I was going to use a pattern from The Beaded Edge 2 - a truly beautiful book with gorgeous crocheted and beaded edgings that I got for my birthday. Alas, it may have to stay a gorgeous book as I could not make head nor tale of the instructions. Instead I used a pattern from Simple Glass Beading by Dorothy Wood.
As this is part of my craft book challenge, I can also link up over at Heart of Charnwood who's doing a monthly Craft Book Challenge too. If you want to join in too, and be in the running for the prize, simply complete a project from a craft book and link up, see the post here for all the details.
You can just see a strip of the fabric at the top, and that is probably the truest colour. I used a selection of different shades of red seed beads, sizes 10 and 11, some white pearls, clear AB crystals and some lovely opaque drops I bought a while ago by mistake and had no idea how to use. The whole fringe was beading using nymo thread and a beading needle.
Well ladies, I finished the scarf last week and work something red the very next day so I could wear it to work. Around lunchtime I noticed a long thread hanging off one of the fringes, an entire row had dropped out! I had a quick scout round the office and there are tiny red beads everywhere! It's now sitting waiting for me to fix it. I'll rethread the row that dropped out, then I'm going to put dobs of beading glue on each join, I don't want the whole thing falling off!!
11 comments:
It looks powerful :) Just think though, if you'd gone missing then the forensics could have traced your route by following the beads :)
Une merveille !
Bonne journée.
Anna
Wow, the beading looks beautiful. Clever, clever you.
I love red, I think it gives an outfit a pop of colour thank goodness you noticed the beans had come undone and you found them.
Glad you caught it after just one row. It looks very effective
Noooo, but it looks so beautiful too. good idea with the drops of glue
Lovely beading on your scarf! ... :) Pat
It looks like fun - I'd no idea it would take so long. Glue sounds like a good plan - especially after all that work!
It's beautiful! And yes, time consuming.
Hi Wendy, that looks fabulous, what a great project, and I'm glad i'm not the only one who is completely foxed by book instructions sometimes! Good Luck with the competition. Ange x
It's so pretty - you must have wanted to pitch a fit when you realized that a row had detached - I would have been some mad!
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