Monika Wiklund

This necklace is at the same time a variation of an old idea and an experiment with a for me new stitch. The earlier versions of angel necklaces that I have made have consisted of a single threaded necklace with an angel pendant, but I wanted to create something with a bit more volume to it, so I decided to try making a necklace with the tubular net stitch this time.

I had a bit of a problem picking out the colors of the necklace since I realized a bit too late that the sees beads I had were not always matched in size or even enough to use for this purpose, but finally I decided to go for this combination of white, black and pink. At first I was a bit skeptical about the colors, but they grew on me and I think that the end result is pretty good. Of course, the pink highlights in the tubular netting necklace are not very clearly visible, but I think that they work very well in combination with the mostly black and white net and of course they are matched with the small angel charm as well.

Photography by Kristian.

Here is the result of a small experiments in which I wanted to make a necklace to go with this dark brown and black flower. It was my sister who found the flower for me when we were at “Syfestivalen” in Älvsjö a little while ago, and of course I had to buy it together with a similar flower that was mostly white in color.

When I sat down and tried to decide what to make of it, I came up with this idea and had to try it out. I used four strings and used one for the center with black obsidian beads while I let the other three weave in and out of the center beads in a kind of plait with slightly smaller black and brown and reddish brown and yellow stone beads. Each of the outer strings goes through every fourth center bead, without using the same center bead for two outer strings. The necklace was worked from the flower and out towards each end, and at the end I continued to plait the strings without any beads to create a thicker string that is used to tie the necklace around the neck.

So far, it seems to be working, and I think that it is a concept that works very well.

Photography by Kristian.