Book Review: The Beader's Palette

The Beader's Palette: Rings, Necklaces, Bracelets, Ensembles, Earrings and
Straps. Ondori/Japan Publications. Lists for $19.00.

I asked my Barnes and Nobles to order this for me on approval since I wasn't
sure about it.

The good news: the pictures are lovely (if too arty to be good
instructional models) and the designs are lovely as well.

The bad news: the instructions are not lovely. The instructions for each
piece are in the back of the book, in black and white. Seed bead sizes are
specified in millimeters (I'm kind of assuming a 1.4 mm seed bead is an 11
and a 1.9 mm seed bead is an 8, but I haven't measured to be sure). Thread
paths are not clearly shown and are contradictory -- in one diagram the
arrow for the thread path appear to be going counterclockwise and clockwise
simultaneously. That said, I think an experienced beader could figure out
what you should be doing with lots of flipping back and forth between the
pictures and the instructions.

I took some mental notes but I'll spend my $19 on beads instead.

Elise