A candle for Nicole's (Beadwright) brother

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.cfm?l=eng&cid=10552660

Please say a prayer, send a happy thought, peace, or whatever you are moved to do, in this difficult time. Her blog is http://beadwright@blogspot.com
Friends are Blessings we ignore at our loss...

WT Bracelet comes home!!

I just adore it- created by Penny H of UT, using mostly beads I sent to her, that I just could not find myself inspired by. Obviously, she and her Muse had a much better time. This is def one of my fav bracelets, having all the elements I love; texture, slinkiness, color and BLING! AND the little amber AB flat round pressed glass spin, so it has fidgetiness, too....LOL- is that a word??Is NOW!

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Thank you so much, Penny!

Nicole's blog Birthday Giveaway

Go check this out- it is very cool, and you will find her blog and etsy site most intriguing!
http://beadwright.blogspot.com/
Though I have to say I think her 'rabbit' for sale in the Etsy shop looks like an anteater!! A pretty anteater!

Playing Around With Miyuki Drops

Here is the result. It is fast, fun to do ( once the pattern sticks in your head ), and could have lots of color changes, including making the center V or Z a different color. Don't pull too tight, especially if you are using Fireline, because it will round itself, instead of laying flat. It is also a nice look and feel, but not if you have flat portions in the beginning LOL!

Have fun! Left click to open pics to full size, right click to 'save as'.

Happy Spring and Happy Beading!

Penny's WT? Swap items

These are Penny's bracelets, created for the WT? Swap at Beaddreamz Yahoogroup- the top one if Turkish Crochet, and the bottom is a caterpillar form. I am happy she likes them both!

Simple net instructions

4 yds of thread should finish a bracelet 6-8" long- use a thread that will go through your beads at least 3 times. If you prefer to add thread, weaving in the old tail and weaving in a new is preferable to having a knot, as there are little opportunities to hide a knot in this bracelet. Weaving also means using a thread thin enough to support this, and the addition of embellishment later, as you will reweave many of the original thread paths to do this embellishment.

Place stop bead, leaving tail long enough for clasp end of your choice-8 inches is usuall enough.

Add 20 beads to thread, slide to clasp bead. If you wish the picot to be a different color or size of bead, add 17 beads, then 3 beads of the different color/style.

Take thread BACK through 4th bead nearest end, creating a 3 bead picot.

*Pick up 7 beads, and go through the 8th bead. Repeat.

Either pick up 7 beads and go BACK through 4th bead of last beads added to create picot

OR

pick up 4 beads, add 3 beads of different color/style, then go BACK through 4th bead just added to create picot.*

Repeat from * to * til bracelet is as long as you wish, minus clasp length. Netting stretches, so be sure to pull it a bit when testing for length.

This can be widened or made narrower by adding or subtracting multiples of 7 to the original line of 20 beads.

Add buttons or other clasp end before adding top embellishment. If you wish, this is a good place to make peyote circles for the loop ends of a self-clasp, as shown in the above photos.

Add pearls or other beads to crossover points in the netting by working your way back and forth to the beginning, going through the crossover bead, adding pearl and 15o bead, then back through pearl and through crossover bead in same direction you went the first time, pulling tight. continue to next crossover point. When you reach the last crossover and add your pearl, you will have to go around the outside beads and picot to get to the next crossover point. This is why you want your thread size to be able to go through beads multiple times.

Add your other clasp end, or your buttons, etc if you used a self-toggle of beads on the other end.

Wear your bracelet with pride!

You may click on any pic to make it full size, and right click to save it to your computer for future reference. Please feel free to share these insructions in any manner.