Beyond the Basics of Polygon Stitch with Carol Cypher Online Workshop

Description

Go beyond the basics of polygon stitch and master oval ropes, undulated beadwork, bezeling, and curved beadwork in this Online Workshop Advanced Bead Weaving Series: Exploring New Textured Tubular Beadwork – Beyond the Basics of Polygon Stitch! Instructor and expert bead weaver, Carol Cypher, will teach you the ins and outs to creating advanced beadwork techniques using the popular polygon stitch.

Watch this stunning stitch transform into complex and intriguing designs by varying the bead size and number of beads! Carol will walk you through creating oval ropes (a two-sided rope), wavy undulating beadwork, how to layer crystals and stones to create stitched bezels, plus how to change the number of beads per round to create non-identical sides! As an added bonus, you’ll receive three free downloadable patterns.

This Online Workshop is available to you anytime in short video segments allowing you to stop and practice when you need to! By registering for this engaging online learning Online Workshop, you will have the opportunity to connect with other students and be a part of a community to bounce ideas off each other and to share your designs. Soon enough, you’ll be a Polygon Stitch Master!

Lesson Breakdown
Lesson 1: The Basics

• Fundamentals of Polygon Stitch

Lesson 2: Advanced Techniques

• Oval Ropes
• Undulated Beadwork
• Bezeling
• Non-Identical Stitches per Round

Online Workshop Includes
Discussion board & Gallery: The discussion board is a great way to interact with other users in the Online Workshop. It’s an open forum for you to ask questions, share your thoughts, express your inspirations, and share images of your work.

Resources: Downloadable and Printable files; including 3 Free Patterns and a Shopping List of Materials Needed.

Notes: This is a place for you to keep personal notes to help you with your work and the Online Workshop content. Only you will be able to see your notes.

Optional Quizzes: Short optional quizzes to test your knowledge as you progress through the lessons.

Video Lesson Run Time ≈ 1 hour 50 minutes

About the Instructor

Carol Cypher teaches workshops in beadwork and feltmaking and the provocative pairing of the two, in the U.S.A., Japan, Australia and Europe.

She is author of Mastering Beadwork: A Comprehensive Guide to Off-Loom Techniques, in addition to two felting books, published in the USA by Interweave Press: Hand Felted Jewelry and Beads: 25 Artful Designs, and How We Felt: Designs and Techniques from Contemporary Felt Artists. She also wrote a Japanese book on feltmaking, published by Patchwork Tsushin LTD and sponsored by Tulip Co. (Carol’s English manuscript was translated by Motoko Natsubori.)