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The versatile spiral stitch

by Cyndi on May 6th, 2008

Technique Tuesday!

There are so many wonderful things that you can do with a basic spiral stitch. If you’ve never tried it before, start with the basic steps that I’ve illustrated below. After you have gotten the rhythm, let your imagination go wild!

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5
Repeat from Step 2

Tags: Beading, beads, tutorials

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Catherine
May 6, 2008 at 12:30 pm

The spiral stitch looks really cool! I think I understand some of it, but since I’m legally blind, black and white drawings get difficult for me to understand. Could you possibly give me written instructions or tell me where I could find them? I really want to try this. Thank you!
Cyndi
May 6, 2008 at 12:39 pm

A few words are all it’ll take, Catherine! String on 4 beads in your “core” color. Add 3 beads in a “spiral” color. Take the needle back up through only the 4 core beads and pull snug. Add 1 core bead and 3 spiral beads. Take the needle up through the last 3 core beads and through the 1 that you just added. Pull snug. Repeat, always letting the beads that you add fall to the same side of the core.