How Do You Use Brick Stitch In Beading?
You can use a brick stitch to make a simple bracelet, as a base for more intricate beading, or to compose the long chains in a necklace. Brick stitching is a beading technique that you easily can master. You can use it with any size beads. Tie the thread onto the bead to hold the thread while you begin the base of the brick stitch. Loop the thread around the first bead by looping the thread through the hole once. Take a second bead and slide the thread through the bead. Then run the thread through the hole of the first bead and back through the second bead again. The 2 beads will connect with the outside edges touching. Add the next bead and repeat the same steps. Thread the new bead onto the thread, go through the hole of the last bead and go through the new bead again. You want to create a circle of thread through the 2 beads. Repeat these steps until the piece is as wide as you want. Start the second row of beading by threading 2 beads onto the needle and thread. Now look at the sin
