| Great beading patterns help you to take your hand | | | | creative ideas going. |
| made jewelry designs to the next level. | | | | If you decide to create your own beading patterns you |
| When you first start out with beading or perhaps you | | | | will bring images and ideas from your head into real life. |
| purchase a beading kit for your child, patterns don't | | | | The following process should help you get started |
| matter too much. You may be working with two or | | | | creating beautiful patterns that are functional: |
| three colors and stringing them onto necklaces or | | | | 1. Get a clear idea of what you want to do with this |
| bracelets in a very simple fashion. It is when you get | | | | beading project. Know the shape of the item that you |
| more into beading and want to create more advanced | | | | want to make and other physical details. For instance, |
| projects that the need to create or purchase patterns | | | | if you are creating a necklace, earring, and bracelet set |
| arises. | | | | make sure you know how many layers or lines the |
| A single-thread necklace using a few different beads | | | | necklace and bracelet will have and what general size, |
| is easy to create without a pattern, but when you are | | | | shape, and style you want the earrings to be. |
| dealing with a necklace that circles the neck three | | | | 2. Determine how many colors or types of beads you |
| times and has a different pattern on each level the | | | | would like to work with. You may want to take a trip |
| project will be much easier if you have the pattern on | | | | to a store that sells a lot of beads so you can find |
| paper. When you move beyond jewelry to creating | | | | those that perfectly match the image of what you are |
| beaded purses, hair accessories, clothing, hats, and | | | | trying to create. If you are already familiar with |
| other items, patterns become essential. | | | | different types and colors of beads this step will be |
| When you work from a pattern you reduce your | | | | easier. |
| chances of making mistakes and wasting time redoing | | | | 3. Get paper or perhaps a pad of graphing paper and |
| things. You can also tell if an idea is going to look right | | | | start playing with your pattern on paper. You can |
| when it is actually completed or not. If colors don't | | | | either use a code with each different bead type or |
| work together or there is a problem with the pattern | | | | color corresponding to a different letter or number, or |
| you will see it when putting your pattern on paper, | | | | you can actually draw out your pattern. If you have |
| rather than after hours of working on the beading. | | | | decent drawing skills you may want to sketch out an |
| Beading becomes more enjoyable and much faster | | | | image of the item and then color or shade in your |
| when you work off of a pattern, so the choice is | | | | beads to create the pattern. At the very least, you |
| whether you want to create your own beading | | | | want to have a line of colors or codes that show the |
| patterns or purchase them. If you have a lot of your | | | | order of all beads for each item being created. |
| own ideas of things you want to create with beads | | | | From that pattern you should be able to confirm that |
| you may be able to jump right into creating your own | | | | you like your idea and carry through with the actual |
| patterns where someone else may need to use | | | | beading process. |
| someone else's patterns until they get their own | | | | |