![]() ![]() When using the winding beam with very long warp threads Clover recommends winding the threads with a piece of printer paper (represented by the green paper) around the winding beam to keep the threads from getting tangled. This allows you to create very long opera lengths necklaces, head pieces, purse handles or belts. The long threads can be wound around the winding beam (bottom smooth bar). The way I have the loom set up in this photo is for a very long piece. This set up is great for smaller projects like pendants and brooches. The way I have the loom set up above is one of the shorter positions with a continuous warp thread. All you need to do is adjust the four Adjustment Screws and slide the Rail out to the correct length. The Clover beading loom is very flexible allowing for many variations in projects. Lots of different companies make beading looms, I will be reviewing another one here shortly, from very simple designs to more elaborate ones like this. The Clover bead loom adjusts from 2 1/4 inches up to 8 3/8 inches but you can create pieces both larger and smaller if you want. The photo above with more labels may help you to see the different parts of the Clover Beading Loom. Here is what is included with the Clover Beading Loom: Don’t worry, I will also share a review of the beading kits in the very near future too! ![]() The beading kit makes it so easy to get started because it’s quite a lot like counted cross stitch. Once I realize that all I had to do was set up the warp threads and weave beads on from “weft to right” it didn’t seem so intimidating! Plus Clover also gave me a Beading Loom Kit to try so I didn’t have to make up my own pattern. Then when people I spoke with started throwing out terms like warp and weft I got confused and passed on opportunities to learn.īut when I received the Clover Beading Loom to review I knew it was time to finally give it a try and it was then that I remembered my friend Shay Pendray saying, “Weft goes weft to right and warp goes the other way”. I was always intimidated by the intricacy of the designs imagining that it must be very difficult to do. I’ve always been drawn to beading on a loom but have never added it to my list of skills. Cut of any excess thread.Weaving beads on a loom is a beautiful art form. Step 3~ Weave the remaining thread in 2 inches. Add or remove beads until you get the right size. It should be just big enough to slip over the bead easily. Before weaving in the threads into your bracelet, check if the seed bead loop isn't too big or too small for your bead on Side One. Push your needle through the first bead, and pull tight. Thread between 15-20 seed beads onto your thread. Step 2~ Thread both your center threads onto your needle. Step 1~ Now go to the other end, and repeat Step 1 and Step 2 of Side One. Push your needle back through ONLY the round bead and 2-3 seed beads. Then thread 2-3 seed beads onto your needle, followed by a large round bead, and then 1 more seed bead. Step 3~ Thread both center threads onto your needle. You'll be usng these to create fasteners. Weave all but the 2 center warp threads into your bracelet. Step 2~ Start with one end of your bracelet, then thread an outside warp/thread onto your needle and weave it into your bracelet. Step 1~ When your bracelet is long enough, unwind it at the bottom of the loom and take it off of the loom. Then wrap the remaining thread around the stem. NONE of the threads should cross over each other. Step 3~ Pull the threads down and over the bottom end, making sure to space your threads out evenly once again. Then turn your loom around so that you can pull the threads towards you while arranging them evenly on the groves. Then taking your threads pull them up and over the top bar of your loom. Step 2~ Start by wrapping the threads around the stem of the metal knob on one end of the loom several times. Trim the ends if necessary to make them neat. Then you'll want to gather one end of the threads together and tie them in a basic knot about one inch from the end. Measure your strands of yarn that they are all 22 inches long. For example, the pictured bracelet uses 9 beads, so 10 strands of thread would be needed. ![]() Once you've decided you'll need one strand of thread for every bead plus one. Step 1~ Firstly, before you set up your loom with thread, decide how wide you want your bracelet to be. ![]()
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