Category: Jewelry

  • More too many blue beads

    But still no successful idea: This is two 4-around herringbone connected. Awkwardly.

  • Too many blue beads!

    So, here’s an idea for a project, driven by the fact that my drawer of blue beads is full. I had a mental picture of a series of blue interlocking links of various sizes in a long necklace. Something like this: Except, I don’t really like it in execution. I think I might in delicas,…

  • Bead Around the World 2012 necklace complete

    Done! The black beaded beads don’t show up particularly well, but they are right angle weave, and acting as fillers/spacers. This is not a retiring necklace with these colors! The start bead for this collection is the blue multi-armed starfish with yellow tips on the right. I made the wheel bead in the center as…

  • Bead Around the World – a further flock of beads

    I think five more beads will be enough for me to make a necklace, along with my start bead, the ones I was given, and the additional wheel bead I made. Then I want to try the shape idea I have for an open link for another necklace. Advertising informs me that Christmas is fast…

  • Additions for the Bead Around the World beads

    We had a small group this year, so I’m making more beads to add to the collection. The wheel-shaped bead is a black rubber bead with a glass square bead inside it. The small beads are to fill in a bit between the beads I received. I don’t know how many of the small ones…