December 2007/January 2008

Corrections

Temaki Pendant by Tina Koyama (page 68)

The following text replaces Step 1’s Ladder base and Rows 1-18; the Figure 1 replaces the original Figures 1–5.

1: Herringbone pendent. Work flat herringbone stitch with increases to produce a spiral pendant. Mix cylinder and hex beads together (A) in small bowl and string beads at random.

Row 1 (ladder base): Use 5' of conditioned thread to work a 1-bead ladder using 16A (Figure 1, thin blue line). Turn the ladder so the working thread exits up through the bead on the right.

Rows 2–3 (herringbone stitch): String 2A, pass down through the next bead in the ladder and up through the following. Repeat to the end of the ladder, and string 1A as a turn-around bead after exiting the first ladder bead. Pass up through the last A of Row 1 (Figure 1, light blue line).

Increase: Begin to add the increases at the end of each odd numbered row and at the beginning of each even numbered row to create the spiral form of the pendant.

Row 3 (end row increase): Use A to work 1 row of herringbone but do not complete the last stitch; string 1A, 1B, and 1A. Complete the last stitch by passing down through the second A in the previous row, through the first A in the previous row, and exit the last A just added in row 3.  Note: Using a smaller bead for the increases helps to form a smoother curve and makes it easier to identify the location of each increase.

Row 4 (beginning row increase): Turn, string 1A, 1B, and 1A (Figure 1, dark blue line). Pass up through the B added in the previous row. String 2A and pass down through the next A after the B). Use A to complete Row 4 of flat herringbone. String 1 turn-around bead and pass through the last A added in Row 4.

Row 5: Use A to work a row of flat herringbone but do not complete the last stitch. Pass up through the first A in the last stitch, string 2A, and pass through the B in the previous increase at the end of Row 3/beginning of Row 4. Make an increase: String 1A, 1B, and 1A; pass down through the last A in the previous row (Figure 1, red line).

Row 6: Turn, string 1A, and pass through the last A in the increase just added.

Continue to complete a beginning row increase: string 1A, 1B, 1A. Pass through the B added in the Row 5 end increase. String 2A and pass down through the next A after the B. Use A to complete Row 6 in flat herringbone after making the beginning increase.

Rows 7–17: Repeat Rows 5 and 6 five times maintaining firm tension as you stitch each increase to encourage the beadwork to curl. Add a turn around bead at the end of every odd-numbered row.

Do not work Row 18 published in the December 2007/January 2008 issue. Continue to Row 19 to being working decreases at the end of each odd-numbered row.