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THE SOUTHAMPTON BEAD SHOP
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This easy-to-follow bead weaving pattern can be created using your choice of colours and accent beads for the perfect pretty summer bracelet with an individual touch
JOANNE ZENG DESIGNER
MATERIALS
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ABOUT JOANNE…
TO CREATE
Joanne Zeng is the owner of The Southampton Bead Shop. She has been designing jewellery to inspire people at shows and at her shop for many years. She also runs regular workshops. She likes taking advantage of the vast range of materials available in the shop and applying different techniques, including bead weaving, to create her bespoke designs.
Thread your needle and pick up a 4mm round bead and three seed beads. Repeat this sequence four times, then move the beads down the thread, leaving a 15cm tail (see Fig 1, opposite). Pass the needle through all the 4mm round beads again (Fig 2). Make sure the round beads sit closely together by pushing each set of seed beads into a picot and
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pulling the thread tight (Figs 3 and 3a). Bring the needle to the opposite side by passing it through two more 4mm round beads. Exit from the middle seed bead of the picot (Figs 3 and 3a). Pick up a seed bead, then add a 4mm round bead and three seed beads three times. Pick up a 4mm round and a seed bead and pass the needle through the middle seed
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bead of the previous picot and the first seed bead in this section (Figs 4 and 4a). Repeat Steps 2-4 until the bracelet is your desired length.
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TO FINISH OFF
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Pick up three seed beads and go up through one side of a wire guard and back down the other side of it. Attach it to one end of your clasp. Pick up another three seed
• 56 x 4mm faceted round Chinese crystals • 1g size 11 Miyuki seed beads • 2m KO thread • 2 x silver-plated wire guards • silver-plated clasp • 7 x 10mm Fimo flowers
TOOLS • needle • scissors
beads, then go through the centre seed bead of the picot (Fig 5). Pass the needle through the seed beads and wire guard a couple more times, tying knots as you go along. Tidy the end by weaving it into beads. Finish the other end of the bracelet the same way.