Beads......

Hello!!

I'm back earlier this time!

And I've found something new to do.

I'm beading!!!!

Bead crocheting, in fact.

I wanted to add some beads to my crochet,

browsed the net

and found some neat tutorials,

added beads to my thread,

and off I was into bead land!!!!

My 1st try was with 20 size thread

and little bigger beads.

Crochetted with a single chain crochet stich.

This is what I came up with...

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Looks like a mulberry, doesn't it?

Added a big red bead at one end

and a bead top at the other.

The tops are also the 1st bead ones I've made.

This is how they look without the mulberrys..

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Here are the the two finished tops side by side.

They now adorn the ears of my niece Khyati.

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Somehow,

 my work was looking like mulberrys

 and not like ropes.

The thread shows through,

The beads are loose

and I didn't know what was wrong!

Then,

found out that to make ropes we use the

slip stich!

Here's a try with that....

Not bad!!!

Now to decide what next to make

with this form of art.

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In the meantime,

I've finished the

 pineapple crochet doily.

It had started to look a little crowded

so added the fringe

providing a little contrasting

 'negative space'

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It didn't ditch me and did not ruffle!!!!

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The tunisian crochet blanket

 for my son

has run into a little problem.

Something went wrong with the corners!

Actually,

I was getting a very square outcome,

 as the difference of squares in the horizontal

and the vertical axis is of just 2 squares!

I added another row

at the lower and upper edge,

but,

this is what is happenning to the corners!

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Got to figure out a way to get over this!!!

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If I'm going to start something

in beaded crochet,

I've got to have a lot of thread!

But,

what do I do if the thread looks like this?

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Got to get it untangled and to wind it over something!

This is what I came up with to solve this problem!

I had some old medicines lying around.

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The plastic is quite thick and doesn't give way easily.

Remove the medicine part

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Smooth out the edges,

shape it into something

you can wind your thread on

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And wind your thread on it!

Do you notice the two slanting cuts at the two broad ends?

The thread ends can be tucked in to prevent unwinding.

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specially for plastic threads,

like the one I'm going to work with!

That's a tutorial???!!!!

WHOAAA!!

My 1st again!

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Sorry, no tatting this time,

No,

it doesn't mean

 "crochetization"

of a tatting blog!

but,

no tatting as of now!

So, until next time,

bye!

Do keep those beautiful comments coming.

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