It’s a knotty kind of thing….

As you can probably already tell, I am absolutely 200% horrid at going in any kind of order when it comes to writing about things. Last post I was mentioning Dutch Spiral… this post is to be short (maybe) and sweet, but mostly to the point…KNOTS.

I am a Nymo beader, die hard. I’ve use mono-filament twice and hated it both times.. I have more problems trying to keep the projects together on it than anything else. That being said I have never used Fireline as I am much to cheap to pay that much for something I am not sure I’ll like when I know I have something that I already love. From my research you either are pro mono-filament or anti mono-filament. I have met beaders that use both but still they tend to preference one or the other.

The reasons I like Nymo are simple. I feel that for its thickness which is very small and fits through seed beads size tiny(15) very well; Size B Nymo holds a fair amount of weight. That being said I have learned through-out trial and failure (Beadworks falling apart) you can never, ever tie enough knots.. I average about three on tie on and four or more depending on the weight of the piece at tie off. I might be a wee bit over board but better safe than sorry, if one fails another is there to back it up.

As for the type of knot I use, just a simple loop around one of the strings that is already in the weaving with a few woop-dees through the circle before I pull it tight( ß- doesn’t make any sense I know… its late). So say in a piece of peyote you want to make a knot, I usually go down through the work four or five lines. Then make a loop on the nymo between the beads. Before pulling that loop snug I reinforce it with two or three more stitches through the loop, and then pull tight. and repeat two or three maybe even four other times.

 Beading, even more so Bead-Weaving is a craft that holds a fair amount of weight. For instance the purple Dutch spiral necklace featured below is not something you can’t  forget around your neck. It probably weighs 1-3 pounds (notice I don’t have a scale handy.. anywhere, this is like cooking a pinch of this splash of that who needs measuring spoons just glug it in!) making something like that stay together takes a good bit of fiddle-y-ness and knots.

Below is a update on my unnamed third Dutch Spiral Pancake formerly called warty and weird because of how it looked when it started out. It needs a new name anyone have any ideas?

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