Hearts on the Brain
By francie | February 28, 2013
I have been making lots of hearts lately. I love the Swarovski crystal puffy heart. I have made tons of those. And every time, I still need to find my instructions. Oy. But I have found a new heart to make. Here’s the most recent bunch. These are triangle weave. I found a free tutorial here. This tutorial is just for the flat version. I figured out how to make it dimensional on my own. It just occurred to me that I should make these with a different color on the back so that they could be reversible. Why didn’t I think of that three days ago? I haven’t done a ton of triangle weave. I did make Laura Shea’s rainbow heart bracelet at Bead and Button a few years ago.
That’s the front
That’s the back.
She had a lot of really beautiful stuff made with triangle weave. It makes sense to me with big beads, but the minute I try to switch to seed beads, I can’t seem to see the pattern. I guess I need some more practice. It’s just about the only stitch I can’t seem to get the hang of. Here’s a bracelet we did at a Bead Society meeting about a million years ago. I have made a ton of these. This one I didn’t have quite enough beads to make it long enough, so I had to improvise.
Next up I might try my friend Jan’s triangle weave bracelet made with bugles. That should be easier to see…