ooooh... those are lovely. Are they on fishing line, or something else? And are you knotting to keep the beads in place, or crimping, or something else again? I am agog. :D
As for keeping them in place, that's the cool part. Not sure I'll be very good at explaining it, though. You string a seed bead, a pearl, and a seed bead. Then you put the thread back into the pearl and the first seed bead you strung (so the thread passes around the last seed bead). Then you put the thread back through the opposite way - skip the first seed bead and put the thread into the pearl and the last seed bead. That anchors the group. (This is from a tip in Bead & Button magazine.)
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As for keeping them in place, that's the cool part. Not sure I'll be very good at explaining it, though. You string a seed bead, a pearl, and a seed bead. Then you put the thread back into the pearl and the first seed bead you strung (so the thread passes around the last seed bead). Then you put the thread back through the opposite way - skip the first seed bead and put the thread into the pearl and the last seed bead. That anchors the group. (This is from a tip in Bead & Button magazine.)
Are you still on the SF Bay Beaders mailing list, btw? Someone's hosting a beading gathering on 2/7 in Sunnyvale.
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i love these! are you selling them??
yeah, i'm slow, but school started, and i'm all behind and stuff.
Yes, I'm selling them. Send me email at stef at cat-and-dragon dot com to discuss details.