There is a list of what you need, too, but if you don’t own surgical memostats or a spring-clip opticaid I shouldn’t worry as I don’t and I have been beading happily for years. I liked the way the book started out with the simplest designs, and introduced different techniques gradually, as this made it possible for even a beginner to have a go and make something. This is just the sort of book I would buy for somebody who wants to start beadwork. The diagrams are some of the clearest I have yet to see, tackling topics such as spiral rope, flat and tubular brick stitch and various forms of peyote stitch with wonderful simplicity and none of the usual plethora of fuss that accompanies things such as increasing and decreasing. Better yet, unlike many US books, there are none of those items that UK beaders find impossible to source, so just about anybody in a large range of countries can obtain everything in here. I would highly recommend this book to beginners and intermediate beaders everywhere.

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