Nuts about knotting.....
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craftgrrlSeveral necklaces from this weekend, including this beauty:
First necklace, carved quartz crystal skull with more polished quartz chunks, both purchased seperately on clearance. All hand knotted on white no 8 perlseide bead cord (which BTW I officially love this stuff. I've done various knotting over the years and the 1.50 per card is worth this stuff. No stretching, no tangling, easy to knot. Love love love!!) with silver bali toggle clasp in the back.
Which since I was on a roll I decided to then make this:
Using some clear glass crackle beads and white FWP I had purchased so long ago I forget when and turned them into this delicate piece. Looks much better in person (sorry about the glare)using the last of the white perlseide from the first necklace. With matching dangle earrings. I wanted a white pearl necklace but plain white is just too matronly for me, I like this version....
Then I decided to finally do something with the two strands of oval and baroque style grey FWP I also had bought at least a year ago.
A little longer, alternating the ovals with the more interesting baroque pieces. I had two almost perfectly matching pearls to make a set of matching earrings too. Another bali silver toggle clasp closure on this one.
I also had this strand of huge pea green FWP that also was bought at least 3 years ago....
Just a plain pearl necklace. I used a GF lobsterclaw clasp I had cannibalized from another piece a long time ago.
And finally I finished up with this piece.
A lighter green 3 strand FWP choker.
The pearls were leftover from a necklace I made for a friend a few years ago for her b-day, and the hardware/ findings were cannibalized from a stretchy '1929' faux pearl choker. I like this one much better.
All of course were individually hand knotted and made using my new favorite for such things, perlseide, all accept the two white ones in a no4 strand which fits nicely in those tiny FWP drill holes.
Sadly, I still have at least 3 strands, one coral, 2 more FWP pearl before I am officially through with my 'need to make' bead pile and can start on anything new........but I'm getting there.
*smooch*
First necklace, carved quartz crystal skull with more polished quartz chunks, both purchased seperately on clearance. All hand knotted on white no 8 perlseide bead cord (which BTW I officially love this stuff. I've done various knotting over the years and the 1.50 per card is worth this stuff. No stretching, no tangling, easy to knot. Love love love!!) with silver bali toggle clasp in the back.
Which since I was on a roll I decided to then make this:
Using some clear glass crackle beads and white FWP I had purchased so long ago I forget when and turned them into this delicate piece. Looks much better in person (sorry about the glare)using the last of the white perlseide from the first necklace. With matching dangle earrings. I wanted a white pearl necklace but plain white is just too matronly for me, I like this version....
Then I decided to finally do something with the two strands of oval and baroque style grey FWP I also had bought at least a year ago.
A little longer, alternating the ovals with the more interesting baroque pieces. I had two almost perfectly matching pearls to make a set of matching earrings too. Another bali silver toggle clasp closure on this one.
I also had this strand of huge pea green FWP that also was bought at least 3 years ago....
Just a plain pearl necklace. I used a GF lobsterclaw clasp I had cannibalized from another piece a long time ago.
And finally I finished up with this piece.
A lighter green 3 strand FWP choker.
The pearls were leftover from a necklace I made for a friend a few years ago for her b-day, and the hardware/ findings were cannibalized from a stretchy '1929' faux pearl choker. I like this one much better.
All of course were individually hand knotted and made using my new favorite for such things, perlseide, all accept the two white ones in a no4 strand which fits nicely in those tiny FWP drill holes.
Sadly, I still have at least 3 strands, one coral, 2 more FWP pearl before I am officially through with my 'need to make' bead pile and can start on anything new........but I'm getting there.
*smooch*
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