Beading Spiral Stitch
Posted on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 7:21 am
Can you help me with my hemp dilemma?
Well I just recently purchased a glass bead that was specially blown for me from this merchant. It is a pretty glass spiral pendant with rainbow colored hues throughout it. The colors do not move in the same order as the rainbow, but have a fairly random order to it. It’s very soft colored and pretty – also is two inches long.
I decided to use a double stitch spiral hemp technique pattern on a natural colored hemp to form the hemp necklace, but what I am not sure of is whether or not to have additional beads on the necklace. If so, then I am not sure what color bead. The pendant is fairly big – the size of an average male’s pinky finger.
So what do you think I should do? Add other beads? If so, what kind and color. And if not then why not? Thanks a bunch.
I say if you do add other beads make them smaller and probably clear. If you use a color it might look weird next to the pendent that you say is rainbow colored.
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