Contents Introduction................................................................ 4 Technique: Captured Bead Netting ............................................................68 Terminology & Other Things to Know ...................... 6 Netting Bracelet with Puffy Triangle Corners .................................69 Tubular Stitch Tutorials ............................................. 8 Technique: Folded Triangle Two Ways .......................................................71 Bead, Play, & Love .................................................... 14 Folded Triangle Bracelet ...........................................................................71 Folded Triangle Pendant ...........................................................................72 Projects & Techniques Do the Twist Technique/Bobbe Stitch Variation ............................ 74 Circle Game ..................................................................................................... 16 Twist & Gold Necklace ...............................................................................75 Technique: Wavy Skinny Herringbone.......................................................20 Twist & Diamond Necklace ....................................................................... 76 Bugle & Triangle Bangle Bracelet ..........................................................22 Technique: Trellis Pattern...............................................................................77 Technique: Harlequin Diamond ..................................................................24 Technique: Giant Ruffle ..................................................................................78 Technique: Fan .................................................................................................27 Graduated Bobbe/Herringbone Variations ......................................80 Technique: Zen Garden .................................................................................28 Herringbone with Spiral Bobbe .............................................................82 Technique: Flat Triangle .................................................................................30 Technique: Simple Skinny Tubular Herringbone Twist ..........................83 S Pendant ......................................................................................................... 31 Berries For Breakfast ...................................................................................84 Technique: Diamond Stitch Ball Variation ...............................................34 Circle Pendant ................................................................................................88 Technique: Basket Weave on a Four-Bead Base ......................................34 Piggy Circle Pendant ...................................................................................89 Tubular Peyote Using a Four-Bead Base ............................................36 Long, Simple Pendants ..............................................................................90 Technique: Spiral Tubular Peyote ................................................................37 Sleek Color-Blocking Necklace ...............................................................91 Technique: Peyote Bumps..............................................................................37 Technique: Peyote Ball ....................................................................................38 Gallery ....................................................................... 92 Technique: Peyote Saucer ..............................................................................40 Conclusion ................................................................ 95 Technique: Peyote Ruffled Disk .................................................................... 41 Technique: Folded Peyote Ruffle .................................................................42 Technique: Peyote Puffy Square ..................................................................42 Technique: Transitions....................................................................................44 Technique: Tubular Peyote Variations .......................................................46 Technique: Bobbe Stitch ................................................................................50 Bobbe Bracelet ..............................................................................................53 Bobbe Silver and Pearl Necklace ...........................................................53 Technique: Puffy Triangle ..............................................................................54 Puffy Triangle and Peyote Balls Bracelet ...........................................55 Technique: Pagoda Triangle .........................................................................58 Technique: Diamond Stitch on a Three-Bead Base)...............................59 Diamond Stitch Open-Weave Necklace .............................................60 Technique: Diamond Stitch with Two-Hole Beads .................................64 Technique: Diamond Stitch Three-Sided Rope ........................................65 Technique: Zen Garden on a Three-Bead Base .......................................66 Zen Triangle Necklace ................................................................................67 i BeadS! eads and design ideas swirl through my Yes, I love beads, and I know I am not the only one. But my head every day. I wake up designing, and passion is genuine and I have a desire to share what I know I go to sleep designing. I am a lifelong so you can benefit from the countless hours I’ve put into this beader, descended from beaders, and my craft. Each piece in this book evolved from something else. passion goes beyond what anyone might After doing this for so long, I am always amazed when I perceive as normal. My beads go with me discover something new. And when I do, I must share it! wherever I go. The energy in my bead brain, which for me never turns off, I love beads! I love to look at them, touch them, stitch is like the energy of a roulette wheel that has a little ball rolling Bthem together, create new thread paths, and watch structures around and around, past number after number, before finally appear before my eyes. It simply makes me feel good to share settling into just one spot. This is why Bead Play Every Day is everything I know. So here goes: more than just a title; it represents who I am as a beader and This book, my third, is for the beader who has a good an artist because I like to play with beads every day in some working knowledge of basic stitches such as peyote and way, shape, or form. I also like to just sit with them and let herringbone and also how to create stitched ropes. This book them speak to me. Each time I sit down to bead, multiple ideas is for beaders with a growing interest in adding techniques swirl around. If I am just a little bit patient, my head and hands and variations to their repertoire. As always, I will continue to will settle on a design or a thread path or a color scheme that be your cheerleader as you take what I teach in a new and will take me to yet another level of my beading evolution. It’s a unique direction. game I love to play. The techniques in this book are all born from several basic Where do I find my ideas and inspirations? Architecture rope stitches. They can be used alone or in combinations, and and color and nature are my go-to places. I also love to look at you’ll see examples throughout the book. While the order cor- metalwork and microscopic images. When I get a chill or feel responds with my sample rope, it is not necessary for you to butterflies in my stomach, I know I have been inspired. I try to work or learn in that order. There are detailed instructions for not look at beadwork by other artists because I don’t want an each technique/variation, and each technique has a name for idea or someone else’s design to get stuck in my head. easy reference. It is my goal to give you the tools and encour- This book began with the idea of creating one long three- agement needed to become the architect of unique designs. dimensional structural rope, and highlighting numerous This book has been a challenge, but also a reward. Like so techniques along the rope that could be used for individual many other bead artists and designers, I am seeking a new projects. As I worked to create new techniques and variations, thread path, an original design, and perhaps a new technique I found myself wandering over to flat, two-dimensional to help you create your own beautiful innovations so you can techniques. This allowed me to use some of the new beads love beading as much as I do. that have recently come onto the market. I have found 4 through trial and error that not all beads work in all types of was a major source of inspiration for this book. She helped me dimensional designs—some beads are better suited for flat continue a bead journey I had recently begun using multiple projects and some work with any type of project. That said, techniques in one continuous rope. More of this story can be you are welcome to use any beads available for any project. found on p. 14. I thank Marlene for throwing her work at me as It’s all about combining play and experimentation with trial if to say, “here, do something with this,” and for years of love and error. I learn so much more from my mistakes than and encouragement. anything else. Throughout this book there are 20 complete