A NEW Project and More Learning with Beadweaving!

By Krafty Max

have started a new project with my amazing loom…this one is only 4 colors, but the desing is much more unique!  Here are my colors and the start of the warp!

I did some more beading on my AMAZING Mirrix Loom!! I am just loving this loom!! Just look how far I got!!  Here is where I got yesterday 30 rows and 2940 beads.

I thought I would stop and tell you about how I come up with my designs and how I create them.

First thing is to try to find a design.  Some of them I actually create on my own, but most of them are inspired by photos/art I find.  Then I design the pattern using a program called BeadTool (I’ve been using this program for years). I often joke about it, but the truth is that I had to start using a computer when I ripped through the graph paper to many times making changes to my patterns!!  Next thing I do is print the pattern out (the word chart) and then start using the pattern to ‘pull rows’.   Here is what the word chart looks like and here is a sample of the rows of beads……

Row 70 (R)  (5)1, (2)2, (5)3, (2)1, (9)3, (2)1, (4)3, (3)1, (4)3, (1)1, (4)3, (1)1, (6)3, (2)1, (5)3, (2)1, (6)3, (1)1, (8)3, (3)1, (9)3, (3)1, (6)3, (5)1

Row 71 (R)  (5)1, (2)2, (5)3, (3)1, (9)3, (2)1, (6)3, (2)1, (2)3, (1)1, (5)3, (2)1, (3)3, (2)1, (1)3, (1)1, (4)3, (1)1, (7)3, (1)1, (7)3, (4)1, (8)3, (3)1, (7)3, (5)1

Row 72 (R)  (5)1, (2)2, (5)3, (4)1, (8)3, (2)1, (7)3, (4)1, (6)3, (3)1, (1)3, (1)1, (2)3, (2)1, (2)3, (1)1, (8)3, (1)1, (5)3, (5)1, (8)3, (2)1, (9)3, (5)1

Row 73 (R)  (5)1, (2)2, (5)3, (7)1, (6)3, (1)1, (9)3, (2)1, (7)3, (4)1, (4)3, (3)1, (8)3, (1)1, (2)3, (2)1, (5)3, (1)1, (4)3, (7)1, (8)3, (5)1

Row 74 (R)  (5)1, (2)2, (5)3, (1)1, (5)3, (4)1, (3)3, (1)1, (10)3, (1)1, (8)3, (2)1, (6)3, (1)1, (8)3, (4)1, (7)3, (1)1, (2)3, (2)1, (6)3, (3)1, (6)3, (5)1

Row 75 (R)  (5)1, (2)2, (5)3, (1)1, (7)3, (8)1, (8)3, (2)1, (7)3, (2)1, (6)3, (1)1, (7)3, (4)1, (8)3, (3)1, (9)3, (3)1, (5)3, (5)1

When I bead on a loom the next step is to thread each row onto the needle and then ‘pop’ them onto the warp thread and thread the needle back through them.  This makes the beads have a thread on the front and back of each warp thread….in other words – woven in!! For this design each row has 98 beads, so above there are 490 beads to thread on!! 

I just can’t say enough how great this loom is!! Not only is is functional, strong and very well made, it is beautiful!!  When I am working on it I notice all types of ‘little features’ that it has!!  First all the metal (most of them light weight) and colors!  But also the wood and then the warp….and of course my beads!! But when you just look at it….it is like a work of art on it’s own!

 130 rows and 12,740 beads

155 rows and 15,190 beads

FINISHED!!!

Here is a video of my taking it off the loom…look at how simple it is!!!

This is my third creation using my new Mirrix Loom as part of the Mirrix’s 2016 Social Marketer Program.  This time I used the No Warp-Ends Kit and enjoyed every minute of it!!  I used only 4 colors to design this beautiful and simple wall art.  I had so much fun with this design!!  The canvass has been hand-painted and then a black satin ribbon was added.  The beadwork was mounted on a piece of acid free paper and then mounted to the canvass.

Here are the ‘stats’ for this creation;

180 rows x 98 beads per row =  17,640 beads in total

These beads are all Delica brand 11o beads – this means that they are 11 beads per inch average.

There was approximately 43 hours of beading and designing in this creation.

The canvass is sized at 8 x 16 inches.

Beadwok is sized at 12 x 5.25 inches

To see a ‘row by row’ look – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5taOLKhPncY

By Krafty Max for Krafty Max Originals – kraftymax.net

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