This new and updated version of the classic Beader's Companion has done the impossible - made a great beading book even better with expanded sections on beading techniques, bead types, beading materials and everything else bead related.
Add This One to Your Beading Table, Not Just Your Beading Library!
This book got to me just as the second copy of the first volume of this delightful book was ready for major duct tape surgery.I really love this little book, whose size may be misleading, but don't let the compact volume fool you. Inside this New! Beader's Companion Expanded and Updated! version, there's even more to love.
Written and compiled from the stores of beading knowledge possessed by two very talented beaders - Jean Campbell, the Founding editor of Beadwork Magazine, and Judith Durant, who has contributed many an article and column to Beadwork over the years, this is one general reference book any beader, at any level, will want to keep close at hand. Even the authors admit to using it as a frequent reference, in their introduction to this new volume.
The compact and durable format is an added bonus, making access to the great information inside easy, requiring no hands, so you are free to bead and read, simultaneously. And what incredible content! There is a tutorial for just about every beading technique known, with help, tips, shortcuts, and loads of great insider knowledge to make your beading smooth and easy. Add to that, a wealth of information regarding beads, beading tools, bead threads and other materials, bead weights and measures, and you could bead successfully with this volume alone. The New! Beader's Companion Expanded and Updated belongs on every beader's table, not just on the shelf. Make a gift of this one; for yourself or for a beading friend; it a perfect "starter book" and a wonderful addition to even the most extensive beading library.
