Hello Sheila,
great description, but i have small comment to the 8 dot excercise. As newbie, i had big troubles withe even spacing of the dots. I think, it is allmost impossible to turn bead 1/4 and hit the right spot. The technique, what works for me (and i think for many others beadmakers) is little bit diferrent. I make the first dot, and a small reference dot on the mandrel. Then, thanks to the reference point i can turn the mandrel 1/2 turn allmost exactly. So you hve now two equidistant dots and you can halve the intervals further to 4, 8, etc dots. The same technique is used for 6 (12, etc ...) only after the first two dots i do two dots on each halft, it goes pretty good to hit the right distance. Maybe, you can use this as alternative for you tutorial.
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