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Hi this is Megan with Beadaholique.com and today I'm going to show you how to do
tubular herringbone
bead weaving
I'm going to use a 10/0
delica seed bead
but it will work with
any seed bead
you need
some kind of
base to work off of. I'm just using a straw. Your bead weaving will be just a
little bit
wider, thicker then
whatever you use as a base
so find something that is a size
that you want to work on
you can use
pencils
straws
thick wires, anything that's
it's not going to bend too much on you
and that is nice and straight and round
I've even used larger noodle beads
depending on what you're looking for
so go ahead and thread a beading needle
and the
tubular herringbone much like regular herringbone, flat herringbone
it starts with ladder stitch
as a base to work off of
we're going to create a ladder stitch that's long enough to wrap around
your form
thread
two beads
then go
back through your first bead
go through the next bead again
string a bead
go back through
if you're not familiar with ladder stitch I'm just going to gloss over it here
so you can also watch a video on how to do ladder stitch on beadaholique.com
if you need a little bit of an in-depth tutorial
go through
then
a bead
I've already
measured mine around and I know that I need about fourteen beads
for the tubular herringbone, you do need a even-number of beads
go ahead and
create
your ladder stitch and test to see how long
you also might have to
experiment with what you use as your
structure
you're cylinder
form because
you do you want it to have a good fit also with an even number of beads
not be too loose or too tight, if it's too tight it's gonna not give you a
solid bead weaving, if it's too loose
it's not going to provide you with as much structure but too loose is probably better
than too tight
if you can get a nice fit
once you have
your ladder stitch
the right length
that will meet around there
just reinforce that ladder stitch, it's going to be the base for your whole tube
so it's going to be nice and strong, so just stitch
back-and-forth, back through
the ladder stitch
all the way back to the beginning, that's gonna keep your bead straight too.
Keep them from
kind of zig-zagging back and forth
give you a stable base
then you're going to
bring your beads around into a ring
go down through that other end bead there to create a loop
then
continue
back through
the original bead
and then reinforce that as well
you're going to go ahead and put that on
what you're using as your form
If you're familiar with the flat herringbone stitch it's going to be worked
pretty much the same way except it goes around
the form instead of flat back and forth
you want to get your
base row as snug around
your form as possible here
don't wanna leave a gap
so the first thing is pick up two beads
and go
down through
the adjacent bead to the one that you're coming out of
you can hold your tail
for the first part, it's going to help you hold it steady
pull that down
then you're going to go back up through the next bead in the
foundation
pick up two beads
and go
back down through the next
bead in the foundation row
pull it tight
up through the following
continue
like that around
which is why you need an even number of rows because it's gonna be two beads at a
time in herringbone stitch
if they don't lay nice and evenly you can
pull the thread in the middle of the needle and pull it back down
back up through the next bead
pick up two beads
down through that one
keep going all the way around
and
as you can see I've got a little tiny gap there in my foundation row
give it a tug, here is where it's important because you're going to now
join the next row, so you're done with your second row
you're going to go back up now not only through your base row bead but also through
the bead
in the first row
that we just stitched. Go through rows one and two
and you're going to step up to your next row that way
and now we're gonna start with row three
add two beads
and go down only through
the second row
bead right there
and then
up through
the next bead over
add two beads
down through
the next bead
don't go all the way back down through, just through
the one in the previous row
up through the first row
and don't be worry if it seems like it's lifting away from your foundation
the last row
of herringbone
will
not be quite secure until you put the next row on top of it
it will get
a little bit more secure once you go in and
use the next row to
stabilize it
down through
the next bead, up through the one next to that
add two seed beads
down through the next one
continue around until you finish
row three
at the end of the row
again you're going to go through
up through the bead like normal and out through
the first bead in row two
and step up every row just the same way
and do the same for row four
so just continue
in that way until your tube is as long as you want it to be
when you finish
and you tube is as long as you want
we're going to
ladder stitch the last row together so that it matches the front
so
go ahead and
go right through
next bead over
and back up
back down
and
onto
the next bead around
and you're going to continue
just that, if you're familiar ladder stitch
then it'd be really simple
and that will make your
beginning and ending uniformed and it will secure
the last row of
beads since herringbone
does need the next row to
kind of really secure it down
just
all the way around
once you get back to the
point which you started
I'm going to
go ahead and
connect those ones
with a couple of loops as well and then just tie off and weave in your threads
that's going to be how you finish that
too
once you slide it off your form
you'll have a nice tube
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