What are the different techniques in beading?
The five main ways of working with beads are: Stringing, Wirework, Loom Work, and Off-Loom Bead Weaving, alongside Embroidery, Knitting and Crochet. All are suited to the beginner but you need to choose projects carefully.
What is PRAW stitch?
Applying this technique to the geometry of prisms forms a different type of stitch, called prismatic right-angle weave (PRAW). Use this stitch to create beaded beads, beaded ropes, and fascinating three-dimensional beadwork.
What is modified right angle weave?
What is Modified Right Angle Weave? Right Angle Weave (RAW) can be used as a stitch to create full pieces of jewellery or beadwork. However, it is often also used as the base for creating a casing to fit around a cabochon. To do this, start by creating the initial RAW row.
What is right angle weave beadwork?
Right Angle Weave (RAW) is a very popular bead-weaving stitch. Beadwork created using this technique is made up of beads that lie at right angles to one another. It’s a very versatile stitch and can be used with any combination of sizes or shapes of beads.
What is single needle right angle weave?
When working in single needle right angle weave, you’ll typically pick up four beads and weave them into a unit by travelling through the beads in a circular fashion. You can add onto that first unit to create a strip of RAW by sharing at least one bead between units.
What is right-angle weave?
Right-angle weave is so-named because of the way the beads lie at right angles to one another. It is a very versatile weave and you can use any types or sizes of beads, as well as combinations of beads of different sizes and shapes to create different effects.
How do you make a tubular right angle weave rope?
There are two ways that you can create a tubular right angle weave rope. The first is to use a support e.g. a dowel and create rows of the stitch around that. The second way is to make a flat strip of tubular right angle weave and then join the ends together.