Sunday, November 8, 2009

New necklace

I whipped up this little goodie this week. mostly while riding the train.  (See, I use my time wisely.)



It's super simple - I tatted it in DMC Perle 8 with size 10 glass beads and a magnetic clasp.  The pendant is one I found at Michael's - it's by Blue Moon. 


The basic pattern is R 4-4-4-4, with a little bead at the top of the ring.  The chain is 4-4, with a bead in the only picot.  Too simple for words.  I did use a SCMR to attach the pendant - all done with chains of 4 ds separated by a bead, until it was long enough to attach the pendant.  True confessions - I took the ball thread off the shuttle here and threaded it through the hole in the pendant before closing the SCMR.  I am not as fine a tatter as Queen Jane, who I'm sure would have come to a better solution.



I'm very pleased with my necklace.  It's very light and super cute. I wore it to church this morning, and on the way there I said, "I'm really diggin' my new necklace."  Moe said, "It's a good thing it's not diggin' into your neck."  Hee.

5 comments:

  1. Queen Jane indeed!!! More like Old Git!!!! Doubt I'd ever find another way of doing that attachment!!!! Fastest and simplest is the best method and you found that!!!!

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  2. Fine, OG - but you are far better than I'll ever be. Yup, it was the simplest, and I was close to being out of thread, so cutting and threading the ball thread through the pendant at the time was no big deal.

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  3. Beautiful necklace. The color thread you used is a great match to the pendant. I have some of these lampwork beads, I love how they look. Great Job!!

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  4. I love the necklace. Nicely done.

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