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necklaces • bracelets • earrings • pendants • rings

CAROLYN CAVE

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KHIONE BRACELET Use a few SuperDuo beads and some sparkling chatons to create an elegant bracelet. It was inspired by a necklace made for my first book.

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size 15/0 rocaille

4mm crystal bicone

6mm xilion chaton in two-hole setting

Super Duo bead

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Stitch UsedCircular bead stitching

Finished Length7¼ in. (18.5cm)

MaterialsBeads• 11g SuperDuo beads, silky silver

• 9 xilion chatons in 6mm silver-plated

setting, Montana blue

• 36 4mm bicone crystal, crystal AB

• 2g 150 seed beads, silver-lined clear

Supplies• 21mm slide-lock clasp with three rings,

silver-plated

• 6 5mm jump rings, 18-gauge, silver-

plated

• Basic Toolkit, p. 6

Make the Bracelet

1Cut a long length of beading thread.

Attach a needle to one end and a stop

bead 4 in. (10cm) from the other end. Pick

up a 4mm bicone crystal, a SuperDuo, a

chaton through the left hole, a SuperDuo,

and a crystal (figure 1, a–b, green). Pick up

a 150 seed bead and a SuperDuo, and a

repeating pattern of two 150s and a

SuperDuo four times. Pick up a 150 (b–c,

orange). Pick up a SuperDuo, a 150, a

SuperDuo, two 150s, a SuperDuo, a 150,

and a SuperDuo (c–d, purple). Repeat b–c.

Sew through the first crystal and SuperDuo

picked up, forming a large ring of beads.

Change direction and sew through the

second hole of this SuperDuo (d–e, red).

2This step follows the inside of the ring.

Pick up a 150 and sew through the

empty hole of the next SuperDuo. Pick up a

150 and sew through the empty hole of the

next three SuperDuos (figure 2, a–b,

green). Pick up a 150 and sew through the

available hole of the next SuperDuo, six times

(b–c, blue). Pick up a 150 and sew through

the empty hole of the next three SuperDuos.

Pick up a 150 and sew through the empty

hole of the next SuperDuo, two times (c–d,

red). Pick up three 150s, a crystal, and three

150s, and sew through the innermost hole of

the next SuperDuo. You should now be back

at point a (d–e, purple). Change direction

and sew through the other hole of this

SuperDuo, the chaton, the next SuperDuo,

and the crystal, following the existing thread

path (e–f, orange).

3Pick up a 150 and a SuperDuo, and a

repeating pattern of two 150s and a

SuperDuo four times. Pick up a 150 (figure

3, a–b, green). Pick up a crystal, a Super-

Duo, a chaton through the right hole, a

SuperDuo, and a crystal (b–c, purple).

Repeat a–b (c–d, blue). Sew through the

FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2

FIGURE 3

SuperDuo

4mm bicone crystal

6mm xilion chaton in two-hole setting

150 seed bead

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Figure 5

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Replace the mounted chaton with a

different two hole-beads, such as a

cabochon, candy bead, or stud.

FIGURE 4

FIGURE 5

crystal that is above the chaton in the first

oval shape. Pick up a SuperDuo, and sew

through the available hole of the chaton. Pick

up a SuperDuo, and sew through the

following crystal, ending back at point a

(d–e, red). Sew through the beadwork,

following the existing thread path, until the

needle exits the SuperDuo between the first

crystal and the chaton picked up in this step.

Change direction and sew through the

available hole of this SuperDuo (e–f,

orange).

4Working along the inner edge of the new

ring, pick up a 150 and sew through the

available hole of the next SuperDuo. Pick up

a 150 and sew through the available holes of

the next three SuperDuos. Pick up a 150 and

sew through the unused hole of the next

SuperDuo, twice. Pick up three 150s, a

crystal, and three 150s, skip the chaton, and

sew through the available hole of the

following SuperDuo (figure 4, a–b, blue).

Repeat a–b around the inside edge of the

ring, ending back at point a (b–c, purple).

Change direction and sew through the

second hole of this SuperDuo, the chaton,

the next SuperDuo, and the crystal, following

the existing thread path (c–d, green).

5Repeat steps 3 and 4 until a total of nine

chatons have been used. Make the tenth

oval like the first, without a chaton along the

outer edge, repeating the bead sequence of

steps 1 and 2.

6Attach the three rings of the clasp to the

three spaces in the middle of the first and

last rings on the bracelet with jump rings

(figure 5). Ensure that the domed ends of

the clasp face opposite directions.

tip>>Keep your working tension snug but not too tight or the bicones may cut the thread.

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