Free Beading Patterns

I was introduced to beading craft by my niece, recently. She is 7 years old, made her crystal bead bracelets herself ! Yet, she could make crystal rings for her friends as well. I started to study beading since then and found that it is very pleasure and funny hobby. Currently, I have no doubt at all, by the words like : bead mania, bead lover, beadaholique, bead passion, bead fever and so on. When you try on beading work, you would also understand these words deeply.

The important thing in beading works except bead, beading tools and kits, is beading pattern. There are many free beading pattern online in many websites. I could collect them here. (I have got them by searching “free beading pattern” on search engine and this blog: NoneOfIt Bloggang)

1. All Craft-Beading Pattern Link Center (English Website) http://www.allcrafts.net/Jewelry.htm#freeprojects


2. AllAbout (Japanese Website) http://allabout.co.jp/interest/beads/closeup/CU20021217A/index.htm


3. Bead Fever (Japanese Website) http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~beadsfever/
   


4. Bead Mania (Japanese Website) http://www.beadsmania.com/user/recipe/index.html
   


5. Bead Recipe (Japanese Website) http://www.beadrecipe.com/recipe/
   


6. Bead Robyn's page (English Website) http://www.geocities.com/robynl_4/


7. Bead Studio (English Website) http://www.beadstudio.com/projects.php


8. Beading Bees (English Website) http://homepage3.nifty.com/Hachimitsu8/index_english.htm


9. Beading Times (English Website) http://www.beadingtimes.com/beading_project.htm


10. Beads Factory (Japanese Website) http://www.beadsfactory.co.jp/tech/tech0202_0.html


11. Bumble Bees (Japanese Website) http://www.bumblebees-beads.com/


12. Craft Workshop (Chinese Website) http://bbs.craftworkshop.com/viewthread.php?tid=11137


13. Elflinda (Chinese, Japanese Pictures Pattern)http://photo.163.com/photos/elflinda/68861111/#p4


14. Fire Mountain Gems.com (English Website) http://www.firemountaingems.com/beading_howtos/default.asp


15. Free Beading Pattern Link Center (English Website) http://extrastellar.net/cjbeadpatternlinks.html


16. Free Pattern and Tutorial Site (English Website) http://members.tripod.com/~kyal/patterns/links.html


17. Hiro Bead (Japanese Website) http://www.hirobead.com/onlineshop/recipe/index.html


18. Kiwa (Japanese Website) http://www.kiwa-inc.co.jp/shop/recipe/


19. Omochabako.com (Japanese Website) http://www.e-omochabako.com/recipe/index.html


20. Paolo Bottoni (Japanese Website) http://www.tedukuri-club.com/res06.html


21. Perlesenchantees (English Website) http://membres.lycos.fr/perlesenchantees/Projects.htm


22. Ring Things (English Website) http://www.rings-things.com/Projects/PROJ1.HTM


23. Sally (Chinese, Japanese Pictures Pattern) http://photo.163.com/photos/sally550918/


24. Sally-Beads-Shop (Japanese website) http://store.yahoo.co.jp/sally-beads-shop/recipe-pp.html


25. Shamrock-garland (Japanese Website) http://www.shamrock-garland.com/beads-recipe-top.html


26. SYX920 (Chinese, Japanese Pictures Pattern) http://photo.163.com/photos/syx920/


27. TyFactory (Japanese Website) http://www.tyfactory.com/recipe.html

It is a pity that many of them are not English website, but google can help this. There is google tool called Language tool ( http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en) which is able to translate blinding language to familiar one. Here is the example.

Original Website-Japanese Language

Translated Website by Google Language Tool-English Language

This tool can not translate the words on the picture, if you would like to study Japanese beading pattern you can visit : Beejang Livejournal Blog

I hope this article could be helpful. Enjoy your Beading Works !

Car Seat for Older Kids

When the child is outgrowing the existing car seat and go big, parents may have some problems like:

Which type of car seats are best for older kids?
How long to keep child in 5 point harness car seat?
Is a 5 point harness necessary for older children?
Are there any 5 point harness car seats for big kids?

Now we do realize that a five-point harness is always safer. (See related article here) By watching any kind of racing, we'll notice that the drivers use five-point harnesses instead of regular seat belts or an air bag. We try to keep kids safely buckled into five-point harness as long as possible. But some parents thought that kid would have been thrown from the car still harnessed into the car seat unless the five-point harness car seat was tethered in at the top anyways because the seatbelt came undone and there would not have been anything holding him in the actual seat. So, she /he could have still got serious injury or death even with the 5 point harness. However this situation is risky as keeping child on booster seats with seatbelt.

To keep your children safe on the roads and get correct car seat, it is important that you know your state's laws regarding child passenger safety. to get detailed information about your state's child restraint laws. To look for the law in your state, try linking here. You can also go to your local law enforcement center or to your local fire department

When is kid outgrown the car seat? It is depend on the height and weight, not age because some kids could be older just really short and could still be in danger. There are some notifications on this point here.

• The harness might not work properly in an accident if the child using it is more than ten pounds heavier than what it is designed to hold.



• Kid’s shoulders grow above the top set of shoulder harness slots or their eye level to the top slot.



• Generally the harness is good until 40 lbs/ 4 years old. Check with the manufacturer, but the harness usually can be adjusted and most times, the manual says the harness straps should come out of the back of the seat below shoulder level, so she/he might not be too big for the harness, it just may need to be adjusted.



• The bare minimum for safe and legal booster use is 4 years and 40lbs. But most four year olds are not mature enough to be using boosters yet. It is much better to wait until a child is 5-6 years old to put them in a booster seat full time. Four year olds lack the impulse control needed to sit upright without leaning forward or to the side for the whole trip. We also know that the spine is not solid until age six.

Five-point harness car seats for big kids who reaching the maximum weight for the rear facing car seat and the top of the head is above the top of the seat back. All car seats below rated by NHTSA meet Federal Safety Standards & strict crash performance standards.

Britax Regent (Forward Facing) Weight limit is 22-80lbs and height limit is up to 53"

Britax Boulevard / Marathon (Forward Facing) Weight limit is 20-65lbs and height limit is up to 49”

Sunshine Kids Radian 80 (Forward Facing) Weight limit is 22-80lbs and height limit is up to 49”

Recaro Como/Signo (Forward Facing) Weight limit is 20-70lbs and height limit is up to 50”

Evenflo Chase/Traditions (Booster Seat) Weight limit is 30-100lbs and height limit is 37"-54"

Safeguard Child Seat Weight limit is 22-65lbs and height limit is up to 57"

Safeguard Go Weight limit is 22-60lbs and height limit is 31"-52"

Safety 1st Apex 65 Weight limit is 22-65lbs and height limit is 34"-52"

Enclosure Links:

Car Seat Ratings
Harness Type for Car Restraint
5 -point car seat, is it necessary?
Choosing the Best, Most Affordable 5-Point Harness Car Seats
Britax Convertible Car Seats Information
Sunshine Kids Convertible Car Seats Information
Evenflo Triumph Advance Information