Blue and white porcelain bead F14-1055PN
Seed beads, rootbeer, size 8 F14-4494SB
Seed beads, rootbeer, size 11 F14-1781SB
Amethyst round bead, 4mm F14-4182GS
Amethyst rondelle bead F14-7455GS
Goldenrainbow fluorite disc, 8-10mm F14-3276GS
Stick pearl, med-lg F14-1395PL
Toggle F14-9279FN
Nymo-D thread F14-1969BS
Needle
Scissors
1. Cut a 3-yard length of thread; add a needle to the end first off the
spool.
2. Thread on eight rootbeer size 8 beads. Bring the beads toward the end
of the thread, leaving an 18” tail; to be used later.
3. Pass the needle back through all 8 beads again, then through the first
bead strung (bead closest to the tail) one more time. Pull the thread
so the beads tighten up and form a circle; this is the base row.
4. Pick up one rootbeer size 8 bead, then pass the needle through the
third bead in the row (you’ll be skipping one bead from where your
needle exited in Step 3).
5. Repeat Step 4 all the way around the first row of beads, adding four
rootbeer size 8 beads. Pass the needle up through the first bead added
in Step 4; this is called a step up.
6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 one more time, adding beads and passing your needle
through the beads that are “popped up” along the row.
7. After stepping up, pick up one amethyst round 4mm bead, pass the needle
through the next popped-up bead, then continue around the row adding rootbeer
size 8 beads between the popped-up beads. By adding an amethyst round
in the “first bead” of each new row, a spiral effect will
emerge.
8. Repeat Step 7 until the length of your spiral rope is about 4”
long. Finish the last two or three rows with just rootbeer size 8 beads.
9. Pass your thread through the last row of four beads one more time to
cinch them closer together.
10. Begin stringing the complementary beads, the porcelain bead and a
few more complementary beads. Pick up a few rootbeer size 11 seed beads,
the loop on the circle-half of the toggle clasp and then a few more rootbeer
size 11 seed beads. Pass the needle through the first section of complementary
beads, the porcelain bead, the second section of complementary beads,
and then into a few size 8 beads in the spiral rope. Work your needle
through the spiral and then out, through all the complementary and porcelain
beads, and then into the seed beads and the clasp again. Pass back and
forth as many times as the beads will allow. Once the clasp is secure,
pass the needle through the beads, then into the size 8 beads in the rope,
working the thread down into the spiral pattern, passing toward the other
end of the bracelet. If your thread will make it to the end, pass the
needle out of the last row of seed beads, tie a surgeon’s knot with
the two threads on this end and continue back into the rope.
Make a few half-hitch knots once your thread gets to be about 4”
long; trim once you’ve secured the thread.
TIP: If you’re able to pass the thread through the complementary
beads a few times, but you can’t make it though the pearls, instead
of passing through the pearls, pick up a few size 11 seed beads and “bridge”
over the pearl into the next bead in line – this will allow you
to really strengthen the stringing section as well as enhance your design.
11. Place a needle on the tail thread, pick up a few rootbeer size 11
seed beads the loop on the bar-half of your toggle and a few more rootbeer
size 11 seed beads. Test the clasp to be sure there is enough length for
the toggle bar to pass through the circle – if it fits, great, if
not, remove and add more size 11 seed beads; repeat until the toggle bar
passes through the circle portion of the toggle.
12. Pass the thread through the rootbeer size 8 seed bead opposite from
where your needle exited, pass it through a few rootbeer size 8 beads
in the spiral and then back up through the rootbeer size 11 seed beads
and toggle bar again; repeat until secure.
13. Weave your thread into the spiral rope, making half-hitch knots as
you pass between rootbeer size 8 beads. Trim the thread once it’s
secure.
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