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Here are the first two pieces I have finished in this new technique. I'm enjoying making them more than I expected.

I am a fan of bigger beads and beautiful glass pendants, but I am not very brave about trying weaving, looping or other techniques that involve stringing with a needle and the little bitty beads (seed beads). I decided that this was something I had to get over if I was going to be a "real" jewelery maker. So I signed up for a class at my local bead store and had a lot of fun learning the technique called twist, it's really cool. I have a bracelet done that I made in class as well as a necklace that I started as soon as I got home from the class. I have to say that I feel really dumb for being nervous to try this technique as it is fairly simple and beautiful when finished. I am very happy with the results as well as my ability to come up with new patterns and ideas that arrive from mistakes that I make along the way. I enjoyed the class so much that I signed up for another class at the end of the month. The next class will teach the technique for making "Russian Ropes" its more time consuming but also yields beautiful results. I can't wait to post pictures from the next class and to post pictures of all the things I come up with between now and then.