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Pick success!
This one works! Self-supporting, which is what I was stubbornly trying to do. My favorite beaded bead with a support is a clear plastic bead covered with transparent seed beads in right angle weave – you can get some great effects with the interaction of the two colors. This is the one that preceded…
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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.
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Bead Around the World 2012 necklace complete
Done! The black beaded beads don’t show up particularly well, but they are right angle weave, and acting as fillers/spacers. This is not a retiring necklace with these colors! The start bead for this collection is the blue multi-armed starfish with yellow tips on the right. I made the wheel bead in the center as…
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Bead Around the World – a further flock of beads
I think five more beads will be enough for me to make a necklace, along with my start bead, the ones I was given, and the additional wheel bead I made. Then I want to try the shape idea I have for an open link for another necklace. Advertising informs me that Christmas is fast…
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Additions for the Bead Around the World beads
We had a small group this year, so I’m making more beads to add to the collection. The wheel-shaped bead is a black rubber bead with a glass square bead inside it. The small beads are to fill in a bit between the beads I received. I don’t know how many of the small ones…