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Clasp – or ring!
I made a bracelet, and I’m rather tired of having pieces around without clasps, so the above is a clasp intended for a loop closure. I’ve always admired Mortira’s clasps, from Inspirational Beading – this Blue Summer Stripe Necklace is an excellent example. If the clasp doesn’t work, it would be a great ring!
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Bead Around the World 2012
A lot of people had conflicts this year, so our group was only five beaders. In Bead Around the World, everyone makes a start bead, and the other beaders make a bead to complement that bead, to the originator’s specifications. Here are the start beads: And here’s what I made to go with these beads:…