Beaded Ornaments - the 2008 run

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These were fun. It's been years since I did a run of ornaments, so to have done nine at once felt good.

Make the net first, then drape it over a ball and fasten it in place with a bit of thread through the loops at the south pole. Then thread another needleful of Nymo and, starting at the top, work rows of embellishment onto the net.
Plain net:
Same ball, embellished:
Every ornament has different embellishment.

I worked this design out by trial and error. Originally, I made the net on the ball, with no way to remove it. Big mistake, as there's no way to save the beadwork if the ornament breaks (don't ask), so I switched to making a net that could removed. Also useful if the ball it's on gets foxed or fades, or if you want to put the beading on another color ball.

Gallery of the whole run.