Category: Jewelry

  • Bead-around-the-world start

    I’m participating in a project, hosted by Angelica, a beader in Germany, called “Bead-around-the-world.” Its blog is here, and the basic premise is this: each person makes a starting beaded bead, and then the rest of the participants make a bead to complement it. Each beader gives her size and color preferences, and at the…

  • Palawan bracelet, continued

    Now, to make a bar for the toggle. I would prefer the loop on a diagonal, so it looks less like a buckle, but the mechanics on getting that to work was more difficult.

  • Green pendant, finished

    Back in July, I blogged about purchasing an unidentified green pendant, which I think is gaspeite. Catherine Bond volunteered to make a kumihimo braid to make the rope from which to hang it. Here it is! Works great, don’t you think? She did a great job of making something that really suits the pendant without…

  • Palawan toggle?

    Remue-ménage recently published a design on her blog entitled Palawan, a very sleek-looking 4-around herringbone that encapsulates larger beads. Her instructions are here. The diagrams are plenty, if you’re like me and don’t speak French. Below is my attempt — which I may or may not use — to make the ring part of a…

  • Blue beaded bead

    This is perhaps the first bead in a swap in which I’m participating. I need to see if I continue to like it after a few days! It’s peyote over a 12mm wooden bead as armature.