Another Herringbone Beaded Rope

posted: Sunday, 15 July 2007

Yay- my herringbone experiment has worked!

This is one of those projects that whirls around your head for so long and you come back to it every now and then. I originally started this about 3 years ago and whilst beading my recent Herringbone Rope Necklace I thought I'd finally figured out how I wanted to make it. It was tricky as I knew I wanted to mix herringbone and peyote stitch.

So, some more experiements ensued and last night I cracked it and got the look I wanted. Now I just need to finish beading it and work out how on earth I can explain how it was done?

Still on a colour and design theme this week. Along with my constant Etsy watching, I'm now spending hours browsing some great design blogs.

I think my favourites are Dear Ada, Design Sponge and Oh Joy! You can spend hours clicking on all the links and checking out so many great design and colour ideas- so if you're a terrible procrastinator- as I am- don't look!

Of course I'm finding lots of great jewellery that I want- so far I'm being restrained but the more I see pieces like these by Alex Monroe or Natalia Brilli - the more my resolve weakens!