Creative Beading

Help with a bead project?

I am trying to create a Barrette Center circle with seed beads. The directions say that I need to work 9 rounds of circular square stitch. What does that mean??

This means to bead in a circle using the square stitch which is the same as a off loom stitch. Then you need to do 9 rows.
You will end up with 18 rows if you do it right because 1 row (round) is two beads high. Here is a link to a turtorial.
http://www.beadwrangler.com/samplers/squarestitch1/making_squarestitch_samples.htm This link has excellent photos of step by step. Make sure you scroll down, the begining is Square stitch basic, then the variations come as you go down . Cicular is there. Good luck, don’t give up. One of the many stictches that a bead artist has to learn is the “Frog” stitch……..”Rip it, Rip it, Rip it” Just take your time and have fun with it.

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