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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.

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.

Herringbone or Ndebele stitch owes its first name to the structure of the stitch and the second to the African tribe that invented it. This is a fairly fast stitch in which the beads are added two at a time. These beads don't lie flat next to each other but create tiny Vs that result in well known herringbone pattern. It starts with a ladder stitch base and can be turned into so many different shapes.

Flat and fan instructions
Flat, tubular and twisted herringbone
Tubular herringbone

From DA

*Ellygator's instructions
~Linhorra's instructions
!gianelle's instructions in Czech

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Square stitch Loom work Ladder stitch Brick stitch Peyote stitch Tubular Peyote stitch
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:iconalena-light:
~alena-light Dec 17, 2010  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Lovely works, some of them are just stunning.
Thank you very much for all the efforts and heart that you put in this series.
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:iconcayca:
It is my pleasure to bring bead-weavers together and to show our work to the other artists and craftspeople.
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:iconkerya-alexis:
Thank you for finding so interesting galleries!
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:iconcayca:
You're welcome.
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:iconbeadg1rl:
Thank you again! There are some really fabulous pieces here!
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:iconcayca:
You're welcome.
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:iconodinsbeadhall:
Thanks for the feature! Herringbone is a lot of fun. I have only recently discovered it, I think i was intimidated by it for some reason. But now I love it and find it incredibly easy!
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:iconcayca:
I was amazed how versatile this stitch is. I just don't have time to experiment with it.
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:iconodinsbeadhall:
It's actually pretty fast once you get used to it. Especially since you are working with twice as many beads.
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:iconcayca:
I've noticed that it works up pretty fast :D
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