overload, sometimes it's a little too high pitched.

I haven't smacked myself in the face, yet 😂. Note to self, keep chains away from phone screens 😂

Jewellery chains

@MissGremlin @Jynx

I get my beads from op shops and often I'm removing the beads from chains

Ebony while I did my jigsaw

When I got stuck into my jigsaw

@avant-garde oooohhhh so many chains ☺️.

Awww she's so sweet 😍

Wow what a collection @avant-garde!! And Ebony is adorable as always!!

Here's a bunch I have found at op shops 😋

Close up of textures

These are my fav in terms of look -

So swirly!!

Plus some bonus pics of my kitties in their sweaters 😸

@MissGremlin

@Jynx oohhhh loving all the different types of chains especially those swirly ones. That's it I'm heading to my local op shop soon to see what I can find 😂.

Awwww your kitties in their sweaters, they are so adorable 😍.

@Jynx @MissGremlin

I really like the feel of my swirly one running through my fingertips

Jynx, just to clarify, it's the clock chain from Bunnings that makes your fingers black correct?

Your message yesterday it could be read either way so I thought I'd check

@avant-garde i need to find me some swirly ones ☺️

The chains from Bunnings yes @avant-garde but also some of the jewellery ones too - I think it depends on what they're coated with. The thinner one I posted originally was coated in black paint when I first got it! That all chipped off and it was grey underneath. I've spun it so much the grey has now worn off (yes, onto my hands lol) and exposed the coppery colour. It's like a weird gobstopper or something haha how many layers will there be?! 😝

Oooh good luck @MissGremlin 😉