Advanced Beadwork
Ruth F. Poris
1989
Golden Hands Press
Design, loom weaving, off-loom weaving, metal work and more. 148 pages 8 color plates $12.95 at Fire Mountain Gems/Oregon

American Indian Motifs
Patterns are made for neelepoint and cross stitch but can be easily applied to loomwork. color plates 67 pages $5

American Indian Beadwork
W. B.(Walter Ben) Hunt and J.F. Burshears
c1951 Bruce Pub. Co. New York, NY
63 pgs; 13 in color. Loom, rosettes, peyote, diagrams
$8.95 at TSI/Washington

Amulet Obsession
Barbara Elbe
BEE Publishing
ISBN# 0-9653622-2-1
$13.95
9" x 7", Soft Bound, 88 pages, 8-page full color insert
17 picturesque purse patterns (ten Horizontal tubular brick stitch, two flat vertical brick stitch and five square stitch). Complete step-by-step instruction for all stitches, fringe and straps. Well illustrated throughout.
http://www.beadedimages.com

Authentic American Indian Beadwork and how to do it
50 charts for bead weaving and 21 full-size patterns for applique Pamela Stanley-Miller
1984 Dover, New York 48 pages
Chiefly illustrations $3.50

Back to Beadin'
Barbara Elbe
BEE Publishing
ISBN# 0-9653622-1-3
$11.95
9" x 6", Soft Bound, 80 pages, 8-page full color insert
Ten purses (8 tubular brick stitch, 1 each right angle & herringbone weave). Earrings to match 3 purses. Other projects: Hummingbird Ornament, Single & Double Daisy Chain Bracelets, Crocheted Cord Bracelet -- Complete instructions on how to crochet beads into bracelets, necklaces & key chains.
http://www.beadedimages.com

Bead Work
Sara Withers 1995 48 pages
Full color step by step, photo by photo instructions for 17 projects total. The first two are earrings basics. Techniques covered include multi-strand necklaces, loomed bracelets. Price unknown.

Beaded Amulet Purses
Nicolette Stessin 1994
Available from Beadworld Publishing
P.O. Box 99582, Seattle, WA 98199
Instructions for 7 purses using different techniques: tubular lattice, tubular peyote, flat peyote, loom and single-needle right angle weave. Also a gallery of 27 beautiful works by bead artists. Good clear instructions on how to do the different stitches including decreasing on the sides, and how to read the charts. The book is also sprinkled with work tips.
$18.95 at Fire Mountain Gems/Oregon

Beads to Buckskins (Vol. 1) -
Peggy Sue Henry 1988
Beading Patterns and Designs of the Native North American Indian with Illustration and Written Instructions. Vol 1-6 cover all aspects of Indian beading, from moccasins to off loom beadwork to beadweaving. Vol. 7+ cover designing, cribboards, weaving, cabachons and leather work. --Discount Bead House catalog.
Currently 10 volumes. About 96 pages each 10.95 each

Beadworking With Today's Material
Loren and Donna Woerpel
Native Indian style bead work with peyote and loom
beadwork and more. b and w 30 pages $3.96

Beadweaving: New Needle Techniques and Original Designs
Ann Benson 1993
Sterling Pub Co. NY
144 pages illus, some Color
Get the loomed look with out a loom. Learn card beading. Also one project to cover a 1 in. styrofoam ball. Project oriented with full pattern, instructions and color photos
. $24.95 ($34.95 Can)

Cheyenne Stitch Earrings: Needle Weaving Made Easy
Irene Louise
Basic instructions on Cheyenne stitch (also known as Comanche or brick stitch)
30 pages
$8.95

Contemporary Loomed Beadwork
Therese Spears
From beginning to advanced loom work technique
Illustrated b/w with color plates 24 pages $6.95

Faith's Creative Bead Weaving
Faith Monell Judd
Comanche style of beadwork made easy
17 page $5.95 at Garden of Beadin'/California

Technique of North American Indian Beadwork
Monte Smith 1983
Eagle's View Publishing, Ogden, Utah
Loom and applique work. Has many hard to find and unusual techniques Fully Illustrated 102 pages, 4 color plates $10.95

Indian Bead-Weaving Patterns
(Subtitle: chain-weaving designs, bead loom-weaving, and bead embroidery: an illustrated 'how-to' guide)
Horace R. Goodhue 1989
80 pages Illustrative black/white photos $8.50

Linked Chain Stitch Basics, Volume 1
Mary J. Winters-Meyer 1997
$24.95 / 110 Unique off-loom beadweaving technique, with similarities to right angle weave. Book contains more than 15 patterns using the linked chain stitch, including 5 amulet bags.
110 pages $24.95.
banshee@beadingbanshee.com
http://www.beadingbanshee.com

Loom Magic
Charlene Booth 1998
Fourteen patterns. Step-by-step instructions for making beautiful bracelets, barrettes and chokers. Geared toward the beginner, but suitable for any level of loom beader.
31 Pages $16.95
cbbeads@qnet.com
http://members.tripod.com/~cbbeads/beadshop.htm

Universal Bead-Weaving
Aleta Ford Baker
Available from Aleta Ford Baker
5738 S.W. Gillcrest Ct.
Portland, OR 97221 1-503-244-1657
40 pages extensive diagrams and illustrations $14.00 ppd

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