Beadwoven pendant
I made this pendant last night using a pattern from ‘Crystal Beaded Jewellery’ by Christine and Sylvie Hooghe (Search Press ISBN 1-84448-106-9). The pattern is called ‘graphic star’ and my example turned out quite differently because I used different beads than those recommended.
Although the book is based on using crystals in jewellery I find it interesting to make up the designs with other types of bead. Here I have used 8mm blue goldstone, small oval cracked crystal beads and size 11/0 gold seed beads. Using these patterns without crystals makes the effect a little less ‘bling’. Of course it depends on what final result you are looking for. I have to confess that this pendant was made with some oddments I found whilst sorting through my bead boxes. I used monofilament to thread the beads as it is almost invisible when the piece is finished.
I do like this book very much and it is one of the few jewellery making books I own - I only tend to buy what I consider the best books otherwise I borrow them from the library. The beaded bead that I used for the clasp on my daisy bead bracelet was a pattern from this book.
Here is the Amazon link for this book:
