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Winnipeg's ABSOLUTE BEST bead store & more. We have THE BEST selection of SEED BEADS.

PoCo Inspired is Winnipeg's ABSOLUTE BEST source for Beads, Stones, Crystals, Chain, Wire, Metal, Tools, Delicas, Findings, Jewelry making supplies, and Classes & MORE! Inspire, Be Inspired .... Always

10/20/2026

Stop overheating your sterling silver under the torch 🔥

If your silver sheet is glowing bright cherry red, you aren’t just annealing - you’re pulling copper to the surface and building stubborn firescale.

💡Subdued Studio Light: Always anneal in dim lighting. Daylight washes out early thermal color cues, making you overheat the alloy.
🌸The Salmon Shadow: You are watching for a dull, pale pinkish-gray shadow across the metal (approx 1100oF / 595oC). The second you see it, take the flame away!
🛑The 10-Second Rule: Never quench red-hot silver immediately. Wait 10 seconds for the glow to vanish in ambient air before quenching in water to prevent thermal shock cracks.

Watch the video to track the exact colour shift from raw metal to fully annealed malleability!

📌Save this post before your next annealing session.

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” - Peter MarshallA complete jewellery collection isn’t fabricated...
10/19/2026

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” - Peter Marshall

A complete jewellery collection isn’t fabricated in a single burst of lightening; it is built across hundreds of unglamorous, incremental steps. Taking ten quiet minutes today to true a bezel seam or anneal a piece of sheet metal moves your craft forward far more than leaving a masterpiece trapped in your sketchbook.

Community Question: What is one small, 10-minute task you can gift your bench today?

There is a week left to register for Krista’s class on October 25th learning Wax Carving for Casting - 1 Day.You dont wa...
10/18/2026

There is a week left to register for Krista’s class on October 25th learning Wax Carving for Casting - 1 Day.

You dont want to miss out! Register online today at pocobeads.com. Check out the Workshops page to find the listings for this workshop and more. When exploring any specific workshop please make sure you are registering for the correct date as some classes have more than one date available. Space is limited and in person only.



Starting isn’t about grand leaps; it;s about getting your hands moving and letting the thread find its natural, unforced...
10/18/2026

Starting isn’t about grand leaps; it;s about getting your hands moving and letting the thread find its natural, unforced tension.

Starting is rarely about having everything perfectly figured out before you sit down.

This week at the mat was a reminder that clean beadwork doesn’t begin with superhuman hand strength - it begins with understanding the physics of your thread. When you stop fighting the spool memory and give your fibers room to breathe, the rows settle into a float, supple drap on their own.

As we close out the week, take a deep breath, drop your shoulders away from your ears, and give yourself credit for simply showing up at the mat.

💭Did you carve out any quiet making time this weekend? Drop a 🧵below and tell us what’s currently sitting on your bead mat!

The #1 reason your pe**te stitch curls like a potato chip has nothing to do with your hands - it’s your thread 🧵If you ...
10/16/2026

The #1 reason your pe**te stitch curls like a potato chip has nothing to do with your hands - it’s your thread 🧵

If you weave with FireLine the same way you weave with nylon, your rows will buckle. Here’s the material breakdown:
Zero Elasticity: Unlike nylon (which stretches 3-5%), FireLine has virtually 0% stretch. If you pull it tight, the beads have nowhere to go but up into waves.
Micro-Fused Toughness: Made of gel-spun polyethylene, meaning sharp Delica cylinder edges won’t shear your fibers during multi-pass stitching.
The Studio Fix: relax your working tension by 10-15%, and always pull parallel to the row, never upward.

📌Save this post for your next pe**te project.
💭Are you team FireLine or team nylon for structural cuffs? Drop your pic below!

As a reminder, Beading Buddies Beading Circle is happening tomorrow night, October 16th. If you are looking for a warm s...
10/16/2026

As a reminder, Beading Buddies Beading Circle is happening tomorrow night, October 16th. If you are looking for a warm spot to bead with some buddies, this is the place to be! All are welcome! Bring a project and we'll supply the coffee.

“First Frost” is built to mirror winter’s starkest morning. Instead of letting cool greys wash together, we grounded thi...
10/15/2026

“First Frost” is built to mirror winter’s starkest morning. Instead of letting cool greys wash together, we grounded this palette with a trip of chalk-matte neutrals - charcoal slate, stone grey, and chalk white. The magic happens when the diffuse frost luster and silver-lined glass step in to soften the planes, leading to a disciplined 10% hit of galvanized silver that catches the light like ice needles on birch branches.

💭Do you lean toward cool, crisp monochromes in winter, or do you crave warm jewel tones?
📌Save this 6 colour Miyuki recipe for your next winter pe**te or loom project.

The quiet heartbreak of picking up a fresh pe**te strip and watching it curl into a rigid potato chip 🥔⬇️We’ve all been ...
10/14/2026

The quiet heartbreak of picking up a fresh pe**te strip and watching it curl into a rigid potato chip 🥔⬇️

We’ve all been there: you spend three hours on your first geometric rows of the year, lift the piece off the mat, and it looks like an ocean wave instead of a flat textile.

My immediate instinct years ago was to squeeze the needle harder and yank every turnaround stitch with white-knuckle force. But thread doesn't respond to muscle; it responds to physics. When you pull straight up at a 90-degree angle, you load vertical friction on the outer selvedge, forcing the rows to buckle.

The secret I had to learn the hard way? Pull dead-parallel to the working row, directly along the horizontal axis of the beads. And always pinch the newly added bead between your thumb and forefinger before pulling the slack through—you want the thread seated, not strangled.

💬 Be honest: when you first learned pe**te stitch, were your hands pulling way too tight or way too loose? Let’s laugh about our beginner tension below!

Why your pe**te beadwork curls like a potato chip the second it leaves the mat 🥔If your edges flare like ocean waves or ...
10/13/2026

Why your pe**te beadwork curls like a potato chip the second it leaves the mat 🥔

If your edges flare like ocean waves or the middle bows inward, stop squeezing the needle tighter. It’s not the hand strength - it's the pull direction!

The Fatal Mistake: Pulling your turnaround thread straight UP at a 90-degree angle. This loads vertical friction on the edge and forces rows to buckle.
The Pro Fix: Pull your working thread dead parallel to the row, directly along the horizontal axis of the beads.
The Stabilizer: Pinch the newly placed bead between your thumb and forefinger before drawing the slack through. You want the thread seated, not strangled.

📌Save this post for your next pe**te cast-on.
Drop a 🧵below if you’ve ever fought a curling pe**te cuff!

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495 D Madison Street (rear Entrance)
Winnipeg, MB
R3J1J2

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Wednesday 11am - 9pm
Thursday 11am - 9pm
Friday 11am - 9pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

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