A Little Busy

I am truly sorry for the delay in posts. I started to post the St. Petersburg Chain stitch a couple of days ago, and realized that the Hematite beads I was using were not the easiest to see. Especially with the black thread. I have finished the necklace with Sterling Silver components that I started my last blog with, but after realizing the flaw with the colors, I took the post off.                                                                                                                       
  I don't want to make excuses, but with the holidays here, of course I've been very busy. Not to worry, I will be posting instructions on this stitch, just with a better color combo.   
   While I have you here, I wanted to give you some more tips on choosing your beads for this stitch. First, I wanted to say you do not have to use different size beads, it just makes it a little easier to keep track of your stitches when you're first learning. Second, I'm not sure I explained well enough, what size beads you should use. Your top and bottom beads should not be anymore than 2 mm bigger than your center beads. Your beads will be crowded and your piece will not lay correctly. The bead sizes for the example up top are the center beads are 4 mm and the top and bottom beads are 6 mm. Third, your center beads really can be any size you want, depending on how large you want your piece to be. Last, like I said before, you can use the same size for the whole piece, larger ones for top and bottom rows or you can even try using smaller beads for the top and bottom rows.
   Please have some patience with me and I will be posting this stitch within the next couple of days. Also please feel free to leave comments, contact me or visit my website  http://eyekandyjewelry.wix.com/handmadejewelry for ideas
when choosing your beads.