10 Silly Things: Origami, take 2

So, my first attempt at an origami paper crane did not go so well. I think it's because the instructions I used, while well written, were not visual enough for me. This time, I did what I should have done the first time: I found a video.





And it's an excellent video. I watched it a few times through before getting my paper out and actually trying to follow along. Several times I caught myself thinking, "Oh, that's what the other thing meant by [whatever]!" I thought, "ok, this time I can totally do this."

...I was, however, mistaken. I got almost exactly as far as I got the first time. I think I may have tried to skip over too much of the basics, jumping right to the paper crane. Next time, I'm going to try something a little more beginner.

10 Silly Things: My first attempt at origami

On of my 10 silly things is to learn two origami shapes. I thought I'd start with the obvious: The Paper Crane. Should I maybe have started with something easier? Probably. But if I'm only perfecting two, this would have to be one of them. Might as well start strong. I used these instructions.

I first needed some paper. Perfectly square paper. I was not going to waste any good paper on a first attempt, so I made a square out of a sales flyer.

Square, more or less...

Uh, yeah. I know. The edge I cut is not exactly straight. Even though I drew the line to cut on with a ruler. Awesome start.

...and then I got confused at step 11, got things all unfolded and refolded wrong and then ended up tearing my paper.

You can't see it, but it's totally torn.

Paper crane, attempt #1: Fail.