Interactive Beading Guide
Volume 2: Intermediate

Level up your stitches, your photo patterns, and your color sense

Volume 2 picks up where the free Beginner’s Guide leaves off. It teaches the stitches, the photo techniques, and the color decisions that turn a good bead pattern into a great one, and every chapter connects real beading technique to the Krazy Stitcher tools you’ll use to plan it.

$12.95 · PDF download · 62 pages

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Cover of the Krazy Stitcher Interactive Beading Guide, Volume 2: Intermediate, version 1.4

At a Glance

62pages
7practice projects
15chapters + 7 appendices
v1.4October 2026

What's Inside

Five parts, from stitch technique to a finished, well-planned project.

Master the Core Stitches

Peyote from 1-drop to 9-drop (what really changes, and when multi-drop is worth it), gourd stitch and step-ups, brick shaping from a ladder base, herringbone, right angle weave, and advanced loom work.

Photo Import Mastery

Choosing photos that convert well, Median Cut vs. K-Means, five dithering algorithms and how to blend two, plus brightness, contrast, saturation, and Grayscale Mode.

Professional Color Management

Recolor, Merge, Confetti Cleanup, and remapping to real bead codes, plus color harmony that works in glass and which bead finishes wear.

Tools and Workflow

Drawing and transform tools, the Finished Size Calculator, the Difficulty Score, exporting, keyboard shortcuts, and keeping your patterns backed up.

Planning Your Project

Choosing the right stitch, calculating beads, picking thread and needles, and organizing multi-color projects before you buy a single tube.

Reference Appendices

Stitch quick reference, keyboard shortcuts, a color harmony cheat sheet, recommended books and channels, a glossary, and full photo credits.

Seven Practice Projects

  1. Peyote Bracelet With a Twist — 2-drop chevrons and the Mirror tool
  2. Gourd Stitch Pen Cover — sizing a tube and getting a clean seam
  3. Brick Stitch Diamond Earrings — ladder base, one bead fewer per row
  4. Loom Bookmark From a Photo — from snapshot to woven strip
  5. Pet Portrait — the full photo conversion workflow
  6. Palette Experiment — one pattern, several color stories
  7. Symmetric Cuff Bracelet — Mirror, Flip, and copy-paste

Works with Krazy Stitcher Base, Pro, and Studio. A few tools (Recolor, Merge, Remap, Difficulty Score, Text) are in Pro and Studio only. Those sections are clearly marked, so Base users can see what each tool does.

The Krazy Stitcher Guide Series

Three volumes, each picking up where the last one leaves off.

Volume 1

Beginner's Guide to Bead Pattern Making

Free

Seed bead basics, essential supplies, and your first three patterns, from blank canvas to printed chart.

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Volume 2

Interactive Beading Guide: Intermediate

$12.95

Core stitches, photo-to-pattern conversion, and color planning, with seven practice projects. Works with every edition.

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Volume 3

Advanced Techniques

$19.95

Advanced Pro and Studio workflows: brand remapping, dithering strategy, shaped canvases, inventory, and pricing.

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Download Volume 2 instantly as a PDF and start on your first practice project today.

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