"Have you ever seen a one-of-a-kind bracelet crafted from leather and beads and wondered: Could I make something like that? Well, now you can craft your own beautiful beaded leather jewelry with help from this inspiring, hands-on book...With practice, beginners will quickly acquire more skills and move on to the more challenging projects, while more advanced jewelry makers will find exciting projects that mix and match different techniques. Plus,...

"In this beginner's guide, Courtney Legenhausen, owner of Lotus Jewelry Studio, explores fun, creative ways to make impressive earrings, bracelets, and necklaces using minimal tools. Through step-by-step illustrated instructions, she teaches different techniques using lovely projects as examples." -- From back cover.

They've enticed you at stores: seed beads, tubular bugles, or fancy drops, ovals, and flowers. Now work with them! Arranged in a Q & A format, this handbook covers all the basics: different types of beads, tools, materials, techniques for 18 easy projects (each building on the one before), and 14 more challenging ones. Incorporate knotting, use pressure crimps and stitching to make ornaments, jewelry, needlepoint, a wrapped candleholder, and more!...

Provides instructions for creating wire jewelry that utilizes a variety of wire weaving techniques to create intricate pieces of woven jewelry.

Nine chapters of knitting containing 60 palettes, each with a group of knitted swatches that explore variations on an effect, a pattern, a technique, a texture, or an idea. The result is a structured, easy-to-use reference library of 400 swatches that you can plunder at your pleasure. There is plenty of technical back-up with over 80 illustrated techniques that support the palettes and will help you achieve whatever you admire. This combination...