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Free Beading Tutorials

About Beadwork - this is a fantastic site for learning all the stitches and has some lovely patterns too

Bead-Patterns.com - lots and lots of wonderful patterns for sale and some free ones as well

Ruby's Beadwork - one of my favourite sites for free tutorials and inspiration!

Sandra D. Halpenny - some of the most beautiful lacey necklaces and some free tutorials

Robyn's Bead Page - lots of great free tutorials for necklaces and bracelets

Enchanted Beads - lots of free necklace and bracelet tutorials

Bead on the Beach - some free patterns

Auntie's Beads - has free patterns and free online video tutorials

Around The Beading Table - free patterns for some bracelets and a necklace

Alexis - lots of free patterns for necklaces, bracelets and beaded beads

Diane Fitzgerald - many of her articles from magazines are here

Beadwrangler - beading and crochet lessons; also see their samplers for instructions for many stitches

Eagle Spirit UK - tutorials for african net, daisy chain, chevron chain, karmen necklace and victorian lace

Guide to Beadwork - a complete online beading book

Theresa's Beadwork Tutorials - free patterns for crystal chokers and bracelets, and lovely necklaces

Suzanne Cooper - instructions on peyote stitch as well as the right angle weave spiral rope

About Jewelry Making - index of beading projects

Maria's Virtual Home - lots of free patterns including the karmen necklace, drops necklace and hearts necklace

Beadnik - free tutorials for netted ornament, netted cabochon, pentacle earrings and tubular right angle weave

Checkerbeads - lots of free patterns including crystal waves

Frogstone Beads - free tutorials including twisted herringbone and fern stitch

Vicki Star - some free patterns

The Glass Butterfly Etc - free patterns for flowers and gold and silver chain; see also tutorials for a beaded toggle and cabochon

Silver Wolf Creations - tutorial for a beaded slave bracelets and other patterns

Ciara's Beading Page - a few projects including a simple netted necklace

Art and Craft Webzine - lots of free patterns including netted marble earrings

Beadin' Around The Bush - Victorian beaded Christmas tree ornament

Beltana's Beads - tutorials on tubular peyote, spiral rope chain, tubular net, loomwork and brick stitch

Aunt Molly's Bead Street - tutorials on peyote stitch earrings and more plus a patterns page

Janie's Beads - tutorials for beaded beads and a bracelet

Jelly Beads - some netted bracelets and necklace

Beadweaver Dreams - double spiral rope tutorial

Whimbeads - includes tutorials for freeform peyote, netting, bugle bead choker, herringbone

Beads East - primers on many beadwork stitches

No Easy Beads - tutorials on chevron chain, herringbone stitch and more

Kimberly Chapman's Beading - tutorials on brick stitch and more

Bead Dancing - some patterns for right angle weave, earrings and christmas tree earrings

Coreopsis - instructions for beaded amulet purse

Vilihelmi the Wildbead - free patterns for several necklaces and bracelets

TMG Beads - lots of free patterns

Perlenhobby - German site, click on anleitungen to get to some free patterns

Midnight Kat Productions - Kat's right angle weave choker instructions

Shala's Beadwork - free instructions for four chokers and many patterns

Beadwork @ Bellaonline - lots of free patterns and other information

Jewelry Making @ Bellaonline - lots of free patterns and other information

New Kingdom Beadwork - several free tutorials for bags and patterns

Tugabead - barefoot sandal tutorial

Beads By Mail - project ideas and tutorials for bracelets

Stringabead - pattern for necklace 'Gabriella'

Beads of Soraya - loops and points necklace tutorial

Donna's Dreams - tutorials for necklaces

Beads Gallery Sweetpeas - tutorial for 'plaited herringbone' and other patterns

Poppy Field Bead Company - beaded ring instructions

Marcie's Manor- Beading - lots of free peyote and loom patterns and some tutorials for bracelets

CoWoMa Co-op Productions - itty beaded bead tutorial

Red's Cabochon Shop - cabochon tutorial

Charlene's Beads - lots of free patterns for peyote, loom, brick stitch

Moonchild - includes free patterns plus links to heaps of other sites

Arleen Hardin - free tutorials and patterns for brick stitch and peyote

Ava's Beading Galore - free peyote patterns

Black Giraffe - free peyote and square stitch patterns

Bridey's Beads - free loom patterns and victorian style earrings, check the vintage patterns for scans of books from 1920's

Rings & Things - free jewelry projects

Beading Banshee - free patterns for earrings, linked chain and dutch spiral variation

Ileea's Beadwork - free peyote patterns and tutorial for brick stitch triangle bag

Marylyn's Beadworks - diamond chain tutorial here

Moonstone's Beaded Phases - free peyote patterns

Ginger's Ornament - christmas ornament instructions

Nahani's Den - free brick stitch and peyote patterns

Dona's Bead Artistry - fast peyote tutorial

Beadi's Bead Pattern World - free patterns and cab-a-like tutorial

AB Art Glass & Beadwork - how to create a beaded bezel cabochon

Vibrant Jewels - how to bead a cabochon, round and square

All Info About Jewelry Making - many free patterns

A Star Child's Page - has free peyote patterns

Wolf-Pack Beads - free patterns and spiral variation tutorial

W.F.O's School of Beading - bracelet and earring tutorials

Morticia's Magical Bead Tour - freeform right angle weave tutorial

Swirlview Designs - free loom patterns

Janet's Beadwork - free peyote and brick stitch patterns for earrings and amulets

Beaded Images - some free patterns

Kyal's page - free peyote patterns

Kim Rostberg - free peyote amulet bag patterns plus mini christmas ornament tutorial

Alesha's Unleashed Beads - free peyote patterns

Beadtime Stories - free pattern

i-bead - free amulet bag patterns

Shayla Myst - lots of free patterns

The Camel Lot - has biva (Nepal) chain tutorial

Under the Moon Designs - some free peyote patterns

Need for Beads - free tutorials for cellini spiral, russian spiral, apache leaf, russian snake and double x stitch

Dutch Spiral - instructions

Serenity by Design - tutorials for fringed spiral and netted amulet bag, plus a patterns page

Jewelry by Varvara - free patterns for netted necklaces, also for peyote and loom

Samandsha - two by two bracelet tutorial

Shanigan's Bead Shenanigans - free patterns for necklace, bracelet and more

Silver Mist Gardens - raised peyote tutorials

Moonglow Beads - dutch spiral earring tutorial

Olaf Beadwork - free patterns for necklaces, ornament and doily

Nancy Torrey Hesse - free peyote patterns

Leah Kramer - free pattern making software

Beaded Legends - free patterns every month plus brick stitch heart earrings

Bead Jewelry Making - lots of free patterns and instructions for stitches

Fire Mountain Gems - free beading projects and how-to's

Beadage - learn how to make beaded jewelry

Bead Stringing Projects by Patrice - learn how to do bead stringing

Beaded Magick - free patterns for brick and peyote stitch

Beading Fun - free patterns for earrings, pendant and brooch

Blue Bear Beads - free peyote patterns

Polar Beads - free patterns and instructions

Red Earth Gifts - some free patterns

Native Tech - Native American beading techniques

Kathi Lawson - free amulet purse patterns

ee-beads - jewelry making ideas and instructions

CJ's Free Beading Patterns - lots of free peyote and brick stitch patterns

Bead Infinitum - free beaded bead and bracelet patterns

Creations by Celtess - free patterns for pen covers and chapstick covers

The Bead Shak - some free patterns for beaded banner pins

Beading Bees - free tutorials for rings and bracelets

Beading with Eden - free patterns for bracelets, necklaces, earrings, ornaments

DebKat's Bead Gallery - free pattern for lipstick cover

The Princess Castle - free patterns

My Perty Thangs - diamond brick stitch tutorial, beaded pull cord, patterns for barettes and more

Beaded Flowers - free patterns for wire flowers

Dream Lizard Designs - free peyote patterns

Beadwork by Heather Hall - free peyote patterns

Merbeader - free patterns

Laughingbird Beads - free pattern

JazzyBeads - free loom patterns

Beaded Phoenix - free pattern for amulet bag

Pat's Patterns - free patterns for earrings and more

Sonja's Beading Galore Gallery - free patterns in peyote stitch and loom

Beady Eyed Adele's Page - some free patterns

Lyn's Home Page - pattern for netted trellis bracelet

Fleur-de-Leigh Designs - some free patterns

Beadesigns by Debra - freebies

Crystal Flair - free beading tutorials

Ayesoar Creations - free brick stitch earrings patterns

Beadwork by Dave - instructions for beaded dance fan and feather handle

Mazeltov Jewelry Treasures - lots of tutorials

Artistic Visions by Liz - free patterns and tutorials for many stitches

Bead Patterns by Betty - free patterns

Bead Intrigue - couple of free patterns

Bead Coop - search for free patterns

Faceted Bead Art - free instructions for right angle weave and others

Blue Rain Designs - free patterns including earrings and ring

Suzanne Siegel Beadwork - free patterns for amulet bags

Beadwright - free loom patterns and tutorials

Sadie Starr - free patterns for split-weave necklaces

Sarah's Beading Obsession - free patterns for amulets and bracelets

Silverhill Design - animated tutorial for peyote stitch and brick stitch, tutorial for spiral rope and branched fringe

Beady Boop - animated peyote tutorial

Thread-a-bead - free beading patterns

Beadaroo - right angle weave tutorial and more

Joanne Ely - free patterns

Beadalon how-to's for necklaces, bracelets and earrings, as well as online videos

Beads, Baubles and Jewels - project instructions from the tv show

How-to Tv Online - free beading online videos

Holles Perlenarbeiten - free bead crochet and lighter case patterns

Bob's Beading Tutorial Page - techniques for beading

Beading Life - how to bead

Healing Beadwork - Winnebago necklace pattern

Easy Bead Patterns - free beading software

DB-Bead - free software to design bead crochet ropes

Unique Beaded Jewelry - instructions for many stitches

All about jewellery making - beadweaving, jewellery making and wirework tutorials

Beadwork Designs - free pattern for bracelet and earrings

Visions by Paula - free instructions for stitches and free patterns for ornament and cabochon brooch

Renaissance Beads - curvy herringbone bracelet tutorial

Aon Celtic Art - free bracelet pattern

Soft Flex Company - free patterns for necklaces, bracelets, earrings and crafts

Beading Daily - free projects for stringing, beadwork and wirework

Free Bead Knitting and Crochet Tutorials

Bead Knitted Amulet Bag - by S. Debra Santaniello

Free Crochet Patterns - Ann's Beaded Crochet amulet bags

About Beadwork - Coy Roberts spotlight artist Edwina Delight purse

Linda Largent - bead knitted amulet bag

Beadline - bead crochet rope instructions and patterns

Beadwrangler - animated bead crochet rope tutorials

Beads East - tubular bead crochet primer and tapestry bead crochet

No Easy Beads - bead crochet tutorial

The Bead Lady - four free patterns for amulet bags

Swallow Hill Creations - knit and crochet tassels and balls and knit coin purse

Sew Unique - scallop shell purse free pattern

Shop Dolls - two free patterns for half dolls with bead knitted skirts

Willow Tree Designs - beaded knitting tutorial

Caron Collection - basic drawstring pouch

Bag Lady - bead knitted Christmas ornament

TWE Beads - tips on bead knitting plus each purse has ideas for strap, fringe and embellishment

Vintage Connection - victorian knitted bead purse

Knitty - bead knitted bracelet

DIY Network - knitting a beaded choker

HGTV - knitted beaded bracelet

Charlene's Beads - loopy amulet purse

 

Free Wire Wrapping Tutorials

Studio Heath - free tutorial for a cage pendant and off-beat pendant

Connie Fox - several tutorials for wire working and bangles

Simple Cab Wrap - tutorial for wrapping a cabochon

Wire Names by Maggie - ten lessons on writing names in wire

Tower Crystals - how to wire wrap a herkimer diamond

Eni Oken - free tutorials for herringbone weave, pendants and more

Tumbleweed Glass - tutorial for a cabochon pendant

Rockhounds - how to wirewrap a faceted pendant that does away with claws

About Jewelry-Making - wirewrap a cab

About Jewelry-Making - index of articles using wire

Step by Step Wire Jewelry - list of free projects from this magazine

WigJig University - huge list of free patterns for wire jewelry

Fine Wire - list of free tutorials for wire wrapping

My 4 Jewels - wire wrapped ring tutorial

My Beads - tutorials for wire wrapped ring, pendant with prong setting and pendant with border wrap

How to Wrap - a cabochon with prong setting

Beading Help Web - wrapping a cabochon

Hippy Crystal Twist - wire wrapping a crystal

Irulan - herringbone wire weave tutorial

Wire Sculpture - free online video tutorials on wire wrapping and patterns too! Also check out the pattern contests for free instructions!

Beadage - basic information on wire jewelry

Gypsy Woman Caravan - tutorials for a neckwire and pin

Free Chain Maille Tutorials

M.A.I.L - Maille Artisans International League - hundreds of articles to choose from

Spiderchain - weave samples page

C G Maille - many tutorials

Art of Chainmail - chainmail patterns

Chainmail Basket - articles, tutorials and weaves

Derakon's Library - lots of tutorials

ChainWeavers - six free tutorials

The Ring Lord - introduction to chainmailling

Danrek - chain mail weaves

Maile of the Dreamseeker - some designs including earrings and pendants

Zlosk - some instructions

Venom's Pit - various charts

The Maille Page - tutorials and other info

Bladeturner Armoury - chainmail patterns and weaves

Fire Drake Chain Maille - speed weave tutorials

Davidchain Jewelry - byzantine tutorial

Long Canyon - info about jump rings and sizes

Unreal-Hunter - chainmaille tutorial

Call of the Wire - three tutorials

Beading and Jewellery Magazines

Bead and Button Magazine

Bead Style Magazine

Art Jewelry Magazine

Beadwork Magazine

Step by Step Beads Magazine

Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine

Lapidary Journal

Stringing Magazine

Bead Unique Magazine

Simply Beads Magazine

Jewelry Crafts Magazine - free projects here

Bead Magazine - English beading magazine

Beads and Beyond Magazine - English

Jill Oxton's Cross Stitch and Beading - Australian and overseas

Beads Etc Magazine - Australian

Australian Beader Magazine - Australian

Creative Beading Magazine - Australian

Bead-Patterns the Magazine - online beading magazine

Beading Times - online beading magazine

The Bead Bugle - online beading magazine

Bead Inspired Canada - online beading magazine

Beading Forums and Groups

About Beadwork Forum

About Jewelry Making Forum

Creative Wire Jewelry

All About Beads

Bead Art

Beading Forum.com.au - Aussie beading forum

UK Beaders Forum

Beadchat Yahoo Group

4TheLoveOfBeads Yahoo Group

Fun_With_Bead-Patterns Yahoo Group

British Beaders Yahoo Group

Love 2 Bead Yahoo Group

Magic Jewellery Box Yahoo Group

Pollyannabeaders2 Yahoo Group

The Beaded Knitting Club Yahoo Group

The Beaded Knitting Group Yahoo Group

Wire Wrap Jewelry Yahoo Group

Wire Wrap Jewelry Gallery Yahoo Group

Art Jewelry Magazine Forum

Bead Style Magazine Forum

Bead and Button Magazine Forum

Beaded_Art_Dolls yahoo group - learn how to make beaded art dolls

Beaddreamz Yahoo Group - sculptural and seed beading

Starving Jewelry Artists Forum

Metalchasers - jewelry and metal art