Off-loom Beadweaving
Off-loom beadweaving is a family of beadwork techniques in which seed beads are woven together into a flat fabric or a three-dimensional object such as a ball, clasp, box, or a piece of jewelry. All off-loom techniques can be accomplished using a single needle and thread (no warp threads), but some have two-needle variations.
Different stitches produce pieces with distinct textures, shapes, and patterns. There are a number of different off-loom bead stitches, including:
- peyote stitch, also known as gourd stitch
- brick stitch, also known as Comanche or Cheyenne stitch
- square stitch
- herringbone stitch, also known as Ndebele stitch
- Pondo stitch, also known as African circle stitch
- right-angle weave
- triangle weave
- bead netting
- African helix
- Dutch spiral
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