Dulcey Heller

Category: Jewelry

  • Kumihimo sample, plus beads!

    With the braiding disk came some cotton yarn in three colors, fuchsia, green, and gray. There was twice as much fuchsia as the other colors, so I chose this pattern in a simple 8-strand braid. This was easy to keep smooth with the thicker diameter of the fiber, and actually more consistent than later the…

  • Fused glass plus kumihimo, finished

    So, here is the completed necklace with Carol’s fused glass pendant: I used copper charlottes to make a simple bail as well as beadcaps, and then used a copper clasp. It’s very wearable! My braiding smoothed out towards the end; as my braid ended up being maybe 3″ longer than I needed, I cut off…

  • Fused glass plus kumihimo

    Carol, my friend who makes stained glass, made this pendant for me for Christmas. I love it! I received a foam kumihimo loom for Christmas, and tried it Christmas day. After making 8-strand round braid sample with the yarn provided in the kumihimo kit, I looked at my small stash of cotton embroidery floss for…

  • Christmas presents

    More Albion wave beads! These are done in 15s, which makes them stiffer and smaller. The purple, blue, and silver makes them look quite wintery.

  • Herringbone spiral, step 2

    I’ve made this more into a herringbone spiral tweed at this point! It’s 3/4″ wide, and I’m going to have to figure out a clasp.