How did this post come about?
I'm working on a simple herringbone weave bracelet for a colleague at work, who placed the order for sending it to her mom as a gift. So this weekend I'm working on my very first piece in 2009. I will post a picture of it as soon as it's ready and my camera is charged.
So in honour of my first piece, which is based on the herringbone technique, I went searching online for the best 5 free herringbone tutorials for wire wrapping. I got loads of question on how to make herringbone pieces whenever I showed some of my jewelry based on this technique on jewelry forums, and I know that this post will fill that void, since each of these tutorials is FREE, and one can learn to make a nice piece of jewelry based on it. Well, I found only 4 free tutorials on the net in the end, not 5, everything else was for a fee, but these 4 more than make up for the missing 5th :)
So here we go.
I'm working on a simple herringbone weave bracelet for a colleague at work, who placed the order for sending it to her mom as a gift. So this weekend I'm working on my very first piece in 2009. I will post a picture of it as soon as it's ready and my camera is charged.
So in honour of my first piece, which is based on the herringbone technique, I went searching online for the best 5 free herringbone tutorials for wire wrapping. I got loads of question on how to make herringbone pieces whenever I showed some of my jewelry based on this technique on jewelry forums, and I know that this post will fill that void, since each of these tutorials is FREE, and one can learn to make a nice piece of jewelry based on it. Well, I found only 4 free tutorials on the net in the end, not 5, everything else was for a fee, but these 4 more than make up for the missing 5th :)
So here we go.
- Hands down, the best tutorial is Eni's Herringbone weave, this one is a classic already :)
- Irulan's herringbone tutorial takes place 3. Nice and clear pictures, easy to understand.
- Adelin's herringbone weave is a nice new tutorial, put up late last year - interesting weaving of a bead which usually doesn't lend itself to herringbone.
- Alternative herringbone tutorial by Heidi K. It is ingenious in its simplicity and you don't even really have to learn herringbone. Perfect for wrapping round beads and making a small cute pair of earrings. Gotta try this one out. If you have a free herringbone tutorial that you'd like to share, just leave a comment with a link to your tutorial, and I will add it to the list (rearranging the list if needed, depending on the tutorial quality).
6 comments:
Thank you for this post. I am still learning the herringbone weave, therefore your post is very useful for me. Thx!
I am glad you found this post useful. I used to struggle with herringbone, and I found that not everybody will 'get it' from one single tutorial. Actually it took me a combination of 2 for the trick to really fall in place. Now it's a breeze :)
Thank you for this tutorial. I am very new to jewelry making. I wanted to let you know how much I appreciated you doing this:)
Thank you so much for sharing thee links! I love the herringbone look and am anxious to make it myself!
Thank you! Very good tutorials!!
Thank you so much for these beautiful tutorials. I want to use 2-3 beads at a time for herringbone technique. Can you please help me with this.
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