Beyond Beading Basics

Take the next step in your beading journey! Carole Rodgers, author of Beading Basics, returns with more beautiful projects for readers who want to move beyond simple stringing. Beyond Beading Basics contains 24 projects that teach and incorporate techniques new to the beginning beader, such as increasing and decreasing stitches, doing three-dimensional beading and working with multiple hole-beads. Jewelry created with unusual materials such as fishing bobbers, brass washers and snap rings encourage you to explore and experiment. Detailed diagrams illustrate the steps for each project. Beyond Beading Basics presents: 24 beading projects, from dazzling jewelry sets to a beaded card case and embroidered shirt step-by-step instructions accompanied by diagrams and photos a handy review of basic tools and techniques Expand your beading skills with beautiful creations from Beyond Beading Basics.

Take your beadweaving designs to the next level! Explore an inspired approach to weaving beaded jewelry with Beadweaving Beyond the Basics. Experiment with color and shape with these 24 gorgeous designs from beadweaving teacher and Beadwork contributor Kassie Shaw. In addition to showcasing classic stitches, including Herringbone, Peyote and St. Petersburg, these designs incorporate Kassie's innovative variations on Right Angle Weave--Double Diamond Right Angle Weave, Faux Right Angle Weave and Layered Right Angle Weave. In-depth primers on these new approaches will get you started right away, and the tips for left-handed beaders makes sure everyone can try these designs with ease! Inside, you'll discover a full range of bead shapes such as seed beads, two-hole beads, bicone crystals, bugle beads and lentils, to get the shapes and effects you want, then try them in multiple colorways to create head-turning creations. With your new beadweaving skills, the possibilities are endless! Beadweaving Beyond the Basics is a whole new world of artistic expression!

Kumihimo Basics & Beyond presents techniques for creating all-cord braids and beaded braids, then teaches beaders how to transform them into finished jewelry. Short demonstrations of the key techniques needed for each project are presented in easy-to-grasp portions, allowing beaders to learn and practice as they go. Rebecca Combs demystifies tricky “kumihimo math” by providing detailed supply lists for each project in the book, plus teaches beaders how to calculate the amount of fiber and how many beads they’ll need for their future kumihimo projects.

Renowned knitwear designer Knight applies her unique flair for color, texture, and design to the world of jewelry making, presenting a must-have collection of 25 projects.

"18 beautiful beading projects for you to make"--Cover v.1.

Discover the basics of beading and beyond! If you've been tempted by the beauty of beaded jewelry and home decorating pieces, but second guessed your abilities to learn the skills needed to create such tantalizing works, fear no more! Beading Basics reveals all that's necessary for creating everything from a simple single-strand necklace to a more intricate netting stitch woven wind bottle covers. You'll discover: • Essential information for choosing the right beads, supplies and tools, plus tips and techniques for working with wire, weaving on a loom and creating various woven chains. • Easy-to-follow instructions with more than 175 how-to illustrations and 230 beautiful photographs showing every detail needed to create 40 gorgeous projects. • An inspirational gallery of designs featuring the works of 11 of today's top beading artists. Beading Basics is the one resource you need to get you on the path to becoming a talented bead artist.

Beading Basics and Beyond features TOHO's 3-cut beads and Charlotte beads with projects that range from surprisingly simple to exquisitely elegant. The beginning beader will appreciate the Autumn Lei, the Crystal Spheres earrings, and the Nautilus Necklace while advanced beaders will love the Egyptian collar, Charlotte's Anchor Chain bracelet and the Ruby Flowers necklace. The projects are designed to encourage you to experiment with your own color combinations and the techniques are simpler than they look.

It’s not surprising that beading has become one of the most popular crafts today — it's both inexpensive and produces decorative objects that are beautiful and enduring. For the novice or experienced beader looking for new holiday ideas, this book offers a wealth of possibilities. Drawn primarily from the pages of two of the leading magazines in the field, Beaded Ornaments for the Holidays and Beyond contains vibrant color photographs and easy instructions for making beaded ornament projects from the simple strung variety to more complex Victorian netting-style pieces. Ornamental covers, snowflake-shaped ornaments, and ornament hangers are all featured here. Most of these projects focus on pieces that can be used on a tree, wreath, or doorknob, yet with a change of color and materials any can be used year-round to decorate the home.