Monika Wiklund

This is my second version of a herring-bone stitch necklace. The first version was thicker and resulted in a rounded cord but in this case the circumference of the cord consists of only four beads which gives it a squared shape.

The herring-bone pattern of the beads is highlighted by the pink bugle beads as well as by the combination of matte pink and shiny purple beads in a slightly irregular pattern of bands along the necklace.

In this picture it is easy to see the squared shape of the cord, as well as the herring-bone pattern that is created by the technique.

Photography by Kristian.

I have already mentioned this bracelet in an earlier post, but since I did not have a picture of the bracelet at that time I decided to post this now.

This bracelet is made using the same technique as the earlier post, but this bracelet is wider with three rows of beads of varying sizes instead of only one as in the first necklace. Using larger beads in the middle row gives the bracelet a slightly rounded contour, and I think that it adds a lot to the overall impression. Of course, it is possible to use the two bracelets together and I think that they also fit pretty well together with the stone necklace I posted about a few posts back.

Photography by Kristian.

This is a rather nice and simple bracelet I made by sewing bugle beads together using the RAW stitch and then sewing round semi-precious stones across the diagonals. I used three different kinds of stone  for the diagonal beads, snowflake obsidian, mahogany obsidian, and brecciated jasper and when I added them to the diagonals, the squares of the RAW stitch was squeezed together across the diagonals to create a cute zig-zag pattern along the edges of the bracelet. The beads are sewn together with illusion cord since the edges of the bugle beads are a bit sharp and are likely to cut through a thread pretty quickly.

This picture shows the inside of the bracelet where it is easier to see how the bugle bead squares have been pressed together by the adding of the stone beads. I am very happy with the result  of this bracelet, and I have already made another version with three rows of stone beads where the middle beads are larger than the outer beads but I have no picture of it yet.

Photography by Kristian.