I just released my newest tutorial, and I admit I'm quite pleased with it. It's one of the most involved tutorials I've ever written. This tutorial explains how to weave the Delta Queen Necklace with beads
and thread.
A dramatic pendant hangs from a thick cable of beads.
The necklace is finished with a beaded toggle clasp, a new clasp design created just
for this necklace. Everything is woven with honeycomb weave (with a bit of herringbone weave), including
the Daisy Chain Cable. Honeycomb weave like right angle weave (RAW),
but with other angles. You don’t need to know RAW to follow this
tutorial, but you do need to know how to weave the Daisy Chain Cable, shown below. If
you don’t know the Daisy Chain Cable, you can find it in my Etsy shop
here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/225147305/
To the best of my knowledge, honeycomb weave was first introduced in my paper, Using tiling theory to generate angle weaves with beads
on page 21 as an example of a 2-across-edge angle weave. In
particular, honeycomb weave uses the tiling by regular hexagons, and the
hexagons are very visible at the top of the pendant. It's always been one of my favorite weaves in that paper, but it's taken me until now to design something with it. I'm sure it won't be my last use of this weave.
This Delta Queen Necklace tutorial is a long project, suitable for intermediate to advanced bead weavers who are already very comfortable with the Daisy Chain Cable. The tutorial is a PDF file with 31 pages, including over 160 photos and illustrations. That's a lot of steps, but I think it's a fun project because you're not doing a billion repeats of the same thing (except the necklace cable. That has a lot of repeats). There are lots of different elements, and that gives you the chance to make lots of different coordinating components that all assemble into a single finished necklace. Also, you don't need any fancy bead shapes, so you can really play with color rather than wasting time trying to track down that one weird bead shape in just the right color.
Can I tell you? I'm really happy it's finally done... Although part of me wants to make another one of these necklaces, I'm also ready to move on to the next project because I've got a bunch more ideas for flat weaves that I'm really itching to try.
Thanks for looking!
A dramatic pendant hangs from a thick cable of beads.
This Delta Queen Necklace tutorial is a long project, suitable for intermediate to advanced bead weavers who are already very comfortable with the Daisy Chain Cable. The tutorial is a PDF file with 31 pages, including over 160 photos and illustrations. That's a lot of steps, but I think it's a fun project because you're not doing a billion repeats of the same thing (except the necklace cable. That has a lot of repeats). There are lots of different elements, and that gives you the chance to make lots of different coordinating components that all assemble into a single finished necklace. Also, you don't need any fancy bead shapes, so you can really play with color rather than wasting time trying to track down that one weird bead shape in just the right color.
Can I tell you? I'm really happy it's finally done... Although part of me wants to make another one of these necklaces, I'm also ready to move on to the next project because I've got a bunch more ideas for flat weaves that I'm really itching to try.
Thanks for looking!
Love it!
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