Alternating Cellini Spiral Bead Bracelet

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My Amari Tutorials Copyright 2012 Amaris http://my-amari.com

Zig-Zagging Cellini Spiral Bracelet

Supplies-

Please note these are approximate on colors. I have listed in parenthesis how I

will refer to the beads in the tutorial.

-3 grams Miyuki Round size 15/0 Silver Lined Capri Blue #15-25 ( blue 15/0)

-3 grams Miyuki Round size 15/0 Crystal Transparent AB #15-250(crystal 15/0)

-5 grams Miyuki Round size 11/0 Opaque White #11-402 (white 11/0 )

-5 grams Miyuki Round size 11/0 Silver Lined Sapphire #11-19F (blue 11/0)

-10 grams Miyuki Round size 8/0 Silver Lined Matte Cobalt Blue # 8-20F ( blue 8/0)

-1 gram Miyuki Round size 11/0 Silver lined Matte Cobalt Blue #11-20F or similar to blue 8/0 (dark blue 11/0)

- 6 grams Miyuki Round Duracoat Galvanized Silver #8-4201 (used in the finished bracelet above and recommend these

if you are just starting out) OR 3MM AB clear Czech Fire Polish (used for the instructions in this tutorial--I ran out of

silver 8/0s but the fire polish worked too.) ( silver 8/0)

-1 gram Miyuki Round size 11/0 Duracoat Galvanized Silver #11-4201 OR Silver lined Crystal #11-1 if using clear fire

polish. Again, these need to be similar to the silver 8/0s (silver 11/0)

-Clasp

-Nymo D dark blue thread and wax or FireLine, size 12 beading needle, scissors

*There are a lot of instructions and I may have over-complicated things by doing this step by step. Directions below

simply put, you bead 14 rounds of regular peyote spiral for the Cellini. On the last bead of the 15th round, you switch

directions.

1. Thread your needle. Pick up beads in this order: 2 crystal

15/0s, 2 blue 15/0s, 2 white 11/0s, 2 blue 11/0s, 2 blue 8/0s, 2 silver

8/0s OR 3MM fire polish, 2 blue 8/0s, 2 blue 11/0s, 2 white 11/0s

and 2 blue 15/0s for a total of 20 beads. Leaving a 12-14 inch tail,

sew through all beads to make a loop, starting through the first two

crystal 15/0s. This tail will be used to decrease the end.

2. Continue to sew through all beads; sew back through the 2 crystal

15/0s. Pull your thread snug. This ring counts as Round 1 AND Round 2. I have

marked the working crystal 15/0s with a red dot so they are easier to see.

Round 3 This round is the most difficult just because it doesn't sit pretty at first. Once

you have a couple of more rounds complete, it will be easier. If you already know how

to do a Cellini Spiral, just work an additional 12 rounds and skip to Step 22.

3. Working clockwise, pick up 1 crystal 15/0; skip over the very next blue 15/0

sitting next to where your thread is coming out from and sew through the second blue

15/0 in the ring. The crystal 15/0 should be sitting on top of the blue 15/0 you skipped

over. Pull your thread.Note: You will always be picking up the bead your thread is

coming out from for the next stitch.Example: Since we started out from a crystal 15/0 in

this step, we needed to pick up a crystal 15/0.

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4. Pick up 1 blue 15/0; skip over the very next white 11/0 and sew through the second

white 11/0 in the ring. Pull your thread. The blue 15/0 you just added should be sitting on

the white 11/0 you skipped over.

5. Pick up 1 white 11/0; skip over the very next blue 11/0 and sew through the

second blue 11/0 in the ring. Pull your thread. The white 11/0 you just added should be

sitting on the blue 11/0 you skipped over.

6. Pick up 1 blue 11/0; skip over the very next blue 8/0 and sew through the

second blue 8/0 in the ring. Pull your thread.

7. Pick up 1 blue 8/0; skip over the very next silver 8/0 or 3MM fire

polish(which ever you chose--I will refer to these 3MM fire polish as silver 8/0 for

the rest of the tutorial); sew through the second silver 8/0 in the ring. Pull your

thread.

8. Pick up 1 silver 8/0; skip over the next blue 8/0 and sew through the second

blue 8/0. Pull your thread. For simplicity, just remember that you are always picking up

the same bead that your thread is coming out from.

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9. Pick up 1 blue 8/0; skip over the next blue 11/0 and sew through the second

blue 11/0. Pull your thread.

10. Pick up 1 blue 11/0; skip the next white 11/0 and sew through the second

white 11/o. Pull your thread.

11. Pick up 1 white 11/0; skip over the next blue 15/0 and sew through the

second blue 15/0. Pull your thread.

12. Pick up 1 blue 15/0; skip over the very next crystal 15/0 and sew through

the last crystal 15/0 of the ring AND the very first crystal 15/0 you added in Step 3

to "step up" to start the next round. This will complete Round 3.

Round 4-14 These next 11 rounds are similar Steps 3-12 but a little easier since

the beads you are sewing through are sticking out. You are just going to fill in the

gaps or "stitch the ditch". Make sure to keep your thread snug through the fourth

and fifth rounds.

13. Pick up 1 crystal 15/0; sew through the next blue 15/0 sticking out. The

crystal 15/0 you just added should be sitting on top of the first blue 15/0 you

skipped over in this step. Pull your thread.

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14. Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the white 11/0 sticking out. This added blue

15/0 should be sitting on top of the first white 11/0 you skipped over in this step. Pull

your thread.

15. Pick up 1 white 11/0; sew through the next blue 11/0 sticking out (I will refer

to these as the "next bead" for the rest of the tutorial. You will always skip over the

very next bead and sew through the bead sticking out unless otherwise noted) and

pull your thread.

16. Pick up one blue 11/0; sew through the next blue 8/0 and pull your thread.

17. Pick up one blue 8/0; sew through the next silver 8/0 and pull your

thread.

18. Pick up one silver 8/0; sew through the next blue 8/0 and pull your thread.

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19. Pick up one blue 8/0; sew through the next blue 11/0 and pull your thread.

20. Pick up one blue 11/0; sew through the next white 11/0 and pull your

thread.

21. Pick up one white 11/0; sew through the next blue 15/0 and pull your

thread.

22. Pick up one blue 15/0; sew through the last crystal 15/0 and the first crystal 15/0 you added in this round in Step

13 to "step up" for your next round. Pull your thread. This round is complete. Repeat Steps 13- 22 for the next

10 rounds. The easiest way I kept track was by counting the silver 8/0 beads. Once you have a total of 14 silver

8/0 beads INCLUDING the first 2 in the initial ring, finish the 14th round, step up and stop.

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23. Round 15/Round 1 This round will also be counted as Round 1 for

the next 14 rounds. Work Round 15 in a peyote spiral stitch as you did in

the previous rounds, but as you add your last blue 15/0 of this round DO

NOT step up. Instead, sew through the last crystal 15/0 only of this round --

don't go through the first crystal 15/0 added in this round . This is where

we are switching directions! Pull and keep your thread snug.

24. Round 2 Pick up 1 crystal 15/0; sew back through the blue 15/0 you just added in Step 23. Pull your thread. This

added 15/0 should be sitting on top of the crystal 15/0 that your thread is coming out from. I think of this a as

doing a half ladder stitch over the crystal 15/0 your thread is coming out from to switch directions. I showed this

step at 2 different angles. This is starting the second half of the "V".

25. You will work the Peyote/ Cellini spiral as you did previously

but I will still go over this round. Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through

the next white 11/0 and pull your thread. Be sure to keep your

thread snug throughout the rounds.

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26. Pick up 1 white 11/0; sew through the next blue 11/0 and pull your

thread.

27. Pick up 1 blue 11/0; sew through the next blue 8/0. Be sure to pull thread

snug after each stitch.

28. Pick up 1 blue 8/0; sew through the next silver 8/0.

29. Pick up 1 silver 8/0; sew through the next blue 8/0.

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30. Pick up 1 blue 8/0; sew through the next blue 11/0.

31. Pick up 1 blue 11/0; sew through the next white 11/0.

32. Pick up 1 white 11/0; sew through the next blue 15/0.

33. Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the next 2 crystal 15/0s to step up for the next round. Photos below show top

and side view of this round completed. Repeat Steps 24- 33 for the next 12 rounds (Rounds 3-14). Be sure to

count 14 silver 8/0s, including the point/ shared 8/0 on the 15th round from the first half of the "V". Below

show 2 silver 8/0s for this half.

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34. (This is a repeat of Step 23 but going the opposite

direction) Round 15/Round 1 This round will also be counted as

Round 1 for the next 14 rounds and the turning point. Work Round

15 as you did in the previous rounds, but as you add your last blue 15

of this round DO NOT step up. Instead, sew through the last crystal

15/0 only of this round --don't go through the first crystal 15/0 added

in this round. This is where we are switching directions! Pull and

keep your thread snug.

35. Round 2 Pick up 1 crystal 15/0; sew through the blue 15/0 you

added in Step 34. Pull your thread.

36. Continue to repeat Steps 24-34 to desired length of bracelet

minus 1/2 inch for clasp, switching directions after each 15th

round is

complete. Be sure to count 15 silver 8/0 beads for each set of the

alternating pattern, including the shared silver 8/0 at the point of each V

for symmetry.

This is with 2 alternating sets worked. Round 15 is the point and shared last and first round of each side of the V.

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If you have a different way of ending your spiral, you may skip these next steps to

add your clasps.

Decreasing the Ends We are still counting the initial ring you made in Step 2 as

Rounds 1 and 2.

I have included photos and put in parenthesis at the beginning of the next steps

where I have made changes in bead size and decreases; the remaining stitches

should be beaded in regular peyote spiral stitch unless otherwise noted. ***Indicate

where the changes are. You will want to keep your thread snug through the

decreases.

37. Round 3(Change of bead size) Thread your needle with either tail thread.

Pick up 1 crystal 15/0; sew through the next blue 15/0 and pull your thread.

38. Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the next white 11/0 and pull your thread.


thread.

40. Pick up 1 blue 11/0; sew through the next blue 8/0 and pull your thread.

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41. Pick up 1 blue 8/0; sew through the next silver 8/0 and pull your thread.

42. ***Pick up 1 silver 11/0(this is replacing the silver 8/0) ; sew through

the next blue 8/0 and pull your thread.

43. Finish this round as usual (10 stitches total); step up through the 2

crystal 15/0s to start Round 4.

44. Round 4 (Change of bead size) Peyote spiral stitch the first 4 stitches as usual.

45. On the fifth stitch, **pick up 1 dark blue 11/0 (one that is similar in color

to the blue 8/0 you are replacing--I used a darker color but it would look better

with a matching bead); sew through the next silver 11/0 and pull your thread snug.

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46. Pick up 1 silver 11/0; sew through the next blue 8/0 and pull your thread.

47. **Pick up 1 dark blue 11/0; sew through the next blue 11/0 and pull

your thread.

48. Finish this round as usual (10 stitches total); step up through the 2 crystal

15/0s to start Round 5.

49. Round 5 (2 Decreases) Peyote spiral stitch the first 2 stitches as usual.

50. On the third stitch, pick up 1 white 11/0; ** sew through both

blue and dark blue 11/0s. Pull your thread.

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51. **Pick up 1 blue 11/0; sew through the next silver 11/0 and pull your

thread.

52. Pick up 1 silver 11/0; **sew through both dark blue and blue

11/0s. Pull your thread.

53. Finish this round as usual (8 stitches total). Step up through the 2 crystal

15/0s to start Round 6.

54. Round 6 (No change) Peyote spiral stitch the first 2 stitches as usual.


thread.

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56. Pick up 1 blue 11/0; sew through the next silver 11/0 and pull your

thread.

57. Pick up 1 silver 11/0; sew through the next blue 11/0 and pull

your thread.

58. Pick up 1 blue 11/0; sew through the next white 11/0. Finish this round

as usual; step up through the 2 crystal 15/0s to start your next round.( 8 stitches

total)

59. Round 7 (Change of bead size) Peyote spiral stitch the first 2 stitches as usual.

60. On the third stitch, **pick up 1 crystal 15/0; sew through the next blue

11/0 and pull your thread.

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61. **Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the next silver 11/0 and pull

your thread.

62. **Pick up 1 crystal 15/0; sew through the next blue 11/0 and pull your

thread.

63. *Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the next white 11/0 and pull your

thread.

64. **Pick up 1 crystal 15/0; sew through the next blue 15/0 and pull

your thread.

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65. Pick up 1 blue 15/0; step up through the 2 crystal 15/0s to start

your next round (8 stitches).

66. Round 8 (4 Decreases and last round of decreases) Sew through the next

blue 15/0--I didn't count this as a decrease.

67. **Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the next crystal 15/0 AND blue

15/0. Pull thread snug.

68. **Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the next crystal 15/0 AND blue

15/0. Pull thread snug.

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69. **Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the next crystal 15/0 AND

blue 15/0. Pull thread snug.

70. **Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the last crystal 15/0 AND blue 15/0

(4 stitches total). Pull thread snug.

71. Round 9 Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the next blue 15/0. We are

working with the blue 15/0 added in Round 8. Pull your thread.


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74. Pick up 1 blue 15/0; sew through the last blue 15/0 and pull your thread. Pass

back through all blue 15/0s added in this round.

75. Pick up 2 or 3 blue 15/0s, one clasp end and 2 or 3 more blue 15/0s.

Sew through the blue 15/0 directly opposite of the one you started out

from in this step.

76. Sew back through the blue 15/0s and clasp added in Step 75. Sew back

through all beads again to strengthen. Sew through your piece to tie off 2-3

half hitch knots and end your thread.

Repeat Steps 37-76 for other end of your bracelet and you are finished!

Please contact me or leave a comment if you have any questions, need help

with the directions or see any errors in this pattern. Hope you enjoyed it!

Alternating Cellini Spiral Bead Bracelet

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