Dulcey Heller

Tag: right angle weave

  • Laughing at myself

    I had this design idea of layered, interlocking diamonds, and came up with this: About halfway through, I realized that this sample, where I went around each element twice, adding the corner turquoise beads on the second pass to create the diamond, was simply a wholly unnecessary way to do what visually looks like netting.…

  • Bumpy bead

    So, is this a bumpy bead like a lot of lampwork you see? Sort of warring states-ish? Whichever, it’s a lot of fun! It’s a combination of right angle weave and square stitch. It may be made in a similar way as Rachel Nelson-Smith’s Ootheca pieces; I don’t know, I haven’t seen her instructions. The…

  • Kumihimo sample, plus beads!

    With the braiding disk came some cotton yarn in three colors, fuchsia, green, and gray. There was twice as much fuchsia as the other colors, so I chose this pattern in a simple 8-strand braid. This was easy to keep smooth with the thicker diameter of the fiber, and actually more consistent than later the…

  • Christmas tree snowflake 2010

    I add a new snowflake to our Christmas tree every year. Since I started beading, essentially all of them are beaded. This one is made with tiny needle bugles and 15s, made up as I went along. Its finished size is 20mm.

  • Twisted right angle weave instructions for sale

    These instructions are now available for sale from Buy The Kit on their pattern page. Select my name from the designers, and this instruction set is on the second page. The primary instructions are for the cream and green rope second from the left, but I also diagrammed the variations for the other three, and…