Tag: square stitch

  • New clasp – attached to bracelet…

    It works! It’s difficult to attach one-handed, but it’s secure and looks good. From the other side: I was inspired by a design by Beth Kraft of Nordic Gypsy, a bead store in Rochester Minnesota. Her design is called Zephyr, a 4-sided tube of St. Petersburg. I made mine 3-sided, and the third side is…

  • 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:…

  • Kingman turquoise cab, step 3

    I think I still like it. The cab is finished, now it’s time for the necklace part. This can be challenging, finding the right visual mass to best suit the cab. This is about 2.5″ long and 1.5″ wide. My first thought was a strung necklace, but that may seem slight with the cab. A…

  • Kingman turquoise cab, step 2

    I haven’t had a lot of beading time lately – but I’ve had a few minutes to work on this. I think I like it. I’m just going to put an edging on it and call it done. It’ll be turquoise again, and maybe I’ll throw in some more pearls? I’m pretty sure it will…

  • Kingman turquoise cab, step 1

    Turquoise and pearls and seed beads. Next step is adding more color.