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by Rebecca Peapples
I stepbystep
enjoy the soothing rhythm of Nde- ure 2). The thread tail hangs down.
bele herringbone weave and love the To work the Ndebele stitch, string 4
fluidity and drape of the bead fabric To begin the Ndebele rope, use a beads. Go down the next top bead to the
you can create with it. The stitch also long thread and string 4 cylinder beads. right and come up the next top bead
works well in a tubular pattern and Go through all 4 beads again in the (figure 3). Repeat this step 3 times. At
weaves up quickly and easily. While I same direction, leaving a 12-in. (31cm) the end of the row, you will need to
was playing around with Ndebele tubes, tail. String 2 more beads and go back come up 3 beads to keep the work even
I realized that you can easily add surface down through the previous pair and up (figure 4). This is the first Ndebele row.
embellishment as you go. I explain sev- the 2 new beads as for a brick-stitch lad- Repeat this step to make a plain Ndebele
eral variations here, but there is really der (figure 1 and “Basics,” p. 106). Con- rope or embellish as described below.
no limit to the number of variations tinue until your ladder has 8 pairs of
that are possible once you understand beads. (Note: all the necklaces shown at gold-embellished necklace
the concepts of tubular Ndebele, count- left have 8 two-bead pairs, except the Join the ladder and work 3 Ndebele
ing rows by marking them, and going silver one, which has 6.) rows (steps 1-3).
down already-formed rope to embellish. Join the ladder into a ring by taking On the fourth row string a 150
The fact that all these steps happen at the needle up through the first pair of marker bead after the first downstroke
the same time makes the work interest- beads and back down the last pair. and before the next upstroke. Repeat
ing and immediately gratifying. Come back up the first pair again (fig- after each downstroke on the row. Four
row 4
end
row 4
row 3
start
figure 1 figure 3 row 4
row 2
row 1
last pair
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