[Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information

[Sahar Husseini]

Baby steps are good.  I personally never use thread; I just never feel that it is sturdy enough.  I've always used professional beading wire; it holds the best.  I would not recommend fishing line, but people do use it.  My favorite size for beading wire is .024.  The folks at beading shops or catalogs would know what you mean if you ask for a size.  The .019 is very popular, but I only use that for pearls or gemstones with small holes.  I also think that wire is easier for stringing than thread, but if you want to work with seed beads, a lot of times people use thread or very thin wire with a needle.  It's really different strokes for different folks.  *smile*  I know; I'm full of clichés.  

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Sahar Husseini
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Holly Turri 
  To: List for blind crafters and artists 
  Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:49 AM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information


  thanks so much.  i'd love to learn more about the weaving patterns 
  eventually.  first i think i will just try some stringing of nicde ones and 
  learn what are the best elements on which to put them. baby steps i guess.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  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 11:31 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-----
  > 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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