[Nfb-krafters-korner] rosaries

[Sydney Walker Freedman]

Hi Dan!

I'm so glad to be of help.  Let me know if you have any specific questions.

Pax Christi,
Sydney

On 10/26/08, Dan Brewer <gary.brewer at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Sydney,
> That is a very good discription.  I thought about
> how I would do it but this is exact.  I am buying
> the medals this week and making them for my kids for Christmas.
>
> This is a dream I have had for a long time.  Thanks for helping.
> HenriettaAt 01:05 AM 10/26/2008, you wrote:
>
>>Well, it isn't horribly dufficult, especially if you make wire-strung
>>or cord rosaries.  Chain rosaries are more time-consuming (I've never
>>made one) because you have to connect the beads together with little
>>bits of chain and eye pins.  For wire-strung ones, you just string the
>>correct number of beads on wire and connect he two main parts of the
>>rosary to a centerpiece medal with crimp beads (I'm not the most
>>competent with crimping plires :) 0.  The two main parts are the
>>"cicle" and the "tail," as i sometimes call them.  The circle is made
>>up of five dacades of ten "ave" beads and 1 "paternoster" bead, with
>>spacer beads between the decades and also between the last ave and
>>it's folowing paternoster bead to offset the single bead.  So, you
>>would string the circle like this:  five-seven seed beads (or other
>>small beads) for spacer, ten larger ave beads with a spacer bead
>>between each one, five-seven spacers again, 1 larger paternoster bead,
>>and then for repeats of the abov, ending with five-seven spacers.
>>Each end is then crimped to the two loops on the top of the center
>>medal, and the pendant "tail" is crimped to the bottom loop.  The tail
>>is strung like this (top down): five-seven spacers, 1 paternoster
>>bead, five-seven spacers, three ave beads with one spacer between the
>>first and second and second and third (i.e. don't put one spacer after
>>the last because of what's next), five-seven spacers, one paternoster
>>bead, five-seven spacers, and finally, the cross or crucifix.  For
>>cord rosaries, you can use nots as spacers, and for chain ones, short
>>lengths of chain are used.  If this doesn't make sense or isn't
>>helpful, let me know.  Sorry for being so long and rambling.  Oh, but
>>before I finish, I should mention the beads that I like to use.  I
>>love semi=precious gemstone beads (they feel heavy or light, cool or
>>warm, depending on the stone), glass, mother of pearl, olive wood...
>>I use silk thread or cord (I especially like using my handspun :) )
>>and silver flexwire.  I'm going to make a rosary with linen thread
>>soon.
>>
>>Let me know if you have any questions.
>>
>>Pax Christi,
>>Sydney
>>
>>P.S.  Does any one here happen to know how to make knotted Orthodox
>>prayer ropes?  It's something I'd love to learn.  :)
>>
>>On 10/25/08, Blindhands at aol.com <Blindhands at aol.com> wrote:
>> > Sidney,
>> >
>> > Please do tell us more about you making rosaries.  I would like to
>> > learn
>> > more.  So don't take it off list, please.
>> >
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