Here I come!
It took a while to load all these beads. They are so close in
size to the thread that I couldn’t use a needle at all. Not even with a helper
thread*. So, I dipped the end of the thread in white glue and let it dry to “needle”
the thread. That worked. This is explained well with pictures on Jane Eborall’sTechnique page about beads. There’s about 500-600 beads on my thread now. Ready
to tat!
* I like to use beads close to the diameter of the thread. I
feel they sit better on the thread and look a bit neater. To do that, I thread
the needle with thin thread (Sliver metallic thread works well), pass the
needle through the bead so that it rest on the thin thread, pass the needle
back through the bead creating a loop of the thin thread, placing end of the thread to tat with through this loop, transferring
the bead onto the tatting thread (which makes a loop) and drawing the tatting
thread end through the bead (which leaves the bead on the tatting thread. Wind up
your shuttles or thread your needle and your ready to create lace with beads.
You’re set! The glue option sounds good. My usual method means the thread goes through doubled, which can be limiting.
ReplyDeleteIt can limit. But, where there's a will, there is a way. Let's create lace!
Delete