Bead Loom Bracelets [Paperback]

Anne Akers Johnson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 10, 2008

Bead Loom Bracelets features detailed instructions and step-by-step illustrations for making seven different bracelets. All of them are surprisingly simple to make. The book comes with all the supplies you need, including beading floss, needles, and thousands (really!) of sparkling seed beads, bugle beads, and specialty beads. Of course, a Klutz bead loom book wouldn't be complete without a functional loom. We include the best bead loom you'll ever use — only from Klutz and already assembled — and it collapses neatly for easy storage.

Comes With: custom fold-up bead loom (requires no assembly), beading floss, 3 beading needles, seed and bugle beads, decorative closure beads, 6 sheets custom sketch paper

• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: Klutz (March 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591745047
• ISBN-13: 978-1591745044
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > Teens > Sports & Hobbies > Arts & Crafts

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Klutz book!, July 4, 2008

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Mad In Miami (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bead Loom Bracelets (Paperback)

This is a great book for children and adults! The directions are clear with good illustrantions and photos to show the exact steps for creating different types of bracelets. The loom that comes in the kit is a good quality loom, the kit comes with everything needed to get started. Beading on a loom is so addictive you will want to buy beads in every color imaginable so you can create bracelets with your own designs. I say this is another great book by Klutz. I have many different books and kits by this company and they make crafts easy and fun to do. I will be ordering more products from Klutz!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Book and Loom, But Inferior Supplies Cause Some Frustration, September 30, 2010

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NYer (New York City) - See all my reviews
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UPDATE: Oct. 4, 2010

The cheap beads and the fraying cord made it very difficult to finish the bracelet. A needle threader and a pair of pliers to be used to pull the needle through the beads would be helpfu.

UPDATE: Oct. 3, 2010

I had fewer problems with beads of other colors. Still, they should check the quality of all the beads before shipping them.

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I opened this kit a couple of hours ago. The book is clear and the loom is cute. The problem is the beads. Easily 1/4 to 1/3 are unusable; I can't get the needle through them. I've used seed beeds before and yes, some beads are always too small, but the proportion of bad beads here is ridiculous. It's hard to move quickly because I have to check each bead as it slides onto the needle. It took me a while to realize that the beads, not I, were the problem. It would have been helpful if the book had mentioned that. The next issue is the floss. It shreds. A lot. Try threading a shredded piece of floss through a tiny needle eye and then through a row of threaded beads. It's very difficult. I've had to undo some rows and I feel like Penelope at her loom.

I'm looking forward to learning this craft, but I can't wait to try it with better supplies.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great craft for older girls, November 24, 2008

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Judith A. Dubois - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bead Loom Bracelets (Paperback)

This is a great craft. I would recommend it for tweens and above. My daughter is a very detailed 13 yr old. She likes this craft because it is something she cannot do on her own. She loved to braid bracelets and make jewelry already and this craft allows her to make bracelets different and more complicated than that.