Beaded Bracelet
What you need:
1) Size 12/0 glass seed beads (Gold)
2) Crystal Bicones Size 4mm (Color Of Choice - In the tutorial -
yellow, light purple and dark purple)
3) Beading string (0.25mm).
4) One pair of clasps. |
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| Step 1: |
Cut a piece of beading string between
half to one meter long.
- Add one end of the clasps at the
exact middle of the string (marked with the red dot).
On the left (red) string, add one seed bead, one light purple
crystal, two seed bead, one light purple crystal and one last
seed bead.
On the right (black) string, add one seed bead, one light purple
crystal and one last seed bead, continue to pass this black
string back up through (three unit of beads and crystal) one
seed bead, one light purple crystal and one seed bead on the red
string.
- In this bracelet tutorial
remember that you will always be working with three bead and
crystal unit like this:
You will always be working with a sandwiched crystal with two
seed beads. No matter what color of crystals you are working
with. So from here on, please try to view this combination as
one unit or rather a fix set of fixed beads.
- Let's set a legend and key:
Fig A stands for
Fig B stands for
Fig C stands for
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| Step 2: |
Continue to:
- Add one seed bead, one yellow
crystal, two seed bead, one yellow crystal and one seed bead
(two set of Fig B) on the left (black) string.
Crisscross the right (red) string through the last
three beads (last set of Fig B) and crystal added on the black
string.
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| Step 3: |
Continue to:
- Add one set of
Fig A and one set of Fig B on the bottom right (black) string.
Crisscross the top
left (red) string through the set of Fig B last added on the
black string.
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| Step 4: |
Continue to:
- Add one set of Fig C and one set
of Fig B on the right (red) string.
Crisscross the left (black) string through the last
set of Fig B added on the red string.
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| Step 5: |
Continue to:
- Add one set of Fig C and one set
of Fig B on the top (black) string.
Crisscross the bottom (red) string through the last
set of Fig B added on the black string.
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| Step 6: |
Continue to:
(working on only one side of the string in this step)
- Add one set of Fig B and one set
of Fig A on the bottom (black) string.
Continue to pass this same string back up through one old set of
Fig B from step 2 (marked A) and one more set
of Fig B that you first added in this step.
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| Step 7: |
Continue to:
- Add one set of Fig C to
crisscross both strings through.
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| Step 8: |
Continue to:
- On the bottom (red) string, add one
set of Fig A and one set of Fig C.
Crisscross the top (black) string through the last
set of Fig C added on the red string.
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| Step 9: |
Continue to:
- Add one set of Fig A and one set
of Fig C on the left (black) string.
Crisscross the right (red) string through the last set of Fig C
added on the black string.
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| Step 10: |
Continue to:
- Add two sets of Fig B on the top
(red) string.
Crisscross the bottom (black) string through the last set of Fig
B added on the red string.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you used to add new
beads on this step) through one old set of Fig C from step 5
(marked A).
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| Step 11: |
Continue to:
- Add one set of Fig B to
crisscross both strings through.
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| Step 12: |
Continue to: (working only on one string at this step)
- On the bottom right (black) string, add one Fig C, one Fig A
and one Fig C.
Continue to pass the same string down one old Fig C (Marked
A) from step 4.
Add one more set of Fig A and pass the string back up through
the two Fig C you have added on this step.
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| Step 13: |
Continue to:
- Add one set of Fig B to crisscross both strings
through.
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| Step 14: |
Continue to:
- On the left (black) string, add one
set of Fig B and one set of Fig C.
Crisscross the right (red) string through the last
set of Fig C added on the black string.
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| Step 15: |
Continue to:
- On the bottom right (black) string, add one set of Fig A and
one set of Fig C.
Crisscross the top left (red) string through the last set of Fig
C added on the black string.
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| Step 16: |
Continue to:
- On the right (red) string, add
one set of Fig A and one set of Fig C.
Crisscross the left (black)
string through the last set of Fig C
added on the red string.
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| Step 17: |
Continue to:
- On the top (black) string, add
two sets of Fig B.
Crisscross the bottom (red) string through
the last set of Fig B added on the black string.
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| Step 18: |
Continue to:
- On the top (red) string, add one
set of Fig B and one set of Fig C.
Crisscross the bottom (black) string
through the last set of Fig C added on the red string.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you used to add new
beads on this step) down through one old set of Fig B (Marked
A) from step 14.
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| Step 19: |
Continue to:
- On the top (black) string, add
one set of Fig B.
Crisscross the bottom (red) string up
through this set of Fig B added on the black string.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you used to add new
beads on this step) down through one old set of Fig B (Marked
A) from step 10.
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| Step 20: |
Continue to:
- Add one set of Fig C to crisscross both strings through.
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| Step 21: |
Continue to:
- On the bottom (red) string, add
one set of Fig A and one set of Fig C.
Crisscross the top (black) string
through the last set of Fig C added on the red string.
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| Step 22: |
Continue to:
- On the left (black) string, add
one set of Fig A and one set of Fig C.
Crisscross the right (black) string
through the last set of Fig C added on the red string.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you used to add new
beads on this step) down through one old set of Fig B (Marked
A) from step 18.
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| Step 23: |
Continue to:
- Add one set of Fig C to crisscross both strings through.
- Now just simply flip the piece over and you should see
something similar to step 13.
- Now just repeat from step 14 to step 23.
- After you finished, flip the piece again and repeat the same
steps again and again until you have reached the length of the
bracelet you need.
- Add on the other end of the clasps and tie off.
For a more secure knot and piece, you are advice to pass the
excess strings back through the piece.
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