![]() ![]() It’s just a repeating pattern of matte gray, pale yellow, light green, and matte silver, but I think it’s really pretty. ![]() I did really fall in love with the color combination. It didn’t end up quite as neat on the ends as I would have liked, but it’s not bad for a first try. Apparently, I needed to make the bracelet nine beads wide, instead of ten. I did end up measuring the clasp wrong, though, so my Beadslide clasp didn’t fit until I added narrower rows to each side using regular old square stitch. It was really easy and worked up super quickly. Not too complicated, huh? For my first piece, I had a Beadslide clasp that I wanted to use, so I decided to use 8/0’s and do a super simple striping pattern so that I could focus on getting the technique right. I learned how to set it up from this super helpful video. I haven’t tried the other method, but that sounded good to me. I haven’t tried a traditional loom setup, but it seems like the way you set up the Rick’s Beading loom is a little different and one of the bonuses is that you only end up with two warp threads. For these projects, I think I used S-Lon thread in size D for everything. ![]() I wasn’t super excited at the prospect of using beading thread instead of my beloved Fireline, but my recent obsession with fringe earrings has helped me get over that a bit. Oops! Beadsmith sent us a free one at work (Beads Direct USA) to see if it was something we wanted to sell and we ultimately decided against it because shipping something that big can be a big pain – but my boss said I could keep the free one that they had sent! I was super excited and then put it in my bead room and forgot about it for YEARS.īut my sister-in-law recently got into bead looming (the ONLY other beader in my family!) and I was inspired to pull this one out and finally give it a try. So, here’s an embarrassing story – I think I’ve had this loom for at least four years. I taught myself how to use a Rick’s Beading Loom! Unlike my last post, this one is NOT about my feelings – this post is about BEADS because omg, I learned something new, you guys. ![]()
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