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THE CRAFTS 
WOOD CARVING AND PYROGRAPHY. LEATHER AND METAL. BASKETRY, ETC. 
Under the management of Miss Emily Peacock, Karol Shop, 22 East i6th St., New York. All inquiries in regard to the various 
Crafts are to be sent to the above address, but will be anszvered in the magazine under this head. 
All questio?is must be received he/ore Ihe \Olh dar/of month precedmg issue and will he answered under ^'Ayiswers to Inquiries " only. Please do not send stamped 
envelope for reply. The editors will ansioer questions only in these columns. 
ordinary worlc. Not a sewiu.t; needle, but a regidar l)ead needle. 
For the very fine work, needles as fine as No. 16 are used. 
Letter A sewing silk is the most satisfactory for use in the needle 
and purse silk for the warp or the foundation in the weaving 
of belts and chains. Strong linen thread, Taylor's or Mar- 
shall's, can be used for the Warp, but liaen woof thread is too 
fine to wear well. In examining a hundred year old woven 
chain, made on a silk foundation, not one thread of the warp 
was found to be broken. In the old woven chains the entire 
names of the makers and date of making are often found. 
The simplest problem in bead w^ork is the strung chain, 
selection and arrangement of the beads making the beauty. 
A very rich looking strung chain can be made of cut jet beads 
with an occasional bright colored bead. The fancy beads 
should vary in shape and color, the smallest being as large as a 
full grown pea, combined with both large and small jet beads. 
Carved ebony or sandal-wood beads often work in well and 
sometimes a tassel is put at each end of the chain. These 
tassels are made of small beads and show the same colors used 
in tlie chain. In this chain use as many strands of purse silk 
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BEAD WORK 
Miss G. Pomeroy 
BEAU weaving is among the primitive arts latelj' revived 
and possesses distinctive artistic value when both de- 
sign and color scheme are well planned. Many small articles 
useful and ornamental caii be made in this medium, but as in 
all handiwork, unlimited skill and patience is needed. 
Great care must be exercised in the selection of beads. 
Most of the beads are imported btit they are not all fast colors 
and many of them quickly turn a dirty white. Most of the 
iridescent colored beads are treacherous, but the iridescent 
white bead is safe, also the opalescent- white. • Consider well 
the size of the beads and buy those that run regularly, if pos- 
sible. Even the best beads vary in size and many naust be 
discarded in order to make smooth work. The gilt beads, so 
nuich used, are likely to tarnish, but gold plated beads are on 
the market. The gold lined glass bead is the most satisfactor3^ 
It is well to buy more beads than needed, if there is any doubt 
as to quantity, for it is often impossible to match them. Dif- 
ferent bunches of beads usually vary a little in color, just 
enougla to ruin a nice piece of work. 
Some beads have very small holes, while others will take 
in a No. 12 needle without any difficult5^ It is well to carrj' a 
threaded needle when buying beads, testing each variety and 
remembering that, in loom work, the needle must pass through 
the second time. The No. 12 needle is the one usually used for 
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