Mastering Right-Angle Weave with Marcia DeCoster

re: Mastering Right-Angle Weave with Marcia DeCoster

MarciaD@9 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:37:13 GMT

Springbrook, single needle right angle weave does have a certain amount of 'wonk' because one time you are pulling the thread on a downstroke and the next unit you pull up. If you are going to embellish between the units then the wonk is of no issue at all as you'll straighten it all up when you embellish. I agree with the double thread comment, and also giving a little tug at the end of each unit. Waxing double thread eliminates most of the bother, and if you need to back out, just pull your thread until the eye end of the needle is positioned in line with the hole of the beads you need to exit. Always works and takes the bother out of unthreading your thread as you do with single needle. So carry on, you will find it to be a very versatile stitch and....please get some sleep.

re: Mastering Right-Angle Weave with Marcia DeCoster

vfleckner — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:42:10 GMT

I LOVE this book, I've made the ring [can't remember the name and I'm at work] with red, blue, tourquoise, and green gemstones, in both bronze/copper and silver/sphinx. [I have 4 very happy friends, unfortunately I haven't made mine yet] It's an amazing piece of art. The way it is finished is one of the things that make this ring so professional looking....and by the way, I agree with the wonky grid statement, it seems the larger the project the more wonky my grid, too. I've tried single thread and double thread, the double thread was a bear, but it is the tension and when I finish a project, I go back and reinforce with another go thru and that seems to help a lot.

re: Mastering Right-Angle Weave with Marcia DeCoster

LMarlowe — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:08:24 GMT

I love Marsha's work! I learned to beadweave from Carol Wilcox Wells' "The Art & Elegance of Beadweaving" and love them both. I've made many of the projects in Carol's book - next, I'm going to try some of Marsha's.

re: Mastering Right-Angle Weave with Marcia DeCoster

lesleymorrell — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:48:31 GMT

As a relatively new beader I bought Beaded Allure by Kelly Wiese and just could not stop making the projects.LUUUVED IT.Now i've finished Marcia's book looks like my next contender.

re: Mastering Right-Angle Weave with Marcia DeCoster

LizT@19 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:30:20 GMT

RAW will look wonky for several rows. Tension is also important to get it fairly even. Don't be discouraged by this - it will pull together and look stunning. Bead on!!

re: Mastering Right-Angle Weave with Marcia DeCoster

SpringbrookStudios — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:05:33 GMT

I have this gorgeous book and it is quite inspiring and the directions are easy to understand. My only issue is that in RAW, my "grid" always looks wonky. It's off kilter and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Anyone experience this? I lay awake at night trying to solve this RAW dilemma... thread tension? Thanks!

re: Mastering Right-Angle Weave with Marcia DeCoster

DAZ52 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:44:55 GMT

this is an excellent book, very clear instructions for RAW technique