We had our first Bead Crochet class on 18 July and 8 ladies attended the session. Of all, 2 have done conventional bead crochet before while others are totally new to the technique.
I believe most felt apprenhensive with the jig at first but the clear instructions from the manual guided them along. Phyllis and Cheng Hong who have done conventional bead crochet before felt that the jig really helps alot in stabilizing the beginning rows. When they were using the conventional method, they had to undo several times before they got the rows of beads to sit nicely. While not all were totally comfortable with the jig, most of them were able to create a small section of the crochet rope by the end of the session.
I believe most felt apprenhensive with the jig at first but the clear instructions from the manual guided them along. Phyllis and Cheng Hong who have done conventional bead crochet before felt that the jig really helps alot in stabilizing the beginning rows. When they were using the conventional method, they had to undo several times before they got the rows of beads to sit nicely. While not all were totally comfortable with the jig, most of them were able to create a small section of the crochet rope by the end of the session.
Phyllis also tried using the Size 11 beads on the jig and felt that it was so much easier than the conventional method. Another student, Kelly, is currently croceting with Delica seed beads on the jig and agrees that it is less confusing wtih the smaller sized beads. Kelly has a great suggestion on picking up loose beads with the flexible needle. She threads part of the flexible needle (strung with crochet thread) to the #12 beading needle and uses the sturdiness of the latter to pick up the beads, and slowly transfer onto the crochet thread. Alternativelly, if you can get hold of medium to heavy weight flexible needles, those are much sturdier to pick up loose seed beads.
Thank you for all the feedback provided by the students!
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