[Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information

[debbie ralston]

Hi,
I would learn bead weaving. It would nice to have class on it.
Debbie
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From: "Neva Fairchild" <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information


>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-----
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> [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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