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Old July 7th 03, 07:42 PM
Dr. Sooz
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Default Question - Bead Loom

I find off-loom beadweaving much more fun, and variable, and creative.
Loom-weaving isn't as flexible, IMO, creatively.

And if you're going to buy a loom, get a Larry The Loom -- that's what all my
loom-weaving pals say. They bemoan the money spent (wasted!) on any other
looms they bought before the got Larry.

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Old July 7th 03, 09:18 PM
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Dr. Sooz wrote:


Many beadweavers use a magnifying visor, or those little magnifying glasses you
get at the drugstore. I know I sure do. But it's wise to start learning to
beadweave using bigger seed beads (size 8 or 6). Otherwise you may go insane.



What if you were insane to begin with? Is it okay to start with 11/0's then ? )


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Old July 7th 03, 11:13 PM
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On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 18:32:38 GMT, "CLP" wrote:

PS - Is this a good one? It looks very good to me and makes me think, would
it work nicely to make a loom that would fit around my desktop light table?
That seems like it would be a giid idea...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=30 88


I wouldn't use it for two reasons -- I'm disabled and I can't sit up
at a table, so I use a vertical loom, and I think it would be hard to
get the beads onto the needle out of the cups underneath the weaving.
I wouldn't *buy* it because of all the inappropriate quotes in the
text.

(I know, people who are good at one thing may not be good at grammar
and punctuation, but when you're selling via text, good grammar and
punctuation are important!)

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Old July 7th 03, 11:34 PM
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heh heh -- I like organic, even lumpy bead stuff. So I'm a messy girl, that's
okay! Delicas are too neat for me. :-)

i didnt read all that dr. sooz wrote but i am sure she has excellent
advice, i dont off loom bead because i like using a grid... looming
is great for a grid best wishes to you, and i hope you enjoy
whatever you do!!



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Old July 7th 03, 11:57 PM
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Thank you all for answering me and Alia, thanks for the welcome! I can't
quite picture in my mind, Dr. Sooz, how you maintain the even tension of the
warp threads if you're holding them in your hands, unless you tie them all
in a knot and hold that? I wish I could come over and watch for awhile. I'd
bring the coffee if ya want...

I find that advice - to try it before I invest - to be kind of funny, since
I do tend to go overboard. Do we know each other? I feel like a cartoon rat
attracted to all those glittery things and find myself gathering, hoarding,
even to the extent of buying pounds of beads on EBay and separating them to
stretch my post employment budget. One box becams one case, then two and
three, and Oooh look at THIS bead!! Ohmygosh look at THOSE!! (intake of
breath, palpitations) I need purples..

I see the weaving and amulet bags and crochet necklaces and have to
practically jumpstart my heart. I see the lampwork or whatever this torch
meets glass and becomes amazing scenes and faces and color combinations is
called - and I am stunned to silence! I've spent a lot of years behind the
computer monitor working for someone else, using creativity based on pixels
and points, bezels and curves and three letter extensions. Being freed from
the daily grind of that, I can't tell you - finding this group as a bonus -
I feel like a prisoner who's been released from death row! I want to do
everything, try everything, learn, learn, learn. This takes up so much less
space than my looms and wheel and pottery stuff, knitting, crocheting,
mosaics and all my other endeavors always have. It's win, win!

I wish I could absorb all the available info at once and see all there is to
see. When I'm not studying all the links (thank you so much, Sooz) and
google searching info and reading books about it I'm spending hours and
hours a day with these smooth, shiny, multi-hued lovelies. Making one thing
after another. Selling these, giving away these. Beads make smiles
everywhere they go, like magic. Now you think I'm totally goofy, right?

Oh well, the time has come to fess up. My name is Christy and I am a
beadaholic.

"alia" wrote in message
om...
welcome to rcb i loom but i dont use a loom that elaborate. you
can get one at joannes for like $7, and you can do quite a lot with
that, plus, in my experience, it is not all that easy to see for
looming, so u may want to try it out first before you invest.

i didnt read all that dr. sooz wrote but i am sure she has excellent
advice, i dont off loom bead because i like using a grid... looming
is great for a grid best wishes to you, and i hope you enjoy
whatever you do!!

alia



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Old July 8th 03, 12:01 AM
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I can't
quite picture in my mind, Dr. Sooz, how you maintain the even tension of the
warp threads if you're holding them in your hands, unless you tie them all
in a knot and hold that?


There aren't any.
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Old July 8th 03, 12:03 AM
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It could turn you sane .. couldnt it? Not worth the risk in my not so humble
opinion.
But I am a firm believer in trying things for myself.. so.. If you want to
... go for it! what do you have to loose.. oh.. we covered that already.
Diana

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"Arondelle" wrote in message
...
Dr. Sooz wrote:


Many beadweavers use a magnifying visor, or those little magnifying

glasses you
get at the drugstore. I know I sure do. But it's wise to start

learning to
beadweave using bigger seed beads (size 8 or 6). Otherwise you may go

insane.


What if you were insane to begin with? Is it okay to start with 11/0's

then ? )


Arondelle
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================================================== =========
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is
better than not to think at all."
(attributed to Hypatia of Alexandria)

"People who believe they have all the answers have stopped
asking questions."
Marx Stead of Canton, OH
================================================== =========

Visit Arondelle's Dream Worlds at:
http://www.arondelle.com

Read my Blog:
http://www.angelfire.com/blog/arondelle/index.html



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Old July 8th 03, 12:03 AM
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Please do (where are you geographically?)! But until then, this is the same
stitch as loom weaving, but it's the off-loom version......(bring cookies
instead!)

Square Stitch Instructions
http://kimberlychapman.com/crafts/beadsquare.html

I can't
quite picture in my mind, Dr. Sooz, how you maintain the even tension of the
warp threads if you're holding them in your hands, unless you tie them all in

a knot and hold that? I wish I could come over and watch for awhile. I'd bring
the coffee if ya want...


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Sooz
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exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne

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Old July 8th 03, 12:05 AM
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Honey, would you like me to send you all the beadweaving links I'm preparing
for the new List? Most if not all of them are not on the old List. Be happy
to.

When I'm not studying all the links (thank you so much, Sooz)



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Old July 8th 03, 12:05 AM
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Now you think I'm totally goofy, right?

Aw, hell no. You're in LOVE.
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