Monday, December 10, 2012

Chainmaille with Beads Bracelet

This is one of the easiest Chain Maille bracelets. Usually chainmail jewelry are very pretty looking but quite hard to make because of the opening and closing of the rings. But this is not too complicated.
Chain maille with beads Bracelet

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Zig Zag Earrings

This is one of my favorite set of earrings and also the most easiest to make. I have made so many of them with different beads and presented it to so many of my cousins and girl friends.

Zig zag earrings with 4mm black crystal beads

Zig zag earrings with 4mm bicones

Sashay yarn Capelet

When I was searching for projects to make with the Starbella yarn and the Sashay Yarn all I could find were scarfs and more scarfs. But then I came across a skirt made with the Sashay yarn. I showed it to my little one and she didn't want to wear it. But she said she would like a capelet. So I made a capelet using Sashay yarn and it is very pretty. Me Jr says that is like a queen's cape. I am glad she liked it. And here is a very small tutorial of how to knit with Sashay yarn.

Another thing is, while making a skirt or a cape using sashay you would have to use Sashay in combination with other yarn to create the body otherwise the whole thing will just fall apart.

Sashay yarn capelet

To make this capelet I knitted a chain of 100 and every 5th or 6th row was a sashay and worsted yarn combination. The trick here is one time the yarn is on the right side the other time the yarn is on the wrong side. You would have to learn to knit in the back side of the knit or the purl side.

And 100 chain length I feel is a bit small for a 5-6 yr old. So I would recommend at least 130-140 chain length. And finally I ended it with a crochet band and buttons. And for this I used 1 Sashay bundle and I worsted yarn. Depending on your size you might need more or less

And here is a little video I made about how to knit starbella or sashay yarn in combination with the other yarn. This is my first time making a video so bear with me



StarBella Yarn Scarf

I went to buy some yarn to Joann there was a lady who was buying the Star Bella Yarn and she showed me how it is worked on. And it was love at first instant for me. I had to get it and make the scarf and I did. And it came out sooooo beautiful.
Starbella night and day scarf

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Kumihimo bracelets

 Kumihimo is an ancient Japanese weaving art. It is done using circular or square boards with slots for the yarn or thread. Different patterns of the yarn will yield differ designs of bracelets.

Using the square board you can make flat Kumihimo bracelets. But when I made it both the above bracelets came out to be circular. May be I would have to try again. But the blue bracelet was made using circular board and the green one using square board. 

And it's pretty easy making your own Kumihimo boards. So search for the tutorials and make your own, instead of buying them. Enjoy weaving you Kumihimo braids

Russian spiral bracelet

 This is a beautiful bracelet made using the Russian Spiral weave pattern. I used off-white tube beads and red seed beads. No matter what beads you use and what wire you use for thw weave, this bracelet comes out to be elastic in nature. So you better calculate the size carefully. Otherwise the bracelet will become a bit too lose

Friday, November 16, 2012

Beaded Crochet Necklace

Peacock colors or to be precise the colors in the tail feather of a peacock are one of my favorite combination of colors. Dark pink, green and blue. I used these three colors to make this BEauutiful beaded crochet piece of jewelry. This can be either worn as a 15 inch 6 strand necklace or a bracelet

Beaded crochet necklace

Beaded crochet bracelet in peacock colors

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Beaded Crochet Jewelry

Beaded Crochet Bracelet

This is an amazing piece of jewelry anybody can own. This is a simple crochet with hex beads and they are intermittently placed so as not to create a crowded look. This can be either a 3 strand 15 inch necklace or a bracelet with many strands. And this piece is made in with earthy colors of brown and maroon
Beaded crochet necklace