WIPs. We all have them. They lurk in drawers and in boxes and in our mind telling you to finish them or at least make your mind up about ripping them apart.
Sometimes it's not even about being stuck, but about patience or being bored with a piece. Heck, sometimes it is just a missing clasp!
A few years ago when I went on a stash busting mission from time to time, I created my "Pebbles in the Stream" necklaces. I mixed up leftover beads that went well together and added them to a wire knit base.
For this one I didn't use leftovers, though. I got all of those beads together in a mix and found it unnecessary to add more. The new JAC challenge being about ... oh, wait, I don't want to give anything away yet.
Do you want to know why this stayed a WIP for a while? The neckwire. That did take a while to weave through the stitches. Told you, sometimes it is just the little things.
This "Little Pebbles" necklace made it into my DaWanda shop now if you want to know more details.
Sometimes if I like a design, I just can't stop myself and make a little series.
These collars were so much fun, I'm almost sure there will be more, but for now it's enough.
The name "Pebbles in the Stream" comes from a childhood memory. I remember several times that I spent at little creeks with one or the other friend, and I can still see the pebbles in the clear water. To be honest it's surprising that I didn't come home wet more often.
The base of these collars are knitted from two strands of differently colored copper wire. That makes them not as slinky as my knitted jewelry usually is, but sturdier, and the effect of the two colors is just lovely.
On that "stream" there are pebbles of all kinds. It was the perfect occasion to dig into my stash and to use some of the beads I have had around forever. That doesn't mean I just threw them together randomly, though. I tried to make the mix fit the wire knit base in color and mood.
All three of them are available in my shops now, one in each shop, here, here or here ;-)
Let me know if there's any other color range you'd like to see!
