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I have a strong feeling that bead weaving is underappreciated here on DA. Perhaps that's because it hasn't been presented in the right way. Show featured artists some love and support and help the word spread around by faving this article.
Bead weaving is making objects by stitching beads together. Sometimes these objects can be soft, textile like and used for clothes, jewelry and accessories. Sometimes they can be very stiff and sculptural. The choice of beads used ranges from tiny seeds and bugles to large glass, acrylic, paper, gemstone or whatever you like beads using many different stitches. I'd like to cover one stitch per feature.
About.com has good instructions for beginners with step by step explanations of every stitch.
African helix is a tubular bead weaving technique in which the beads used are passed through only once. You can think of it as a tubular netting in which you don`t pass through the bead in the previous row but instead pass under the thread (similar to brick and Saraguro stitch). This makes it a great stitch for those beads with teeny tiny holes.
Simple instructions
Instructions with photographs
From DA
Finished projects
Past features
Square stitch Loom work Ladder stitch Brick stitch Peyote stitch Tubular Peyote stitch Herringbone stitch Right angle weave Netting Tubular netting Spiral stitch Daisy chain St. Petersburg chain Saraguro
Bead weaving is making objects by stitching beads together. Sometimes these objects can be soft, textile like and used for clothes, jewelry and accessories. Sometimes they can be very stiff and sculptural. The choice of beads used ranges from tiny seeds and bugles to large glass, acrylic, paper, gemstone or whatever you like beads using many different stitches. I'd like to cover one stitch per feature.
About.com has good instructions for beginners with step by step explanations of every stitch.
African helix is a tubular bead weaving technique in which the beads used are passed through only once. You can think of it as a tubular netting in which you don`t pass through the bead in the previous row but instead pass under the thread (similar to brick and Saraguro stitch). This makes it a great stitch for those beads with teeny tiny holes.
Simple instructions
Instructions with photographs
From DA
Finished projects
Past features
Square stitch Loom work Ladder stitch Brick stitch Peyote stitch Tubular Peyote stitch Herringbone stitch Right angle weave Netting Tubular netting Spiral stitch Daisy chain St. Petersburg chain Saraguro
Sorry for the lateness of my reply.
There are more beadweavers here than I initially thought so I'll be making more of these features.
But this does look very attractive.
There will be several articles more. One every Wednesday.
By the way: African Helix is one of the stitches that are not easy to rip up again ... I know that.
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