Geometric right angle weave beaded earrings
These right angle weave beaded earrings were made using a pattern by Marcia DeCoster available from the Beading Daily site. They are called ‘Tesserae earrings’. My pair is not exactly the same as those illustrated as I had to improvise a bit with the beads. I did not have any size 15/0s so the centre of the shapes are without a border. I tried with size 11/0s but they just bunched up unattractively.
I used a pale pink seed bead for the back of my earring but they were a slightly different size to the pink-lined blue Tohos on the front. This meant that joining the two right angle weave sections was not as easy as it might have been. If possible I would definitely use the same make of beads to alleviate this problem. The main right angle weave sections were woven using 0.10″ monofilament which gave a nice stiff fabric. When it came to putting the two halves together I changed to nymo as it was no longer possible to push the monofilament through without a needle.
Despite all the alterations and uneven bead sizes I am still fairly pleased with the result and wore them yesterday.
Marcia DeCoster Said,
September 14, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
Hi there,
I noticed your earrings, but can’t tell from the site who you are. Just wanted to say nice job and nice colors. Glad you were able to use the pattern.
Marcia