String-Along - colors

Picking bead colors for the Urban Stripes String-Along is almost more difficult than sitting down and coming up with pattern ideas. I pulled beads, put beads away, changed my mind and tried different ones. Then I discovered that I really didn't have a green turquoise or a Chinese red that I liked. Two Hundred lbs. of beads sitting on my back wall and I don't have the right size 8/0 colors? Thank heavens for Caravan Beads, they ship quickly and Priority mail to me is only a day.

Sign ups, questions and excitement is happening for this experimental project. I think it is going to be fun seeing what a diverse range of beaders does with it. One of the things I get out of the project is some structure. I still get to think in small increments of what is pleasing in that very moment, but will have to document just what I am doing or did. Too often I design as I string and it is more than difficult to reverse engineer the piece to publish a pattern. I also get to see the patterns evolve in different colors.

Join In:

You have til Wednesday, July 27, 2011 to sign up and pick out your beads for this String-Along. Come join us and make a bead crocheted necklace in under two months. More information is here.... (click)