Beading with Peyote Stitch covers all aspects of the peyote stitch. A brief history leads you to a section devoted to tools and then the different techniques used to produce the various types of peyote stitch. Each technique is clearly described and illustrated with clear diagrams and a colour photo to give an example of a completed project. There are some excellent projects to follow for each type of peyote, which are easy to follow from the clear step by step instructions and diagrams used throughout this book. Colour pictures are used to inspire and to show completed projects with the different techniques. Flat, even-count, odd-count and tubular peyote are just some of the techniques covered. A soft cover book with a large gallery of inspiring beadwork is used to fuel your imagination, complete with 10 projects to complete.
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Beading with Herringbone Stitch is from one of the authors that wrote the peyote stitch book above. This book devotes itself to the herringbone stitch and gives you a history of the stitch from it's Ndebele roots. A small section covers tools and supplies and the technique section covers the different ways in creating both flat and 3D projects. As with all stitches, the variations are covered and are explained using hand drawn pictures. Colour photos show a variety of finished projects and a gallery of completed beadwork gives you some ideas of what can be created. There are four projects, with clear step by step instructions, which cover all the techniques taught in the book. The Herringbone stitch is the hardest of the beadweaving stitches to learn but this is because it isn't as straight forward as the others!
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Beading with Right Angle Weave is from the series of how to books featured on this page from the producers of Beadwork magazine. The right Angle Weave is a relatively easy stitch to understand to begin with but can get complicated very quickly. The book begins with a small bit of history and then Materials and a tool section. It continues with basic techniques and then starts you off with some simple projects. The book is in chapters covering just about everything you need to know about the right angle weave. You will learn how to use a two needle method of working and then continue to learning turns, increasing and decreasing. Other chapters cover creating chains, the triangle tube, cubes and frames, tablets and triangles.
This is a well presented book, the projects are a challenge at first. Each project comes with a colour photograph and colour diagrams, the diagrams look scary on first glimpse but don't let that put you off! You are learning a new stitch after all.
Bead Crochet is from the series of how to books featured on this page from the producers of Beadwork magazine. If Crochet is one of those areas that ever scared you then this maybe a good time to think about facing your fears. The book begins with a small bit of history and then Materials and a tool section. Bead Crochet covers all the basics of crochet and then introduces beads. The tips and techniques section also walk you through the peyote stitch and briefly explains the brick, square and herringbone stitch. It continues with basic techniques and then starts you off with a simple project. Jewellery is not only the topic that is covered in this book, there is a amulet purse size project as well as a spirit box.
Each project comes with a colour photograph and colour diagrams. The instructions are relatively easy to follow, relative that is to learning new stitches, expect some mistakes!