My daughter and I were at a gift shop at the Manitou Cliff Dwellings when she saw some seed bead bracelets. She was really excited when I told her we could make those kinds of things ourselves. I found this writeup on how to make so-called spiral rope, and we started in on it a couple months later.

I had ordered an assortment of seed beads, all mixed together thinking that a child wouldn’t be so particular about the color of beads used. However, ever the fastidious person, she was very particular so I found myself spending time separating bead colors while she put them on the needle.

I was amazed that she had the patience to sit for up to an hour at a time adding beads. That said, this project took maybe 5 or 6 hours at the pace she worked, so it was a multi-week project. Perhaps seed beads are too fine for a small child.

Still, we are both quite pleased with the result.

Before we revisit seed beads, I’ll have to make a loom to expand the type of project we can work on.