Why Bead Runway??

The Bead Runway

is used as a tool to assist you in laying out #kumihimo patterns so you can make your own designs visually. It is most useful with graduating patterns starting with the largest beads in the center and graduating out both ways smaller and smaller.

Bead Runway graduated bead layout

Bead Runway in use

Bead Runway

It does come with basic directions giving you the theory behind it, where to begin, where you should end up and how it can help you in other ways. It also allows you to count out your beads for existing patterns then load from the runway. This reduces the amount of times you count the beads when loading from pattern.

sponsored by Jesse James Beads

example graduated bead size layout

the constant

start with largest beads in the center

sponsored by Jesse James Beads

load beads to cord from runway

start in the center with largest beads

graduate down in size from the center, in both directions

Place your Bead Runway in a tray to keep beads from rolling off and start by picking your largest focal beads and build an inspired design around them

earth and sea technique project in different colorway variations

Earth and Sea project with a beaded extender

variation of Earth and Sea project with a beaded extender

Bead Runway graduated bead layout

purple druzy

Beader’s choice

Beader’s Choice project varies by student choices

Beader’s Choice Pattern. Technique: Graduating Bead Sizes, planning your own pattern using Bead Runway layout, 2-color spiral

Beader’s choice beads; the variable

Beader’s Choice project varies by student choices

Beaders Choice Pattern Technique

Beaders Choice Pattern Technique

Beader’s Choice project varies by student choices

It can also help alter existing patterns. If you layout an existing pattern, you can swap out bead groups, bead by bead, to customize the design with your own beads.

earth and sea technique project in different colorway variations

purple druzy

sponsored by Jesse James Beads

example graduating size layout

sting beads from the runway

Start with largest beads in the center and graduate down in size both ways

Sponsored by Jesse James Beads

Beader’s Choice project varies by student choices

Place your Bead Runway in a tray to keep beads from rolling off and start by picking your largest focal beads and build an inspired design around them

Beader’s Choice project varies by student choices

Beader’s Choice project varies by student choices

graduated experiment

earth and sea technique project in different colorway variations

Beader’s Choice project varies by student choices

Beader’s choice beads; the variable

Now, My book…

I teach a technique focused pattern series with the hope that if you master the techniques taught in the patterns, and keep a Bead Journal reference log, you will eventually be able to pull from all that data and make your own patterns using your own beads. The first volume is almost complete and it will be available this month. I plan to publish another by June of 2019. It contains technique focused kumihimo projects with the patterns and instructions, with the bead runway as a tool used. It contains even more detailed explanations of the techniques, reasons behind them, types of beads it enables, all kinds of creative ideas on how to revolutionize the way you approach kumihimo.

My website MadeYouLookDesign.com has bead companion kits to the book patterns. The kits contain beads, and findings.

If you want something new in kumihimo, you have found it. It is a really exciting time and I am so happy you found me. Also, you will be my student for life. I am an email or text away.

I will begin doing live class webinars soon, so that is also something to look forward to.

Thank you so much for your interest and support!!

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