The Beading Loom
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In a number of regards, the beading loom is similar to the rainbow loom in that it can be used to make jewellery and the like. It is different in regard to not using the small rubber bands that rainbow looms use. Instead, the beading loom uses beads (as the name implies). The beading loom also utilises the warp and weft which follows the tradition style of weaving. It is a popular utensil in creating jewellery but (depending on the size) it could also be used to create tapestry.
Predominantly, whatever is being made, is created with small beads. Like simple cross stitch patterns, the creation is made by combining a number of dots to make the picture or whatever is intended. For this reason, a beading loom can also be used to create a form of tapestry. Let's look at some simple designs: The beading loom predominantly creates multiple rows of different colour beads. These colours come together to create an image. In the examples above, you can see that the images have been divided into rows. Each row on a beading loom would contain the same number of beads (even the white spaces would be represented by beads). You continue with your creation until you have finished.
Your limitations are the number of beads you intend to use, the width of your beading loom (as this will depict the total width of your creation) and, the colour combination of your creation is relation to the colour beads you have available. It's important to include though, that this loom is usually used more for jewellery than anything else. More specifically, this refers to bracelets, neck laces etc. Let's have a look at how a beading loom works: |
How to Work with a Bead Loom
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