A Tale of Two Herringbones: "The herringbone or Ndebele stitch has been my beadwork bete noire. Ever since taking a class from June Huber at CATS several years ago and walking out in frustration, I've struggled to master this stitch - flat and tubular. No more. As of last night, I have mastered herringbone in both variations!
Over the weekend, while at BeadFest, I took a Flat Herringbone Bracelet class from Alice Korach. With her expert tutelage and clear instructions I managed to get this stitch in less that 10 minutes and nearly finished it during the class period. (Actually finished at lunch on Monday - photo will be posted later.)
Allow me to digress for a moment and encourage anyone with an interest in beading to take a class from Alice if given the opportunity. She's one of the most delightful instructors I've encountered over the years, not just in the beading community, but in all crafts I've dabbled with. She told me she's looking to doing more teaching and should be back on the east coast a bit more in 2006. Yea! I will be looking to see what she's teaching and if it interests me, you know I'll be enrolling."
It's always great to see someone successfully moving on in their beading.
Keep smiling
Felicity 8-)
Thursday, October 20, 2005
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