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Listening and beading is possible. It may not even be multitasking. When you bead, myths and traditional stories are passed on.
I was fed up with using the fiddly little crochet hook to bead even before the first time I picked it up. This tool appeared in my mind, but I had no idea what sort of wire to use to make it... until my fiance restrung his guitar!
It works beautifully. No more crochet hook! No more fishing for beads! I load the tool up with beads, and they are easy to transport and quick to slip onto stitches.
November 2023
Indigenous Beading: We're beading the turtle from the creation story known as Skywoman. This creation story is shared by many Indigenous people in North America, including Potawatomi, Mohawk, Haudenosaunee, Oneida. The land we're on in Bloomington is part of the Potawatomi's ancestral homelands. The beading technique we're using for the turtle shell is called "return stitch." It is a relatively new form of appliqué beading and a simplification of two-needle appliqué as it only requires one needle.
November 2023
Indigenous Beading: We're beading the turtle from the creation story known as Skywoman. This creation story is shared by many Indigenous people in North America, including Potawatomi, Mohawk, Haudenosaunee, Oneida. The land we're on in Bloomington is part of the Potawatomi's ancestral homelands. The beading technique we're using for the turtle shell is called "return stitch." It is a relatively new form of appliqué beading and a simplification of two-needle appliqué as it only requires one needle.
This is the result of the December 2010 beading workshop, we were supposed to be making little christmas cracker brooches but I thought they were a bit too twee so did my own thing instead.
November 2023
Indigenous Beading: We're beading the turtle from the creation story known as Skywoman. This creation story is shared by many Indigenous people in North America, including Potawatomi, Mohawk, Haudenosaunee, Oneida. The land we're on in Bloomington is part of the Potawatomi's ancestral homelands. The beading technique we're using for the turtle shell is called "return stitch." It is a relatively new form of appliqué beading and a simplification of two-needle appliqué as it only requires one needle.
We had a workshop where women learned how to decorate the cuffs of socks with tri-beads. I taught the class
Jewellery Beading Wire
18A Metres x .4 mm thick of silver coloured wire for jewellery making and crafts.
Wired Bracelets. The one on the bottom is the one I started in my first wiring class. The one in the middle is my first finished wired piece. The one on the top is one of my favorites, Opalite on sterling silver wire.
November 2023
Indigenous Beading: We're beading the turtle from the creation story known as Skywoman. This creation story is shared by many Indigenous people in North America, including Potawatomi, Mohawk, Haudenosaunee, Oneida. The land we're on in Bloomington is part of the Potawatomi's ancestral homelands. The beading technique we're using for the turtle shell is called "return stitch." It is a relatively new form of appliqué beading and a simplification of two-needle appliqué as it only requires one needle.