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Beginner’s Guide To Bead Netting

by Madeleine Rollason



      Netting is one of the most versatile off-loom stitches, and here is a whole book of projects so you can practise and make some great wardrobe-extending pieces. Fancy evening bags, necklaces, chokers, bracelets and more bead up in no time and look stunning, as well as a needlecase and wallhanging.

Here are some wonderfully clear and explanatory diagrams for old favourites like peyote stitch, circular brick stitch and right angle weave, as well as the netting. For once, increasing and decreasing peyote gets a mention with some photos - hurrah! This was worth the price of admission for me, other projects notwithstanding, so you can learn more than just netting from this book. Several different kinds of netting are covered in here and, once you know the basics, off you go - it really does seem as simple as that thanks to the wonderfully clear and colorful photographic stages. Less appealing is the large number of gallery pieces shown, mainly made by the Saraguro people of Ecuador. The day somebody comes out with a book on how to make these fabulous pieces, I will be at the head of the queue, but until then more projects and less large and luscious photos of these out-of-reach items would have been much more useful.

If you cannot find beadwork materials locally try SearchPress.com for a list of suppliers.

The Book

Search Press
February 2007
Paperback
ISBN-10: 1844481107
ISBN-13: 9781844481101
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The Reviewer

Rachel A Hyde
Reviewed 2007
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