I have been interested in bead crochet for awhile now, and did play with the traditional style where you make a tight rope in a spiral. But this weekend I finally got to try something that I have been itching to get to, crocheting with beads and wire.
It was so fun, I think I am totally hooked. I love the sort of lacy texture,
The random sort of texture and placement of the beads is really fun. I have been searching craft stores for the right weight of wire,, figuring out hook sizes, etc. I finally ordered some wire from Fire Mountain so when that arrives (hopefully by the rainy weekend) I will spread out my bead stash and dive in!
I hope to have some of this for sale at Saturday Market. Meanwhile the dye pots are bubbling, and I am shipping out lots of yarn at sale prices from ebay. My etsy sales are picking up, so I am happy with the change. The “problem” with etsy is all the great handmade stuff for sale, I could shop for hours. Like a huge market that is open 24 hours. Sigh….
