"Palaka"

Here's another fairly simple weave pattern, which we'll call the "Palaka," after the plaid patterned materials used for making work clothes for plantation laborers. (Both of my grandfathers worked on sugar plantations!) All of these are composed of Swarovski crystal and will be priced around $20-30 at the craft fair, depending on overall length of the bracelet and type of clasp.

This one is blue and blue green, and reminds me of the ocean. Since the clasp is vermeil, it'll have a higher price tag than the others. (Gold is so expensive!)

Here are some other "Palaka" combos I've completed. This picture is slightly yellow due to the artificial lighting... natural sunlight shows off the true colors so much better, but it's been raining all weekend!

I'm also working on figuring out how to connect multiple patterns together to get more of that checkerboard effect. Maybe by the end of the week? We'll see.