A great way to bring some interesting texture and individuality to kumihimo braiding is to explore novelty yarns. These are generally designed for knitting or crochet, but many of them can be used very successfully in braiding. For this blog post I want to concentrate on the hairy/fuzzy ones. A quick look around the shelves of a wool shop will …
At long last I am able to bring this new tutorial to my shop. It was first published in the October issue of Beads & Beyond and the agreement I have with the magazine is that I will not sell the tutorial myself for 3 months. That period is now up, so here is the rewritten, renamed tutorial now called …
On 1.1.15 a new VAT law for digital products sold in the EU will come into force. Although it was designed to stop big corporations dodging tax it is going to have significant impact for thousands of small businesses. In order to comply with the new regulations regarding automatically downloaded PDF files I will need to make some changes to …
I spend so much of my time making jewellery that I sometimes struggle to remember how I made individual pieces and I certainly couldn’t say how many pieces of jewellery I have made this year. I like every single thing I finish. If I start something and I am not completely happy with it I will either abandon it or …
So this is what I got up to on my last appearance on Jewellery Maker! This kit was ultra feminine with pretty pink and baby blue gemstones, but a huge collection of 7 reels of cord in brighter colours meant that the kit could be taken in different directions. I was in a bit of a pink place when I …
Finally, here are the last designs from the Jewellery Maker show on 27.11.14! Sorry for the wait.
Here is the next installment of the instructions from the last show. I loved the rich colours in this kit and it was good to have a big tube of both size 6 and size 8 copper seed beads to play with. Here are the instructions.
It has been a very busy time for me with two Jewellery Maker shows to prepare for, two magazine submissions and several workshops to plan and I have badly neglected my blog! Now I need to mend my ways and I have got lots of things to talk about. My last show at Jewellery Maker was a sort of relaunch …
With the party season fast approaching I thought the time was right to bring out a bit of bling! This design is perfect for your little black dress or it would make a very special Christmas present. With this design I wanted to show that kumihimo braiding techniques can be used to make something delicate and elegant that could grace …
These are some of the designs from my most recent appearance on Jewellery Maker. It was great to get such lovely bright colours to work with to brighten up the winter months and it was a great opportunity to show how kumihimo can be used to bring colour and texture to jewellery making. There were 4 different colours of cord …
