[Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information

[Holly Turri]

thanks so much.  i apreciate.
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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 1:29 PM
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> Laurie :Porter is our beading teacher for jewelry.  She has taught  these
> classes before and this is her non busy time of year.  She is the jam 
> lady
> in Wisconsin and does the Farmer's Markets a good part of the year.   So
> Laurie yell out here and how about planning a beading class for us?
>
>
> You can send Laurie questions regarding beading at:
> _freespirit1 at tds.net_ (mailto:freespirit1 at tds.net)
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 1/14/2012 10:32:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> nevafairchild at verizon.net writes:
>
> I have  recently begun learning bead weaving. I didn't know there was
> anything more  than stringing beads before a friend sat me down and got me
> started. There  have been a couple of classes in the past on this group 
> that
> hopefully will  be repeated. I have learned the Peyote stitch and the
> Russian
> Spiral, thus  far. I began learning Right Angle Weave, but didn't get far 
> in
> my first  lesson. The only one of these stitches I can do independently 
> thus
> far,  from start to finish, is Peyote and I learned the one drop stitch
> first.  You can do multiple bead drops in Peyote. I know this sounds like
> Greek to  you, but it has to do with how many beads you put on at a time. 
> In
> one  drop, I have made two bracelets. It is a flat bracelet, much like a
> wide
> watch band only made of beads that snug up to one another very close  and 
> in
> a pattern. It is pretty easy for me to feel with size 8 seed beads.  I 
> know
> some people work with size 15 beads which are roughly half the size  of a
> size 8 bead. They are tiny and I have seen a cuff style bracelet made 
> with
> size 15 beads and it is so fine that it feels like silk. It's amazing. 
> I'm
> not proficient enough to teach a class, but hopefully Joyce will be  able 
> to
> find someone on the list who will. I would love to take bead  weaving
> classes
> through this group as well as working with my friend. She  is a great
> teacher, but we both struggle with starting and finishing  projects. Good
> luck to you.
>
>
> Neva Fairchild
> 972 416-7039
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of Holly Turri
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 7:50 AM
> To:  nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for  information
>
> do you know of a good source for information about beading  and beaded
> jewelry making?  I'm newly retired,but  craft  impaired.   I'd really like
> to
> learn this as I have friends who  do it but don'thave the time to teach 
> me.
> I
> want to make nice stuff not the  kind of beading my three year old grand
> daugter gives me.  Of course i  treasure that but I'm quite a bit older.
> Anxiously awaint ann answer and  have a blessed  day.
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