African Queen

The tutorial by Jimmy Boatright was in the Bead & Button Magazine from February 2017.

It is easy to follow the pattern but the mentioned amount for the main colour is not correct.

Crochet Ropes

After a long time, I decided to crochet again. Both patterns can be found Pinterest.

The necklaces are made with seed beads 15°.

Set "Aroha"

Finally, it is time to follow up on my last cruise.

I had the opportunity to accompany the “AIDAcara“ on a part of its world tour. My part brought me from San Antonio in Chile over the Easter Island, Tahiti, Bora Bora and New Zeeland to Sydney. If you take a look at the route, you will see, that we passed a lot of time at sea.

Therefore, I prepared a lot of projects, some needing a lot of time like the “Double Oglala”.

One of the special projects is the set “Aroha“. The name is a word of the Maori and means “Love“.

Because we were travelling shortly before Christmas, I thought, that something sparkling was the right idea. So, I bezeled Rivolis of different sizes with peanut-beads.

Sadly, my design was not as liked as I thought. They liked the earrings and the chain of the necklace but not the pendant. 

Necklace "Rollercoaster"

This necklace by Vera Baumeister was published in “Perlenpoesie” n° 32.

It has an extraordinary design, so I had to try it.

I started with the first repeating pattern following the instructions to the letter. But I noticed that I did not like it this way. I do not like these seesaws and I could see the thread on the edges between the picots in step 6.

So I decided to bead it my way. That means, I secured the three seed beads of the picots in one step above and below before starting the next element. I also connected the RAW-parts directly to the corresponding basic-element. This way I built up the necklace reducing the back-weaving to a minimum.

The necklace is very lightweight. You have to place it very carefully but then it keeps it place.

Addition: Wearing the necklace a bit longer, the semicircle parts fold to the centerline, which doesn`t look not very nice

Tutorial Set "Leyla"

Now also this booklet is finished. You can purchase it in our etsy-shop.

Leyla - the necklace

To complete the set I needed a matching necklace. It was made after the trip and in a new colour combination.

Muscat I

Another long-term-project is finished.

Two years ago my husband bought me this beautiful labradorite in Muscat. It needs a suitable frame, which it got with this crochet necklace.

Good things come to those who wait

or they get a lariat.
In the Beadwork-Magazine August/September 2010 was the Aurora-Lariat by Scarlett Lanson.
I fell directly in love with the spheres at the ends but I do not like the remaining part.
For a long time I crept around this tutorial but finally I made one of these spheres and I was excited.

It took only another year to finish the second sphere and the crochet rope, which is 110 cm long.

Poppy

One of my British friends is a volunteer in the British Legion. She was asked, if it is possible to use the symbol in a piece of jewellery.  

Here is my necklace:

Geckos

I found this pattern on Pinterest.

The necklace is made with seed beads 15° and 15 beads per round.

Sonokos Way with drops

Today I present the next necklace following the instructions of Sonoko Nozue. This time I used seed beads 8° and drops 3,4 mm.

Sonoko's way

In the Bead & Button Magazine from February 2014 explaint Sonoko Nozue her way of bead croching. Now I tried it myself.
I do not know, if I have read the pattern correctly. But I like the result.

I used 3mm pearls and facetted beads of the same size.

Verona

Because I like the side parts of the "Firenze" by Yvonne King very much, I brought them into the center. The result is the necklace "Verona".

I used pearls from 8 to 12 mm. It is a necklace for every day, but it is also prepared for the evening.

Firenze Necklace

This necklace was not the first on my to-do-list, but then a friend persuaded me to make it. Now I am happy that I did. It is suitable for daily use.

The pattern has been written by Yvonne King and you find it in the Beadwork Magazine February 2014.

Singapore meets Varna

Last year I bought some rectangular shaped stone-beads in Varna. Seeing them I had the pattern of the "Imperial Necklace" by Manek in my mind.
Of course I adapted the design to my ideas.

Chrysanthenum

The necklace "Chrysanthenum" by Manek was my project for the beading meeting in Bavaria. I had so much to look and talk, that I did not have enough time to finish it there.
After seeing an example in nature, I knew, that my necklace only will have three flowers.
Here it is:

Livia

A colleague of my husband ordered a necklace for his wife for the silver wedding. The requirement was; simply but with heart. Here is the result:

And, where is the heart? Look here:

The necklace was the burner :-)

Lady Madeleine

This pendant is a design by Manek.

But I did not like the strap, so I made my own croching.

Pandora's Pendant Necklace

The pattern for this necklace is from Manek. It was very relaxed beading.

I wear it often.

Back again

Here I am again.  I stayed two weeks longer for holidays. The results I will show step by step.
It was wonderful to travel this time with my husband. We celebrated our 30th anniversary .

My dress was dark red like red wine and I made a "Hindia" by Heather Collin to go with.