Beading & the pitfalls of instructions

If you go in to your local newsagent & pop to the magazine shelf you will occasionally see some beading magazines. They are generally quite expensive as they are a specialist title & they are also mainly American publications. However these are the main source of inspiration for my beading. In one of the magazines...

Beaded choker

I've not done any beading for a few weeks but I've recently come across this design for a necklace.It is made using Tila beads, superduos, and seed beads (size 8, 11 & 15). The original pattern said using 39 tilas but this was far too long for my neck so I went with 30 and...