If you can't get to a beading class or workshop close to home or work,then this skill-building book is the next best thing. For the beginner and the improver, it's a passport to successful learning. Features include: Hundreds of detailed how-to photographs, carefully annotated so it is easy for you to see what you should be looking at. Guest designers sharing some of their favourite patterns. "Quick-start" projects for beginners who are impatient to try out their skills on projects that don't need much in the way of materials or time. Really useful lists sprinkled throughout the pages, for readers who want to quickly understand the essentials.