spiral

This is my second piece of double spiral that I’ve done. For the first one, I did a single spiral, and then went back to add the second spiral. I tried doing both at once, but I couldn’t “see it” at first. I was able to do it in one pass this time, which works better for me.

Anyway, the necklace is done! Here’s the closeup of it in progress. I have a sweater in the same dark earthy olive green, and this will be great with it. And with the pretty button, if the clasp slides around to the side, that’s fine! Now, I should make a pair of coral earrings to wear with it. Hmmm…..

Okay, here’s a sample of the double spiral in process, the beads I got from Marilee that I wrote about here. I tried adding the triangles on the exterior occasionally, but they got lost. I bought this button at General Bead in San Francisco, hoping it would work. I don’t like buttons for clasps because they don’t feel as secure to me as a lobster claw, or toggle. But, I also don’t like to bring in a metal clasp when there’s no metal anywhere else in the piece. So, I’m going to use a button, and try to size the loop well.

(Look, a better picture!)

Towards the end of last year, I participated in a swap on All About Beads. I haven’t participated in a materials swap for a while as most specify no seed beads — and that’s really what I like best. This one was a spiral swap, and I sent out some blue, tan, and cream beads. From Marilee, I got some great earth tones:

I wanted to bring out the coral lining in the beads on the left, and make the green cast stronger, so I added those two beads. When I added those two, the triangles didn’t work as well as I’d hoped. I removed them, and added a light colored size 8 core bead.

Marilee sent a lot of beads, so I’m making a double spiral necklace, probably about 16-18″ long. (The colors are truer in this second picture. I’m going to get better at this!)