I’ve watched a bunch of CRAW tutorials and yours were the best. I won’t name names, but some people think they are the best. But hands down, your way of teaching is so simple and the easiest way to learn this stitch. Thank you. You are awesome!
I have seem many CRAW tutes but no one ever mentioned the ' 3 roads ' tip. It is seriously very very helpful. You are the best teacher ever. Thank you so much.
Unbelievable! You are an outstanding teacher! You make all the weaving techniques fun and easy to follow. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent with everyone. You are truly a bead weaving guru.
This is the best tutorial for Cubic Right Angle Weave! I’ve had the hardest time learning this and you’ve made it so simple. You’re a great teacher. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
Stephanie, thank you once again, I attempted this a long while before you put this video up, and I could not learn it or follow it. It was on a different channel, before I found you...I mean to tell you, I hope you never get down and ever feel like you're not helping anyone, sometimes we all get down on ourselves, and this gift you have, it helps me so much, I'll tell you that. I look forward to your videos, they make me happy! So God Bless You Stephanie and your gift you give to thousands and thousands of people!!!!!!!
Teresa Fernbacher Thank you so much Teresa😊 Your words touch me so much!!! I love sharing what I know and the love and support I get in return makes it a real pleasure for me! Thank you for your kindness and for being here sweetie 😘😘😘
I think I can finally get this stitch now! Thank you for getting us all through this, Stephanie! Yours is the best tutorial I've seen yet for CRAW! You are a truly talented instructor and creative genius!!!
Stephanie you are a GREAT teacher! Your instructions are clear and concise and you’re so encouraging!!! Thanks so much, keep up the good work. You’re pieces are beautiful.
I'm a left handed beader, and although I can follow most tutorials in right hand, I couldn't get this stitch to save my life! (Left or right handed!) But the way you explained it, made it seem so much easier! And by George I think I've got it!! It's a fun stitch to do, once you get the hang of it. Thanks for simplifying the CRAW, for all to enjoy! 😉
Lisa Beal YAY Lisa😊I'm so glad the tutorial helped!!! I'm sort of an ambidextrous beader at times 😂 I can go either way although I'm right handed! My hubby is a lefty!
Stephanie I just want to say thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I love your style. It’s exactly what I like. Also you’re a great teacher. YOU make it so easy. Please don’t stop making videos. Thank you again!
Thank you, Stephanie. Stunning Bracelet, I just love this stitch. Great Tutorial. Truly, you are one of the best teachers, and have one of the best channels on UA-cam! Your camera work is brilliant, clear and easy to see. Your hands "say " what you're doing. Your voice is soft, happy, positive and encouraging. Your palate, rich, sophisticated and feminine. Thank you.
Thank you so much DaMon!!! You are so very kind and I really appreciate your lovely and supportive comments! Thanks for all your kind support as I make my way through my UA-cam journey!
Thank you so much Stephanie. I finally got this stitch down and now to try it with the 11s. It took me 4 times trying with different beads before the light came on. I appreciate your tutorials and they are so easy to follow with your instructions.
YAY You go girl 😃😂😉 I'm so glad the tutorial helped!! I am working on the "Many Moons" station bracelet tutorial (a sneak peek is on my Facebook page) in CRAW using 11/0's and 3mm pearls! Should be up this week🌻
My aha moment right here! Thank you, Stephanie! I consider myself an intermediate to advanced beader, but always balked at the CRAW stitch. Today I watched your tutorial, and you explain it so well, I actually am going to try it! I love your color choices, so elegant looking.Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The clasp is gorgeous.
YEAH! After practise some days with 4 mm firepolish, I finished a tube! Thanks so much Stephanie, you are my favourite teacher and I love your designes, big huggies from the South of Holland... :)
Peter Houben Yes!!! Congratulations!!! I'm so glad you got it😊😃 Isn't it fun once you learn it? I've got a new bracelet tutorial coming in CRAW! Perfect timing🌻
Excellent teacher, precious tutorial, clear explanation, easy to follow: "as usual", somebody would say, but you always surprise us and that's usual, for me: Your capacity to wonder before your creations! Congratulations and thank you for sharing. Antonella
Well my goodness - you are the BEST teacher of this stitch by far! Thank you so much for your time and expertise, it's very appreciated! I can FINALLY do this stitch - yay!!!
Yes indeed very difficult to start this cubic right angle weave. The understanding the shape of 4 beads in each move is the key. I must repeat the start again and again. Stephanie is a very good teacher, the best actually, from many video tutorial I have tried. I can follow your needle movement in a very clear way. One I finish this similar bracelet, I will send the picture to your. Big thank you.👍
You are such a good instructor (three roads... I never would have figured that one out!) Its amazing how just one minor detail can make the whole thing work so well! Just like baking a cake..... all ingredients are important! Thank you for that tip! What a fun project ... can't wait to try it, now that you've taken the mystery out of doing Cubic RAW! (ha.. Got my magnifier!!).... Thank you again Stephanie for another top notch tutorial! :) :)
ohhhhh yes. our Steph did it again. I'm in love with this because it's a simple look that looks yet again, EXPENSIVE. LOVE IT Ms Steph. thanks for another GORGEOUS LOOK. XO
Stephanie, I was struggling with CRAW and watching your tutorial I had an ah hah moment, especially when you mentioned the interlace series. That truly made the light bulb shine at 100 watts. I got it now!!! Thank you so much!
Stephanie, I want to thank you for this video. I have tried to learn CRAW many time and just could not get the hang of it. Thanks to your video and advice on turning the piece and working under a magnifying lamp I have finally mastered CRAW and completely understand the concept. You're work is beautiful and I've been learning a lot from you. Thank you for being a wonderful teacher. ❤😍
Thank you very much! I have seen many tutorial videos for craw but failed to understand but your video helped me to understand. Your way of teaching CRAW is amazing, simple and FUN☺.
I've been thinking CRAW will be too difficult for me. But I took a stab using first the fire polish beads and it was wonderfully simple following your impeccable instructions. I downsized to 8/0s and felt as though I was on roller skates for a while, but this too became doable. Then... tadaaah... I dared it with 11/0s and to my great surprise it is even easier than with the 8/0s. I'm so happy! I think that it is true as you say at the beginning of the video, having some experience with interlace and PRAW has helped me see the units that are forming. So thrilled!
Beautiful bracelet! Just want to let you know after 4 yrs of bead weaving I have mastered CRAW! I do find it easier to build up. I am so addicted I can't stop! Lol! Thanks so much ❤️
Gonna do what you demo'd and suggested since you're my fave instructor and trust you. Looking at your bracelet, I know I'll lose my mind if I try small beads first. 😃
Stephanie, you have inspired us all, once again, with this beautiful bracelet design! As you mentioned, it looks very versatile, with endless color and bead combinations...it's just so CUTE! Should be a lot of fun to make! This past Christmas I made my mom a very long lariat style necklace using the CRAW stitch...it was gorgeous when completed (had crystal fringe at the ends to add some bling), but I didn't think I would ever finish it in time!! Your tutorial on this stitch is genius...it would have been so helpful to have seen it back in the fall when I began the necklace. Thank you for another wonderful beading project...sitting down and watching your videos is like spending time with a special friend...something I always look forward to! Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you soo much Kim!!! You are so kind and always so supportive - I really appreciate your input! Your necklace sounds beautiful and what a lovely gift for your mom to treasure always!!! Lucky mom - lucky daughter!!!
Hi Stephanie, Love your beading channel and frequently drop by to look for more tutorials. I don’t do Facebook but don’t want to miss a thing! Keep the content coming... Please!
I just want to say thank you so much. I've read tutorials on how to do this stich and I've watched other videos but yours video shows clear demonstration in a way that is easy for a visual learning like myself to actually understand! so - THANK YOU 😊😊😊
Rena Snow You are so very welcome Rena😃 I am so glad the tutorial was helpful to you!!! CRAW is a challenging stitch to learn and to teach. I'm so glad we were both successful🌻
Yet another gorgeous bracelet. You are my favorite teacher. I finally learned how to craw after watching many vids that built little apartments erecting floors and ceilings. I would have learned a lot faster if you were teaching it when I was trying to learn. You have come a long way from your first vids and staying in frame.😊 Keep up the great work and I hope you will be teaching for many years to come.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment Lorraine😃😊😘 and thank you for sticking with me on my UA-cam journey!!! I have worked so hard to improve my teaching skills - and to stay in frame (which has been such a struggle for me lol) thank you for noticing💐💐💐 I really appreciate your kindness and support!!!
Great instructions!! This is the one stitch I typically stray away from. Lol.. For me it's the most difficult. BUT, after watching your tutorial, I think I might be able to do it! Fingers crossed, lol... Thank U for being so patient with your teaching, I luv that!! Definitely need to give it a go. Looks like a fun one for sure👌 Hope you have a great wkend🌸🌈🌞🌅🌷
Hi Stephanie thank you for another wonderful video. I will give this a try (again) I have all but given up on CRAW.but with your demonstration/instructions I will give it another try.
You're most welcome!!! I understand completely! I gave up on CRAW many years ago too LOL I hope you give this a try as I think it is doable. Just be patient, take deep breaths, have snacks handy!!! Seriously, I'm around if you need help or encouragement! Have fun wit this!
Love love love the bracelet , I'm in UK and have trouble getting some shades of the Miyiki beads that you use, I can't seem to get these anywhere even Ebay, and love the clasp you have such lovely clasps in the US,, we don't seem to have the selection over here, please keep the video's coming I'm just loving my new craft you're such a fantastic tutor xx
Hi Stephanie, I made this but need to get a clasp but it turned out great. I used champagne seed beads, more like gold, and a cream colored Swarovski pearl in between. Looks very classy, reminds me of winter white or something like that.:)
I love your tutorials and was actually boasting about them tonight in a bead class. I was planning to send you a message asking if you would do a C.R.A.W. tutorial, when I happened on this one...thank you!
I am a good beader, but I could NOT get CRAW!! I watched many of the great artists out there teaching this stitch but still could not get it. I was so frustrated as I had some fabulous patterns to use this stitch in. I thought there must be something wrong with me, BUT I watched this video and GOT it!! Thank you for your simple to understand method.
OMG! I think I've got it! I have tried craw before and ended up with a tangled blob! But I see the path now! I'm sending you a BIG CYBER HUG! Thank you!
I want to make this for my daughter who has a very small wrist (5 and 3/4 inches---and that is with a little room added). Just need ideas about how to adjust it down. Lovely bracelet and what attracted me was the pearl....She's a June baby and pearls are her birthstone. Thank you for a great instructional video.
+Sharon Staggers-Moss you're most welcome Sharon. You can adjust the length of the CRAW pieces. Decrease the amounts of CRAW units evenly to make about 5 inches including the pearls. You could also reduce just the end CRAW pieces so the pearls stay centered. Might be easier to do it that way.
Stephanie, you have incredible you tube tutorials. I enjoy watching all the fun stuff you make. I just have one question about this video I am watched over and over again, and I cannot get my beads to look anything like your do in the video. What size of beads should I be trying to use... I have tried about all the sizes I have on hand, but I will go buy whatever you recommend that I should be using... Thanks in advance for any advice you can give to me.... ALSO. You are the only "teacher" that I have seen that actually acknowledges to the people that post on your videos that you have actually read what they have written....Thanks again. Pat in Utah..
OMG. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. I GOT IT. I'm so excited you don't know how bad I have wanted to learn this stitch and I just got so aggravated and would give up. 😜😜. I love it. Thank you💋❤️
Thank you Juanita! I understand how the turns can be intimidating as you watch the video but when you actually try it, the turns will make sense to you. I hope you give it a go because its a fun stitch to learn.
I love this bracelet. you create such beautiful pieces. I like purchasing from fire mountain gems when I put in 11/0 round and then pick the miyuki beads they look round on the edge but they are still kind of flat in the middle then there is a miyuki that are roncille that are completely round which one is best? I would have liked to see you do a little bit with the 11/0's.
Could you be looking at Miyuki Delica Beads when you search for 11/0 round seed beads on FMG's website? Delicas are cylinder shaped beads while round/rocaille beads are rounded all over. They are different beads and not interchangeable. For this CRAW tutorial use the round/ rocaille bead not the Delica bead. I hope this helps 😃
Thank you Brenda! My pleasure to share this with you. The Facebook group is In-Spirer Beaders. There is a link to my Facebook page under the video if you are interested :)
This is beautiful and I am trying to find the Dark nickel seed beads. The only thing I can find is a Delica in dark nickel. Sorry to ask this, but do you have any ideas for what else would work in place of those and give the same affect?\
The clasp is from my local craft store A.C. Moore. If you live in the U.S. you could try Michael's, JoAnn's, Hobby Lobby. I looked online but couldn't find the exact clasp. it is by a company called Jewelry Designer.
I have that clasp, it is strong but mine is hard to get it lined up right. Thank you for the video...love that bracelet, trying to figure out what color pearls to use... I might just make 3 bangles. Where do u get crimp covers?
The clasp has little protrusions at the edges that line up with an indent on the other side so when they fit in they kind of lock it into place. However, it could separate with force so choose a stronger clasp like a tube bar possibly. Crimp covers I purchased from my local craft shop. Most bead websites should carry them🌞
hey, love the bracelet and would like to try to make it but first I have to find materials. I would like to ask you if I can replace that wire you are using with maybe aluminum or copper wire? if yes, could you please give me suggestion on the size. thank you i advance
Hello and thank you so much for taking the time to support all of us who so love to bead. I've followed you for quite some time and everything I have done looks great thanks to you. Here is a question for you. I'm practicing my craw with a bigger bead, but find I cannot get the tension as tight as I would like to have it. Is there away to go back through the bead sets and tighten or should I have used a bigger thread instead of fireline? The stitches look great. I had hopes of using this as a necklace and inserting big pearls with spacers in the center. Thanks!
Daphne Wright Hi Daphne😃 Thank you for your lovely comment! You can reinforce each side if your CRAW stitches. So after you make a side then go through all the beads again. Do this on each side before you go to the next. Hope this helps!
The clasp is from my local craft store A.C. Moore. If you live in the U.S. you could try Michael's, JoAnn's, Hobby Lobby. I looked online but couldn't find the exact clasp. it is by a company called Jewelry Designer.
Hi Stephanie, thank you so much for your lovely, informative tuts. I have a problem. I have just made this lovely bracelet, however I can't make it sit nicely on the closure. I have left space, I have added and taken off 'cubes', the long lengths on the outer sides are 19 cubes and yet they don't measure the same. The smaller ones for the middle strand are 11 cubes and the same thing. Do you think if I embellish, i.e. stitch in the ditch will stop the straps from 'stretching' and be more stable? Do you have any suggestions??? Thanking you so much. Very best wishes. Cheers Chez
Hi ,Thank you for your CRAW video. Great directions. What I'd like to know is: Do I make the (3) bridge step on each & every cube for entire length ? or is it to be just on the Initial cube. ??? Thank you, Gail in Michigan
Gail Gilliam You're most welcome Gail😃 The initial cube needs the third road to attach the beads to one another. The end RAW unit of your entire CRAW piece needs to be reinforced by going around the last RAW unit with your needle and thread. Hope this helps.
I’ve watched a bunch of CRAW tutorials and yours were the best. I won’t name names, but some people think they are the best. But hands down, your way of teaching is so simple and the easiest way to learn this stitch. Thank you. You are awesome!
I have seem many CRAW tutes but no one ever mentioned the ' 3 roads ' tip. It is seriously very very helpful. You are the best teacher ever. Thank you so much.
Unbelievable! You are an outstanding teacher! You make all the weaving techniques fun and easy to follow. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent with everyone. You are truly a bead weaving guru.
bonbon1059 😊 Thank you so much!!! I just saw your lovely comment this morning🌻 You are so kind!
This is the best tutorial for Cubic Right Angle Weave! I’ve had the hardest time learning this and you’ve made it so simple. You’re a great teacher. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
Thank you 🙏 I’m so glad it worked for you 😃
Stephanie, thank you once again, I attempted this a long while before you put this video up, and I could not learn it or follow it. It was on a different channel, before I found you...I mean to tell you, I hope you never get down and ever feel like you're not helping anyone, sometimes we all get down on ourselves, and this gift you have, it helps me so much, I'll tell you that. I look forward to your videos, they make me happy! So God Bless You Stephanie and your gift you give to thousands and thousands of people!!!!!!!
Teresa Fernbacher Thank you so much Teresa😊 Your words touch me so much!!! I love sharing what I know and the love and support I get in return makes it a real pleasure for me! Thank you for your kindness and for being here sweetie 😘😘😘
I think I can finally get this stitch now! Thank you for getting us all through this, Stephanie! Yours is the best tutorial I've seen yet for CRAW! You are a truly talented instructor and creative genius!!!
Thank you so much!!! CRAW is intimidating but a little practice will get you there! It took me a long time to learn it but I'm glad I did.
Hello Stefani ! I am very glad I found you. You the best teacher.Big hug from Australian 💐🦘
Thank you! 😃
Stephanie you are a GREAT teacher! Your instructions are clear and concise and you’re so encouraging!!! Thanks so much, keep up the good work. You’re pieces are beautiful.
I'm a left handed beader, and although I can follow most tutorials in right hand, I couldn't get this stitch to save my life! (Left or right handed!) But the way you explained it, made it seem so much easier! And by George I think I've got it!! It's a fun stitch to do, once you get the hang of it. Thanks for simplifying the CRAW, for all to enjoy! 😉
Lisa Beal YAY Lisa😊I'm so glad the tutorial helped!!! I'm sort of an ambidextrous beader at times 😂 I can go either way although I'm right handed! My hubby is a lefty!
Stephanie I just want to say thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I love your style. It’s exactly what I like. Also you’re a great teacher. YOU make it so easy. Please don’t stop making videos. Thank you again!
You’re so very welcome 🙏 😊🌻And thank you for the compliment on my teaching 😉 I won’t stop lol 😂
I've watched a lot of CRAW videos in an attempt to learn this stitch. This one I could follow! Thank you!!!
YAY!!!! So happy to hear that! I'm so glad the tutorial was successful for you hope :)
Thank you, Stephanie. Stunning Bracelet, I just love this stitch. Great Tutorial. Truly, you are one of the best teachers, and have one of the best channels on UA-cam! Your camera work is brilliant, clear and easy to see. Your hands "say " what you're doing. Your voice is soft, happy, positive and encouraging. Your palate, rich, sophisticated and feminine. Thank you.
Thank you so much DaMon!!! You are so very kind and I really appreciate your lovely and supportive comments! Thanks for all your kind support as I make my way through my UA-cam journey!
Stephanie this is another great project. .clear and precise. thank you for inspiring me
Thank you so much Stephanie. I finally got this stitch down and now to try it with the 11s. It took me 4 times trying with different beads before the light came on. I appreciate your tutorials and they are so easy to follow with your instructions.
YAY You go girl 😃😂😉 I'm so glad the tutorial helped!! I am working on the "Many Moons" station bracelet tutorial (a sneak peek is on my Facebook page) in CRAW using 11/0's and 3mm pearls! Should be up this week🌻
My aha moment right here! Thank you, Stephanie! I consider myself an intermediate to advanced beader, but always balked at the CRAW stitch. Today I watched your tutorial, and you explain it so well, I actually am going to try it! I love your color choices, so elegant looking.Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The clasp is gorgeous.
Padmavathi Ramachandran Terrific!!! I'm so glad the tutorial has been helpful to you😊 love when I have an "ahaaa" moment 💖
YEAH! After practise some days with 4 mm firepolish, I finished a tube! Thanks so much Stephanie, you are my favourite teacher and I love your designes, big huggies from the South of Holland... :)
Peter Houben Yes!!! Congratulations!!! I'm so glad you got it😊😃 Isn't it fun once you learn it? I've got a new bracelet tutorial coming in CRAW! Perfect timing🌻
Excellent teacher, precious tutorial, clear explanation, easy to follow: "as usual", somebody would say, but you always surprise us and that's usual, for me: Your capacity to wonder before your creations! Congratulations and thank you for sharing. Antonella
+Anto Nata Thank you do much Anyonells🙏🌻😃 You’re very kind and I so appreciate your lovely words! It is always my pleasure to share with you💕💕💕
still my fav! its been, what... 7 years? Thank you!
Well my goodness - you are the BEST teacher of this stitch by far! Thank you so much for your time and expertise, it's very appreciated! I can FINALLY do this stitch - yay!!!
Yes indeed very difficult to start this cubic right angle weave. The understanding the shape of 4 beads in each move is the key. I must repeat the start again and again. Stephanie is a very good teacher, the best actually, from many video tutorial I have tried. I can follow your needle movement in a very clear way. One I finish this similar bracelet, I will send the picture to your. Big thank you.👍
Stephanie, this is an excellent CRAW tutorial and this bracelet is gorgeous!
Thank you so much Laura🌻
You are such a good instructor (three roads... I never would have figured that one out!) Its amazing how just one minor detail can make the whole thing work so well! Just like baking a cake..... all ingredients are important! Thank you for that tip!
What a fun project ... can't wait to try it, now that you've taken the mystery out of doing Cubic RAW! (ha.. Got my magnifier!!)....
Thank you again Stephanie for another top notch tutorial! :) :)
Sharon Godbout Thank you so much Sharon😃🌻💖 I am thrilled the tutorial has been helpful!!! Love those moments when things click!!!
Props to you Stephanie on your explanation of creating this beauty. You are such a great teacher of beading! I said it before and I'll say it again:)
Beautiful tutorial! The best illustration of CRAW I've ever seen!
ohhhhh yes. our Steph did it again. I'm in love with this because it's a simple look that looks yet again, EXPENSIVE. LOVE IT Ms Steph. thanks for another GORGEOUS LOOK. XO
Thank you so much!!! As always you are so kind and supportive!!! My pleasure to share this with you :)
Stephanie, I was struggling with CRAW and watching your tutorial I had an ah hah moment, especially when you mentioned the interlace series. That truly made the light bulb shine at 100 watts. I got it now!!! Thank you so much!
aslayne64 Love the "aha" moments!!! I'm so glad the tutorial helped💖
Thank you so very much for this video! I didn't think I would ever be able to learn CRAW. You are a wonderful teacher!
Rhonda Glass .
Stephanie, I want to thank you for this video. I have tried to learn CRAW many time and just could not get the hang of it. Thanks to your video and advice on turning the piece and working under a magnifying lamp I have finally mastered CRAW and completely understand the concept. You're work is beautiful and I've been learning a lot from you. Thank you for being a wonderful teacher. ❤😍
Thank you very much! I have seen many tutorial videos for craw but failed to understand but your video helped me to understand. Your way of teaching CRAW is amazing, simple and FUN☺.
You’re very welcome 🙏🌻😊 I’m so glad the video was helpful. CRAW is a difficult stitch to master and to teach!So happy it worked for you🌸
Thanks for a really clear tutorial on CRAW and this bracelet will definitely be my next project, it’s beautiful!
You’re very welcome 🙏🌻😊
Thank you for the tutorial, finally learned how to do cubic right angle. Your tutorials are so user friendly.
Thank you so much 🙏🌻😊 This is such a challenging stitch 🌸
Hi Stephanie, Your instructions are the best and you're so encouraging. Thank you!
Hi Gina! Thank you so much :) My pleasure to share this with you :)
I've been thinking CRAW will be too difficult for me. But I took a stab using first the fire polish beads and it was wonderfully simple following your impeccable instructions. I downsized to 8/0s and felt as though I was on roller skates for a while, but this too became doable. Then... tadaaah... I dared it with 11/0s and to my great surprise it is even easier than with the 8/0s. I'm so happy! I think that it is true as you say at the beginning of the video, having some experience with interlace and PRAW has helped me see the units that are forming. So thrilled!
+Judith Lenzin You go girl 🤣😃🌻 I’m so glad the tutorials resonate with you Judith! Sounds like you have a talent for the beads! I’m thrilled for you!
Beautiful bracelet! Just want to let you know after 4 yrs of bead weaving I have mastered CRAW! I do find it easier to build up. I am so addicted I can't stop! Lol! Thanks so much ❤️
Your bracelet is so pretty!
This tutorial is so thorough there's no need to know RAW or interlace first. For sure gonna try with 6/0 or 8/0 first.
+Michelle's Paper Creations Thanks Michelle🙏🌻😃 Good idea to use the larger beads for practice. I definitely recommend doing that!
Gonna do what you demo'd and suggested since you're my fave instructor and trust you. Looking at your bracelet, I know I'll lose my mind if I try small beads first. 😃
Stephanie, you have inspired us all, once again, with this beautiful bracelet design! As you mentioned, it looks very versatile, with endless color and bead combinations...it's just so CUTE! Should be a lot of fun to make! This past Christmas I made my mom a very long lariat style necklace using the CRAW stitch...it was gorgeous when completed (had crystal fringe at the ends to add some bling), but I didn't think I would ever finish it in time!! Your tutorial on this stitch is genius...it would have been so helpful to have seen it back in the fall when I began the necklace. Thank you for another wonderful beading project...sitting down and watching your videos is like spending time with a special friend...something I always look forward to! Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you soo much Kim!!! You are so kind and always so supportive - I really appreciate your input! Your necklace sounds beautiful and what a lovely gift for your mom to treasure always!!! Lucky mom - lucky daughter!!!
Hi Stephanie,
Love your beading channel and frequently drop by to look for more tutorials. I don’t do Facebook but don’t want to miss a thing!
Keep the content coming... Please!
I’m going to try CRAW again. This bracelet is totally gorgeous. I love 💗 it. 🎄🎄
Paula Johnson
You’re Awesome,
Finally I got it. Rotating after each segment was the secret for me.
ThNk you
+bobbiejo85 Yay! Yes always rotate 🤣😂😀
I just want to say thank you so much. I've read tutorials on how to do this stich and I've watched other videos but yours video shows clear demonstration in a way that is easy for a visual learning like myself to actually understand! so - THANK YOU 😊😊😊
Rena Snow You are so very welcome Rena😃 I am so glad the tutorial was helpful to you!!! CRAW is a challenging stitch to learn and to teach. I'm so glad we were both successful🌻
Tried this last night. You're right! It goes quickly after the initial cube. So fun. TFS!
I think I can do this one with some practice. Very pretty bracelet. Thank you for the tutorial.
Ansje Loef I'm sure you can do this Ansje😃 Take your time and as you said - practice until it feels natural🌻
Yet another gorgeous bracelet. You are my favorite teacher. I finally learned how to craw after watching many vids that built little apartments erecting floors and ceilings. I would have learned a lot faster if you were teaching it when I was trying to learn. You have come a long way from your first vids and staying in frame.😊 Keep up the great work and I hope you will be teaching for many years to come.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment Lorraine😃😊😘 and thank you for sticking with me on my UA-cam journey!!! I have worked so hard to improve my teaching skills - and to stay in frame (which has been such a struggle for me lol) thank you for noticing💐💐💐 I really appreciate your kindness and support!!!
Firemountain has some nice clasps that slide like yours. One is in the style of a daisy.
Thank you for the information Carl’s. I’ll take a look🌻
OMG I finally got it with your video. I have watched others but I could not follow them. THANKYOU!!!!!
Yay!!!! So glad the tutorial helped😃
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is the simplest and best tutorial I have seen for CRAW and now I GOT IT!
Edwardine Jones YAY 😊 I'm so glad the tutorial has been helpful to you Edwardine😊
Thank you very much I followed your advice and practiced with the bigger beads now I can do the small 11/0 excited to make some of the projects now
You're welcome Jaki! I'm so glad it worked for you 🌻
Great instructions!! This is the one stitch I typically stray away from. Lol.. For me it's the most difficult. BUT, after watching your tutorial, I think I might be able to do it! Fingers crossed, lol... Thank U for being so patient with your teaching, I luv that!! Definitely need to give it a go. Looks like a fun one for sure👌
Hope you have a great wkend🌸🌈🌞🌅🌷
rebeccajns You go girl 😊😃😂 You can do this Rebecca!!! I'm always around for help and encouragement 💖💖💖
I used this tutorial today and figured it out ! Excellent tutorial. Thank you !
Wonderful 🌻😊🙏🌸
Hi Stephanie thank you for another wonderful video. I will give this a try (again) I have all but given up on CRAW.but with your demonstration/instructions I will give it another try.
You're most welcome!!! I understand completely! I gave up on CRAW many years ago too LOL I hope you give this a try as I think it is doable. Just be patient, take deep breaths, have snacks handy!!! Seriously, I'm around if you need help or encouragement! Have fun wit this!
Love love love the bracelet , I'm in UK and have trouble getting some shades of the Miyiki beads that you use, I can't seem to get these anywhere even Ebay, and love the clasp you have such lovely clasps in the US,, we don't seem to have the selection over here, please keep the video's coming I'm just loving my new craft you're such a fantastic tutor xx
Paula Gilson Paula, on my Facebook page is a list of bead websites from around the world. Take a look - there might be something there for you😃
Thank you. After a dozen tutorials I've viewe,d I finally understand CRAW.
Yayyyy 🌻😊😆 You’re welcome 😉
Hi Stephanie, I made this but need to get a clasp but it turned out great. I used champagne seed beads, more like gold, and a cream colored Swarovski pearl in between. Looks very classy, reminds me of winter white or something like that.:)
Sounds beautiful Teresa! I'd love to see a picture!!!
I love your work. Thanks for your teaching
+Rosa Perez Thank you Rosa🥰
Love all your videos. This would be a gorgeous necklace also
Thank you Carol! I agree, a necklace would be beautiful!
I love your tutorials and was actually boasting about them tonight in a bead class. I was planning to send you a message asking if you would do a C.R.A.W. tutorial, when I happened on this one...thank you!
+LaTaunia Bahr Haha thank you I’m honored you mentioned my tutorials 🙏🌻😂 Glad the CRAW is there for you!
You are the best in making awesome Jewelery....
Thank you so much 🙏🌻😊
i allway love you beads that you chose and you make it so easy to order the same ones i am a new beginer and i am 76.
Thank you dixie 🌻🙏😊 Welcome to this amazing craft 🌸
I am a good beader, but I could NOT get CRAW!! I watched many of the great artists out there teaching this stitch but still could not get it. I was so frustrated as I had some fabulous patterns to use this stitch in. I thought there must be something wrong with me, BUT I watched this video and GOT it!! Thank you for your simple to understand method.
+Dixie Maskell YAY Dixie!!! That is what I love to hear 🌺💕🌻 I’m so glad the video helped! It’s such a great stitch. PRAW is coming up soon 🤣😆😉
Beautifully taught. Love the piece too. Thanks for another perfect tutorial.
Thank you Ennis! My pleasure to share this with you :)
I love this. Can't wait to try making it. Thank you so much for sharing.
Debi Webb Thank you so much Debi😃My pleasure to share this with you🌻
I love this tutorial, this is a beautiful bracelet, thank you and I keep looking forward to seeing more tutorials.
OMG! I think I've got it! I have tried craw before and ended up with a tangled blob! But I see the path now! I'm sending you a BIG CYBER HUG! Thank you!
I forgot to say I love all your designs, so elegant and feminine.....we need more of that!
grannaboo03 Yayyyy😃😃😃😃 I'm so glad the tutorial is working for you💖 Thank you so much for watching and posting your very kind comment grannaboo🌻
It is a great tutorial, you are such a great teacher, thank you 🙏💗👏🏻
Hi love the bracelet ,I have used a crimp tool to hold the crimp cover to close them I have found this a lot easier hope this may help
Thanks Christine. I must get a better crimp tool so I can use it on the covers ;)
I want to make this for my daughter who has a very small wrist (5 and 3/4 inches---and that is with a little room added). Just need ideas about how to adjust it down. Lovely bracelet and what attracted me was the pearl....She's a June baby and pearls are her birthstone. Thank you for a great instructional video.
+Sharon Staggers-Moss you're most welcome Sharon. You can adjust the length of the CRAW pieces. Decrease the amounts of CRAW units evenly to make about 5 inches including the pearls. You could also reduce just the end CRAW pieces so the pearls stay centered. Might be easier to do it that way.
Thank you.
So gorgeous!
Stephanie, you have incredible you tube tutorials. I enjoy watching all the fun stuff you make. I just have one question about this video I am watched over and over again, and I cannot get my beads to look anything like your do in the video. What size of beads should I be trying to use... I have tried about all the sizes I have on hand, but I will go buy whatever you recommend that I should be using... Thanks in advance for any advice you can give to me.... ALSO. You are the only "teacher" that I have seen that actually acknowledges to the people that post on your videos that you have actually read what they have written....Thanks again. Pat in Utah..
I love when you say “don’t rack it out” - helpful advice.
Haha a very technical beading term 😆😆😆
Love the bracelet. I think I might finally be able to do craw, it's so intimidating, but you explained it so well. I will try💕
I'm so glad you are going to try craw again rose. I'm always a comment away for help and encouragement!
OMG. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. I GOT IT. I'm so excited you don't know how bad I have wanted to learn this stitch and I just got so aggravated and would give up. 😜😜. I love it. Thank you💋❤️
You're most welcome Melissa!!! I'm so glad the tutorial helped!
Love this design!
Thank you🌻😃💕
love it Stephenie but i don't think i can do it all those turns confused me but i would give it a try thank you
Thank you Juanita! I understand how the turns can be intimidating as you watch the video but when you actually try it, the turns will make sense to you. I hope you give it a go because its a fun stitch to learn.
can't wait too try been wanting to learn how to do Craw. Thank you for the video😊
Hi beautiful bracelet love this tutorial thank you so much
You are most welcome Alicia! My pleasure to share this with you!
Going to make this beauty!! So pretty!
Спасибо за элегантную красоту, очень хочется сделать. Все гениальное просто😊. Вам удачи и творческих успехов. Елена
I love all your works
I wish I can take some tutoring with you if it’s possible
By George, I think I've got it! FINALLY!!! Thank you, Stephanie!!!
I love this bracelet. you create such beautiful pieces. I like purchasing from fire mountain gems when I put in 11/0 round and then pick the miyuki beads they look round on the edge but they are still kind of flat in the middle then there is a miyuki that are roncille that are completely round which one is best? I would have liked to see you do a little bit with the 11/0's.
Could you be looking at Miyuki Delica Beads when you search for 11/0 round seed beads on FMG's website? Delicas are cylinder shaped beads while round/rocaille beads are rounded all over. They are different beads and not interchangeable. For this CRAW tutorial use the round/ rocaille bead not the Delica bead. I hope this helps 😃
That helps Thank you
Amazing, love your work. Thanks again for this tutorial.
Thank you Maggie :)
I love this Stephanie! Thank you for another tutorial
Hi you are a great teacher you make it so easy to follow thank you ... Do you have a facebook group ...
Thank you Brenda! My pleasure to share this with you. The Facebook group is In-Spirer Beaders. There is a link to my Facebook page under the video if you are interested :)
Beautiful brazalete. Thanks.
Love your tutorials you make it so easy to understand:)
Thank you so much cassandra!
This is beautiful and I am trying to find the Dark nickel seed beads. The only thing I can find is a Delica in dark nickel. Sorry to ask this, but do you have any ideas for what else would work in place of those and give the same affect?\
Yes, please tell us where you bought the clasp from!
The clasp is from my local craft store A.C. Moore. If you live in the U.S. you could try Michael's, JoAnn's, Hobby Lobby. I looked online but couldn't find the exact clasp. it is by a company called Jewelry Designer.
Well explained! As always ❤
Love it ... the roads made it click for me :) xx
+Susan Elliott Yay!!! Me too 😃
I have that clasp, it is strong but mine is hard to get it lined up right. Thank you for the video...love that bracelet, trying to figure out what color pearls to use... I might just make 3 bangles. Where do u get crimp covers?
The clasp has little protrusions at the edges that line up with an indent on the other side so when they fit in they kind of lock it into place. However, it could separate with force so choose a stronger clasp like a tube bar possibly. Crimp covers I purchased from my local craft shop. Most bead websites should carry them🌞
OMG love this, you are so awesome. Love your videos just can't get enough.
Thank you so much Debbie😃
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hey, love the bracelet and would like to try to make it but first I have to find materials. I would like to ask you if I can replace that wire you are using with maybe aluminum or copper wire? if yes, could you please give me suggestion on the size. thank you i advance
so much fun to make...
Thanks Stephanie ! I try 10 times and i get angry why i cant learning that.Today i try on more time and i get it ! I'm so happy 😆😆😆
You’re welcome 😉 I think you did great. It took me many more attempts before I learned this stitch 🌸
Thanks Stephanie ☺
Hello and thank you so much for taking the time to support all of us who so love to bead. I've followed you for quite some time and everything I have done looks great thanks to you. Here is a question for you. I'm practicing my craw with a bigger bead, but find I cannot get the tension as tight as I would like to have it. Is there away to go back through the bead sets and tighten or should I have used a bigger thread instead of fireline? The stitches look great. I had hopes of using this as a necklace and inserting big pearls with spacers in the center. Thanks!
Daphne Wright Hi Daphne😃 Thank you for your lovely comment! You can reinforce each side if your CRAW stitches. So after you make a side then go through all the beads again. Do this on each side before you go to the next. Hope this helps!
Thanks Stephanie. I went back through the individual sets and it made all the difference in the world.
Merci, thank you, my english is not very good but I understand everything you made . Bonne Année from Québec.
I love this bracelet! Thank you Stephanie! Where did you get the clasp you used on your bracelet? It's perfect!
The clasp is from my local craft store A.C. Moore. If you live in the U.S. you could try Michael's, JoAnn's, Hobby Lobby. I looked online but couldn't find the exact clasp. it is by a company called Jewelry Designer.
Thank you! I have all three stores in the area. I'm in Dallas, TX.
Hi Stephanie, thank you so much for your lovely, informative tuts. I have a problem. I have just made this lovely bracelet, however I can't make it sit nicely on the closure. I have left space, I have added and taken off 'cubes', the long lengths on the outer sides are 19 cubes and yet they don't measure the same. The smaller ones for the middle strand are 11 cubes and the same thing. Do you think if I embellish, i.e. stitch in the ditch will stop the straps from 'stretching' and be more stable? Do you have any suggestions???
Thanking you so much.
Very best wishes. Cheers Chez
Loved the video
+YVETTE GLINTON Thank you Yvette 😃🌻😊
Hi ,Thank you for your CRAW video. Great directions. What I'd like to know is: Do I make the (3) bridge step on each & every cube for entire length ? or is it to be just on the Initial cube. ??? Thank you, Gail in Michigan
Gail Gilliam You're most welcome Gail😃 The initial cube needs the third road to attach the beads to one another. The end RAW unit of your entire CRAW piece needs to be reinforced by going around the last RAW unit with your needle and thread. Hope this helps.
Can you do a video on where you get supplies
Yes I will put it on the list for a future video!