Failure in pink
Actually, I discovered two ways that don’t work for a beaded bead. I think I can probably find more! I like the dodecahedron, but I can barely wedge the needle into the 8s. I can’t fight it for all the rest of the sides.
Adele Denton profiled in UK’s Craft&Design
The November/December 2012 issue of Craft&Design has a two-page spread on bead artist Adele Denton. She won a Judges Choice award at the 2012 Jersey Textile Showcase for “Year of the Wood Dragon,” an elaborate bead embroidered dimensional piece. The article is not online, but there is a profile of Denton available. If you can…
National Park souvenir
Hiking in a lovely western national park this summer, I found this indigenous rhinestone ball. (It had a hook on it, which I cut off.) Breaking park rules, I removed this from its natural habitat, brought it home, and made a ring, using beads which reminded me of the pine forests that I hiked through.
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,…