Tag: herringbone

  • Herringbone rope beauty shot

    Last picture in my show application. Herringbone ropes. We will see if I get into the show, probably in the next couple of weeks. This was the picture I envisioned sending, but I quickly realized I didn’t have enough time to make five complete necklaces this length. SO. One is full-length, one is almost full-length,…

  • French pumpkin herringbone complete, again

    The herringbone rope sample that I decided to not use in my trio of ropes has been lengthened to 20″, a length I can wear as a necklace or wrapped three times around my wrist. It is now, finally, time to put these beads away. I have a new traveling project that includes beads and crochet,…

  • French pumpkin herringbone necklace complete

    This makes me very happy. This is a project I’ve been beading on and off since last May, mostly as a traveling project as herringbone ropes are great for that. The necklace is 26″ long; the inner rope is four-around herringbone with stripes, the center rope is six-around herringbone with diagonal stripes, and the outer rope…

  • French pumpkin herringbone options and 2017

    I still love to bead – and/but I’m developing more interests. I’ve tried a lot of things this summer and onward, and they generally are still textile arts; I stitched a tiny bit of sashiko embroidery noodling around in an embroidery class. Not complete. I took a class on coiled basketry (from Sandra Brick!). Not complete.…

  • French pumpkin herringbone trio

    This is the trio of ropes I’m working on to highlight this pumpkin bead color dear to my heart. I had originally thought I would have more 4-around solid color non-pumpkin ropes to intersperse, but I like these three together. I will likely string the ropes on a stringing medium to get the arch of…