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Crafting Conundrums: Puzzles and Patterns for the Bead Crochet Artist

Ellie Baker and Susan Goldstine
Publisher: 
Chapman & Hall/CRC
Publication Date: 
2015
Number of Pages: 
249
Format: 
Hardcover
Price: 
39.95
ISBN: 
9781466588486
Category: 
General
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A Design Framework
Exploring the Bead Plane
Torus Basics
Flat Layouts
The Infinite Bead Plane
Hockey-Stick Translations
Repeat Translations
Lattices and Tilings
Designing in the Bead Plane
Extracting a Repeat From a Bead Plane Diagram
Twists
Cropping Visualization and the Limits of Physical Twists
New Design Challenges

 

Design Challenges
Seven-Color Tori

 

Geometric Cross Sections
One More Challenge: Möbius Bands
Faceted Bracelets: Another Design Springboard

 

Torus Knots
Construction Using Physical Twists
Construction Using Natural Twists
Combining Patchworks and Twists

 

Knotted and Linked Bracelets
Celtic Knots: Another Design Springboard

 

Escher Designs
Deforming Polygonal Tilings
Assembling Shaped Tiles
Generating Tiles from Lattices
Growing Symmetric Tilings
Escher Transformations: Another Design Springboard

 

Wallpaper Groups
Identifying Wallpaper Groups
Wallpaper Groups in the Bead Plane
Designing Wallpaper Bracelets

 

Instructions and Patterns
How to Bead Crochet

Pattern Selection
Stringing
Starting
Crocheting
Closing
Joining New Thread
Tips for Transformation Designs

 

Resources

Pattern Pages

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