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Guide to Beadwork - ONLINE - Chapter 2 FRINGEWORK |
Use the zig-zag method described in Chapter One to attach the threads which will be used for fringe. Work your way down to the outer edge bead where the fringe will start. This outer edge bead can be either a seed bead or a bugle bead.
Pick up the beads on the needle just as you have the design laid out on paper. Watch carefully as you progress. It is very easy to skip a strand or repeat one if you are not alert. On a small piece I use only one thread and needle. For larger pieces, I always anchor the piece with tape (see pg. 11) and use multiple threads and needles, one coming from each bead that will have a fringe strand attached. But what to do with all those threads? I start near the top of the main piece and work my way down with as many zig-zags as possible for each thread. I never pass the needle straight down through the piece as this puts more stress on the fringe thread and is likely to pull right out. I always end in the same manner, working toward the top of the piece. I use scissors that are small and sharp. This allows me to cut the thread very close to the bead it is emerging from. I do this by folding the piece where I end so that the top of the bead is exposed. Then I cut the thread as close to the bead as possible without cutting the other threads.
