Customer Reviews

Step-By-Step Bead Stringing: A Complete Illustrated Professional Approach (Beadwork Books)

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I found this book a little skimpy for the price. As a novice, I found a lot of information that was useful but still didn't feel ready to start a project. The glossary of "standard terminology" was exactly 11 items, including the information that a bracelet is 7" long and goes on your wrist. In a book only 44 pages long, I think there is more important information to include.

I think you'd be better of surfing the web for instructions.

That said, there were some nice illustrations of the standard tools and clasps, etc. Overall, this book was useful but in no way complete.

As a novice, I found the knotting portion of the book clear enough, but there wasn't enough information on attaching clasps - I had to purchase a book by another author.

This book explains knotting fairly well. But as a beginner beader, I found the rest of the instructions confusing and incomplete. I ended up going out and buying the Klutz book (you know, the ones usually found in the Children's section) to beading, which was able to explain things like attaching clasps and making wire loops and the like. It won't get you very far beyond the basics, but at least it gets that far.

This is useful little handbook on bead stringing. I was expecting something thicker - a proper book with a spine! However there is plenty of information in this book for a starter.