Bead blogs


More bead blogs added to my feed reader and this blogroll…


2 responses to “Bead blogs”

  1. You know that bead crochet was introduced to the USA by Miriam Milgram, Martha Forsyth, and Pat Iverson. The former two are ethnic textile scholars and they learned the 6 bead around bracelets in Bulgaria. Where as one of them said to me “Everybody knows how to make.”

    These pieces are spectacular because they have at least 18 to 30+ size 15/0 beads around and worked on quilting thread with a 0.5 mm hook (US 15, Tulip 22)
    You can get the incredible detail of flowers and things. And they are worked in single crochet. The large diameter demands it.

    • I remember the name Pat Iverson. I hope the tradition continues, as it’s such beautiful work. The scale of these projects is impressive to me, though it may be commonplace to them! It boggles MY mind….

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