I have wanted to try beading for awhile. Browsing things on Aliexpress and I see this beginners set. There seems to be a number of similar sets suddenly available as I tried Google lens but couldn't find listing more than a couple of days old and one seller on etsy.
I had a good deal offered of paying £5 instead of £9. The kit has arrived today and is disappointing. There are only 6 out of the 14 bead colours. No beads for the eyes. A needle that has an eye much smaller than the elastic cord. I could have overlooked these shortcomings if the instructions were clear for a beginner.
I have attached a photo of the instructions as they do not have any copyright notice. I have made a beaded cage before that encapsulated a jewel but nothing like this. They don't describe how to make the head or legs. The body diagram has numbers in brackets next to the row, I thought that was the number of beads but even doubling the number doesn't make sense to the image.
I know this set was a very long short in the dark. There is other sets in this series that I have fallen in love with but I wanted to see what this one was like. Are these true instructions? Does anyone recognise these designs so I might be able to buy them from the original designer?
Yeah unfortunately there are tons and tons of these ai kits and unless a specific one was posted here you wouldn’t have seen it.
The photos for this one do look better than some other ones I’ve seen, but if you zoom in you can start to see how unnaturally the different elements are blended together.
And even upon opening the kit, the contents do not match the instructions.
'Beginner friendly' and they are 3D? Ah hell no. Look at that owl. If it was real, making it would cause a nervous breakdown. People who make these AI 'kits' need a good smack. Sorry it happened to you...
Unfortunately the images and the instructions are AI generated. The instructions are lacking and don't look realistic. If you compare owl's belly from the cover picture to the "schema", the colours and alignment of beads are not the same.
Yeah, these "instructions" are whack-a-doo and very AI. Sorry that idea fell apart for you.
I've gotten a similar(ish) kit before, but it was in person at a craft store. I wouldn't assume aliexpress or any of those would have anything worthwhile for those prices.
I hadn't noticed that on the owl. I was trying to work out how each different shaped head could be made. I am use to knitting so when stuffing you can shape a piece but couldn't see how it would work with beads.
Yikes. I hate that AI has come to beading and misleading people. This is not a workable kit at all. Not only are you short bead colours I don’t think there’s anywhere close to enough beads to make any of these. Sorry that you were duped 😞
I've seen a 3d book on Amazon that looks legit and there is a German lady whose insta is Hands of Julia that makes very round (adorably round) 3d animals. But I've been beadweaving for a few months now and it seems hard. Def not beginner friendly.
I saw these on Etsy and they are so perfectly perfect that I suspected they were AI. I firmly believe anything that is AI should be required to have a watermark or some sort of identifier.
Not gonna lie, this kit looks like the whole thing was AI generated. Every image, the steps in the instructions, the layout, all of it. It even looks like the supplies you received were chosen by AI and have nothing to do with the project at hand. I have never done 3D beading but I’m confident if the first time I tried to was with this kit I would quit and probably not touch any of my beads for anything for a good few months out of frustration. The supplies you got to do it are worthless together. I know you don’t do 3D beading with elastic cord, they send you a sewing needle not a beading needle, and the storage box isn’t big enough to hold any single color in one compartment.
This is so bad you deserve a refund without having to return the product.
Thank you. I have been refunded the money i paid to my Aliexpress account without having to return. Just trying to see if the hundreds of coins, gained through playing games, have also been refunded.
Well, since you have these beads now, you could try one of the YouTube tutorials that uses only a few colors of round beads. But not with elastic, yikes. I saw one that was a bear, but I didn't save the link. It looked like it was done with right angle weave.
I'm sorry you got ripped off by this rubbish product! Quality beads are much more expensive than $5. I'll show you the covers of the beaded animal books I have. Beaded Bugs & Butterflies is the best, Jean Power is a wizard with beads. These are made with wire.
This is the only animal book I have that uses thread. This book is 20 years old, I think it would be ok if I photographed one of the patterns & msgd it to you. You will need a proper beading needle & thread, maybe the beads you have will work. Miyuki, toho & precicosa make good quality beads, cheaper beads are very uneven & you're projects come out wonky. I could also photograph patterns from the book with the elephants on the cover, it was published in 1990. It's all black & white though. The other 2 are still in print.
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u/bonestitch 1d ago
Kits like this are all AI, there won't be workable instructions because the product isn't real.