now free! Bow Tie crystal bracelet pattern

Bow Tie Bracelet

©2005 Deborah Roberti

 

 

MATERIALS (for a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp)

• 3 yards waxed Nymo or C-Lon thread, size D, or 6 lb. FireLine
• About 125 size 11/0 seed beads or Delica beads
• About 17 size 3mm beads (of any type, or size 8/0 seed beads or size 8/0 Delica beads)
• About 72 size 4mm fire-polished beads
• About 34 size 4mm bicone crystals
• clasp



Step 1: Thread your needle with 3 yards Nymo, C-Lon or Fireline.

String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a 3mm bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead and a fire-polished bead.

Leaving about a 10-inch tail for attaching the clasp, tie the beads in a circle with a double knot:



Step 2: Go back around through the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the 3mm bead and the fire-polished bead that you strung in the last step:



Step 3: String a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead and a fire-polished bead.

Go back down through the 3mm bead highlighted in RED:



Step 4: Continue on down through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Step 5: String a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead and a fire-polished bead.

Go up through the 3mm bead and out through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Step 6: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a 3mm bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead.

Go around and up through the fire-polished bead, the 3mm bead and the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Step 7: Go back down through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the 3mm bead and the fire-polished bead that you strung in the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 8: String a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead and a fire-polished bead.

Go up through the 3mm bead highlighted in RED:



Step 9: Continue on up through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Step 10: String a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead and a fire-polished bead.

Go down through the 3mm bead and out through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Step 11: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a 3mm bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead.

Go around and down through the fire-polished bead, the 3mm bead and the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Step 12: Go back up through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the 3mm bead and the fire-polished bead that you strung in the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 13: String a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead and a fire-polished bead.

Go down through the 3mm bead highlighted in RED:



Step 14: Continue on down through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Step 15: String a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead and a fire-polished bead.

Go up through the 3mm bead and out through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Step 16: Repeat steps 6 to 15 until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus about a half-inch and the length of your clasp.

Step 17: To close off the end of the bracelet, string a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead.

Go around and up through the fire-polished bead, the 3mm bead and the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Step 18: Continue back around through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and the seed bead that you strung in the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 19: To attach the clasp, string four size 11 seed beads, go through your clasp and back through the last seed bead that you just strung (the 4th seed bead).

String 3 more seed beads and go back down through the seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED).



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

Repeat Step 19 to attach the other end of the clasp. If your bracelet seems a bit too short, just add more seed beads at the end when attaching the clasp.

Cube Bracelet pattern facelift

Was playing with the gorgeous Toho hybrid 4mm cube beads this summer and discovered that because the Toho cube holes are so much bigger than the Miyuki cube bead holes, they just swallow up the size 11 seed beads in my Cube Bracelet pattern. 

So... I used size 8 seed beads and 6mm instead of 4mm fire-polished beads and the result was a heavier, more substantial band so I added the variation to my pattern. 

Details and beads used here: http://www.aroundthebeadingtable.com/Patterns/CubeBracelet.html. 

Betsy at RedPandaBeads.com has the Toho hybrid cubes listed if you want to look at all the pretty colors: http://www.redpandabeads.com/category_s/2688.htm. I love them!

New SuperDuo pattern: Cosmos Bracelet and Earrings

Use SuperDuo, SuperUno and size 11/0 seed beads to create this bracelet and matching earrings. Click on a picture for more details at AroundTheBeadingTable.com.

Go to the RedPandaBeads.com Gallery of Color Suggestions to see a list of the actual beads used.

Here are some more pictures:

Now Free: the Diagonal Stripes Bracelet

DIAGONAL STRIPES BRACELET

copyright 2006 Deborah Roberti

The Diagonal Stripes Bracelet pattern is fully illustrated with detailed step-by-step instructions for an easy, single-needle, right-angle weave (worked diagonally) band. I used 6mm bicone crystals but you could just as easily use 6mm fire-polished beads or any 6mm bead. For a smaller, daintier bracelet or necklace, use 4mm bicone crystals and 3mm fire-polished beads. It's a very versatile pattern.

MATERIALS (for a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp)
• 3 yards Waxed Nymo or C-Lon thread, size D, or 6 lb. FireLine
• About 200 size 11/0 seed beads
• About 15 size 6mm blue bicone crystals
• About 15 size 6mm green bicone crystals
• About 15 size 6mm purple bicone crystals
• About 40 size 4mm black fire-polished beads
• clasp



Step 1: Thread your needle with 3 yards Nymo, C-Lon or Fireline. 

String a blue crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a blue crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead.

Leaving an 14- to 16-inch tail for attaching the clasp, tie the beads in a circle with a double knot:



Step 2: Go back around through the blue crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the blue crystal that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):
 


Step 3: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a blue crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead. Go around and back across through the blue crystal that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 4: Go back around through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the blue crystal, the seed bead and the fire-polished bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 5: String a seed bead, a green crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a green crystal and a seed bead. Go around and back up though the fire-polished bead that you exited at the end the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 6: Go back around through the seed bead, the green crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the green crystal that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 7: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a green crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead. Go around and back across through the green crystal that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):



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



Step 9: String a seed bead, a purple crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a purple crystal and a seed bead. Go around and up through the fire-polished bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 10: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED:



Step 11: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a purple crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead. Go around and back across through the purple crystal that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 12: Go back around through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the purple crystal, the seed bead and the fire-polished bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):



Step 13: Repeat Steps 9 through 12—alternating between blue, green and purple crystals—until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus about an inch and the length of your clasp.

Step 14: To attach the clasp to one end of your bracelet, string a seed bead, a crystal (whatever color is next in your alternation), a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, another crystal and a seed bead. Go around and back up through the fire-polished bead that you exited at the beginning of this step (highlighted in RED):



Step 15: Go back around through the seed bead, the crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:



Step 16: String four seed beads. Go through the clasp and then back through the 4th seed bead that you just strung:



Step 17: String three more seed beads. Go back through the seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED), forming a circle of seed beads:



Step 18: To reinforce the area that connects to the clasp, go back around through the crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and exit out of the same seed bead you exited from at the beginning of this step (all beads highlighted in RED):



Step 19: Go back around through the circle of seed beads (highlighted in RED) and the clasp:



If you think you can get your needle and thread through this circle of seed beads and the clasp again, repeat this step.

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

Step 20: Flip the bracelet around so you can attach the other end of the clasp. Thread your needle with the tail thread from Step 1. Go through the seed bead and exit out of the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:



Repeat Steps 14-19 to attach the other end of the clasp.

more Linda's Tweaked Stackers

Here are some bands I beaded up using Linda's Tweaked Stacker pattern (available for free by clicking HERE). Links to the exact beads used to create each band are listed below each photo:

• About 250 size 11/0 11RR4204 Duracoat Champagne Miyuki Rocailles
• About 22 Color1 Pastel Bordeaux SuperDuo beads
• About 22 Color2 Matte Metallic Flax SuperDuo beads
• About 12 Luster-Opaque Gold/Smoky Topaz Czechmates tile beads

• About 250 size 11/0 11RR1051 GA Silver Miyuki Rocailles
• About 22 Color1 TSD-25123 Neon Pink SuperDuo beads
• About 22 Color2 TSD-25125 Neon Purple SuperDuo beads
• About 12 CZTWN06-25125 Neon Purple Czechmates tile beads

Free Czechmates SuperDuo Bracelet

Linda's Tweaked Stacker

My free Stackers pattern (available by clicking HERE)
adapted into a beautiful bracelet by Linda Genaw at craftyinspirationbylinda.blogspot.com. 

 

For detailed information on beads used in the photo above,
go to Linda’s blog by clicking HERE.

MATERIALS (for a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp)

• 3 yards of 6 lb. FireLine, or waxed Nymo or C-Lon thread, size D (note: pick a thread color that is as close as possible to the Czechmates tile bead color)
• About 250 size 11/0 seed beads
• About 22 Color1 SuperDuo beads
• About 22 Color2 SuperDuo beads
• About 12 Czechmates tile beads
• clasp



Repeat Step 1 to Step 21 of Stacker Band 1 (my Stackers pattern is available by clicking HERE) but with the following changes:
• start with 3 yards of FireLine instead of 2 yards
• use Czechmates tile beads instead of Czechmates brick beads
• do not cut your thread at the end of Step 20 but go ahead and attach the other end of your clasp as instructed in Step 21

Step 1: Go back across through the two seed beads highlighted in RED:



Step 2: String six seed beads and go down through the two seed beads, the Color2 SuperDuo bead and the two seed beads highlighted in RED:



Step 3: String five seed beads and go down through the two seed beads, the Color2 SuperDuo bead and the two seed beads highlighted in RED.

NOTE: Not all size 11/0 seed beads are the same size. As such, if your five seed beads tend to bulge or buckle, the alternative would be to use smaller seed beads along this outside row or add four seed beads instead of five.



Step 4: Repeat Step 3 until you get to the end:



Step 5: String six seed beads. Go across through the two seed beads highlighted in RED:



Step 6: String six seed beads and go up through the two seed beads, the Color2 SuperDuo bead and the two seed beads highlighted in RED:



Step 7: String five seed beads and go up through the two seed beads, the Color2 SuperDuo bead and the two seed beads highlighted in RED:



Step 8: Repeat Step 7 until you get to the end:



Step 9: String six seed beads. Go across through the two seed beads highlighted in RED:



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