Beadweaving Tutorial-Spiral Rope Stitch

UPDATE !!! Filmloop has been replaced by something I can't figure out, so please stand by until I get a Fickr slideshow ready. Stay tuned !!! In the meantime, here are some excellent tutorials to help:
Spiral Rope Chain
How to Make a Beaded Spiral Rope Chain
Beltana's Beads -- Spiral Rope Chain

Here is my next tutorial for another favorite, Spiral Rope Stitch that is very easy to learn. There are also many possibilites for variation so once you learn the basic stitch, you can take it from there !

Beads in Concert

One of my crocheted bead necklaces made its debut yesterday in a fantastic vocal recital with two friends of ours visiting from Germany,

Nadine Balbeisi, soprano and Matthias Manasi, piano. They performed works of Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz and Delibes. I loaned Nadine the necklace and a matching knitted bracelet to add a little "dazzle" to the performance. The necklace is made by simply slipping a bead in between each chain stitch and connecting them in a freeform manner as you go. The beads are silver-lined clear and really catch the light. The bracelet is knitted. I used Fireline for both pieces. They are for sale at the Artists' Undertaking Gallery in Occoquan, Virginia.

They're Heeeere !!!

No, not what you're thinking, it's my new BEADWEAVING KITS !!! After over a year in the making, I finally have some completed kits, fully furnished with everything you need to learn new stitches and create some of my signature designs. My beading website has the three current designs with color choices available: Bead Kits

The biggest hurdle was the instructions. I'm not good at drawing, so I enlisted the help of a friend, but ended up going with photographs which is soooo time-consuming, but I think they turned out OK. At least, you can tell where the next bead goes.

I taught my first "class" (I only had one student) on Sunday at http://loftgallery.org and it went very well. The student was very quick to learn and completed the entire project (matching bracelet and earring set) in exactly the alloted time. My next two classes are: October 21 from 2-5 pm (three earring designs) and October 28 from 1- 4 pm (glass gem ring).