FREE Beaded Crystal Necklace Pattern

Lobelia Necklace

(©2010 Deborah Roberti)

 

MATERIALS (for an 18-inch necklace, not including clasp)
• 6 yards of thread, size D, or 6lb. FireLine
• Approximately 40 size 11/0 bronze seed beads
• Approximately 150 size 11/0 green seed beads
• Approximately 80 size 3mm fire-polished beads
• Approximately 82 size 4mm fire-polished beads
• Approximately 76 size 4mm bicone crystals
• clasp




Step 1: Thread your needle with 6 yards of thread or FireLine.

String a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 4mm fire-polished bead, a bronze seed bead, a 4mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a bicone crystal, a bronze seed bead and a bicone crystal.

Bring the beads to the middle of your length of thread and tie them in a circle with a double knot:



You’ll be starting in the middle of the necklace, using half the thread to create the right side of the necklace and the other half (the long tail) to create the middle and left side.
 
You can start with less thread if you wish and add more as you need it.

Step 2: Go back around through the beads that you strung in the first step:



Step 3: Go back up and around through the green seed bead, the 3mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the 3mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the 4mm fire-polished bead and the bronze seed bead:



Step 4: String a 4mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a bicone crystal, a bronze seed bead, a bicone crystal, a green seed bead and a 4mm fire-polished bead.

Go around and back up through the bronze seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step:



Step 5: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED:



Step 6: Go back up and around through the 4mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the 3mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the 3mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the bicone crystal and the bronze seed bead high­lighted in RED:



Step 7: String a bicone crystal, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 4mm fire-polished bead, a bronze seed bead, a 4mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead and a bicone crystal.

Go around and back down through the bronze seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step:



Step 8: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED:



Step 9: Go back down and around through the bicone crystal, the green seed bead, the 3mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the 3mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the 4mm fire-polished bead and the bronze seed bead high­lighted in RED:



Step 10: Repeat Step 4 to Step 9 until this side of your necklace is the length you want it, minus about a half-inch inch and the length of your clasp:



Step 11: To attach one side of the clasp, string a 4mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead and two green seed beads.

Go through the clasp and then back through the last green seed bead that you just strung:


Step 12: String a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead and a 4mm seed bead.

Go back up through the bronze seed bead highlighted in RED:


Go back through these fire-polished beads, seed beads and the clasp to reinforce your attachment to the clasp. Weave your way back into the necklace, knot in several places and then cut your thread.

Step 13: To finish the other side of your necklace, flip it over so that your finished side is now on the left side. Thread your needle with the long tail from Step 1.

Weave your way back around through the green seed bead, the 3mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the 3mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the 4mm fire-polished bead, the bronze seed bead, the 4mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the bicone crystal and the bronze seed bead highlighted in RED:




Step 14: String a bicone crystal, green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 4mm fire-polished bead, a bronze seed bead, a 4mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, and a bicone crystal.

Go around and back down through the bronze seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step:




Step 15: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED:



Step 16: Go down through the bicone crystal highlighted in RED:



Step 17: String a 4mm fire-polished bead, a bronze seed bead and a 4mm fire-polished bead.

Go around and back up through the bicone crystal, the bronze seed bead, the bicone crystal, the green seed bead, the 4mm fire-polished bead and the bronze seed bead highlighted in RED:



Step 18: String a 4mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a bicone crystal, a bronze seed bead, a bicone crystal, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead and a 4mm fire-polished bead.

Go around and back down through the bronze seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step:



Step 19: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED:



Step 20: Go back up through the 4mm fire-polished bead, the green seed bead, the bicone crystal and the bronze seed bead highlighted in RED:



Step 21: String a bicone crystal, green seed bead, a 4mm fire-polished bead, a bronze seed bead, a 4mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead and a bicone crystal.

Go around and back up through the bronze seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step:



Step 22: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED:



Step 23: Go back up through the bicone crystal, the green seed bead, the 4mm fire-polished bead and the bronze seed bead highlighted in RED:



Step 24: Repeat Step 18 to Step 23 to complete the other side of your necklace:



Step 25: To attach the other side of the clasp, string a 4mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead and two green seed beads.

Go through the clasp and then back through the last green seed bead that you just strung:



Step 26: String a green seed bead, a 3mm fire-polished bead, a green seed bead and a 4mm seed bead.

Go back down through the bronze seed bead highlighted in RED:



Go back through these fire-polished beads, seed beads and the clasp to reinforce your attachment to the clasp.

Weave your way back into the necklace, knot in several places and then cut your thread.

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Use size 11 seed beads, any size 4mm beads (fire-polished, bicone, round, glass pearl) and either Czechmates tile beads or 8mm Czech Beadstuds to create a single band or a wider double band. The pattern includes step-by-step instructions for both.

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I use bicone crystals and fire-polished beads but any 4mm beads will work great:

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Royal Crystal Bracelet

©2007 Deborah Roberti

 

 

MATERIALS (for a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp)
• About 4 yards of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 150 size 11/0 seed beads
• About 80 4mm bicone crystals
• About 38 4mm fire-polished beads
• About 20 6mm bicone crystals (or any 6mm bead)
• clasp



Step 1: Thread your needle with a length of FireLine that you feel comfortable working with and add more as you need it.

String a 6mm bicone crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a 6mm bicone crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead.

Leaving about a 12-inch tail for attaching one end of the clasp, tie the beads in a circle with a double knot:



Step 2: Go back through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the 6mm bicone crystal and the seed bead:



Step 3: String a 4mm bicone crystal, a seed bead and a 4mm bicone crystal. Go down through the seed bead, the 6mm bicone crystal and the seed bead (highlighted in RED):



Step 4: String a 4mm bicone crystal, a seed bead and a 4mm bicone crystal. Go up through the seed bead and the 6mm bicone crystal (highlighted in RED):



Step 5: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a 6mm bicone crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead. Go around and up through the 6mm bicone crystal that you exited at the end of the last step:



Step 6: Go up through the seed bead (highlighted in RED):



Step 7: String a 4mm bicone crystal, a seed bead and a 4mm bicone crystal. Go down through the seed bead, the 6mm bicone crystal and the seed bead (highlighted in RED):



Step 8: String a 4mm bicone crystal, a seed bead and a 4mm bicone crystal. Go up through the seed bead and the 6mm bicone crystal (highlighted in RED):



Step 9: Go through the seed bead, the 4mm bicone crystal, the seed bead, the 4mm bicone crystal, the seed bead and the 6mm bicone crystal (highlighted in RED):



Step 10: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a 6mm bicone crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead. Go around and down through the 6mm bicone crystal that you exited at the end of the last step:



Step 11: Go down through the seed bead (highlighted in RED):



Step 12: String a 4mm bicone crystal, a seed bead and a 4mm bicone crystal. Go up through the seed bead, the 6mm bicone crystal and the seed bead (highlighted in RED):



Step 13: String a 4mm bicone crystal, a seed bead and a 4mm bicone crystal. Go down through the seed bead and the 6mm bicone crystal (highlighted in RED):



Step 14: Go through the seed bead, the 4mm bicone crystal, the seed bead, the 4mm bicone crystal, the seed bead and the 6mm bicone crystal (highlighted in RED):



Repeat Steps 5 to 14 until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus about a half-inch and the length of your clasp.

Step 15: To attach one end of the clasp, string a seed bead, a 4mm bicone crystal and two seed beads. Go through the clasp and then back through the last seed bead that you just strung:



Step 16: String a seed bead, a 4mm bicone crystal and a seed bead. Go back up through the 6mm bicone crystal bead you exited at the end of Step 14 (highlighted in RED):



Go back through this triangle of seed beads, 4mm bicone crystals and the clasp several times to reinforce the attachment to the clasp. Weave your way back into the bracelet, knot in several places and then cut your thread.

Step 17: To attach the clasp to the other end of the bracelet, simply thread your needle with the tail from Step 1. Go up through the 6mm bicone crystal:



Repeat Steps 15 and 16.

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Free crystal pattern: Jeweled Bracelet

Jeweled Bracelet 

(©2005 Deborah Roberti)

 

 

Materials:

•3 yards waxed Nymo or C-Lon thread, size D, or 6 lb. FireLine
• About 150 size 11/0 seed beads or Delica beads
• About 112 4mm bicone crystals: I used Swarovski Chrysolite Satin
• About 14 6mm fire-polished beads



Step 1: Thread your needle with 3 yards Nymo, C-Lon or Fireline. String two seed beads, a fire-polished bead, two seed beads, a crystal, a seed bead and a crystal. Bring the beads to the middle of your length of thread, and tie them in a circle with a double knot:


You’ll be starting in the middle of the bracelet, using half the thread to create the right side of the bracelet and the other half (the long tail) to create the left side of the bracelet.

Step 2: Go back around through the two seed beads and the fire-polished bead that you strung in the last step (highlighted in RED):


Step 3: String two seed beads, a crystal, a seed bead, a crystal and two seed beads. Go around and back down through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:


Step 4: Go back around through the two seed beads, the crystal, the seed bead, the crystal and the seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 5: String a crystal, a seed bead and a crystal. Go down through the seed bead, the crystal and the seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 6: Go down through the bottom left crystal and the bottom left seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 7: String a crystal, a seed bead and a crystal. Go up though the bottom right seed bead. Continue on through the bottom right crystal and the seed bead (all beads highlighted in RED):


You’ve just finished the first jeweled motif for the bracelet. The rest of the bracelet is completed by adding additional motifs.

Step 8: To create the next motif, string a crystal, two seed beads, a fire-polished bead, two seed beads and a crystal. Go around and up through the seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):


Step 9: Go back around through the crystal and the top two seed beads of this new motif, and then down through the fire-polished bead (all beads highlighted in RED):


Step 10: String two seed beads, a crystal, a seed bead, a crystal and two seed beads. Go around and down through the fire-polished bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):


Step 11: Go back around through the two seed beads, the crystal, the seed bead, the crystal and the seed bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):


Step 12: String a crystal, a seed bead and a crystal. Go through the seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 13: Continue on down through the crystal, the seed bead, the crystal and the seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 14: To finish this motif, string a crystal, a seed bead and a crystal. Go up though the seed bead, crystal and the seed bead highlighted in RED:


Repeat Steps 8 to 14 until you have about 10 to 12 inches of thread left.

Step 15: To attach the right side of the clasp, string three seed beads. Go through the clasp and back through the last seed bead you just strung:


Step 16: String two more seed beads and go up through the seed bead you exited at the end of Step 14 (highlighted in RED):


Go back around through this circle of seed beads and the clasp several times to reinforce the attachment to the clasp. Weave back into the bracelet, knot in several places, and cut your thread.

Step 17: To complete the left side of the bracelet, flip the bracelet around and thread your needle with the other half of the thread (the long tail from Step 1). Go up through the crystal and the seed bead highlighted in RED to weave your way out of the motif so that you are exiting from the last seed bead:


Repeat Steps 8 to 14 until your bracelet is the length you want it.
Repeat Steps 15 to 16 to attach the other end of the clasp.
 

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Use size 11 seed beads, SuperDuo beads, any size 3mm beads (round beads, glass pearls, fire-polished beads or size 8 seed beads) and any two-hole beads (Czechmates tile or brick beads, Tila or half Tila beads, Rulla beads or more SuperDuo beads) to create many different bracelets. The pattern includes step-by-step instructions for a single column band that you can use to make stacking bracelets (bottom bands in photo) or bead it at triple length to wrap round your wrist several times (left), as well as detailed instructions for beading a triple column width band (top two bands on right).

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This pattern uses the new SuperUno beads to create a pretty ruffled edge. SuperUno beads are SuperDuo beads with only one hole (the first two bracelets from the left in the photo use SuperUno beads along the outer edge). You can also use Rizo beads (third bracelet from left), although they tend to be more floppy, or use all two-hole SuperDuo beads (fourth bracelet from left) if you don’t mind empty holes showing along the outer ruffled edge.

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Use any type 4mm and 6mm beads (round beads, glass pearls, gemstones, bicone crystals or fire-polished beads), SuperDuo beads and size 11/0 seed beads to create this versatile bracelet.

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