Dulcey Heller

Tag: herringbone

  • Herringbonekette, step 1

    I haven’t had too much beading time lately, but I was able to work on Ute’s instructions for a couple of repetitions. It results in a quite stiff rope — spiral herringbone does that — and I really like how the sections with cubes accent it. The lined beads work well for highlighting the spiral.

  • Herringbonekette mit Würfelchen

    I have instructions for this necklace from the German crochet bead forum Perlenhaekeln. Sylvia, a friend of mine, forwarded me their newsletter at the end of last year. I like to have a portable project ready to go – and Beading for a Cure usually isn’t – so I opened it up to retrieve this…

  • Double triple spiral, complete

    All done! The clasp is okay – I think the bar portion of the clasp doesn’t work quite right with the thin stripes of color, but I also didn’t want it all one color. Overall, I’m quite happy with the finished necklace!  It’s 24″ long, and weighs just over 100g.

  • Christmas presents — Okno

    My earlier post of portions of the finished projects were of these pendants/ornaments, designed by Mu, a talented French beader. She generously wrote and shared instructions to make Okno. She has other instructions on her blog, linked on the left as Schémas.

  • Use the Muse III – the completed project

    The copper color of the Muse is a richer version of my hair color, and I surprisingly have never made something beaded for my long hair.  Butterflies belong amidst flowers, so I made some flowers (documented previously on this blog), and settled the Muse on the largest bloom.  The flowers are constructed using peyote, brick,…