Death Spiral

Okay, so maybe "Death Spiral" is a little harsh, but it's done! I wasn't sure how I was going to do the ends, so I slowly decreased for a bit and then took the piece down to 15/0 seed beads, giving the ends almost an end cap feel. I'm pretty pleased with it. So pleased I'm looking at ordering oodles more seed beads :-D.

Up next - Dutch spiral & African Helix. I also bought Diane Fitzgerald's The Beaded Garden and am anxious to tackle some of the flowers in the book.

Neverending Spiral

I've been working on the spiral off & on, spending most of Sunday working on it. Unfortunately, this has prompted me to get "this is the spiral that never ends" caught in my head, as sung to the tune of "this is the song that never ends." The piece is now 14.5" long and near completion. By near completion, I mean I'm almost out of one of the beads, so once those are gone, I'll taper off the ends and tie it all together. Pictures posted when the project is done.

I'm already looking ahead to the next project. One of my problems (well, not really a problem...) is that I have oodles of beads left over from other projects. I'm going to challenge myself to work on something utilizing a multitude of those beads.

But I still can't help buy eye the the Fire Mountain Catalog. Darnit.