Zingala's Workshop: Twisted Triangle

Saturday, January 10, 2015

A Time to Stitch

Hello, everyone! Happy New Year! It's so nice to have you visit with me today. The holidays are over, all the decorations are put away and now we can breathe slowly and get back to creating wonderful projects! I know that's what I'm hoping to do. I actually got back to beading this week so that I could finish the project for this round of A Time to Stitch! This blog hop is sponsored by Therese and Christine. It's always a lot of fun and it often spurs me on to try something I've been putting off doing. The idea behind it is to try a stitch that you haven't used before. This time that idea was changed up a bit. This time we were supposed to use a word chart, a picture chart or graft. I like working with word charts because I knit and use word charts all the time. I decided to use a pattern designed by Eridhan Creations. The pattern I chose was one called Twisted Triangle. I love peyote stitched triangles and I had never done one based on June Huber's idea of using different sized beads to create a "twist". Here is what my pendant looks like.

I chose neutral colors so the "twist" would be the focus of the piece. I didn't know what I wanted to do for a necklace because I didn't want something that was going to be too busy. I decided to make my own chain out of wire and the bronze fire polished beads that are in the center of each side. But, the holidays brought the entire thing to a standstill and I didn't have time to get all the links made by today. I do have some finished.

I'll link them together with jump rings and attach them to the triangle. I'll post a picture of the finished necklace when it's all put together.

Thanks to Christine and Therese for hosting this hop. It's always a lot of fun and I always make some thing that I've been wanting to do! Below is a list of all the participants. Be sure to check out their blogs and see what they have created.

1-Therese Frank (Host)

2-Christine Altmiller (Host)

3-Cynthia Machata

4-Samantha Wescott

5-Karin Slaton

6-Wendy

7-LizE

8-Dagi (Kokopelli)

9-Lola

10-Paula

11-Karin G.

12-Becky Pancake