Thanks to everyone who commented on my first attempt at a gradient!
Lighter colors at the bottom, check. Did my best to compare beads on cloth before sewing. And I think the colors work together. 🙂
…The pattern for these is a lot simpler than you’d think, but keeping track of which color you’re picking up can be tricky. I find I pull it off best if I put beads in two rows; for example, first row piles of colors 1, 3, and 5, second 2, 4, and 6. That way beads near each other aren’t as close in color and are less easily confused.
The silk-finish beads (next-to-last row of yellow and the top pink) are lovely in person but a real bear to photograph! They change color with any shift of light.
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These are really pretty! I love the colors. And the gradient looks better.
Although I think the bottom yellow and the second yellow from the bottom might look better swapped? That might be More Fun With Lighting, though.
…I kinda wish I wore earrings, now. Stupid fear of needles.
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Lighting is part of it; the particular shade of yellow is another.
Hmm. I need to look into beaded clasps, so I could make something like this for a necklace….
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On the one hand, getting your ears pierced doesn’t have to involve needles. When I had mine done (Caveat – many, many years ago), the piercer used a little gun into which the stud was fitted, and it basically shot the stud into the back of the earring, with my earlobe in the middle. So there are no needles to see.
… I realize this may not make the procedure sound less frightening. Sorry. It’s fast though.
If you live somewhere that has proper winter cold, then get your ears pierced during the winter and go play in the snow for an hour immediately afterwards. It really brings down the swelling and numbs any pain. Just make sure to keep the tops of you ears covered. Frostbite Bad.
On the other hand, they do still make earring closures for non-pierced ears – usually a hinged clasp or something with a screw-back, and it’s usually not difficult to switch out hooks for a pair of those (or vice versa). The only problem would be finding a clasp that complements the shape of the earring dangle.
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They do make clip-ons, and I have them in silver-plated if anyone wants them, but Feather Blade’s right about clasps being… not the best for blending with earring shapes. Any earring shapes. Argh.
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These earrings are really pretty. I like them a lot.
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Thanks. 🙂
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So pretty! I don’t have the right coloring for these or I’d bid on them, I lost the last set because I was at work and couldn’t watch the bids. I missed it by ten minutes.
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Skyshield or Spring Greens? I’ve just relisted a Skyshield pair, and I was planning to remake the Spring Greens – this time with dark colors at the top, so it’ll mean new pics, etc.
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Ooohhhh, Skyshield actually, but I did like the greens flipped. Thanks for letting me know!
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Normally I don’t like pastels, but these are gorgeous. It really does remind me of sunrise 😀
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Pretty. Very shimmery.
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These are gorgeous!
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Thanks!
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I really like the colors and the gradient looks good. If you want to go crazy you could try a row where you alternate the two adjacent colors.
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Oo dear. That’d take planning….
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They look so shiny! I can only imagine how they shimmer.
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🙂 Thanks.
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