Sunday 25 September 2011

The Beader's Handbook by Juju Vail

This is a good comprehensive book but as a complete beginner with regard to beading I found it a little difficult to follow, there aren't enough diagrams to make me feel comfortable following the instructions.

This is unfortunate because the structure of the book is very good, starting with a section on tools and equipment before introducing the reader to the basics of beadings.  The it goes on to working with wire, stitching and weaving (including knitting and loom and non loom weaving) and ending with a section on different types of beads.  Lastly there are a selection of bead weaving graph papers to be used for designing using the different types of stitch.  It has the potential to be a much better book.

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