Queen of the Sea Necklace

Been ages since my last post and I had been quite busy the past weeks (months!). Although I was also busy making projects, tried to squeeze in the time as much as I can.

Made this necklace which is called Queen of the Sea. It's a pattern by Jenny Van.

I remember the first necklace I attempted to make was also a design by Jenny Van. I like her designs.

This was quite tricky for me. When I finished it the arcs twisted and wouldn't lay flat.

I ended up reinforcing the joints and pulling them tighter. It has to be tight and firm or else it would flop and twist. That seemed to do the trick.

Been Away

Responded to a comment today about my bugle bracelet and I realized that I haven't posted anything in almost a year now! 

I took a little break from beading because I had to concentrate on work, had been so busy with that for a few months. I was working on a couple of projects but I didn't have the time to document the process :-( 

Now I'm a bit distracted (sheepish) with other fiber arts too. I guess I was just looking for something that I can do even while I'm in bed, that wouldn't necessitate me going over to my beading nook anymore. 

I dabbled a bit with loom knitting for a while and now I'm doing some Tunisian crochet. This is technically a beading blog though, so I'm not sure you guys will be interested in what I'm doing now. 

But I will be going back to beading soon. I still have a stash of all sorts of things that I really want to put to good use, and besides I also really want to get into soutache. I also haven't even tried the new beads available out there now, like the Duos and such. I'm so out of the loop!