The work is very exhausting, the velvet defends itself against my affords. The worst is to make the sharp edges. It doesn't seem so hard when it's finished. It's unfair :-)
I tried to make a needle from a fish bone. The result is awful. I hate that I don't have any non-modern needle. I'd appreciate some made from a wire, as people used to do in the past, but there's nobody that skillful here. Maybe I'll be luckier later :-)