Does this stitch look any better with round seeds vs. delica/tubular beads? I love the look of it, but have never done it. I want to try some simple chains.
I think it's more a preference for how you want it to look than ease of stitching. I've only done herringbone with round seed beads so far and they've worked fine. Herringbone is a pretty forgiving stitch for round seeds I think, unlike peyote where they're a PITA.
Jeni
Oklahoma City
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I'm doing a piece using both right now. I was just kinda playing around trying to answer that ? to myself, but my daughter liked it. I'm putting in a pic so you can see
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Not a great pic..... oh well.
Cherie
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I've done twisted Ndebele with a mix of seeds and Delicas. It has a really nice effect. The seeds are 11 but will sit above the Delicas adding depth. Here are images of Xmas present that the family got a few years ago. I find that the trick with any spiral is to try it. Make a one or two inch test strip to see if is the affect you want. The fun of beading is there are no rules, just try it.
Ooh, I like the mix of seeds and delicas here. I'd been thinking of making a simple silver chain of tubular herringbone ever since I saw the one on the Ruby's Beadwork website.
In the examples the two of you have posted, what size bead ring did you start with?
I have a little one inch piece that I've worked up in sz 8's on a 6 ring base. It seemed to take awhile to get that little bit done, but hopefully that's because it's a new stitch for me. I'm using the instructions for the "Twisted Cable Bracelet" in Getting Started with Seed Beads, which are a little different than the B&B video which I looked at.
The video uses a 4 round ring, and "sews up" through 2 beads to force the twist. It then steps up through 3 beads at the end of the round, which is of course the 2nd stitch of the round. From the video I'm not sure if they continue alternating 2 and 3, or just continue with the 3.
The book's instructions uses a 6 round ring, and "sews up" through 3 beads to force the twist. It goes through the same number, i.e. 3 beads, each stitch, so you don't have to step up at the end of each round. Looking at the samples shown, I think the book's piece twists more tightly, but I can't tell for sure.
I'm using a 4 ring base and alternating a 2/3 step up on every row. I'm also using 11/0's on the round beads. The tension seems to be the key. Mine is looseish because my daughter wants me to weave maille between 2 strands for a choker. This is only my 3rd twisted herringbone piece so I can only tell you how I'm doing mine. It's fun though and goes fast.
Kippercat
I used six bead base, 3 sets of a 11/0 seed and Delica. Starting with a ladder 2 beads high. For the first round you go down 1 bead and up 2, that means up thru the whole row of 2 beads. Once you get a row 3 beads high you go down 1 bead and up 3 for the rest of the rope.
I'm curious - do you think the 2/3 works better for a 4 bead rope, and the 3 each time for a 6 bead rope? Some day I'll try some both ways on a 4 & 6 bead rope. It will also be interesting to see if it's any easier with 11's than 8's - probably not!
Thank you very much for all the help.
When you say 2/3 do you mean going down 2 beads and up 3 beads? And isn't 4 bead set awful small or are you using larger beads. Let me know when you try it. eperimenting is part of the fun.
"When you say 2/3 do you mean going down 2 beads and up 3 beads? "
Philonese, yes, that's what I mean. The B&B example above appears to be a 4 bead rope. It would certainly be smaller, but perhaps better for people like my sister who wants jewelry with a very delicate look. Someday I'll try it and find out!
I love twisted herringbone and have used all sort of beads including seeds, hexes and delicas from sizes 15 - 8. By using beads of different sizes you can emphasise the twist too. and its fun to embellish, as you alrady have the twist to follow round the rope. Here's a picture of a bracelet I made using size 8 seeds and hexes and then embellished using shells, and fwp
Gail, this looks great! I was about to ask you how well it worked without a clasp, and then I found it. :)
Is this a 4bead strand?
Hi, thanks, I really enjoyed making it as it seemed to come together really quickly - you know how some things do?
Yes it's just four beads, but because they are 8s and with the embellishment it doesn't look too skinny. I thought the biwa made a great toggle and fitted with the embellishments. I made the loop by continuing the herringbone on just two beads eventually joining up with the beads on the other side when it was long enough to go round, although I switched colours halfway so that it would all match up when I joined. Hope that makes sense?
Yes, it makes perfect sense. I think I'll switch to a 4 bead trial for my bracelet with 8's. I like it better with the embellishments anyway!
Oh my that is beautiful!!!! I am just a beginnner and I am taking a peyote class that is one of the patterns they are going to teach me next week. I am so excited to start it. I have been wanting to do that for a long time. I haven't done any bead work since I was a little girl. Just stringing. I had a loom for a while and I did pretty good with it but I didn't know how to finish it. But I am learning more now. Again your work is just beautiful!!!
Love and God Bless
Cindy
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