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perle sauvage skip to main skip to sidebar perle sauvage thursday january 3 2008 introduction when i first started down the beading path twenty some odd years ago there weren t that many books published on the subject my resources were often reduced to hunting down old broken pieces in my mom s grand mom s and aunts jewelries and if i couldn t find any broken ones well let s just say i figured out how to redo a lot of pieces on my own i first learned how to bead on an old black wire loom with wooden spindles you know the type they still make them you can get one for 6 at walmart very simple quite effective remember some of the greatest artifacts available today were created across a bent bow most of the pieces i made are long gone by now some given as friendship gifts others as presents i did find one i d made 17 years ago though i should photograph is to share it with you i ve kept so many pieces over the years and every so often i like to go through them all feeling them examining them and seeing their evolution well anyway as i was saying when i started there weren t that many places you could go to learn new techniques stitches or patterns it was usually passed down by a family member friend or teacher it wasn t until i discovered the internet that my bead knowledge increased there had been a few magazines and books i d found but nothing like what i could find on the net i couldn t believe the resources i was discovering and so since i ve learned so much through the internet i thought it would be fun to return the favor i m starting this blog in the hopes of sharing my knowledge with all of you i would like this to be a place where beaders can come and learn something new or maybe just a new twist on something old i ll try to keep up on updates as much as i can life permitting you ll be able to find any new tutorials below this intro and i ll try and keep up with tags too that way you ll be able to search either by technique or item posted by unknown at 10 01 am 2 comments bead crochet rope clicking on each page image will enlarge them for better viewing again these instructions are geared to the beginner but once you ve mastered the technique you can move on to smaller beads a smaller hook and finer thread my choice of hook is a 0 9 mm and this i use for beads anywhere between 15 0 and 6 0 my preferred thread for crocheting ropes with is coats button thread or dual duty thread both polyester based and both very very strong upholstery thread is also good to work with try to skip cotton thread as it will eventually stretch out under the weight of the beads and in the long run might give your rope a loose look as for your rope care try not to get it wet to avoid thread rot inside the beads if such an accident should happen lie your rope flat on a towel and dry it with a hair dryer on a very low setting this will help prevent the thread from rotting and weakening inside the beads as far as bead amounts and thread length i usually don t calculate them but just in case you want to make sure you ve got enough beads here s a rough method to calculate how many beads you ll need bead size number x number of stitches will usually give you the number of beads you ll need in an inch example say you re using size 11 beads and are making a rope with six chain stitches multiply 11 by 6 and you get 66 you ll need approximately 66 beads to an inch 2 2 cm let s try size 8 beads and a 4 chain stitch rope 8x4 32 beads again this is approximate as for the thread length again i pretty much wing it but i d say i use about 1 meter of thread to each inch of a 6 chain rope maybe a bit less i ll see if i can figure that out one day posted by unknown at 7 25 am 31 comments labels bead crochet rope beginner x s o s earrings posted by unknown at 7 16 am 1 comment labels beginner earrings x s and o s home subscribe to comments atom tutorial fans labels bead crochet rope 1 beginner 2 earrings 1 x s and o s 1 strung out on pearls 19 strands of beads and 45 minutes later blog archive blog archive jan 2008 3