The Results of my Cellini Spiral Project

I made my lampwork beads ready to use in my cellini spiral creation -






I chose the seed beads and gemstones that I thought would best go with the colour scheme -






I made my second cellini spiral, giving me two equal lengths to work with -






I began with making the toggle and loop with the finger weaving method, then added a section of seed beads, gemstones and my lampwork spacer beads. I put all the threads down through the cellini spiral tube and sewed each end using the nymo thread I had left as tails. Continued with my finger weaving....and here is the finished project -













What do you think - a successful project? I'm personally very happy with the outcome and have named it 'Persian Garden'

My Cellini Spiral Project

I enjoy making my woven pieces a great deal and am constantly searching for inspiration to make them as unique as possible. I'm also very keen to teach myself as many different methods of weaving to incorporate into my pieces. My latest brainwave was to learn Cellini Spiral. Now I made a promise to myself that if anything involved a needle and thread I would quickly run in the opposite direction, as my attempts of sewing and knitting have failed miserably in the past. Given that Cellini Spiral involves a needle and nymo thread, I decided to take the plunge regardless.

I searched the internet for instructions and settled on printing out the instructions from 'Need for Beads'. The start on this type of weaving always throws me into confusion so hence it wasn't the tidiest beginning. I thought I would show you what I have done so far, keeping in mind this miniscule amount of work has taken me many hours, an extremely slow process.




I have woven it fitted onto a biro, I found it so much easier to hold while working, this way. I have left a tail thread to enable it to be attached to the necklace




a close up of the weave




This will be the focal lampwork bead



I'll keep you up on my progress with this project. Fingers crossed it will be a success!