Step 1. Thread a needle with approx. 2 metres of thread.
Decide on the order you want to add your bicone beads along your bracelet. Separate your 5 colours of bicone beads and label them
A, B, C, D and E.
Pick up 4 x colour A and pass them
down the thread leaving a 30cm tail.
Thread through all the beads again
and again until you exit on the
opposite side of the circle as shown
in the diagram.
Step 2. Pick up 3 x colour B and pass
back through the last crystal you
exited from. Thread around this new
group of 4 beads again and exit
through the endmost bead as shown
in the diagram.
Step 3. Repeat the pattern, adding a
new group of 3 bicone beads in the
next colours until you've used as
many bicone beads as you want to,
or have reached the full bracelet
length you need. Put 4 x bicones to
one side.
Remember to leave the bracelet approx. 3cm short as you will need to add your clasp and some seed beads to either end.
Step 4. When you get to the
desired length, pass back
through the beads until you
get to the first bicone in the
lower horizontal row. Pick up
a seed bead and thread
through the next horizontal
bicone.Repeat this along the
bracelet, then change direction
and repeat along the top row.
Step 5. Once you've added both rows of seed beads, exit through the endmost horizontal bicone bead, pick up 1 x seed bead, 1 of your spare bicones, 4 x seed beads and one half of your toggle clasp. Thread back down through the 4th seed bead. Pick up 3 more seed beads,
1 x bicone and 1 x seed bead. Thread through the other endmost horizontal bicone.
Step 6. Next, tie off your thread. Weave in your thread to secure the design. To do this, weave around the last couple of inches of beads, following the bead path. Make half hitch knots along the way and continue to weave until you are confident it won't unravel. If you have enough thread you can weave all the way to the other end of the design and knot it to the tail thread.
Step 7. Repeat step 5 and 6
on the other end of your
bracelet using your tail thread.
Weave in this thread securely
and trim off any excess
threads once you are finished.
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