Thursday, August 4, 2011

Sky Blue Necklace

Working on a new pin-woven tapestry necklace.


The previous ones were spacy black.  This one will be sky blue.  With longer raindrops.

A combination of this:

And this:


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Adding beads now.




You can use a tiny crochet hook to add the beads if they're large enough.



More beads.  I'm in the compulsive phase now.

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Weaving now.  Beads tend to move around or get shoved out of the way before they're locked down.

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A few more hours of weaving.


 It helps every now and then to trim the strings.  They only get in the way.

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The new cloudy moon is larger than the old cloudy moon:


They're actually side by side, not an overlay.  I prefer the way I handle the stars now, passing the weft under them instead of isolating them.

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Not much more to weave.  Then I can start in on the arms and clasp.

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Tuck, tuck, tucking threads to the back.  Still a few patches left to weave.



Ends all tucked to the back.  Now for blocking and weaving the arms.

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