Books on Off-loom beadwork...

 I find off-loom beadwork interesting, fun and so relaxing.  There is an endless choice of stitches making each one different by using different types and sizes of beads.

I own Mastering Beadwork by Carol Huber Cypher and Beadwork creates Bracelets and Necklaces edited by Jean Campbell.  These books are perfect choices for this type of beadwork.

Does anyone have any other favorites?

In advance, thanks for your input. 

Anything by Carol Wilcox Wells is a good choice.  Her books are beautiful.

YEAH STEELERS, btw.  Sorry if your an Eagles fan though.

 Thanks for the info, Chris.  This is a very timely topic for me because I'm looking to pick up a book with great projects to learn with that are still stylish and don't look like I only just learned.  I just taught myself the basics of tubular peyote and African helix over the weekend, along with discovering that a design of earrings I made years ago is actually called the brick stitch.  Someone else on another post suggested Dustin Wedekind's book and I've got that on hold at my local B&N, but I want to maximize my dollar -- maybe I need to make a run over to the used bookstore.

 I agree, even though I'm just learning, the practice pieces I've made were very relaxing, almost comforting in a way.  I am eager to put together something I can actually wear and in learning even more.

 Scarlett, you're also a great resource for this thread......if you're there, can you chime in here and tell us what books you've got and maybe how you've learned.

Jsmaz,

Thanks for your reply, I'll look for other books by same author.

Yes, Yeah Steelers!  1st an Eagles fan, 2nd a Steelers fan, thanks to my future son-in-law!

Yeah, I'm 1st a Seahawks fan, which was tough when they played the Steelers a couple years ago-who the heck do I cheer for??  Since they were awful this year, I'm glad I have a good backup!

We now return to off-loom beadweaving...

Hm, this is a hard one. I recently bought Seed bead Stitching by Beth Stone and this is great! Many variations on "classic" stitches like peyote, daisy chain, RAW, brick stitch and spiral stich.

My all-time favs are Zulu Inspired Beadword by Diane Fitzgerald (If you like off-loom stitches a bit off mainstream. She published other great books, too.) and Beading in the Native American Tradition by David Dean, which does not only hold bead embroidery, but also many off-loom stitches).

BTW, I'm a fan of VfB Stuttgart. Does anyone know that team (soccer, for all who don't know it! ).

I've heard of it from watching sports news, but I don't follow that football except for the World Cup (it's rather inescapable).  We're all about motor racing and gridiron in this house.  Pity with the economy so bad that motor racing may not be as exciting this year.

A few of my faves:

"The Art and Elegance of Beadweaving" by Carol Wilcox Wells

"Creative Bead Weaving" by Carol Wilcox Wells

"Beaded Purses" by Enid Taylor (some of the actual purses are quite horrible in design, but the instructions were fabulous!  This is the book I used to teach myself how to beadweave about ten years ago, and I still use it.)

"Beading With Brick Stitch", "Netted Beadwork" and "The Beaded Garden" by Diane Fitzgerald are all wonderful books for off-loom beadweaving

Also, "Beading With Herringbone Stitch", "Beading with Peyote Stitch" and "Beading With Right Angle Weave" are all great references.

I know there are more, I just can't think of them right now.

 Hi All,

I was just wondering if there is a book out there that is good for beginners wanting to learn and practice the various off loom bead stitches. It appears from my searches that you have to purchase books separately to learn each stitch - Is this the case or am I just not looking in the right place? I was hoping that there was a comprehensive book that was detailed enough for beginners that also offered ways to expand on these basics - maybe I am expecting too much out of one book?

Thanks - Leigh

LD:

 Hi All,

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I was hoping that there was a comprehensive book that was detailed enough for beginners that also offered ways to expand on these basics - maybe I am expecting too much out of one book?

Thanks - Leigh

I suggest "Beaders Companion" from Interweave and "The Illustrated Bead Bible" by   Theresa Geary, Ph.D. [Kind of pricey]

Stan B.

 Stan wrote: 

I suggest "Beaders Companion" from Interweave and "The Illustrated Bead Bible" by   Theresa Geary, Ph.D. [Kind of pricey]

Thanks Stan - I took your suggestions and purchased both! The "Beaders Companion" is absolutely perfect and I have already recommended it to another friend who beads. And believe it or not I found "The Illustrated Bead Bible" at my local used book store for 15 bucks and have been reading it ever since. Great suggestions

Leigh

Great!!!    And $15.00 was a steal -- almost grand larceny -- I paid book club price, which was a good deal.

Stan B.