Split Weave Teeny Oru Can Brick Stitch Dy Suzanne CooperECOND LOOKS SPLIT WEAVE NECKLACES: ‘The start of this book came after | made a pattern for a split loom necklace. | was leaving on a trip and ‘wanted a project to take with me. Since the airlines are so tacky about one working on a large standing loom while on a plane | made the Tiger for Peyote Stitch. My heart was still set oa the look and feel of a split loom necklace. | decided to try to capture the same look for off-loom techniques. After a few tries T made it work and was surprised that it was so simple. A few little tricks are all yout need to learn and you are on your way. You will lind two sizes for each design so you can choose the one most appropriate for you size and taste in jewelry. ‘The necklaces are woven in the Flat Peyote Stitch and should have a soft but slightly firm texture. Imagine the fee! of you favorite pair of worn denim jeans and you've got it! You may also choose to use Brick Stitch by turning the pattern 90°, T named this book "Second Looks” for two reasons. At first glance even experienced beaders will think you are wearing a traditional split loom necklace. The second reason is because you Will look so spectac~ ular when wearing you new necklace you are sure to get lots of “Second Looks” wherever you go! MEET THE BEAD ELVES Once again my thanks go to the talented beaders who helped with this book ty weaving the necklaces. 1 aficctionately call them “Bead Elves’ because they bring my designs to life as if by magic! Bach Bead Elf chose a pattern then picked their own colors and embellishments. The asterisks in the list below indicate the number of my prior books in which the beader has been featured as a Bead Bi. Thanks again Elves! SALLY MILLER, Tucson, AZ ***** JONNNIE GARRISON, Lancaster, CA ** BARBARA ITENTIORN, Edmond, OK *** JENNIE MIGHT, Round Rock, TX ** BONNIE BROOKS, Richardson, TX *** LETTIE LEWIS, Penn Valley, CA * PAM MENGELKOCII, Minneapolis, MN *** COLISTA LICH, Littleton, CO * DOREEN WHITNEY, Rapid City, SD ** SHERRILL LEWIS, Stillwater, OK * DEBBIE WILLIAMS, Greenbush, ME** BARBARA GRAINGER, Oregon City, OR * All of the necklaces in this book were woven with Delica™ heads. You can use size 11° or 14° seed beads if you prefer, ‘There will be a change in the designs due to the more elongated shape of seed beads. The graphs to the left show how the design will change as well as the size of the finished piece. The Delica ™ graph is approximately 1” square. ‘Wo help You estimate the beads you will need keep in mind that there are approximately 200 Delica™ beads per gram and approximately 205 beads per square inch, Delica™ Beads Size 11° Beads Size 14° Beads © 2000 Suzanne Cooper © 2006 Revised Bitision You may reproduce these patterns by Suzanne Cooper Inc printing them for your own records, make a backup of the file, or copy it onto multiple PO Box 1223 computers in your house/warlplace for your personal use. Any beadwork that you cre fate using the patterns may be offered forsale without asking permission, You may not s Teprofuce this e-book or patterns for use by others offer it ar sale or free download, or Eat suzcoop@suzann copy/send 10 your trends. You canno use the patiecns oF instructions teach a class Web Sie: Wwv.surannecoopercom fr workshop, ualess price permission has been obtined rom Suzanne Santa Fe, NM 875044 ‘oopet.comUse these letters to sign your necklac You will find an area on the back pieve of each necklace for the u'll notice Uhere are some letters with more than one version. Choose your favorite letters and pencil thei in on the blank graph! @e@00o00 Even Count Flat Peyote Stiteh Attach a "stopper bead!" to your thread by going through the bead twice. Leave a 6" “tail” which will be woven into the pi dale Siring the beads on the first two rows of your pattern, (Fig. 1) Attar a few rows have been woven the “stopper bead” can be removed and the thread “tail” woven into the piece. Add bead 7. go through bead 5. Add bead 8. go thraugh bead 3. Aild bead 9, go through bead 1. Follow the thread path shown in red.(Fig. 2) Add bead 10, g0 through bead 9, Add bead 11, go through bead 8, Add bead 13, go through head 7, Follow the thread path shown in green, (Fig. 3) Odd Count Flat Peyote Stitch Attach a "stopper bead" and the first two rows (7 beads) as explained above, Neat follow the Uiread path shown in red, Add bead 8, go through bead 6, Add bead 9, go through bead 4. Add bead 10, go through bead 2. (Hig. 4) So'far so good, right? One side will work like Even Count. The change comes when you add bead 11. You have to anchor this bead to make it behave! You will find directions in books that show a different way of doing this but this is the easiest for me. Go through bead 11, back through beads | & 2, following the thread path indicated by a red line. (Fig. 5) After you go through bead 2 note that I have changed the theead path 10 2 green line. Loop your thread around the thread beuween beads 2 & 10. Go back hroweh Beads 2 & 1, then back through bead 11. Add bead 12 go through bead 10 Add bead 13 go through bead 9 Add bead 14, go through bead 8, Follow the thread path shown in red. Add bead 15, go through bead 14. Add bead 16 go through bead 13. Add bead 17 go through bead 12. Add bead 18 and continue weaving, (Fig. 6)