Leslie shows you how she finishes woven bracelets made on a bead loom. She also gives advice about threads and materials to use. A wide eye needle is helpful!
Beautiful Work!! I just finished my First Beaded Bracelet, I’ve made since I learned it at Bible Camp when I was 9 yrs. old. I forgot how to finish it off. So Thank You For this Wonderful Tutorial! I’m now 70! And getting back into the Beautiful Art!. 🪶❤️
Hi Leslie, I loved this video! It would be so great to see you set up a bead loom and how you go about getting such amazing tension throughout your pieces. I am in awe!
Thank you for your tut! It explains where i have been going wrong with the stretchy threads and i like your way of threading back into the piece…hopefully this solves my looming problems! Thanks ✌
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with everyone! I am curious as to what the difference is between tying off the thread in knots at both ends as compared to weaving the threads back into the bracelet and pulling them out the side. Is it so that the bracelet will be more durable for wear and last longer?
I couldn't get it to go through the threads like you did ..it caught several but then went through the other side and outside of all threads. You zipped thru like butter. .. I'm still trying to figure out how to get through at any speed. Thanks for showing this tho, at least with time ( HOURS, I'm thinking) I think I may get this licked. I don't want a bracelet but a strip to put on a leather purse strap and this will work whenever I can get it completed by your method. Thanks for sharing.
If you hate the ends so much,why don't you do a square stitch with just a needle they say it is a loomed pattern without the loom.It is really fun and goes quickly when you put your last bead in sides and ends are finished and you just push thread on needle through the last 3 or 4 rows inside the the actual beads of and the edges are automatically enforced....It is a firmer finished project which is great for bracelets and rings. You can make them as wide as you want, as well.....I am pretty new new to beading,so I am asking only because I would like to know the difference between the 2 and why one is a better application than the other,and what each is best for...Thankyou...If you have a video already on this topic,that would be awesome!
I tried this with a much thinner bracelet and the last column started to get messed up when I began to weave the threads back into the bracelet. Not sure how you ended the bracelet before removing it from the bead loom but it would be great to get some advice to ensure the last column doesn't get messed up. Thank you.
Great video! Now, when you're running that needle up through, am I understanding correctly that you are going through the two weft threads running between those beads? Or over and under?
Can you list the thread in the description please? 👍 Edit: nevermind! I actually had some in my stash! Thanks so much for the tip! I've been looking for a an alternative since certain beading thread is very expensive!
Hello Leslie! Thanks for this great tutorial. I consider you my teacher. Please, what do you think about the Ko Beading Thread? Where I live I didn't find the Coats Dual Duty Plus thread. Thank you and I admire you a lot!
Hi and thank you. I like KO for certain uses, but not for loom beading bracelets. You need something a little stiffer to make the bracelet more sturdy. For the warp you need something that doesn't stretch because it will mess up the tension when you are finished. Good luck!
I have some large tapestries that I finished using this method. Are there any products or techniques for hanging them on a wall? Would it be safe to just pin them up with a tack?
I'm trying to find the specific thread you use for the warps. However, it seems like they may have changed the packaging on the spool? Do you know whether they have?
I made a bracelet and Im not sure how to end it and make it look smooth without glue or a knot. I made it with button holes so that the bracelet was all beads. But I took it off the loom to add the buttons to the end and my last row of beads came off. So I took it apart and made it again. Any advice I dont want to cut it off the loom until I am sure of what to do next.
It's just held by tension, by the tight weave and the reversing of the threads. Even if one got pulled out (and it wouldn't come out unless it got pulled) the bracelet would be totally fine because of the ones around it.