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Thanks you! It is hard to the lumpiness from far away, thank goodness. You can only see it when you look really close. Yes, white on white is VERY hard, especially because I have lots of trouble with half-cross stitches because they are hard to count, so white on white ones are almost as impossible as trying to get my dog to stop stealing food!
And yes, I do get bored with
projects, but currently I have five and I am not making much
progress on any of them! I would like to have two at a time: one
big one and one small one to work on when I get bored of the big
one. Thank you for your kind words!Kortnie,
Welcome!
When I first started beadweaving I used a tiny flat peyote pattern that I don't see around anymore...but that was a loooong time ago!
When I say tiny, I mean it was
something like a beaded strap of no more than 4 or so beads wide
that I used as a bracelet.One resource I found invaluable at the time was a book called "Creative Bead Weaving" by Carol Wilcox Wells. This is THE beginner's resource! It's sadly out of print, but there are still copies to be found; I've located the book on Amazon (several fairly inexpensive "used" options, many in decent condition) and if you don't want to invest in the book or want to check it out before buying, see if your local library either has a copy or can get one through Interlibrary Loan.
The book has great explanations, projects for each stitch and goes through peyote (even count, odd count, flat, tubular, etc), brick stitch, square stitch, netting and a few others, along with plenty of variations! For peyote in particular there are small beaded beads that can be made flat and then "zipped" together, so you get the idea of how to work in peyote with a simple project that gives you plenty of practice before you get into bigger, more complex things.
There are even notes about how to weave in your threads when finishing or starting a new thread!
As a beginner (before buying the book) I also went to netting, which I probably didn't realize was netting at the time. I'd seen a netted item at a store and wanted to duplicate it, so had bought some really horrible, cheap beads and netted a headband. Then soon after I tried square stitch and brick stitch, again, before finding the book, so I really didn't know what I was doing! But once I found the book everything fell into place. I made several of the patterns and thought they really applied to the lessons...and they looked great!
YouTube is a wonderful resource which didn't exist when I first started, but IMO there's nothing better than having an actual book with specific instructions geared to beginners.
So even with YouTube available, I'd still highly
recommend Creative Bead Weaving! And if you like it, she then wrote
a second book with other stitches, called "The Art &
Elegance of Beadweaving." It's also long out of print (also
available pretty inexpensively on Amazon or can be found through a
library), but another invaluable resource! Tribble,
I'm a Trekkie/ Trekker, too! I've heard there will be a new Star Trek show soon and am so excited. Love the original series, though my favorite will always be Next Gen, just because I really, really enjoyed the stories. LOL, though I disliked the last Next Gen movie. Sigh. I didn't like what they did to Data and I didn't like how they depicted everyone's future.
Exactly, the shadow will be just fine. When thinking about regular shadows, there doesn't seem to be all that much of a variation, so why should there be one in a graphghan project?
Line,
Argh, that's what we call "damned if you do, damned if you don't" here!
I'm very sorry you have the pain and it
stops you from walking as much as you like (and when you'd
like). And I wish there were a sunblock that
would help you.Those two shops look wonderful!
Glad you have such great
resources. And I completely agree about cones!
They hold so much yarn as opposed to regular skeins.
Awww, I love the sound of your dream home!
Mine has a nice big kitchen for my
husband, who loves to cook. I have a huge craft room,
with all kinds of fun things and lots of yarns, beads,
etc. Then there are the alpacas and llamas for pets - and
to provide nice soft fibers. 
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