Flower Bracelet

I cut my finger making lunch today.  One of those nuisance cuts that bleed too long and are super sensitive to the touch afterwards, but aren't really deep and certainly don't get you any sympathy from the peanut gallery.  I hate those cuts.  (Lunch was a veggie stir-fry that was delicious though so I didn't feel TOO sucky about it).

The big problem came when I tried to finish up my crocheted bracelet.  Ouch. Every crochet stitch involved that cut finger and not just that finger, but exactly where that cut was.  Did I say ouch?

Ah well.  I persevered and came up with this little baby.  The crochet method for this bracelet was inspired by a tutorial on CraftStylish by Cheri Dowd.  She does a fantastic tutorial, complete with step-by-step photos.  Check it out here.

I used a black wire this time (obviously) but lost the wrapping so I'm not sure of the gauge.  I would guess that it is about a 26.  The trickiest part was attaching the little florettes together.  I tried a few methods that didn't work well and then settled on feeding the black wire a couple of times through rosette A and then crossing over to rosette B and again feeding the wire through a couple of times to reinforce it.  It worked okay but gives a bit of a stiff presentation to the bracelet.

I really like the black wire with the turquoise bead combo and had two rosettes leftover, so I made stud earrings.  They aren't identical but close enough once they're in your ears I think.

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