Editing Bead weaving (section)

==Off-loom beadweaving==
[[File:Bead Weaving, Sarawak (7246866286).jpg|thumb|An example of off-loom beadweaving, specifically plaiting, from Sarawak, Malaysia.]]

Off-loom beadweaving is a family of [[beadwork]] techniques in which seed [[bead]]s are woven together into a flat [[Cloth|fabric]], a tubular rope, or a three-dimensional object such as a ball, clasp, box, or a piece of jewelry. Most off-loom techniques can be accomplished using a single needle and thread (no warp threads), and some have two-needle variations.
Different stitches produce pieces with distinct textures, shapes, and patterns.  There are many different off-loom bead stitches, including new stitches (distinct thread paths) published as recently as 2015:
* albion stitch, developed by Heather Kingsley-Heath, published May 2009<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kingsley-Heath|first1=Heather|title= Albion Stitch: An Introduction to the New Beadwork Stitch |year = 2009 |publisher=Useful Booklet Company |isbn=978-0954367275}}</ref>
* [[brick stitch]], also known as Comanche or Cheyenne stitch
* chevron stitch, a triangular form of bead netting<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Art & Elegance of Beadweaving|last = Wells|first = Carol Wilcox|publisher = Lark Books|year = 2003|isbn = 978-1-57990-533-0|location = USA|pages = 54–64}}</ref>
* diamond weave, developed over a number of years by Gerlinde Lenz, published August 2015<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thomas|first1=Cath|last2=Lenz|first2=Gerlinde|title=Diamond Weave: A complete guide to mastering the bead world's newest stitch|date=2015|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-5147-3715-6}}</ref>
* [[herringbone stitch]], also known as Ndebele stitch
* hubble stitch and wave hubble stitch, created and developed by Melanie de Miguel, published 2015<ref>{{cite book|last1=de Miguel|first1=Melanie|title=Let's Hubble: A Journey into the Brand New Beadwork Stitch|date=2015|publisher=SRA Books|isbn=978-1-909116-47-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=de Miquel|first1=Melanie|title=Hubble Stitch|journal=Beadwork, US Version of Let's Hubble|volume=Oct/Nov 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=de Miguel|first1=Melanie|title=Hubble Stitch 2: Further Adventures into Planet Hubble|date=2016|publisher=SRA Books|isbn=978-1-909116-72-6}}</ref>
* netting, to avoid confusion specifically ''bead'' netting
* [[peyote stitch]], also known as gourd stitch
* plaiting, crossing multiple threads as in a plait or braid, using beads to connect the crossings<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hector |first1=Valerie |title=Bead Netting and Plaiting Techniques in the Peranakan World |journal=BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers |date=2016 |volume=28 |issue=1 |page=69-86 |url=https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol28/iss1/9/ |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[pondo stitch]], also known as African circle stitch
* [[right-angle weave]]
* [[Saint Petersburg chain]]
* [[square stitch]], an off loom stitch that mimics the look of loomed bead projects.  
*ladder stitch, a foundation stitch that is used to build a base for brick stitch or herringbone stitch.
* [[triangle weave]]
Spiral Bead Weaving Stitches
* Cellini spiral, a tubular peyote stitch<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Gerlach|editor1-first=Julia|title=Best of [[Bead&Button magazine]] : peyote stitch beading projects|date=2005|publisher=Kalmbach Pub.|location=Waukesha, Wis.|isbn=0-87116-218-0|pages=46–47}}</ref>
* [[Dutch spiral]]
* [[African helix]]
* Russian spiral
*Chenille