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Question - Bead Loom
I find off-loom beadweaving much more fun, and variable, and creative.
Loom-weaving isn't as flexible, IMO, creatively. And if you're going to buy a loom, get a Larry The Loom -- that's what all my loom-weaving pals say. They bemoan the money spent (wasted!) on any other looms they bought before the got Larry. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=30 88 ~~ Sooz ------- ESBC Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne |
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Dr. Sooz wrote:
Many beadweavers use a magnifying visor, or those little magnifying glasses you get at the drugstore. I know I sure do. But it's wise to start learning to beadweave using bigger seed beads (size 8 or 6). Otherwise you may go insane. What if you were insane to begin with? Is it okay to start with 11/0's then ? ) Arondelle -- ================================================== ========= "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." (attributed to Hypatia of Alexandria) "People who believe they have all the answers have stopped asking questions." Marx Stead of Canton, OH ================================================== ========= Visit Arondelle's Dream Worlds at: http://www.arondelle.com Read my Blog: http://www.angelfire.com/blog/arondelle/index.html |
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On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 18:32:38 GMT, "CLP" wrote:
PS - Is this a good one? It looks very good to me and makes me think, would it work nicely to make a loom that would fit around my desktop light table? That seems like it would be a giid idea... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=30 88 I wouldn't use it for two reasons -- I'm disabled and I can't sit up at a table, so I use a vertical loom, and I think it would be hard to get the beads onto the needle out of the cups underneath the weaving. I wouldn't *buy* it because of all the inappropriate quotes in the text. (I know, people who are good at one thing may not be good at grammar and punctuation, but when you're selling via text, good grammar and punctuation are important!) -- Marilee J. Layman Handmade Bali Sterling Beads at Wholesale http://www.basicbali.com |
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heh heh -- I like organic, even lumpy bead stuff. So I'm a messy girl, that's
okay! Delicas are too neat for me. :-) i didnt read all that dr. sooz wrote but i am sure she has excellent advice, i dont off loom bead because i like using a grid... looming is great for a grid best wishes to you, and i hope you enjoy whatever you do!! ~~ Sooz ------- ESBC Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne |
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Thank you all for answering me and Alia, thanks for the welcome! I can't
quite picture in my mind, Dr. Sooz, how you maintain the even tension of the warp threads if you're holding them in your hands, unless you tie them all in a knot and hold that? I wish I could come over and watch for awhile. I'd bring the coffee if ya want... I find that advice - to try it before I invest - to be kind of funny, since I do tend to go overboard. Do we know each other? I feel like a cartoon rat attracted to all those glittery things and find myself gathering, hoarding, even to the extent of buying pounds of beads on EBay and separating them to stretch my post employment budget. One box becams one case, then two and three, and Oooh look at THIS bead!! Ohmygosh look at THOSE!! (intake of breath, palpitations) I need purples.. I see the weaving and amulet bags and crochet necklaces and have to practically jumpstart my heart. I see the lampwork or whatever this torch meets glass and becomes amazing scenes and faces and color combinations is called - and I am stunned to silence! I've spent a lot of years behind the computer monitor working for someone else, using creativity based on pixels and points, bezels and curves and three letter extensions. Being freed from the daily grind of that, I can't tell you - finding this group as a bonus - I feel like a prisoner who's been released from death row! I want to do everything, try everything, learn, learn, learn. This takes up so much less space than my looms and wheel and pottery stuff, knitting, crocheting, mosaics and all my other endeavors always have. It's win, win! I wish I could absorb all the available info at once and see all there is to see. When I'm not studying all the links (thank you so much, Sooz) and google searching info and reading books about it I'm spending hours and hours a day with these smooth, shiny, multi-hued lovelies. Making one thing after another. Selling these, giving away these. Beads make smiles everywhere they go, like magic. Now you think I'm totally goofy, right? Oh well, the time has come to fess up. My name is Christy and I am a beadaholic. "alia" wrote in message om... welcome to rcb i loom but i dont use a loom that elaborate. you can get one at joannes for like $7, and you can do quite a lot with that, plus, in my experience, it is not all that easy to see for looming, so u may want to try it out first before you invest. i didnt read all that dr. sooz wrote but i am sure she has excellent advice, i dont off loom bead because i like using a grid... looming is great for a grid best wishes to you, and i hope you enjoy whatever you do!! alia |
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I can't
quite picture in my mind, Dr. Sooz, how you maintain the even tension of the warp threads if you're holding them in your hands, unless you tie them all in a knot and hold that? There aren't any. ~~ Sooz ------- ESBC Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne |
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It could turn you sane .. couldnt it? Not worth the risk in my not so humble
opinion. But I am a firm believer in trying things for myself.. so.. If you want to ... go for it! what do you have to loose.. oh.. we covered that already. Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Arondelle" wrote in message ... Dr. Sooz wrote: Many beadweavers use a magnifying visor, or those little magnifying glasses you get at the drugstore. I know I sure do. But it's wise to start learning to beadweave using bigger seed beads (size 8 or 6). Otherwise you may go insane. What if you were insane to begin with? Is it okay to start with 11/0's then ? ) Arondelle -- ================================================== ========= "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." (attributed to Hypatia of Alexandria) "People who believe they have all the answers have stopped asking questions." Marx Stead of Canton, OH ================================================== ========= Visit Arondelle's Dream Worlds at: http://www.arondelle.com Read my Blog: http://www.angelfire.com/blog/arondelle/index.html |
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Please do (where are you geographically?)! But until then, this is the same
stitch as loom weaving, but it's the off-loom version......(bring cookies instead!) Square Stitch Instructions http://kimberlychapman.com/crafts/beadsquare.html I can't quite picture in my mind, Dr. Sooz, how you maintain the even tension of the warp threads if you're holding them in your hands, unless you tie them all in a knot and hold that? I wish I could come over and watch for awhile. I'd bring the coffee if ya want... ~~ Sooz ------- ESBC Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne |
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Honey, would you like me to send you all the beadweaving links I'm preparing
for the new List? Most if not all of them are not on the old List. Be happy to. When I'm not studying all the links (thank you so much, Sooz) ~~ Sooz ------- ESBC Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne |
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Now you think I'm totally goofy, right?
Aw, hell no. You're in LOVE. ~~ Sooz ------- ESBC Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne |
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