the Akamai Knitter

I promised more FO’s and I try to keep my promises. I probably should have renamed this necklace since this one makes no sense, but I kinda suck at naming things. :P

Anyway, here’s the finished necklace that I worked on for over a week. I got the project out of Bead & Button, Issue No. 96.

I know a lot of you said that I should have left the rope alone. Yes, the rope is very pretty alone.

But I just couldn’t leave it alone.

That area is really only a little over an inch wide, but it took me a couple of days to do.  You just can’t rush that kind of stuff. At least, I can’t.

I love it though and I think it was worth the time because it gives the necklace some shazzam!

I also really love the toggle I got from Auntie’s Beads.

I don’t wear a lot of gold, but for this piece gold just fits.

I want to mention that I got all my seed beads from Clint over at Auntie’s Beads too. He was really helpful and in this day and age great customer service is hard to come by.

So thank you, Clint! I really appreciate your service!

Finally, I thought I’d share crazy Quincy’s fetish with packing paper. He adores the stuff. He attacks it. He sleeps on it.  And apparently he likes to hide out under it.

Cats.

They be crazy.

Happy Thursday, everyone!

I’ve been a bit off kilter lately. I even had to make sure ‘undecided’ was a word.  :P

To remain grounded, I’ve been obsessively seed beading. To that end, I’ve finished some things. I don’t have the energy to pack it all in one post, so I’ll trickle them out in several posts.

The first is the Sky Blue Opalite Necklace.

I finished this over the weekend while waiting for a toggle from Auntie’s Beads. I would have posted this earlier but it’s been a crazy week.  More on that later.

Here’s a detail shot of the Magatama beads and round Swarovski crystals I used to give the rope some zing.

I was originally going to use a lampwork bead as the focal piece of the necklace, but then I found this toggle and I changed my mind.

I’m enamored with the toggle! I adore the toggle! I can’t remember where I got the toggle!

And who knows how long I’ve had it…

The beads are simple Opalite beads I got from an Etsy seller awhile ago. I bought them with  no purpose in mind.

I’m just not sure whether or not the toggle and the beads fit with this particular rope. Thus, I am unsure and undecided

As for the madness that is this week? On Monday the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game was on and my beloved Duke Blue Devils WON. They WON!

Woohoo!

I have many thoughts on the matter, but this isn’t really the place for it. So I’ll just hush up. ;)

On Tuesday I had the extreme pleasure of dining and meeting Megan’s daughter Maddie! Here’s a picture of the two of us.

She is the sweetest thing ever. I had a great time and I feel so blessed to have gotten a chance to meet this special person. I’m just disappointed that I didn’t get to meet her AND Megan at the same time.

You see I also got to meet Megan’s ex-husband because that’s who Maddie is here with, but we won’t go there.

O.o

That’s it for me for today. Happy Wednesday, folks.

Yesterday The Bead Gallery held a Seed Bead Party at their shop which is basically an all day event.

I decided to work on my “Odd Peyote Tube” project. It’s a very simple stitch and beautiful in its own right.

But being me, I decided to add something more to it.

Those are Magatama drop beads. They’re a little tricky to keep in place, but I think they add a nice texture to the necklace without being too distracting.

I’m just about finished with that section and I think I’m also going to add some Swarovski crystals and wear the clasp in the front. I’ll probably chose a nice toggle. I also have a lampwork bead to hang from the toggle, but I think I’ll save that for the final unveiling.

This project will probably be put on the back burner as I’m trying to finish the Multiple Choice necklace, but I think this is good incentive for me to finish what I have in front of me.

Scheyer finds seed beads absolutely scintillating.

Sorry for the crappy night shot, but he looked so cute cuddled against my cardigan.

I hope you all had a great weekend! I sure did! GO DUKE!

/ahem

Earlier this week I started a new necklace with some beads I received from Clint over at Auntie’s Beads. (You can find their seed beads here. I used size 11/0.)

This is turning out to be quite the very labor intensive project! It took me an hour or so just to do this much:

The pattern is from Bead & Button‘s Issue No. 96 and it’s called Multiple Choice. I’m about halfway through the necklace.

I’m not sure I’m going to be adding as much froufrou on my necklace as they did to the necklace on the cover. We’ll just have to see.

Gratuitous detail shot.

That’s really all I got. This necklace is just consuming me.

o.O

Happy Friday, everyone! Have some fun this weekend! :)

A couple of weeks ago I started a Twisted Ndebele/Herringbone piece just for practice. I thought I’d make a bracelet out of it, but then I thought I might as well make a necklace since that might make a dent in my stash. It didn’t, but that’s another story.

Once I was done, I felt the piece needed something more. So I made a little enhancer.

What’s nice about the enhancer is that you can slide it right off!

That little piece took me about 3 hours to make. What I did was make a peyote ring, then I embellished it by adding each bead/crystal/pearl/whatever one at a time.

Once it was done you better believe I did a big happy dance in my living room.

Finally,  here’s the second in a series of three photographs starring Quincy. You can see he’s heard the camera on him!

Happy Friday, everyone! Have a great weekend!