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Inspiration

I am trying to find a new bead loom project - something really challenging that perhaps I could hang up and it would look pretty, perhaps as a gift for someone…I don’t know, but it never occurred to me to look at adapting cross stitch patterns for bead loom work, not at all. What a fantastic idea. So now I’m spending my lunch break hunting for ideas.

Beading work

I’ve taken some new photos of my latest project for people to see.

Bead Looms are cool

I’ve been fascinated lately by jewellery making - ever since I was looking for some beaded jewellery for a night out and found nothing but rubbish stuff in the shops. Anyway, I’ve since found that the jewellery making activity is just a smidge expensive, when you count the fact you need the tools, the jewellery parts and beads. The problem is that the only way I can see whether I actually like how fiddly and time consuming it could be, is if I buy the bits and do some - which I’m not going to cos it’s rather expensive if I don’t like it. So, I’ve decided to give a ‘bead loom’ a try. The initial set with the loom and the beads and all the needed kit wasn’t at all as expensive as the tools, parts and beads (to make necklaces, earrings, bracelets etc). The bead loom can only realistically help you to make beaded rings, bracelets and belts (if that’s your fashion), but it seems to me the cheap way of seeing if I initially like beadwork and it means I can make myself some really pretty bracelets how I like them.

It’s fiddly to set up, like you wouldn’t believe, but it’s rather cool. I shall post a piccy when I make a little more progress