Two-Needle Right Angle Weave (Cross-Weaving)

E

N

S

W

N

W

E

S

Turn to

th

e

Right (E

ast

)

Left needle

str

in

gs all 3 new beads

Turn to

th

e

Left (West)

N

W

E

S

W

N

S

E

Right needl

e

str

in

gs all 3 new beads

Sta

rtin

g unit –

str

in

g 4

beads, cross threads through last

bead strung,

pull 4-

bead

“dia

mond” to

center of th

read. If

desired, use

a b

it of tape to tack

it to

your work

in

g su

rface

so it doesn’t flip around as subseq

ue

nt

units are wo

rked.

1

Next unit, wor

kin

g vert

ic

ally

N

S

W

E

OR

N

S

E

W

2

N

S

WE

3

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For furt

her diagrams and a comparison with t

he

single-needle method

of

right a

ngle weave

, se

e

“T

he Rig

ht

A

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le Co

m

pa

ss,” #9460 a

t Bea

d-

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tt

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or

#5965 a

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Two-Needle Right Angle Weave (Cross-Weaving)

When t

he cr

ossing b

ead is on the

right-

ha

nd

needle:

(pro

cedure i

s re

verse

d when

cr

ossing bead is on the left needle)

Figure 2

: “Pinc

h” me

th

od

for keeping right t

hread at

the bottom of the bead hole so that it won’t be snagged by the inc

oming nee

dle.

Or, drape right t

hread over

index finger and ho

ld it in

place with m

iddle finger and

thumb to k

eep it tight at

bot

tom of bead hole.

Figure

s 3

& 4

:

Pa

ss

b

ac

k th

rou

gh

th

e c

ro

ssi

ng

b

ea

d w

ith

th

e o

th

er

n

ee

dl

e.

When t

his needle is halfway thr

oug

h t

he crossing be

ad, grasp its

tip between

yo

ur

th

um

b an

d si

de

o

f y

ou

r i

nde

x f

in

ge

r (

of

th

e h

and th

at’

s hol

din

g th

e

crossing b

ead).

This allows you to release t

he n

eedle end from your ot

her

ha

nd,

whi

ch t

hen picks up the

da

ngli

ng stringing needle

. Th

is m

an

euv

er

mag

ic

ally

crosse

s the threads and exch

an

ges the needles from one han

d to t

he ot

her.

Pull t

he needles in op

po

site directi

ons to

s

lid

e th

e c

ro

ssi

ng

b

ea

d do

w

n to

th

e

beadwork, in t

he same manner as yo

u would tighten an overha

nd

knot.

Figure 1

: Pull t

he “c

rossing be

ad” off t

he end

of the need

le (hold the threads in

your pa

lms to maintai

n

tension, just as you would when tying a knot).

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yright 2005 C. Prussing

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