Project in Step by Step Beads July-August 2007 Cover Picture

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- Margie
  
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16 years ago

Mon, Jul 2, 2007 2:26 PM

I am very new to beading, I have done stained glass for 15 years and got into fused and torch beads and started beading to combine the fused and torch beads. And I am now more hooked on the beading. Well, my question is I would love to do that crochet rope but it is way... over my head. Is there a book or pattern that anybody out there knows about that I could get my feet wet with, before I jump in to this one. I have been doing several pieces with the different stitches, so I am not too much of a newbie. I would appreciate any help anybody could give me. Now remember, I am new at this so don't start throwing those big words at me and confuse me! LOL!

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- Patti
  
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16 years ago

Mon, Jul 2, 2007 5:10 PM

"Bead Crochet", tips, techniques and 15 beautiful projects" by Linda Lehman is supposed to be a good book. You can buy it on amazon

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for about $13.00. Stay away from Bethany Barry's book on bead crochet, the directions are very sketchy and hard to follow, it got terrible reviews.

Patti

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- Christina Peterson
  
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16 years ago

Fri, Jul 6, 2007 6:17 AM

Hi Margie,

I've never read instructions for ropes, and I pretty much just do my crochet free hand. Of course, I have to adapt what I want to do to things I can approach that way. Eg, I don't do a patterned rope. At least not yet.

What I'd suggest is to just do a sort of variegated rope. A mix of close color in the same size. If you do a pattern, you have to string everything before you start and hope you don't miss a stitch or miscount your beads.

Also, use a lighter or brighter colored thread. It is insanely difficult to crochet tiny black threads. Can't see any shading to tell you where to poke the hook.

Tina