Finished, yay!

Both together.

Modeled by moi. It’s hard to see the beads unless you click the pic to see the larger version. They’re dark purple on the bell edging and clear ones where they are joined.

All in all, quite easy once you’ve threaded the beads. Attaching the bells was kind of fun. The picot bind off appealed to me less and less as I went on with it. Maybe I did something wrong, I don’t know…but trying to pass the second stitch over the third after casting it on cablewise was a pain in the rear. It must be done very loosely otherwise much swearing at the needles will occur. You have been warned!

My housemate and her sister are both very jealous of these. I could make myself very popular if only yarn didn’t cost money. Or if I had some spare bits from old projects here with me. I have leftover yarn from both, but the grey is nearly done. I am going to think about making myself a very thin scarf out of it because alpaca silk should be cuddled. Maybe I’ll add purple edging and beads to the scarf! Ooh! I can be trendy, I can!