Crochet A Bead Daisy

Day 174: Of the many bead-crocheted necklaces I've made, most have been either solid colors or geometric repeating patterns. It's easy to transfer beads from a skein onto crochet thread, a little more time-consuming to pick them up in batches of two or three from storage containers. It's another thing entirely to work with a complex pattern. The repeat in this necklace requires 36 beads per daisy. Using three different colors for the flowers means that you pick up 108 individual beads before you are back to the starting point. If you lose count or miss a bead, you will find yourself unstringing hours of work or breaking 107 beads to keep the pattern in sequence. Fortunately, it's easy to join a new thread in this type of work! I usually thread half the required beads before starting, moving them down the crochet thread for several yards and then rewinding it onto the ball. The beads will have to be moved several times before they are all worked into the project.