Garden Walk Bracelet
Designed by: Kathleen Lynam
BW1-SOM-01
BEGINNER LEVEL 
-- Bead Weaving Sequence
-- Stitch of the Month
-- Lesson: Square Stitch
-- Bracelet

Walk barefoot through the flowers and vines on our Garden Walk! Learn to bead weave with the Square Stitch.

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The GARDEN WALK BRACELET KIT
Instructions to make a 7" bracelet
Supplies to make up to an 8" bracelet

PLEASE NOTE: Sometimes, because of erratic supplies of beads and othermaterials, 
we will need to substitute something of similar color and quality.

#1  CHARTREUSE / ORANGE / FUCHSIA PALETTE

Colors may appear differently on different monitors.

#2  PURPLE IRIS / PERIWINKLE / LILAC PALETTE

Colors may appear differently on different monitors.

FORMAT OPTONS

(1) KIT with Instructions on CD

(2) CD Instructions Only

About the Kit...

The Square Stitch is one of the better bead weaving stitches to begin with. It is a good stitch to give you a sense of how to hold your piece. It is a good stitch to get a feel for managing the tension of your thread, as you weave through your project. It is easy to create patterns and to read these patterns on a graph. The Square Stitch mimics the pattern of pieces done on a loom. TheSquare Stitch can utilize patterns developed for Loom, Cross Stitch or Knitting. Because each bead is woven together with the 3 beads around it, thus forming a square, it is very strong.

There is little concrete information about the Square Stitch prior to the early 1990's when it began showing up in instruction books. The Bead Society of Great Britain does have an earlier illustration of how-to-do the stitch, but no information in the organization of the stitch. Some people say it can be traced back to early African beadwork and some work dating back to the 15th century beadwork out of England.

The Square Stitch lends itself touniform, square cut beads, such as cubes or delicas (cylinder beads). These will produce even, straight rows. With rounder beads, it is more difficult to maintain a tight thread tension. These rounder beads can often produce a slight curve to your piece, as well.

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In the Garden Walk Braceletproject...

LearnToBead Goals:
- History of Square Stitch
- Square Stitch bead weaving basics
- Managing Thread Tension
- Reading a Pattern/Creating a simple Graph
- Increasing and Decreasing with Square Stitch
- Embellishing the edges along your Square Stitch base
- Finishing off the edges
- Making a bead woven, Square Stitch toggle clasp
- Discussion of when Square Stitch works well

Instructions Outline:

I. Planning Your Project
IA. Conceptualizing Your Piece
IB. Measurements
IC. Selecting Materials
ID. Sketching a Pattern or Graph
IE. Identifying Potential Areas of Weakness within Your Piece
IF. Visualizing Your Process
IG. Organizing Your Work Space
II. Begining Your Project
IIA. Basic Steps
(1) The Rectangle Band
(2) The Square Stitch Toggle
(3) Embellishment – Vine Pathway
(4) Embellishment – Daisy Flowers
(5) Embellishment – The Edges and The Toggle Bar
IIB. Dealing with Contingencies
IIC. Finishing Touches
III. Summary of Learning Objectives You Have Met
After Accomplishing This Project
IV. Next Steps
IVA. Suggested Readings

This bracelet involves creating a Square Stitch base using 4mm cube beads, and then embellishing along the top and along each side. I show you how to make a simple toggle clasp, creating the "bar" using the Square Stitch, and a loop embellished with beads.

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