bead weaving 101

Welcome back to the Herringbone portion of Bead Weaving 101. Tubular Herringbone is a topic I have covered many times before. We used advanced levels of the technique in the Twisted Orchard Bangle and Pearls on the Halfshell projects. So today, I thought I would bring it back to the basics for a bit.  I […]

Taking a Step Back Before I head into Tubular Herringbone variations, I want to share one more flat work technique with you. I have always started my flat herringbone with a Ladder Stitch base of beads. Imagine my surprise, when I discovered there is a traditional way to start the bead work.  If you take […]

Now that you have the fundamentals of Herringbone Stitch under your belt. I bet you are wondering if there is a way to speed this process up a little bit. And there certainly is.  Let me introduce you to the Accelerated Herringbone technique.  The technique is super simple as it merely involves adding two or […]

Hello and welcome back to Bead Weaving 101. Currently, in the series, we are working on the forms and variations of Herringbone Stitch.  In the last post, we worked through the basics of Odd Count Flat Herringbone, by working the Odd column at the edge of the bead work.  Today, I will show you how […]

Hello and welcome back to Bead Weaving 101. Currently, in the series, we are working on the forms and variations of Herringbone Stitch.  In the last post, we worked through the basics of Even Count Flat Herringbone, and today, we are going to look at Odd Count Flat Herringbone. The odd count herringbone technique is […]

Welcome back to Bead Weaving 101.  Today, we begin our exploration into Herringbone Stitch. We will begin with the basic flat linear technique, so that we can build a strong foundation and understanding of the thread path before we move on to the other forms of this stitch.  Herringbone Stitch is also known as Ndebele […]