DiamonDuo Mini Star Earrings!

DiamonDuo Mini Star Earrings

©2018 Deborah Roberti

The DiamonDuo bead has a new baby sister—the DiamonDuo Mini! This two-hole, diamond-shaped Czech bead measures 6x4mm, about the size of a SuperDuo bead. With a few bead substitutions and step changes, my DiamonDuo Star works beautifully with these new beads to create some fun earrings.

MATERIALS
• 2 yards of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 150 size 15/0 seed beads (I used 15CZ55006 Crystal Labrador Full Czech Coating on Miyuki Rocailles)
• 24 size 11/0 seed beads (I used Miyuki #454 Purple Iris)
• 6 Color1 DiamonDuo Mini beads (I used Matte Silver)
• 12 Color2 DiamonDuo Mini beads (I used Prismatic Peacock)
• 6 Color3 DiamonDuo Mini beads (I used Pastel Blue Zircon)
• Two small (2-4mm) jump rings
• A pair of earring findings

Step 1: Thread your needle with about a yard of FireLine.

Leaving about a 5-inch tail that you can weave in and make disappear at any time, string six Color1 DiamonDuo Mini beads.

Tie the beads together in a circle with a tight double knot, forming a ring six of DiamonDuo Mini beads:

Step 2: Go back around through this ring of six DiamonDuo Mini beads, grab your tail thread and tie another tight knot:

Step 3: Go back through the DiamonDuo Mini bead next to the knot (highlighted in RED):

Step 4: Go around and through the outside hole of the Color1 DiamonDuo Mini bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):

Step 5: String two Color2 DiamonDuo Mini beads and go up through the outside hole of the Color1 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 6: String two Color2 DiamonDuo Mini Beads and go through the outside hole of the Color1 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 7: Repeat the last step four times:

Step 8: Go through the inside hole of the Color2 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED and then around and through the outside hole of this same Color2 DiamonDuo Mini bead:

Step 9: String a Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead and go through the outside hole of the Color2 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 10: String a 15/0 seed bead, an 11/0 seed bead and a 15/0 seed bead. Go up through the outside hole of the Color2 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 11: String a Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead and go up through the outside hole of the Color2 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 12: String a 15/0 seed bead, an 11/0 seed bead and a 15/0 seed bead. Go up through the outside hole of the Color2 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 13: String a Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead and go up through the outside hole of the Color2 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 14: String a 15/0 seed bead, an 11/0 seed bead and a 15/0 seed bead. Go across through the outside hole of the Color2 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 15: Repeat Step 13 and Step 14 three times:

Step 16: Go across through the inside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead, the outside hole of the Color2 DiamonDuo Mini bead, the 15/0 seed bead, the 11/0 seed bead and the 15/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 17: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go up through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 18: String two 15/0 seed beads, an 11/0 seed bead and two more 15/0 seed beads. Go around and back up through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED):

Push the seed beads that you just added into more of a point with your fingers by pulling the 11/0 seed bead outward.

Step 19: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go up through the 15/0 seed bead, the 11/0 seed bead and the 15/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 20: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go up through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 21: String two 15/0 seed beads, an 11/0 seed bead and two more 15/0 seed beads. Go around and back up through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED), pushing the seed beads that you just added into more of a point with your fingers:

Step 22: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go through the 15/0 seed bead, the 11/0 seed bead and the 15/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 23: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 24: String two 15/0 seed beads and an 11/0 seed bead.

Go through a jump ring and then back down through the 11/0 seed bead that you just added:

Step 25: String two 15/0 seed beads. Go across through the top hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 26: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go down through the 15/0 seed bead, the 11/0 seed bead and the 15/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 27: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 28: String two 15/0 seed beads, an 11/0 seed bead and two more 15/0 seed beads. Go around and back down through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED), pushing the seed beads that you just added into more of a point with your fingers:

Step 29: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go down through the 15/0 seed bead, the 11/0 seed bead and the 15/0 seed bead highlighted in RED.

String three more 15/0 seed beads. Go down through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 30: String two 15/0 seed beads, an 11/0 seed bead and two more 15/0 seed beads. Go around and back down through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED), pushing the seed beads that you just added into more of a point with your fingers:

Step 31: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go across through the 15/0 seed bead, the 11/0 seed bead and the 15/0 seed bead highlighted in RED.

String three more 15/0 seed beads. Go across through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead highlighted in RED:

Step 32: String two 15/0 seed beads, an 11/0 seed bead and two more 15/0 seed beads. Go around and back across through the outside hole of the Color3 DiamonDuo Mini bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED), pushing the seed beads that you just added into more of a point with your fingers:

Step 33: String three 15/0 seed beads. Go across through the 15/0 seed bead, the 11/0 seed bead and the six 15/0 seed beads highlighted in RED:

Step 34: Skip the next 11/0 seed bead and go up through six 15/0 seed beads, the 11/0 seed bead and the six 15/0 seed beads highlighted in RED, pulling tight so that the skipped 11/0 seed bead pops out to create a pointy tip:

NOTE: If you prefer, you can just go through the 11/0 seed bead instead of skipping it.

Step 35: Skip the next 11/0 seed bead and go through six 15/0 seed beads, the 11/0 seed bead and the six 15/0 seed beads highlighted in RED, pulling tight so that the skipped 11/0 seed bead pops out to create a pointy tip.

Continue up through the 11/0 seed bead, through your jump ring and then back down through this same 11/0 seed bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 36: Go down through the six 15/0 seed beads, the 11/0 seed bead and the next six 15/0 seed beads highlighted in RED:

Step 37: Skip the next 15/0 seed bead and go down through six 15/0 seed beads, the 11/0 seed bead and the six 15/0 seed beads highlighted in RED, pulling tight so that the skipped 11/0 seed bead pops out to create a pointy tip:

Step 38: Skip the next 11/0 seed bead and go down through six 15/0 seed beads, the 11/0 seed bead and the six 15/0 seed beads highlighted in RED, pulling tight so that the skipped 11/0 seed bead pops out to create a pointy tip:

Step 39: Skip the next 11/0 seed bead and go up through six 15/0 seed beads and the 11/0 seed bead highlighted in RED, pulling tight so that the skipped 11/0 seed bead pops out to create a pointy tip:

Step 40: If you think you can get your needle through, go back around through the beads highlighted in RED and your jump ring:

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

You can mix up the DiamonDuo Mini colors and create different star patterns. Here is a blank star so you can create your own colorway:

Free pattern: Trapezium Bracelet & Earrings

Trapezium Bracelet & Earrings

©2018 Deborah Roberti

Free bracelet and earring pattern for the new Tinos Par Puca beads—two-hole trapezoid-shaped Czech beads designed by the French company, Les Perles Par Puca.

MATERIALS: Bracelet

(for a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp)
• About 2.5 yards of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 125 size 11/0 seed beads
• About 11 Color1 size 3mm beads (can be any type of size 3mm beads—Minos® Par Puca®, size 8/0 seed beads, round beads, etc.)
• About 10 Color2 size 3mm beads (again, any type of 3mm beads)
• About 20 MiniDuo beads
• About 10 Color1 Tinos® Par Puca® beads (referred to as Tinos beads within the Step text)
• About 10 Color2 Tinos® Par Puca® beads
• clasp

Step 1: Thread your needle with about 2.5 yards of FireLine (or start with a length that you feel comfortable with and add more later).

Leaving about a 10-inch tail for attaching the clasp, string a seed bead, a Color1 3mm bead and a seed bead. Go through the right hole of a Color1 Tinos bead.

String a seed bead, three MiniDuo beads and a seed bead. Go through the right hole of another Color1 Tinos bead:

Step 2: While still hold your tail thread, string a seed bead, a Color1 3mm bead and a seed bead.

Go around and down through the left hole of the Color1 Tinos bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED):

Step 3: String a seed bead and go down through the left hole of the top MiniDuo bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 4: String a MiniDuo bead and go down through the left hole of the bottom MiniDuo bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 5: String a seed bead and go down through the left hole of the first Color1 Tinos bead (highlighted in RED).

Grab your tail thread and tie the beads together with a tight double knot:

Step 6: Go around and back through the seed bead, the Color1 3mm bead, the seed bead, the right hole of the Color1 Tinos bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 7: String two seed beads.

Go up through the right hole of the middle MiniDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 8: String two seed beads.

Go back up and around through the seed bead, the right hole of the Color1 Tinos bead, the seed bead, the Color1 3mm bead, the seed bead, the left hole of the Color1 Tinos bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 9: String two seed beads.

Go down through the left hole of the middle MiniDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 10: String two seed beads.

Go back down and around through the seed bead, the left hole of the Color1 Tinos bead, the seed bead, the Color1 3mm bead, the seed bead and the right hole of the Color1 Tinos bead highlighted in RED:

Step 11: Go back up through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 12: String a seed bead. Go up through the left hole of a Color2 Tinos bead.

String a Color2 3mm bead. Go up through the left hole of another Color2 Tinos bead.

String a seed bead, a Color1 3mm bead and a seed bead. Go around and back down through the right hole of the Color2 Tinos bead that you just added:

Step 13: String a Color2 3mm bead.

Go down through the right hole of the first Color2 Tinos bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 14: String a seed bead.

Go across through the Color1 3mm bead highlighted in RED:

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

Step 16: Go back up through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 17: String a seed bead. Go up through the right hole of a Color1 Tinos bead.

String a seed bead, three MiniDuo beads and a seed bead. Go through the right hole of another Color1 Tinos bead:

Step 18: String a seed bead, a Color1 3mm bead and a seed bead.

Go around and down through the left hole of the Color1 Tinos bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED):

Step 19: String a seed bead and go down through the left hole of the top MiniDuo bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 20: String a MiniDuo bead and go down through the left hole of the bottom MiniDuo bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 21: String a seed bead and go down through the left hole of the Color1 Tinos bead below (highlighted in RED):

Step 22: String a seed bead.

Go around through the Color1 3mm bead, the seed bead, the right hole of the Color1 Tinos bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 23: String two seed beads.

Go up through the right hole of the middle MiniDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 24: String two seed beads.

Go back up and around through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 25: String two seed beads.

Go down through the left hole of the middle MiniDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 26: String two seed beads.

Go back down and around through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 27: Go back up through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 28: Repeat Step 12 to Step 27—ending with either Step 16 or Step 27—until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus about a third-inch and the length of your clasp:

Step 29: To attach one end of your clasp, string three seed beads.

Go through your clasp and then back down through the last (third) seed bead that you just added.

String two more seed beads and go back across through the Color1 3mm bead that you exited at the beginning of this step.

NOTE: If you want to add some length, just add more seed beads or 3mm beads.

Go back around through the beads that you just added and the clasp several times to reinforce your attachment to the clasp.

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

To attach your clasp to the other end of your bracelet, thread your needle with the tail thread from Step 1, weave up through the beads and exit from the top-most 3mm bead. Repeat Step 29.

EARRINGS

MATERIALS: Earrings
• About 4 feet of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 40 size 11/0 seed beads
• 8 Color1 size 3mm beads (any type of size 3mm beads)
• 8 MiniDuo beads
• 4 Color1 Tinos® Par Puca® beads
• 4 Color2 Tinos® Par Puca® beads
• two small (2-4mm) jump rings
• a pair of earring findings

Repeat Steps 1-11 but start with about two feet of FireLine and leave a 6-inch tail that you can weave in and make disappear at any time.

Step 12: Flip the motif on its side:

Step 13: Go back through the seed bead, the bottom hole of the Color1 Tinos bead and the three seed beads highlighted in RED:

Step 14: Go through the left hole of a Color2 Tinos bead.

String a seed bead, a Color1 3mm bead and a seed bead.

Go around and up through the right hole of this same Color2 Tinos bead that you just added:

Step 15: Go back around through the three seed beads, the bottom hole of the Color1 Tinos bead, the seed bead, the Color1 3mm bead, the seed bead and the top hole of this same Color1 Tinos bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 16: Go back across through the threes seed beads highlighted in RED:

Step 17: Go up through the right hole of a new Color2 Tinos bead.

String a seed bead, a Color1 3mm bead and two seed beads.

Go around through your jump ring and then back down through the two seed beads and the 3mm bead that you just strung:

Step 18: String a seed bead. Go down through the left hole of the Color2 Tinos bead, through the three seed beads and across through the top hole of the Color1 Tinos bead highlighted in RED:

Step 19: Circle back through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 20: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED and jump ring for reinforcement:

Weave back into the earring, knot and cut your thread.