beaded "normal" patterns
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plantgem
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5 days, 16 hours ago by plantgem
hi all! i'm sure this has been answered somewhere, but i can't find it in the forums or tutorials, so if anyone can direct me to the answer i would really appreciate it!!my question is this....how would i use the grid from a "normal" [non-alpha] pattern to make a beaded bracelet? i've been working with alpha patterns on a bead loom, and they're really easy to translate into beadwork. however, i'm not sure how i would translate a "normal" pattern into beadwork. would i just need to use a peyote stitch and start the pattern in the middle? does that make sense?? if i did that, i would have to make the bracelet in two parts and sew them together. is that really the easiest way to do this, or is there some other stitch i'm overlooking? 🤔 i am almost certainly overthinking this. lol. |
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halokiwi
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5 days, 16 hours ago by halokiwi
I'm not sure if it's a technique people use, but I would do it like this:If your normal pattern has 8 strings, you take 8 of the strings you usually use for beaded bracelets and somehow put them next to each other. Odd rows: (1 2) (3 4) (5 6) (7 8) Even rows: 1 (2 3) (4 5) (6 7) 8 () represents a bead strung on two strings The numbers represents the strings Numbers without brackets have no beads in that row |
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plantgem
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5 days, 15 hours ago by plantgem
i'm so sorry, i can't visualize what you're saying 😭 thank you for your response though!!! that's kind of why i was hoping for a tutorial or something because i have trouble thinking through how complicated 3d shapes fit together lmao
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2006_Mandy
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5 days, 15 hours ago by 2006_Mandy
So the best I can think of explaining is that you should look at the brick stitch alpha technique which staggers knots to be like a normal pattern, you would use beads instead of knots though. Clairhair on here has a written tutorial in the tutorials section
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2006_Mandy
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5 days, 15 hours ago by 2006_Mandy
the other option for beaded normal patterns would be peyote stitch
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plantgem
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5 days, 15 hours ago by plantgem
yeah with peyote i would have to start along a flat edge though, no? which would bisect the design, and i would have to make it in 2 halves. i'll look up the tutorial you mentioned, thank you!!
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plantgem
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5 days, 15 hours ago by plantgem
@2006_Mandy can you please link me to the tutorial, or tell me what it's called? searching "added by user clairhair" in the tutorials section comes up empty.
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2006_Mandy
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5 days, 15 hours ago by 2006_Mandy
Apologies I mistyped the spelling but here is the link https://www.braceletbook.com/tutorials/148_brickstitch-alpha-tutorial/
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plantgem
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5 days, 15 hours ago by plantgem
@2006_Mandy thank you so much!
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halokiwi
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5 days, 11 hours ago by halokiwi
In a normal pattern with 8 strings, you would have 8 "base strings" onto which you string your beads. In any place where there would be a knot, you put a bead of that colour instead. You always put the bead onto two strings at once.Odd rows (row 1, 3, 5, ...) : (bead on string 1 and 2) (bead on string 3 and 4) (bead on string 5 and 6) (bead on string 7 and 8) Even rows (row 2, 4, 6, ...) : no bead on string 1 (bead on string 2 and 3) (bead on string 4 and 5) (bead on string 6 and 7) no bead on string 8 |
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plantgem
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5 days, 6 hours ago by plantgem
@halokiwi OHHHH i see, thank you so much for elaborating! ❤️
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asyadfghjk
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1 day, 19 hours ago by asyadfghjk
in the kandi world we call this peyote stitch
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asyadfghjk
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1 day, 19 hours ago by asyadfghjk
in the kandi world we call this peyote stitch
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plantgem
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1 day, 15 hours ago by plantgem
@asyadfghjk i mentioned peyote in my post haha
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