Sunday, February 10, 2013

Beaded Pearl Butterfly


I complicated my life further by adding beads to the pearl tatting. I did the butterfly in two halves and then joined them onto the body. I was a bit worried about having a lot of ends to hide in the body, but here's how I solved that problem: two shuttles wound CTM, the centre thread doubled over in the middle, so when I got to the end, I had four threads and could do two lock stitch chains for antennae. No threads at all to sew in!

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  1. Very pretty. How many beads did you use?

    Did the jumper that you knitted win the competition?

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    1. 60 beads on the outside, 44 on the inside and 14 on the body. The judging of the jumper will take a while. I delivered it to the local meeting and then it was sent to the national competition.

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  2. You are clever, and that butterfly looks great.

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  3. That looks like an awful lot of work! Your butterfly looks very cool with the beads. I'm not sure I have that much fortitude! ;-)

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  4. that looks good Jane. I think those wings look even better with the body to hold them just a bit apart. I like this version very much

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    1. Thank you! Yes, I think it's less overcrowded than the other one.

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  5. Very cleaver to double over the body. Butterfly is beautiful.

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