Beading Bracelets For Beginners
Posted on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 at 3:22 am
Bead looming for beginners?
Hi everyone,
I’ve been messing around with some old seed beads I had lying around my house and really liked it. I’ve decided I want to get a bead loom and try to make some small pouches, bracelets and maybe even some chokers. So my question is, what’s the best (and cheapest) loom for a beginner? Also, what brand of seed beads should I be looking for? I’ve heard that some of the Japanese seed beads are pretty good, but I dunno which particular brand’s beads are best for bead looming. Also, how many beads would I need to make just a few (2-3) small projects to start out? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
Here is a nice website for learning how to use bead looms. It gives instructions on how to make your own loom along with explanations on how to weave the beads and some simple patterns. Just click on the links. http://www.makingfriends.com/ponybead/ponyloom.htm
You can make something very simple or go as complicated as you want. There are a lot of loom patterns on the Internet to choose from.
http://beadwork.about.com/od/patternsloom/Free_Beading_Patterns_for_Loom_Weaving.htm
http://home.flash.net/~mjtafoya/patterns.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~kyal/patterns/links.html
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