Creative Ssl@lla)Stop bead Use a stop bead to secure beads remporarily when you begin stitching. Choose a bead that, 5s distinenly different from the beads in your project. String the stop bead about 6 in (15em) from the end of your thread, and go back through it in the same direction. If desired, go through it ‘one more time for adied security. Brick stitch Work off a stitched Inder (see Ladder stitch) Pick up two beads. Sew under the thread bridge between the second and third beads oa the ladder from back to front. Sew up the second bead added and then down the first. Come back up the second bead, For the row's remaining stitches, pick: ‘up one bead. Sew under the nexe thread bridge on the previous row from back to front. Sew back up the new bead. ie 7a ee Cw wid Ladder stitch “There are several RO? ways to work ws a ladder. The 10 pick up o¥0 beads sew through the fist bead again, and chen sew through the second bead {o-b). Add subsequent beads by picking up ‘one bead, sewing through the previous bead and then sewing dough the new bead fo). Continue fr the dese length, ‘While this the most common technique it produces uneven tension along the ladder of beads because of che alteruaing pattern ofa sigletheead Bridge on the edge berween ewo beads and a double theead bridge on the ‘opposite edge between the sane two TY, sess: a \* To begin the other alternative method, pick up all the beads you need to reach, ‘the length your pattern requires. Fold the last ewo beads so they are parallel, and sew through the second-to-last bead again in che same direction (a+b). Fold the next loose bead so it sits ey parallel to the SL ema Previous bead io the ladder, and il sew through the loose bead in the same direction (a-b). Continue sewing back through each bead until you exit, the last bead of the ladder. If you are working in tubular brick oor Ndebele herringbone suite, sew your ladder into a cing to provide » hase for the new technique. With your thread ‘exiting the last bead in your ladder, sew through the first bead and ther back through the last bead, or cross the needles through the first bead if you are using the crossweave technique. Ndebele herringbone: flat Siac wih a even. numberof beads sstehe int ander ace adder th) “Turn the lads if necessary, so your theead ext the end bead pointing up. Pickup ew heads, and go down ap through , BIS, the nex: COOOPQPT jester te ladder (2-8), Come up through the third bead on the ladder, pick up two beads, ad to down through the fourth bead (O-e) Repeat across the ladder. GP Weiser’ Cececeee ‘Tomake a rum, sew down through the end bead of the previous row and back throngh the last head of the paie yr just added (a-b). Pick up two beads, sew dowa through the next bead in the previous row, and sew up through the following bead (bc). Continue adding pairs of beads across the row. You may ‘choose to hide the edge thread by picking up an accent or smaller bead before you sew back through the last bead of the pair you just added. 98, QLIISGIO SWVIVVOIVS————— Basics ‘To make a turn without having thread show on the edge or adding an edge bead, sew down through the end bead in the previous row and up through the second:-to-last head in the previous row, and continue through the last bead added (a-b). Pick up two beads, sew down through the next bead in the previous rows, and sew up through the following head (b-0). Continue adding pairs of beads across the row. Using this turn will flatten the angle of the edge bead, making the edge stack look a litte different than the others. Ndebele herringbone: tubular Tock alt FOG@ Siete DH. lise sac - with a cing, pick ap the er number of ead ace theta and waking tend oes To sar with aes Ladder sie tere umber oad Sich he fat bead the lt ad to form a ring. Tick up to bet nd go trogh the next bend on he previ ow he inhich Come ip rahe bends nd epeat Thre lb two ‘Stk when ove gone dove ‘henge fot ed fb armed work a gp-ap 0 bein selena et be net oe de TR cae ptr the bead nex th a your ee hing ls fincbeot of i seh et above (c-d). Contin sing swe beds stitch and stepping up at the end of chon fring or a Peyote: flat even-count Pick up an even number of beads (ab) “These heads will shift to form the fist 2 Syegey ‘To begin row 3, pick upa bead, skip the Last bead strung in the previous step, and sew through the next bead in the opposite direction (bec). For each stitch, pick up a bead, skip a head in the previous row, and sew through the next bead, exiting the first bead strung (@-a), The beads added in this row are higher chan the previous rows and are referred to as “up-beads.” For each stzct in subsequent rows, pick up a bead, and sew through the next up-bead in the previous row (d=). To count peyore stitch rows, count the total number of beads along hoch straight edges. Peyote: flat odd-count (Odd-count peyote is the same as even- ‘count peyote, except for the turn on ‘odd-numbered rows, where the last bead of the row can't be attached in the standard way because there is no up- bead to sew into, The ode-row turn ean be convoluted, so wo've simplified ie haere. Please noce thatthe stare ofthis simplified approach isa little different in that the first beads you pick up are the beads in cows 2 and 3. In the next step, you work row 1 and do a simplified tr, After the turn, you'll work the rest fof the piece, beginning with row 4, Seoe8 Dick up an odd number of beads {(a-b). These beads will shift co form rows 2 and 3 in the next step. If you're working a pattern wich more than one bead color, make sure you pick up the beads for the correct rows. To begin the next cow (row 1), pick up a bead, skip the last bead strung in the previous step, and sew through the next bead in the opposite direction (b-c), Continue in this manner, exiting the socond-to-last bead strung in the previous row (o-d). For the final stil in the row, pick up a bead, and sew ‘through the first bead strung again (+0), The beads added in this row are higher than previous rows and are referred to as “up-beads.” To work row 4 and all subsequent even-numbered rows, pick up one bead per stitch, exiting the end up-bead in the previous row (a+b). “To work row $ and all subsequent ‘odd-numbered rows, pick up one bead per stitch, exiting the end up-bead in the previous row (b-c). Pick up a head, and sew under the thread bridge between the edge beads below (0-d). Sew back through the last bead added to begin the next row (d-¢). Peyote: tubul Pick up an even number of beads to equal the desired circumference. 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