Sunday 6 May 2012

Winsome necklace

Having made so many of Jane's winsome earrings I decided to make a necklace using the same method and here it is. Quite a long necklace!



I must admit it was a bit of a fiddle taking the thread off the shuttles each time and feeding them through the beads, but it was well worth the effort.


I purchased some beads before the postage went up in the UK, being particularly interested in the flat shell beads which are so useful for both earrings and necklaces.  I was going to wait and look for these on holiday but decided that if I saw more I could buy them, as long as I remembered the colours that I  already have!  In the meantime I am actually using these beads now, so they were well worth purchasing.

7 comments:

  1. Gosh, you've finished it already. Lovely colours and even prettier in real life.

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  2. Very pretty Sally.
    How long did the necklace take you to tat?

    One way I have of remembering what colours I have,
    is to wind a small piece of coloured thread around a small piece of card. One coloured thread for each bead you have.

    Hope it helps.

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  3. Nice work, Sally! May be you want to try another pattern: my free Diane pattern with SSSR! Just one time threading all the baeds!
    greetings from Gunhild

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  4. Great idea to use the winsome pattern for a necklace, it looks very pretty!

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  5. I've made the earrings, so I can appreciate what a lot of work the necklace was! Looks great.

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  6. This looks so wonderful.

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  7. Anne it took a week to make the necklace but I generally don't have much time for tatting.
    Ah Gunhild I need to learn, but not only that use new techniques, I have quick lessons and then don't follow the techniques up.

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