New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-09
FOR BE4DWORKERS.
Hoe Chains, Lamp Shades and
Curtains Are Strung and WOUen.

4 y ~ tuSnS dE6 DUUHS ana w OCCU.
Miss Mary White. whose books on the making OF
! baskets are known amateur and professional
] hasketnakers alike. has laid the people who like
10 do things with their hands fresh obliga-
1 ton in her book bead strinSing and weaving,
| How 10 Do Beadwork'' Doubleday Page & Co.
: NeVv-York city,. Beadworl has already approved
ITSELF as pretty form OF fancy work. the results
OF which apt 20 be more valuable in a practical
| way than those % the basketry fad. People who
take up basketry seem 10 be doomed to make OBJ
jects for which only the greatest ingenuity de-
wise use. i confirmed basketmaker IS regarded
by her home circle of the greatest nuisances
a house can harbor 1t is conceivable that the con-
hrmed beadworker might also come 10 be object
OF scoru but beads appear 10 lend themselves 10
many more human than rafha. rattan and
bamboo. Nearly every friend IS glad Of n bead
chain. for example. Several chains be
accommodated and welcomed Belts ara likewise
not de trop. while candle shades. lamp shades
fobs. card cases. side bags purses. reticules
mention Indian shirts legGings and moccasins for
those who like 20 play Indian" among the
bead possibilities which commend themselves TO
various classes Of people
Chapters devoted 10 the beads and other ma
tertals, strung chains. bead weaving on a loom,
diagonal weaving without a loom beadvorz on
canvas primitive beadworlS candle shades knitted
and crocheted bags and purses and beadwork for
children
Concerning beads in general. Miss White saws:
Many. OF the large beads used for strung chains
colors OF opaque glass and in the same coIors in
PeaTly finish The limitations OF barc9ue pearls can
best finish OF these beads seven coats OF pigment
wax. to give them weight and strength Other
large beads which are used I'm strung chains are
mighty colored and hecked or 'rnanented WITH
gold or silver All the colors or combinations we
~ tLCgI 6oo4s T1,s- tbera 90 IT, saed beaJs
As one looks At display OF these the masses Of
ability 10 combine them In things OF beauty and
With the larger. or beads one can fashion
by some Dealers which are the coarsest 10 %
The very tiniest beads sold in this country are %
beads. with side cut which some dealers call
Go. They IN small skeins. while the others
generally sold in lunches OF eight skeins each
These are the beads for weaving. sewing. knitting
| For stringing bead chains dental floss has been
| found most satisfactory II may be used With a
threads FOR the woor strands in bead weaving. The
warp thread should be one-hals again as coarse
| No. 90 for woof. with No Il needle when the
/ beads are - No II needles are also used when
/ No 600 cotton IS chosen for the wool Often. when
/ the background IS 70 be OF another color than
letter in b4ttonhoie twist for the warp and let
ter sTTins SIX for tas wGGf with a No y
| both warp and Woof threads In fact some bead
workers consider this essential with cotton and
/ linen as we'll
one Of the original suggestions contained in the
book IS for a beadwork and burap combined in a
curtain. The materials required are two punches
OF burnt orange Opaque beads. letter f. one bunch
% white opaque beads letter r. one spool or No
60 white linen thread a No. needle and a bur
lap curtain IN the natura! color
This" says the author is an attractive piece
OF beadwork which IS simple 10 make and does
not take much time. a network % burn. orange
with a design IN white. here and there is made
about asteen inches from the top % burIaP cur
tain In the natural color Another novelty ls a
nlriap curtain with woven bead design made az
tue large glass beHts that com" i0 rosrG wooden
boxes sor k.ndersart.- work
FIVE BEAD CHAINS
Such pretty and simple bead chains as a little
etrl can make FOR her best friend, These strung
chains not costly and do not take so much
time the woven ones Figure SO % IS made
with two Gun length strands ~ pale green RATA
which strung large green crystal beads. The
strands tied together ~ one end and two ane
darning needles are threaded the other ends As
viii DE IN thu picture. both needles pass
through n single bead. then one bead ia slipped
each strand. Next both needles pass through
one bead. and SO for che whole length ~ the .
chain.
The chain shown IN Figure 40 % is also %
ratfia. twenty-five dark amber crystal beads No
size. strung a strand ~ split rama in the
natural color Two ether strands are threaded with
the same number of beads. The tip 90 each piece
IS tied around the last bead 20 keep them from /.
slipping on. Al the other end all three strands I
tied together. They then braided closely /
and evenly for two inches and A half when "a bead {
on each piece Is slipped mp close TO the work and /
little ornament Ike clover leaf. Two and a half .