February's prompt is Freeform weaving. It doesn't have to be peyote, although combining peyote and right angle weave is my favorite ways to freeform. You can do freeform with most all of the stitches, herringbone in particular can be very pretty and corrugated. Most online sources for directions are about peyote stitch and freeform, but I encourage everyone to try it with all the stitches - you never know what you will come up with that might be utterly gorgeous.
Folks usually either adore freeform or absolutely loathe it - for me, it's freeing and a way to bead without worrying about patterns or formality. You can add ANY bead or component, or wrap it around any old thing and make it special - rocks, sticks, vases, compact mirrors, pens... pretty much anything goes. It's a beautiful way to meditate or to work on mindfulness, something that I have been trying to invest myself in these last two years.
If you've never tried it, I really hope you will. Keep in mind that freeform projects almost always go through a very Ugly Stage where you're convinced it will always look awful and you should give right up - and keep going. It gets past that stage and you end up with gorgeousness. Honest!
I do straight freeform with beads only and then I do freeform with bead embroidered components included as well - both of them are hugely satisfying and fun to work on. Here are a few of mine from days past...
(Freeform peyote + RAW combined with bead embroidery)
(RAW and peyote freeform together)
(Freeform peyote only)
(Freeform peyote only)
(Freeform RAW only)
Great prompt. I've done a little bit of freeform, 4 bracelets to be exact. 2 were stunning, 1 was OK and 1 was ugly as sin hahaha. I think I recently undid that one. I'll share the others on the group later. I'll add that one too if I do still have it.
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