The Peacock Love Continues

Not content to stop with earrings, I dug out a cross-stitch peacock I made years ago (from the defunct, British Needlecraft magazine):

And here's a freebie kit from the same publication:

But why stop at two? I stitched this peacock last week, from a larger design in Anna Maria Horner's Needleworks Notebook:

From Anna Maria Horner's Needlework Notebook

And, since it's November, I'm stitching The Snowflower Diaries' "Joyful World" for the month:

My goal is to eventually create a sampler.

Peacock Feathers and Thread Baubles

The Caravan Beads website has a free pattern for their Loopicity Brick Stitch Earrings, and inspired by the "blue velvet" colorway I decided to make mine look like peacock feathers:

Can't wait to wear them!

Before I found this pattern, I'd been trying to design my own using some large, sparkly teardrops from Blueberry Cove Beads, but I realized quickly they'd be too big and heavy to wear:

In fact, I've been working on making the perfect peacock feather earring for decades. Here's a pair I made in law school:

While I really like how I ended the fringe with tiny little loops mimicking the eyes on a peacock's tail, all those gold beads (and pale ones at that) meant I rarely wore these. Maybe I'll put new ear wires on them and list them in my etsy store.

I also whipped up some bohemian hoop earrings, using inexpensive thread-wrapped beads from Michael's:

Fun to wear, if not really autumnal. But then, summer always lingers annoyingly here.