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Lavender and Lime Stripes

I don't know why I'm on such a purple kick with the polyclay ... but I really like the colour combo of these discs.

Unfortunately, the medium and large discs are too thick for my jump rings, so I'm kind of stuck with what to do with them. 

And another time, especially for the little charms (which will likely turn over at the most inconvenient times!), I shall make the backing decorative too as the dull green isn't that attractive.

Porthole set

Waste clay, dusted with gold PearlEx, and linked with Swarovski crystals and jump rings.

A proper set

Finally, after I don't know how long, the bracelet matches the earrings. 

I cannibalised the 2-in-2 bracelet and bought some more rings and am much happier with the result. 

Unfortunately, I still don't have enough of the 3.5mm gold fill rings to make a matching necklace, and the price of gold has risen quite a lot.  Maybe that can go on my birthday wish-list ...

174. Copper chain

Turkish Round Maille, in copper.

165. 2-in-2 tone

Contemporary 2-in-2 Bracelet and Quick and Easy Earrings in Sterling Silver and Yellow Gold Fill.

From the MailleQueen, featured as Beads and Beyond Exclusives.

I would prefer it if the silver rings in the bracelet didn't overlap and move about.  I'm debating buying some more of the yellow gold fill rings and making the bracelet match the earings - I do love me some byzantine links.

159. Spiral chains

Back: Double Spiral - double rings through 2 rings

Centre: Spiral 6-1 - single ring through 3 rings

Front: Spiral - single ring through 2 rings

87. Copperknot

I have discovered the fatal flaw in my chainmaille.  The jump rings I bought from BeadSisters are too thin/too big for the patterns in the book. 



The unstructured blob on the right hand side is supposed to be a open diamond, that would hold its shape perfectly if I had  the right diameter rings.

But clearly I don't, and so I have improvised and made it bend to my will.  Hah hah hah (evil laugh).  Although that involves some really fiddly plier work, which is why I've only managed two knots so far (accompanied by several bouts of swearing).

The colour is interesting too.  The supplier reckons it's peach.  From a radioactive fruit tree maybe.  But it's fine for my little experiments, and gives me something to practice my technique on, that didn't cost the earth (silver plated enamelled copper, £6.50 for 500). 

Maybe a bracelet and a pair of earrings, to wear with something black ...   

81. Chainmaille

I love it!



Although now my hands ache from all the knitting, the beading and the holding-a-pair-of-pliers in both of them.  Ah well, such is the creative life.

I have some jump rings left over so I'm thinking earrings, and I'm itching to try the extra fancy Byzantine patterns from the book.  After the Ravelympics.

71. Can't stop

Must knit. 

To fill the space, when my other set of pliers arrives, I'm giving this a go.

After the knitting, of course.