I like this book it gives many good tips for the news and even advanced jewelry maker.

This book is put together very well. It covers just about everything a beginning jewelry maker / beader would want to know. I would strongly recommend, though, that you take a beginner's beading course at your nearest bead shop. After I did that, it brought the book to life for me. Take the book with you and ask your instructor to clarify anything you did not fully understand.

I am learning about jewelry making and this book is the most helpfull that I have found.

I am just learning how to make crystal jewelry. This is the fourth book I purchased and it is the best. To actually see the illustrations is invaluable. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to make jewelry.

This is an awesome book for the novice, it show's pictures of the many different jewelry making tools and provides explanations as to what they are used for.

If you want to get into beading & jewelry-making, Chris Franchetti Michaels's Teach Yourself VISUALLY Jewelry Making & Beading is a fantastic place to start. It's a thick book loaded with photographs, and it tackles a comprehensive spread of topics.

Thorough charts detail everything from the common lengths for various styles and sizes of necklaces (both men's and women's), bracelets, and anklets to common finishing methods used for different stringing materials. Photos clearly display techniques for knotting strings, creating eyepins and headpins (not to mention clasps), and making your own Byzantine chain from jump rings. Wire gauge is demonstrated visually, with an image of each gauge's thickness, and with examples of what each gauge is used for.

The book goes through bead-stringing techniques; wire-work; bead-weaving (by hand and on a loom) and even macrame. If you truly want to delve into beaded jewelry as more than just a way to make a few pieces for yourself, then I highly recommend grabbing a copy of Michaels's book. It's extremely valuable and highly instructional. The use of brief, clear instructions combined with a ton of tables and photographs make it a quick read that teaches you an incredible amount of material. It's also a fantastic quick-reference book for use while making your creations.

If you want to get into beading & jewelry-making, Chris Franchetti Michaels's Teach Yourself VISUALLY Jewelry Making & Beading is a fantastic place to start. It's a thick book loaded with photographs, and it tackles a comprehensive spread of topics.

Thorough charts detail everything from the common lengths for various styles and sizes of necklaces (both men's and women's), bracelets, and anklets to common finishing methods used for different stringing materials. Photos clearly display techniques for knotting strings, creating eyepins and headpins (not to mention clasps), and making your own Byzantine chain from jump rings. Wire gauge is demonstrated visually, with an image of each gauge's thickness, and with examples of what each gauge is used for.

The book goes through bead-stringing techniques; wire-work; bead-weaving (by hand and on a loom) and even macrame. If you truly want to delve into beaded jewelry as more than just a way to make a few pieces for yourself, then I highly recommend grabbing a copy of Michaels's book. It's extremely valuable and highly instructional. The use of brief, clear instructions combined with a ton of tables and photographs make it a quick read that teaches you an incredible amount of material. It's also a fantastic quick-reference book for use while making your creations.

This book is fantastic. It goes into great detail. It has clear instructions with great pictures. This is a good resource for the beginner and the more experienced beading fanatic.

I bought 3 books on jewelry making and this is the one I use the most. It describes all the pieces in jewelry making and how they are used. It has many good projects and pictures. I love this book.

This book is great for beginners as well as intermediate levels of skill. I am happy to add it to my library...

I have found this to be the best book I've see for a novice like me. The pictures and the instructions are clear and easy to understand. I highly recommend it.

This book was a gift to my granddaughter and she loves it. Clear images in the book makes it very attractive

I will use this book for many years to come as it covers the type of jewelry I make in a very comprehesive way.

This was a great book for a beginner which is what I am at Jewelry Making.

It goes through step by step and very easy to read and understand.

Lori PA

This book is an excellent guide for anyone who is starting out in beading and jewelry making. It provides clear pictures and instructions that give a solid foundation to the materials and techniques used, and is a great inspiration!

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Jewelry Making & Beading (Teach Yourself VISUALLY Consumer)If you are a beginner or advanced beader, this book is extremely easy to follow. The pictures are clear, directions are easily understood, and there are many ideas to use for your beading projects. I am very satisfied with my selection.

Great book, lots of info, easy to read. It has a wealth of beading tips all in one place.

This book is really great for telling you everything that you wanted to know about jewelry making of all types from wirework, to bead weaving, to macrame. It gives you the little details that other books leave out and answers all of the questions you may have. There are step-by-step pictures of each technique, so you don't have to "guess" at how something is done. I think that every jewelry creator should have this book on their shelf, especially if you are just learning.

I chose this book over others because it had chapters on both beginning techniques as well as more intermediate ones once you had mastered that. I also liked that it combined bead stringing, bead weaving and wire work all in one resource. Project ideas are provided but not as many as you might find in other books - just something to know depending on what you are looking for.