On chokers and chains, ribbons and ropes, jazzing up a basket, adding texture and color everywhere: you can never have too many beads! Carol Wilcox Wells, who has years of beadweaving expertise, shows you basic and advanced techniques for chevron, peyote, spiral and crocheted rope, herringbone (Ndebele), and right angle weave stitches. Use them to create dramatic jewelry, from a Graduated Triangle Drop Necklace to Putting It Together Earrings. Then expand your creative boundaries when you try wonderful variations on these stitches.

Introduction,8

Materials,Tools,and Tips,10

BEADED BEADS, 16

17 Painting Wooden Beads

2o Black and Blue Spoke Beads

25 Lace Cap Beads

29 Lace Net Beads

31 Elegant Elements

35 Caged Bead

39 Fringed Caged Bead

42 Woven Beads

45 Tubular Right Angle Weave Primer

47 Bellissimo Beads

51 Dimensional Right Angle Weave Beads

CHEVRON

CHAIN, 54

64 Ribbon Choker

66 Napkin Rings

69 Pagoda Basket

72 Bead Jazz Collar

CROCHETED ROPES, 77

82 Patterns

87 Whirligig Choker

89 Primarily Texture

91 Three Bead Spiral Bracelet

93 Gemstone Rope

HERRINGBONE

STITCH, 96

to7 Rainbow Necklace

109 Moon Goddess

113 Twisted Ribbon

Ndebete Necklace

117 Choker with a Secret

PEYOTE

STITCH, 12o

128 Peyote Spiral Bracelet

130 Kaua'i Ring Magic

133 Putting It Together Earrings

135 Zigzag Necklace

139 Graduated Triangle Drop Necklace

SPIRAL ROPE, 141

146 Six Strand Bracelet

148 Carnival Rope

150 Branced Spiral Rope Lariat

153 Vintage Night Necklace

Contributing Artists, 156

Acknowledgments, 158

Bibliography, 159

Index, 16O