Breaking the Rules (Which I've Made Up Anyways)

Here is my silver double knit bracelet from my last blog.

A sharp observer might notice that this piece does not have end caps on the raw ends of the chain like most of my other works. See how the end of the weave just stops right next to the pearls?

"No!" you say, "How criminal to leave the ends uncovered! It defies all sense!" Or maybe that's just what my inner control freak says, since I've never made a piece this way before.

There is a method to my madness, though.

I tend to design by my gut -- if I'm not pleased with a look, I will try something else.
When I was finishing this breacelet, I put the bead caps on to see how it fit, and the bead caps seemed too large to me, like when a little kid tries on a full-sized hard hat. So I fiddled with the combination of beads and end caps and clasp until I reached a look that satisfied me.

It may be a matter of taste, but I think my rebellion was not without success.