VISUAL BEAD STEPS
STEP 1
WARPING THE BEAD LOOM
TIE YOUR THREAD IN A LOOP AND WRAP IT AROUND THE FIRST NAIL ON YOUR LEFT. RUN YOUR THREAD TO THE OTHER END OF THE LOOM AND WRAP IT AROUND A NAIL. BRING YOUR THREAD BACK TOWARDS YOU AND WRAP IT AROUND THE FRONT NAIL. CONTINUE DOING THIS UNTIL YOU REACH THE DESIRED NUMBER OF THREADS NEEDED FOR YOUR PROJECT. PLEASE NOTE!!! IF YOUR PROJECT IS 12 BEADS WIDE YOU WILL NEED 13 WARP THREADS. ALWAY ONE MORE THREAD THAN BEADS!
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STEP 2
BEAD LOOM HAS BEEN WARPED.
THIS IS WHAT YOUR BEAD LOOM WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER YOU HAVE WARPED YOUR BEAD LOOM.
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STEP 3
BEGINNING TO BEAD
CUT A LONG PIECE OF THREAD & THREAD YOUR BEADING NEEDLE. WEAVE AT LEAST TWO ROWS OF THREAD OVER AND UNDER TO START. (VIEW 3 (SHOWN BELOW) SHOWS YOU HOW TO WEAVE YOUR THREADS OVER AND UNDER. WEAVING YOUR THREADS OVER & UNDER WILL GIVE YOU A BASE TO SET THE FIRST ROW OF BEADS ON.
BEGIN BEADING BY PUTTING THE DESIRED NUMBER OF BEADS ON YOUR NEEDLE. BRING YOUR BEADS UNDER YOUR BEADWORK AND SPACE ONE BEAD BETWEEN EACH WARP THREAD.
VIEW 3
PLEASE NOTE: I USED SIZE 8 SEED BEADS IN THE PHOTO BELOW TO GIVE YOU A BETTER VIEW.
DO NOT SKIP EVERY OTHER WARP THREAD SLOT UNLESS YOU WILL BE BEADING WITH LARGER SEED BEADS SUCH AS THE SIZE 8's SHOWN BELOW.
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STEP 4
BRING YOUR BEADING NEEDLE BACK THROUGH THE TOP OF YOUR BEADS. NOTE: MAKE SURE YOUR THREAD IS ON THE TOP OF THE BEADS. IF NOT YOUR BEADS WILL SAG BELOW LEAVING THE WARP THREADS SHOWING. IF YOU MISS THE TOP THREADS AND IT IS SEVERAL ROWS BACK JUST RUN ANOTHER PIECE OF THREAD THROUGH THE TOP OF YOUR BEADWORK RATHER THAN TEAR ALL OF THE WORK OUT.
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STEP 5
FINISHING YOUR WORK
WEAVE 2-3 ROWS OF THREAD OVER AND UNDER AS YOU DID IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR BEADWORK. RUN YOUR THREAD HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR LAST ROW OF BEADS AND LEAVE UNDER YOUR BEADWORK. AT THIS POINT USE YOUR IMAGINATION! I LIKE GLUE! AFTER I HAVE FINISHED MY PROJECT I CUT EACH THREAD CLOSE TO THE BEADS ON THE UNDERSIDE. THEN I TAKE A TOOTHPICK AND PUT A DAB OF GLUE ON EACH AND EVERY THREAD. THIS REALLY DOES HELP KEEP THE BEADWORK TOGETHER. DO BE CAREFULLY THOUGH IF YOU WILL BE SEWING YOUR BEADWORK ON TO SOMETHING.
HOPE THE ABOVE INFO HELPS YOU WITH YOUR BEADING!
HAPPY BEADING!
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