Long-form, tested guides — the supplies to buy, the stitches to learn, and the exact fixes for the things that go wrong at 11 o'clock at night.
Even count, odd count, the edge-turn that trips everyone, why row two looks like a disaster (it isn't), and the tension fixes that rescue most "bad" work. With a first bracelet you can finish in one evening.
Braid guide 🌀The 8-strand round braid step by step, cord lengths that don't run out three inches from the end, and when to add beads without wrecking the braid.
Chart guide ✨Rows 1–2 together, the up-bead read, stringing direction and the odd-count turn.
Loom guide 🟫Set up the loom without tears, read your first chart, and finish the warp threads into something you would actually wear. Includes the spacer-bead trick for the ends.
Pixel guide 🔥Pegboards, ironing paper, and the heat setting that fuses without curling. Pixel-art rules that make designs read, plus the fixes for under-fused and over-fused.
Supplies guide 🫧What 11/0 actually means, Delica vs round vs pony, threads, needles, and the small honest kit a first-timer should buy. No scary shopping list.
More guides are in the works for brick stitch, square stitch, herringbone, right-angle weave, rivoli bezels and bead cross-stitch. In the meantime, every craft has a Learn page inside the Bead Bench app, and the Learn section here covers the basics.