Handicrafts 147 chored about an inch from one end of the core, leaving enough unbeaded material to sew the finished product to the bonnet or dress. Wrap the core firmly with several rounds of the thread. Now string about a dozen beads on the thread. Wrap these around the core as many times as they will go, keeping the beads close together, and take a small back stitch into the core. Repeat until the beading is the required length. It is helpful if the thread be the same color as the beads; also if the core be strained between two points.
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There are two methods by which a solid circular disk may be beaded. One is by concentric rows of beads, done ac- cording to the method above described for sewing beads to any design. The other method has been variously called the Ute and the Mohawk beading. A very small circle of beads is sewed to the center of the design, firmly to the leather or other backing; but not enough beads to fit close together in the circle. There should be space enough between each two beads to allow of another bead being slipped in on the next row. . A bead is now strung on the thread, and the needle passed through a bead of the original circle. Another bead is strung, and the needle passed through the next bead of the preceding row; and so on, the thread taking a zigzag path with each successive bead. Once in a while, it is necessary to anchor the thread through the backing, or the rosette will be loose, except at the very center where it is fastened.
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Thongs may be beaded in the same way, or the handles of war clubs, quirts, etc., going round and round the core to be covered. Also watch fobs or other flat pieces may be made by this method, using no backing at all.
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The Menomini type of beading, which is done on a loom, is perhaps the most popular among us now. The loom itself may be bought for anything between 25c and a dollar; or, one may easily be made at home in an evening. If the beaded band is to be a short one (not over 8 or 9 inches), the loom may be made of a cigar box with
