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printer friendly versionBracelet with Seed Beads
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Step 1
 |  | Cut a three yard length of Nymo®. Add your needle to the end first off the spool. Apply thread conditioner if you'd like. Add a stop bead to the end, leaving an 18-inch tail which will be used to attach the bracelet to the clasp later. Do not use this bead when working your pattern. |
Step 2
 | | Thread on six size 8/0 seed beads; bring them down to the stop bead. Begin the peyote stitch. |
Step 3
Continue to work the peyote stitch until you have completed enough rows (for either a bracelet or necklace) minus the length the clasp will add. Remove the ''stop bead.''
Step 4
Decrease one end until you have one bead in the last row.
Step 5
 | | Pick up three size 11/0 seed beads, the loop on the toggle and four size 11/0 seed beads. Pass the needle through the end size 8/0 bead, making a circle with the thread and a loop with the beads. |
 | | Weave the needle through the beadwork so you exit the end bead and are positioned to pass the thread back through the size 11/0 beads. Pass the thread all the way through the beads to secure.
NOTE: If at any time it's hard to pass the needle through the beads, change the needle to the #12 needle. If the needle gets stuck in a bead, gently work it through the bead using the pliers. |
Step 6
 | | Weave the thread into the beadwork, until it exits the first bead along the edge of the bracelet. Pick up three size 11/0 seed beads. Pass the needle down the second bead in the strip. |
Step 7
 | | Pass the needle up the third bead along the edge. Pick up three size 11/0 seed beads then pass the needle down the fourth bead. That completes two picots. |
 | | Repeat to add picots down one side of the peyote strip. |
Step 8
Once you've added picots along the edge on one side of the bracelet, weave the thread into the beadwork, zig-zagging, working through the beads, until the thread is secure; trim any excess.
Step 9
 | | Using the tail from the other end of the bracelet, repeat Steps 4-7 adding the other half of the toggle clasp and picots.
Once complete, weave your thread into the beadwork, zig-zagging, working through the beads until the thread is secure, trim any excess. |
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