Bracelet with Preciosa Mini Twin Beads and Miyuki Seed Beads
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Design Idea J51M
-- Designer --
Esther, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bracelet component, gold-finished carbon steel memory wire, 8mm wide with 120 loops, adjustable from 8 to 9 inches
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque 24Kt gold-plated (RR191), #15 rocaille
- Bead, Preciosa Mini Twin™, Mini Pressed Twin, Czech pressed glass, opaque gold, 4x2.5mm oval with (2) 0.7mm holes
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, translucent cobalt color-lined green, (DPF-31), 4x3.4mm fringe
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque matte rainbow black, (DP401FR), 4x3.4mm fringe
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, transparent rainbow medium blue, (DP261), 4x3.4mm fringe
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, transparent rainbow clear, (DP250), 4x3.4mm fringe
- Thread, Nymo®, nylon, light tan, size D
- Adhesive, G-S Hypo Cement®
- Thread conditioner, Thread Heaven®, 1-inch square by 7/8 inch deep
Instructions
Step 1
Cut a 3-foot length of Nymo thread. Thread a beading needle, leaving a tail of approximately 5 inches.
Step 2
Tie the long end of the thread to the secured wires at the end of a memory wire bracelet component with loops, ending with the needle on the outside of the bracelet component.
Step 3
String three #15 rocailles onto the needle.
Pass through the first loop on one side of the bracelet then string a rocaille and one hole of a Mini Twin bead.
Step 4
String two rocailles. Pass through the next loop on the same side of the bracelet and string a Mini Twin bead.
Repeat until the needle has passed through the second-to-last loop of that side of the bracelet, then string a Mini Twin bead.
Step 5
String five rocailles then pass through the last bracelet loop. Pass through the rocailles again in the same direction, tightening the beads around the loop.
Step 6
Pass through the last rocaille added, string a new rocaille and pass through the unused hole of the last Mini Twin bead added.
Step 7
String the following:
- One rocaille
- One fringe bead
- One rocaille
Pass through the unused hole of the adjacent Mini Twin bead.
Repeat this pattern until the needle has passed through the unused hole of the first Mini Twin bead added to the bracelet component.
Step 8
Pass back through the three rocailles added in Step 3, then secure with a knot.
Step 9
Repeat Steps 1 – 8 on the opposite side of the bracelet.
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