So I spent AG’s naptime today making a bracelet for my sister’s wedding. Thought the process might make a good blog post.
I had pretty much planned out the bracelet several weeks ago:
But I wanted to string it on silk string, rather than beading wire (the little pearls have holes too small for the beading wire to be able to double-back on it, like you do on the ends when you’re using beading wire). Working with the silk string makes the process take longer for me – there’s knots to be tied (although I didn’t tie knots between each bead, as that would make the bracelet kind of kinky – just at the very ends and then a little ways into the ends), you have to glue the knots, etc. Continue reading →