Tag: spiral

  • Double triple spiral, step 4

    This is about 5″ longer than the last photo.  It’s 19″ long total, and I think I probably want it about 24″. It already weighs 90 grams…

  • Double triple spiral, step 3

    For a different view, here is the latest length, coiled.  It’s about 6″ longer than the last picture. Another possibility with this design might be to combine colors within each spiral, and make more of a blended design without as much contrast. For example, one spiral blue and purple 15s, the next purple and green,…

  • Double triple spiral, step 2

    And so it grows….

  • Double triple spiral, step 1

    You know how on the classic spiral, for each core bead, you go back three spiral beads? To get this 20mm diameter rope, each core bead equals 72 spiral beads! It reminds me a bit of a Dutch spiral with the loose spiral this bead count creates.

  • Double triple spiral palette

    I’ve been wanting to make one of Sabina’s double triple spirals ever since I saw the first one she posted. And then she wrote instructions! I went bead shopping with the luxury of buying all the beads instead of working with all or some of my own stash — and with no particular colors in…