ontents Introution... 4 Mterils n Tools... 5 Bsi Tehniques... 9 One you lern hnful of stithes, you ll e mze t the jewelry you n rete n wer! PEYOTE STITCH... 12 All Together Lether Tssel Errings...13 Angulr Azte Brelet... 15 Polk Dot Prise Nekle... 18 SPIRAL ROPE STITCH... 22 Wining Rivulet Brelet... 23 Lively Lentil Loop Errings... 26 Sprkle Spirl with Twist Nekle... 29 LADDER STITCH... 32 Art Deo Errings... 33 Fork in the Ro Nekle... 36 Chutes n Lers Brelet... 39 BRICK STITCH... 43 Stepping Stone Brelet... 44 Color Bloke Collr... 47 Coile Hoop Errings... 50 HERRINGBONE STITCH... 53 Confetti Brelet... 54 Woven We Errings... 58 Colonne Chins Nekle... 62 NETTING STITCH... 66 Luminous Lttie Bngle... 67 Dew Drop Lrit... 71 Quirky Quilte Drop Errings...74 SQUARE STITCH... 77 Gren Prty Brelet... 78 Cirlet Collr... 81 Hul Hoop Errings... 85 RIGHT-ANGLE WEAVE... 88 Colestone Cuff... 89 Perle Floret Errings... 92 RAW Ruffle Collr... 95 Quirky Quilte Drop Errings, p. 74 BEAD EMBROIDERY... 98 Doole Cuff... 99 Rint Rivoli Errings... 103 Be Emroiere Button Pennt... 106 Aknowlegments... 110 Aout the Author... 111
Introution One of the things I love most out eing is its verstility. After you hve lerne hnful of stithes, the sky is the limit with the jewelry you n rete n mke. A unique e olor or shpe n turn si eweving stith into truly spetulr piee of jewelry. My gol in writing this ook ws to introue you to some of my fvorite stithes n new wys to use those stithes to rete stunning ee jewelry. Whether you re rn new to eweving, rey to tke your eginner skills to the next level, or n experiene eer looking for refresh on lssi stith, the projets in this ook will propel you forwr on your e journey. I ve orgnize eh hpter in the ook y type of stith, n I ve explore nine stithes to offer you 27 innovtive ee jewelry projets. Eh hpter ontins three projets: nekle, relet, n errings. I lso offer n lterntive esign option for eh projet so you n truly ustomize your ee jewelry to your personl style preferene. The lterntive esign options uil off the tehniques from the min projet, n inlue itionl skills, stithes, n emellishments to further your eing repertoire. You n ertinly flip through the ook n mke projet tht speks to you or ive into speifi hpter with stith you love. However, if eweving stith is rn-new to you, I enourge you to egin with the first projet in tht prtiulr stith s hpter, s it will ly the fountion for weving tht stith. All other projets in eh hpter uil from the first projet, so thorough unerstning of the si stith from tht projet will give you the skills n onfiene you nee to suessfully rete the other projets in tht hpter. You will fin my personl trie-n-true tips n tehniques sprinkle throughout the pges of this ook. My gol ws to shre with you s muh of my eing knowlege s possile for you to use s referene. These tips will provie ssistne n guine s you e. My spirtion for this ook is to mke you fll in love with e weving s muh s I hve, so I truly hope you enjoy lerning the stithes I ve presente n hve fun eing the projets I rete. You might fin you like some stithes etter thn others I ll mit, I hve my fvorites, too ut regrless of how you use this ook, I hope it inspires your own unique eweving explortion. Let it e, Mrl Perle Floret Errings esign option, p. 92 4
Mterils n Tools see es Bes As you ll soon isover, es ome in wie vriety of sizes, shpes, mterils, olors, n finishes. The projets in this ook inlue glss see es in size 150, 110, 80, n 60; glss yliner es in size 110 n 100; n some vrying size es in vrious shpes. The most importnt thing to note out e sizes is the lrger the numer size, the smller the e. For exmple, 150 see e is smll n 60 see e is signifintly lrger. yliner es See es re roun, n they re ville in vriety of sizes, olors, n finishes. Cyliner es, often referre to y the rn nme Deli, re re more retngulr, or yliner-shpe, thn see es, ut re lso ville in vriety of sizes, olors n finishes. Druk es re lrger roun glss es. Crystls re glss es with mny fets (you will fin Swrovski n Czeh rystls, mong other options). Crystls my e roun, ione ( three-imensionl imon shpe), or ronelle ( roun, squt shpe). Crystl perls re mn-me glss perls tht re perfetly roun n gret for stithing. Fire-polishe es re fete, olong glss es. rop es Drop es re shpe like terrops n ome in multiple sizes. Two-hole es hve two stithing holes. There re ton of ifferent shpes ville I ve use Brik es in this ook. ione rystls tip When I fin olor or finish on e I relly love, I will purhse the sme e in vriety of sizes. Brik es rystl perls 5
Polk Dot Prise Nekle After you ve mstere flt, even-ount peyote, it s time to tke this stith to the next level. Use this irulr version of peyote to ezel roun rystl rivolis n then onnet them together with ione rystls to rete enter fol piee tht is enhne with perl n rystl nekstrps. Supplies 4 12mm rystl rivolis 98 4mm rystl iones 86 4mm rystl perls 1.5g 110 see es 1g 110 yliner es 1g 150 see es 2-strn lsp Brie eing thre, 6-l. test Being neele, size 12 18
12mm rystl rivoli 4mm rystl perl figure 1 4mm rystl ione 110 see e 110 yliner e 150 see e figure 2 figure 3 figure 4 Be roun (or ezel) the rivolis 1. Thre neele on omfortle length of thre, n pik up 32 110 yliner es. Tie n overhn knot (Bsi Tehniques, p. 9) with the working thre n til thre, leving 6-in. (15m) til (figure 1). These es will shift to eome the first n seon roun s the thir roun is e. 2. Roun 3: Pik up yliner, skip the next yliner in the previous roun, n sew through the following yliner. Continue this stith for totl of 16 times. Step up y sewing through the first yliner e in this roun (figure 2). 3. Roun 4: Pik up 150 see e, skip the next yliner in the previous roun, n sew through the following yliner. Continue ing 150s this wy for totl of 16 times to omplete the roun. Step up y sewing through the first 150 e in this roun (figure 3). note Mintin tight tension while ing the 150s in this row. The ework shoul egin to up inwrs with the ition of the smller es. 4. Roun 5: Pik up 150, skip the next 150 from the previous roun, n sew through the following 150. Continue ing 150s this wy for totl of 16 times to omplete the figure 5 roun. Step up y sewing through the first 150 e in this roun (figure 4). 5. Sew through the ework, hiing the thre pth, so the neele is exiting n up-e long the other ege of the ework. You will e exiting yliner in Roun 1. 6. Ple 12mm rivoli fe own into the ework. 7. Rouns 6 8: Repet steps 3 5 on the k of the rivoli. En the thres (Bsi Tehniques). 8. Repet steps 1 7 three more times for totl of four ezele rivolis. Connet the rivolis 9. Exiting yliner e in Roun 2 of ezele rivoli (shown in re in figure 5), pik up 4mm ione rystl, n sew through enter yliner (shown in re) on the seon ezele rivoli. Continue piking up rystl n sewing through the enter yliner (shown in re) in ezele rivoli until ll four rivolis re onnete. Then, sew through the ework to exit yliner on the sie of the ezele rivoli (figure 5, ). Sew through the enter yliner (shown in lue), lote eight es wy from the yliner where the inner rystls re onnete. 19
Confetti Brelet Lern the si herringone stith while eing this multi-strn relet. Strns of herringone re ee with see es n fun two-hole es tht pops of onfetti into the esign every few rows. It s prty relet in every sense of the wor! Supplies relet, 61/4 in. (15.9m) 12 7mm two-hole ohon es, olor A 7 7mm two-hole ohon es, olor B 7.5g 80 see es Button with shnk Brie eing thre, 6-l. test Neele, size 10 54
two-hole ohon e, olor A two-hole ohon e, olor B 80 see e e e figure 1 f e figure 2 figure 3 figure 4 Herringone stith three ee strns 1. Atth stop e on omfortle length of thre, (Bsi Tehniques, p. 9), leving 6-in. (15m) til. 2. Pik up four 80 see es, n sew through ll four 80s gin, positioning the es sie y sie so they form two olumns n the holes re prllel (figure 1, ). 3. Pik up two 80s, sew through the previous olumn of two 80s, n then sew through the new olumn gin ( ). 4. Work s in step 3 three more times ( ). 5. Pik up two 80s, n sew own through the 80 in the previous olumn n up through the following 80 (figure 2, ). 6. Repet step 5 ( ). 7. Pik up two 80s, n sew own through the next 80 ( ). 8. Sew up through the jent 80, n sew igonlly up through the lst 80 e in the previous step. This is herringone step-up ( e). 9. Repet steps 5 8 three more times. 10. Pik up two 80s, n sew own through the next 80 n up through the previous two 80s in the sme row, n ontinue through the first 80 e in this step (figure 3, ). 11. Repet step 10 four times ( ). 12. Pik up olor A two-hole ohon e, sew own through the ville hole n next 80, n sew up through the next 80 n A ( ). 13. Pik up two 80s, sew own through the A n 80, n sew up through the next 80, A, n 80 ( e). 14. Repet step 10 four times. 15. Repet steps 12 14 to the esire length (see Tips ), ing n ening thre s neee (Bsi Tehniques). Set the remining thre sie. 16. Atth omfortle length of thre to the herringone se, n exit the right e in the mile herringone olumn (figure 4, point ). 17. Pik up two 80s, n sew own through the jent 80 n up through the orresponing two 80s (figure 4, ). 18. Work s in steps 12 15 using Bs in ple of As, n referring to figure 4. 19. Atth omfortle length of thre to the herringone se, n exit the right e in the left herringone olumn (point f). 20. Work s in steps 10 15 to mke thir herringone strn. 55
106 Be Emroiere Button Pennt Turn lovely utton into eutiful fol pennt. Using the sis of e emroiery from the previous two projets, tke the tehnique to the next level y king the emroiere omponent n ing tiy rik stith ege.
27mm eortive utton 3mm rystl perl 110 yliner e 110 see e 150 see e figure 1 Supplies 27mm eortive utton 32 3mm rystl perls 2g 110 yliner es 1.5g 110 see es.25g 150 see es 3x3 in. (7.6x7.6m) piee of eing fountion 3x3 in. piee of ultrsuee 2 9-in. (23m) piees of hin, texture le Loster lsp Brie eing thre, 6-l. test Sissors E6000 hesive 2 pirs of neele hinnose pliers Be emroier roun eortive utton 1. Remove the shnk from the k of the utton, if it s not lrey remove, n glue it onto the eing fountion. Let the glue ry. 2. Tie triple knot t one en of omfortle length of thre, leving 1-in. (2.5m) til (Bsi Tehniques, p. 9). 3. Sew up through the fountion from k to front t the ege of the utton. (It oes not mtter where, s long s the thre exits right next to the ege.) 4. Pik up two 110 yliner es, n pull them snug ginst the fountion, positioning them next to the utton. Sew through the fountion right next to where the seon yliner rests. Sew up through the fountion where the first yliner rests, n ontinue through the first n seon yliner (figure 1, ). 5. Pik up two yliners, n pull them snug ginst the fountion, positioning them next to the utton n previously e yliners. Sew own through the 107