Thursday, March 31, 2016

Free pattern: Twin Peaks Bracelet & Earrings


Twin Peaks Bracelet and Earrings, free pattern

Twin Peaks Bracelet & Earrings
(©2016 Deborah Roberti)

BRACELET MATERIALS
• About 2.25 yards of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 325 size 11/0 seed beads
• About 20 size 8/0 seed beads (or 3mm round beads)
• 46 SuperDuo beads
• 11 two-hole beads (can be Silky beads, Honeycomb beads, DiscDuo beads or 6mm 2-hole Cabochon beads)
• clasp
EARRING MATERIALS
• About 4 feet of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 100 size 11/0 seed beads
• 8 size 8/0 seed beads (or 3mm round beads)
• 20 SuperDuo beads
• 4 two-hole beads (can be Silky beads, Honeycomb beads, DiscDuo beads or 6mm 2-hole Cabochon beads)
• two small (2-4mm) closed jump rings
• a pair of earring findings


Step 1: Thread your needle with about 2.25 yards of FireLine.

Leaving about a 10-inch tail for attaching the clasp, hold onto your tail thread and go down the left side of a SuperDuo bead and then around and up through the right side of this same SuperDuo bead:


String two 11/0 seed beads, a two-hole bead, two 11/0 seed beads and a SuperDuo bead:


Go around and down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead that you just strung:



String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the left hole of the two-hole bead highlighted in RED:


String two 11/0 seed beads. Grab your tail thread and tie a tight double knot:


Step 2: Go down through the left hole of the bottom SuperDuo bead, around and up through the right hole of this same SuperDuo bead.

Continue on up through the two 11/0 seed beads, the two-hole bead, the two 11/0 seed beads and the right hole of the top SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


Step 3: String two SuperDuo beads, two 11/0 seed beads, a two-hole bead, two 11/0 seed beads and another SuperDuo bead:


Step 4: Go around and down through the left side of the SuperDuo bead that you added in the last step:


Step 5: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the left hole of the two-hole bead highlighted in RED:


Step 6: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


Step 7: String another SuperDuo bead. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


Step 8: Go around and up through the right hole of the SuperDuo bead that you exited at the end of the last step.

Continue on up through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead above, the right hole of the next SuperDuo bead, the two 11/0 seed beads, the two-hole bead, the two 11/0 seed beads and the right hole of the top SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


Step 9: Repeat Step 3 to Step 8 until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus about a quarter-inch and the length of your clasp:


Step 10: Go around and down through the left hole of the top SuperDuo bead and the two 11/0 seed beads highlighted in RED:


Step 11: String four 11/0 seed beads. Go around the two-hole bead and down through the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 12: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


Step 13: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 14: String four 11/0 seed beads. Go around the two-hole bead and through the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 15: Repeat Step 12, 13 and 14 until you come to the end of the bracelet:


Step 16: Go down through the 11/0 seed bead and the left hole of the bottom SuperDuo bead. Go around and up through the right hole of this same SuperDuo bead and the two 11/0 seed beads highlighted in RED:


Step 17: String four 11/0 seed beads. Go around the two-hole bead and up through the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 18: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go up through the right hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


Step 19: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go up through the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 20: String four 11/0 seed beads. Go around the two-hole bead and through the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 21: Repeat Step 18 to Step 20 until you come to the end of the bracelet:


NOTE: If you don’t like the “peaks” (they can be too wobbly for some), skip Step 22 to Step 25. Just make sure that you exit from the right hole of the top SuperDuo bead to attach the clasp in Step 26 to Step 29.

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


Step 23: String an 11/0 seed bead, an 8/0 seed bead and an 11/0 seed bead. Go around the SuperDuo bead and down through the 11/0 seed beads highlighted in RED to form a peak:


Step 24: String an 11/0 seed bead, an 8/0 seed bead and an 11/0 seed bead. Go around the SuperDuo bead and down through the 11/0 seed beads highlighted in RED to form another peak:


Step 25: Repeat the last step on both sides of the the bracelet:


Step 26: To attach one end of the clasp, string three 11/0 seed beads. Go through the clasp and then back through the third 11/0 seed bead that you just strung:


Step 27: String two more 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED, around and up through the right hole of this same SuperDuo bead:


Step 28: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED and the clasp several times:

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

Step 29:
 To attach the clasp to the other end of your bracelet, thread your needle with the tail thread from Step 1:


Repeat Steps 26-29.

TWIN PEAKS EARRINGS

Twin Peaks Bracelet and Earrings, free pattern

Step 1-8: Repeat Step 1 to 8 of the Twin Peaks Bracelet but start with about two feet of Fireline and leave a five-inch tail that you can weave in and make disappear at any time:


Step 9: String an 11/0 seed bead and an 8/0 seed bead. Go through the jump ring and then back down through the 8/0 seed bead that you just strung.

String another 11/0 seed bead. Go down through the left hole of the top SuperDuo bead and the two 11/0 seed beads highlighted in RED:


Step 10: String four 11/0 seed beads. Go around the two-hole bead and down through the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 11: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


Step 12: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 13: String four 11/0 seed beads. Go around the two-hole bead and down through the two 11/0 seed beads and the left hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


Step 14: String an 11/0 seed bead, an 8/0 seed bead and an 11/0 seed bead. Go around and up through the right hole of the SuperDuo bead and the two 11/0 seed beads highlighted in RED:


Step 15: String four 11/0 seed beads. Go around the two-hole bead and through the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 16: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go up through the right hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


Step 17: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go up through the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:


Step 18: String four 11/0 seed beads. Go around the two-hole bead and through the two 11/0 seed beads and the right hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:


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


Step 20: String an 11/0 seed bead, an 8/0 seed bead and an 11/0 seed bead. Go around the SuperDuo bead and around through the beads highlighted in RED:


Step 21: String an 11/0 seed bead, an 8/0 seed bead and an 11/0 seed bead. Go around the SuperDuo bead and through the beads highlighted in RED:


Weave back into your earring, knot and cut your thread. Attach your earring finding to the jump ring.