![]() How I ended up with a new beading pattern ![]() I also forgot to mention you need to remember the first string of beads makes your first two rows, so you have to work that pattern into everything as well. The third row starts from the third bead and you finish by adding the second and third beads.Īre you confused? Well yes, so were we! I spent the entire class trying to work out how to get the lady started in a simple manner. But then the second row you would need to start with the second bead, work to the end, then add your first bead. So the first row you might read from the first bead along. This means that if you think of the tube as being opened out flat, in every new row, you will move one bead along in the pattern. Now, if you have ever done tubular Peyote, you will know it has a tricky little thing called a ‘step up’. It simply said, bead the tube and keep repeating the pattern until your bangle is the right length, then join the ends. It had no sort of explanation as to how to start a tube. Well, when I looked, the pattern was basically just a flat Peyote chart. She brought the free pattern into class to ask if I could get her started as she thought she would be fine if she could just get going. Then of course there was the annoyance of having bought the beads and not being able to use them… What Happened Next? So, instead of the beading being a pleasure, it had started to erode her self-esteem. It left her feeling frustrated because she couldn’t make the project. This was just as well since the pattern didn’t explain the technique! She already knew how to work in tubular Peyote. So, this lady had downloaded the pattern, bought the beads it suggested, then sat down one evening to start on the project. The photo of the finished bangle was fabulous and the pattern was free. It was made in tubular Peyote and it incorporated a pattern into the tube. ![]() She had downloaded a free pattern to make a really pretty bangle. Some months into our regular classes, she came along one day and told me she had been getting very frustrated. Then she would go home and, during the week, complete the project and try something else from a pattern she had found online. So, she would start a project in my class each week. She also fell completely in love with beading. She had a background in crafts, was very talented and when she started beading she took to it like the proverbial duck to water. ![]() Let me answer that by telling you a little story. So, keep reading! Why does it matter if my beading pattern is rubbish? I’m also going to give you the chance to get a paid pattern, of your choice, for free. I’m going to share with you some advice if you are looking for free beading patterns. Or, you might get a complete mess that makes no sense. You might be about to get an awesome project that is really well explained. Unless you know the designer or shop selling the pattern, you really don’t know what you’re going to get. The thing is, anyone can put together a beading pattern and make it available online. So, you might argue that if your pattern was free, at least you didn’t lose anything if it turns out to be rubbish! Actually, that applies to paid beading patterns as well. There is absolutely no guarantee that you’re going to get a good pattern. Basically, just about anywhere online – just google ‘free beading patterns’ and there you go! That’s the problem.
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