is a small women’s cooperative
founded in 1995 by Martha Forsyth and Pat Iverson
 | In 1994, on one of their many trips to Bulgaria, Martha and Pat learned a technique of crocheting with beads to produce bracelets and necklaces similar to those shown here. The bracelets seem snug as you RO-O-O-LL them over your hand, but then they sit smoothly on your arm — “Look, Ma, no clasp!” Since we began experimenting with this technique in January of 1995, we have each made literally thousands of bracelets, necklaces and earrings. The work is exacting: hundreds of tiny glass ‘seed’ beads are strung one-by-one on strong synthetic thread and crocheted into a flexible fabric tube, leaving a bead in every stitch. The ends are then sewn together in an invisible seam. A skilled maker may spend five or six happy hours creating a single bracelet! But somehow the ideas keep crowding upon us, and there are always more bracelets (and necklaces) that just have to be made...beads without end.... |
 | “Sensuously supple rivers of seed beads crocheted into an endless spiral.... Bracelets that roll on, without the need of a partner to fasten them for you, and then stay comfortably in place instead of flopping around on your arm or hurting when you twist.... Endlessly changing patterns in luscious colors, always something new.... ” The New England Folk Almanac, Vol. 7, No. 3, December 1997 |
Some FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
To buy them yourself:
With advance notice, we can bring our work to the
monthly Saturday night dance parties of our Bulgarian band, ZDRAVETS
2008 Sept. 3, Nov. 15, Dec. 13
2009 Jan. 10, Feb. 14, March 14, April 4, May 9, June 13
at Church of Our Saviour, 21 Marathon St., Arlington, MA (admission $5)
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July 26-27, 2008, at the New Hampshire Feline Fanciers 18th Annual CFA Summer Cat Show,
60 Lowell Road, Salem, NH
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Contact us for a PERSONAL SHOWING,
or about having a “HOUSE PARTY” (in New England, or -- make us a good offer!):
Beads Without End
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