The Knotty Macrame & Beading Book: Techniques for Bead Lovers (The Beading Book Series) [Paperback]

Wendy Simpson Conner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1997 | Series: The Beading Book Series (Book 2004)

The "Knotty" Macrame and Beading Book has a fun variety of knotted jewelry and projects. This update of a classic has a wide range; including chokers, necklaces, bracelets, plant hangers, and more! A very popular comprehensive knotting book with beaders of all ages. Lots of illustrations and patterns are included.

Product Details

• Paperback: 52 pages
• Publisher: Interstellar Pub Co (July 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964595745
• ISBN-13: 978-0964595743
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,268,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Knots for beginners, May 22, 2000

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Dell (Princeville, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Knotty Macrame & Beading Book: Techniques for Bead Lovers (The Beading Book Series) (Paperback)

This book has some examples of macrame jewelry with beads and small cord. The illustrations are poorly drawn. The directions are not clear. The book would be better for more experienced macrame enthusiasts or people who know the knots. It would work well for persons giving a class in macrame, but it is not for the beginner.

I tried the simple plant hanger, but the instructions about the "wrap" were vague. The illustrations were not clear. There were no reccomended distances between knots to get any particutlar result.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Done Book, September 29, 2005

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a_melee_ensued - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Knotty Macrame & Beading Book: Techniques for Bead Lovers (The Beading Book Series) (Paperback)

This book is very shoddy and I'm sorry I bought it. The color plates (what few there are) are re-screened from another publication, they suffer from moire and look awful.

The book is tiny and the steps to produce the few projects are not always clear. Some of the crucial illustrations are no more than scribbles, I mean this literally--they don't even rise to the level of hurried sketches.

Nobody tried very hard producing this book and no self-respecting publishing house would have printed it. Waste of ten bucks.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for beginners, November 21, 2003

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merrymousies (Waterford, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Knotty Macrame & Beading Book: Techniques for Bead Lovers (The Beading Book Series) (Paperback)

I'm in my 30s now.....I wanted to re-learn how to make a plant hanger like I had done about 20 years ago in 7th grade....Try as I might I couldn't remember how to do it from memory so I went in search for a good book from the '70s that could remind me. This is a pretty cool book - its has the basic knots that I was looking for and has good instructions. It still seemed easier to do when I was 12 yrs old sitting there in art class but this book gave me a good start. It has a wide variety of things to make and many pictures to show/inspire. Don't think I'll be making that macrame purse with fringe but the plant hanger was good.