Lonelies 101

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A strand of spotty 'Lonelies' in shades of blue and purple.

Number of beads: 10

Bead size/s: About 9.5mm to 11mm diameter

Hole size: 1.8mm

What are 'Lonelies'?

I have a 'Lonelies Jar' in my kitchen window sill which contains beads that don't seem to belong anywhere. They are simply leftovers, one-offs, experiments, or beads that for some reason just didn't fit within a set.

Some of the beads that end up in the jar are often there with no good reason other than how I felt about those beads on the day I took them off their mandrels. There is nothing wrong with these beads; it's just their colours didn't work out as I wanted them to, or they weren't quite what I had in mind when I set out to make them.

All of the beads pictured are fine and usable; they have neat bead holes, they're not wonky or lopsided, and they are all kiln annealed and thoroughly cleaned.

Sometimes you just want an odd bead here or there, for a pendant or a charm or whatever, and you don't need a whole matching set. This is where my Lonelies can be useful.

Note: Although I have captured the beads' colours as best as I can, different screen and monitor settings vary and as such the colours of the beads may appear slightly different in real life than they do on your computer or device. In particular, Apple devices tend to ramp up the reds so please bear this in mind when viewing beads that are red, pink, purple etc.