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Tetrahedra-based Kaleidocycle Pattern
Tri-Wing Ring
Springtime (04/09/2024)
The Herringbone Seam (11/10/2023)
November (11/09/2023)
Updates: Free Pattern Releases, Upcoming Publications (02/14/2023)
Star Spiral Swatch Pattern Release (02/12/2023)
The Spirit of Giving (01/17/2023)
Superstars Reverse Starflower Pattern Downloads (12/13/2022)
Reverse Starflower Charts (12/12/2022)
Superstar Patterns: The Reverse Starflower (12/12/2022)
Superstar Patterns: The Flat Star Download (12/11/2022)
Illustrated Word Charts 2 (01/18/2022)
The Butterfly Join (05/06/2021)
Batcycle Beadalong Pattern Download (05/01/2021)
Batcycle Bead Color Assortments Choices (04/29/2021)
Preparing for the Batcycle Beadalong (04/26/2021)
Flower Face Cycle or Bangle: Free Pattern Release (09/29/2020)
Warped Hex Animation from Julia Pretl (09/29/2020)
Mobius Messenger Cycle and Red Flower Cycling Bangle (09/17/2020)
Warped Square Graphs (04/30/2020)
New Animation: How to Make a Peyote-Stitched Warped Square (04/02/2020)
New Animation: How to Make a Peyote Triangle (04/01/2020)
How to Make a Podcast Bead (11/25/2019)
Full Pattern for Two Drop Podcast Bead (10/14/2019)
Making a Hyperloop or Hypercycle (01/01/2019)
Folding Up Jellyfish: Big Nets and Cycles (05/04/2018)
Flat Peyote Triangle Patterns (05/03/2018)
Butterfly Assemblies (05/02/2018)
The CGB Kaleidocycle Pattern (04/22/2017)
The CGB Pattern Book: Exploding Sets (03/05/2017)
PDF of Core Exploding Set with Colour Numbers (02/08/2017)
A Beautiful Hypar Earring Pattern Set for You Today (11/08/2016)
CGB Machines (02/13/2016)
Another Elegant Threadpath: The Exploding Round (04/24/2014)
Cone Stitch (04/04/2014)
The CGB Pattern Library (12/29/2013)
Sizing Bands Part 2 (03/13/2024)
You Can Do It! (01/28/2024)
A Quick Deconstruction: A Fortuneteller Bangle (09/18/2023)
Direct Link to Surface Design Article (01/02/2023)
Updates and More Thoughts on Visual Charting (01/04/2022)
Illustrated Word Charts (01/02/2022)
An Animation of Making a Geometric Peyote Triangle (01/01/2022)
Triangle Word Charts (12/30/2021)
Kaleidocycle Faces (12/18/2021)
Illusion Faces (11/17/2021)
Colour Blocking (11/15/2021)
Gathering Our Minds Together (11/14/2021)
CGB Fundamentals: The History of the Podcast Bead (05/13/2021)
Another Example of Joins for the Batcycle (05/05/2021)
Joining Elements in Cycles (05/04/2021)
Batcycle Rotations: A Short Video (05/02/2021)
Introduction to Our Cycles Chapter (09/15/2020)
Books Update and a New Video (10/22/2019)
Square and Other Spirals (09/22/2019)
Simple MRAW Adds a Short Video (9/20/2019)
Reinforcing & Sizing the Wave Section of the Exploding Podcast Set (09/16/2019)
Exploding Podcast, Step 4: The Casting Spine Starts (09/12/2019)
Exploding Podcast Set, Step 3: Rick-Rack Rounds 3-5 (09/12/2019)
Exploding Podcast Set (09/10/2019)
Exploding Podcast Set, Step 3: Rick-Rack Bangle Rounds 1 and 2 (09/10/2019)
Exploding Podcast Set Step 3: Rick-Rack Bangle (09/09/2019)
Exploding Podcast Video, Step 2: The Wave (09/08/2019)
Exploding Podcast Demos, Day 2: The Wave (09/08/2019)
Exploding Podcast Beadalong Step 1 (09/07/2019)
A Video Tutorial on the Exploding Podcast Bead (04/13/2019)
Videos on Podcasting and Deconstruction (04/11/2019)
Exploding Podcast Beadalong, Step 3: The Casting Spine (04/09/2019)
Exploding Podcast Beadalong, Step 2: The Wave (04/08/2019)
Make a 24-point Podcast and an Exploding Set (04/07/2019)
Snipping to Separate a Cast from a Casting Model (04/04/2018)
Podcast Video (03/29/2018)
The Pod Reveals More of its Secrets (03/26/2018)
Casting a Rick-Rack Bangle off of a Podcast Bead (03/23/2018)
Podcasting the First Bangle Start (03/22/2018)
The CGB Pre-Releases: The Kaleidocycle (04/23/2017)
Counting Beads (02/18/2017)
The Essential All Wing: Only 14 Rounds (02/15/2017)
Here We Go (02/08/2017)
Exploded Sets (08/15/2015)
Bangles vs Flat Bracelets II (03/31/2014)
Bangles vs Flat Bracelets (03/23/2014)
Pretty Pretty (12/25/2013)
Tailoring Options (05/21/2013)
Zigged Wings (05/05/2013)
So very helpful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 😊 🙏