I don't know why I got the urge to make beaded beads, I was just drawn to the idea.
I know that I started beading, to prevent myself from learning to knit! I really wanted to learn to knit, but at the time my local yarn shop was owned by someone who was wanting to be rid of her business, and was completely uninterested in setting me on the knitting path...........That's all changed now, because she sold the shop to Eileen, who has transformed it from a forlorn place, into a wonderful shop with an ever-increasing stock of lovely yarns, and the place people go on a Wednesday evening to knit, crochet, and have a good natter, accompanied by tea and biscuits.
I don't think I realised just how addicted I would become to the beading......... it was those colours! Just looking at a selection of beads was enough to make me drool and throw financial considerations to the wind.
If I'm learning a new craft, my first port of call will be a bookshop.
Gathering, gathering, gathering......... information.
I slowly taught myself through instructions I found in those books.
I just wish
The Art of Beaded Beads had been published when I first started beading, because if there was one book I would recommend, it would be this one, there is some extraordinary sharing of information in this book.
I have to admit, my technique was never 'perfected', that wasn't through lack of enthusiasm, it's just that I wanted to experiment, and do my own thing........... as in the necklace I showed you last Friday. While I admire those perfectionists, whose beading is a triumph of technique, enormously, (infact, I'm in awe of them), I'm too preoccupied with doing things that aren't really in the rule book. Ideally, I would combine my approach, with perfect technique, so there's a challenge for me!
Some other books I'd recommend are
The best Little Beading Book, this has good basic instructions.
Creative beading is a charming, inspiring book, with instructions for some lovely things to make.
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I don't know why I got the urge to make beaded beads, I was just drawn to the idea.
I know that I started beading, to prevent myself from learning to knit! I really wanted to learn to knit, but at the time my local yarn shop was owned by someone who was wanting to be rid of her business, and was completely uninterested in setting me on the knitting path...........That's all changed now, because she sold the shop to Eileen, who has transformed it from a forlorn place, into a wonderful shop with an ever-increasing stock of lovely yarns, and the place people go on a Wednesday evening to knit, crochet, and have a good natter, accompanied by tea and biscuits.
I don't think I realised just how addicted I would become to the beading......... it was those colours! Just looking at a selection of beads was enough to make me drool and throw financial considerations to the wind.
If I'm learning a new craft, my first port of call will be a bookshop.
Gathering, gathering, gathering......... information.
I slowly taught myself through instructions I found in those books.
I just wish The Art of Beaded Beads had been published when I first started beading, because if there was one book I would recommend, it would be this one, there is some extraordinary sharing of information in this book.
I have to admit, my technique was never 'perfected', that wasn't through lack of enthusiasm, it's just that I wanted to experiment, and do my own thing........... as in the necklace I showed you last Friday. While I admire those perfectionists, whose beading is a triumph of technique, enormously, (infact, I'm in awe of them), I'm too preoccupied with doing things that aren't really in the rule book. Ideally, I would combine my approach, with perfect technique, so there's a challenge for me!
Some other books I'd recommend are The best Little Beading Book, this has good basic instructions.
Creative beading is a charming, inspiring book, with instructions for some lovely things to make.
TODAY IS VERY WET AND GREY
HERE IN DEVON...AND YOUR
BRIGHT BEADS ARE LOVELY...
CLEVER GIRL...
THE PHOTO OF THE THREE BEADS...
REMINDS ME OF WINTER MIX
BOILED SWEETS...YUMMY
Posted by: RI | November 30, 2007 at 02:26 PM
I'm going to amazon right now and I'm putting those books on my wish list! Hooray!
Posted by: Anne | November 30, 2007 at 02:55 PM
Thank you so much! Beaded Beads is going on my Christmas list too. Gorgeous photos.
Posted by: Tricia Garrett | November 30, 2007 at 07:57 PM
Those beads are the great anti-November! And the book looks habit forming.
(BTW 3 of your books are going off to our UK granddaughter!)
Posted by: Pam | December 01, 2007 at 09:16 PM