Blog Hop: A Time to Stitch 2

It's time for the reveal from Lisa Lodge's My Bead Table Blog Hop. The fringe I gave you a peek at is the end of a St Petersburg lariat. 

Christine and Therese have paired up for a second A Time to Stitch Blog Hop. For this one, they asked us to use either a St Petersburg stitch or a RAW (right angle weave) or both. I managed to do both this time around.  

I actually really like St Pete's and for some reason just kept right on going past the length of a bracelet. Watching all the blind auditions for The Voice was good background noise, and went on for days, and days. And since I don't knit ... I bead... and well... bead, and bead.

I did add my own twist to the pattern. I used a double St Pete's stitch, andI went back through the entire lariat to add a lighter color blue through the center which helps to accentuate the pattern. 

Now you might be asking what is behind the name of this one? When I started this piece it was mid September. Fall was only just creeping in, but it was still warm. I was thinking of summer and how pretty these beads would look with a simple summer dress. 

By the time I was ready to take pictures we had our first hard frost and it didn't get above 40 degrees mid day. So A) it was a grey day, and B) while my favorite model wore white I had to let the poor thing wear a coat! She was such a good sport since I asked her to pose for these pieces, and several others at the same time (7 pieces in all!). You can see she went from a faint smile, to a bit of a pout, to teeth chattering. Can you blame her? Thus the name Frozen Blue refers to her lips! And yes, that is a little Cyrillic translation to Russian for Frozen Blue, but please don't ask me to pronounce it!

For my RAW project I decided to do a take off on my Biker Chick Cuff and switched out the peyote stitch for a RAW band instead. I did the same thing with pillow cord as the trim to the cuff, but this time used a loose weave with soft Fall colors. Yes, by the time I started the cuff I was resigned to the fact that is was indeed Fall. And my lovely model got to crisscross her arms for warmth and to show off the cuff.

This cuff uses a hook and chain closure, which I added a cute little glass tiger bead as a dangle. 

Ok those are my creations. Now it's time to hop over and see all the other bead weaving going on from these other lovely ladies:

Our Blog Hosts      Therese Frank    and   Christine Altmiller
                             Nikki Byers                Karen Williams              

                             Shirley Moore               Lola Surwillo
    (You are here)  Cynthia Machata        Shannon Hicks                 

                             Maryanne Gross          Alenka                            Karin Slaton

                             Katherine Gale           Sally Russick                   Amy Severino 

                             Alicia Marinache         Sonya Stille                    Tanya Goodwin

                             Lisa Stukel                 Marla Gibson                   Sarah Sequins

                             Mandy                       Andra Weber                   Kim Hora