You will need; Beading threadBeading needle
Seed beads - 3 colours of size 8/0, 2 colours of size 11/0 & 1 size 15/0.
6mm Round Bead
Jump Ring
This motif is worked from the centre.
1. Thread your needle and thread on 12 seed beads (A). Go through the first seed bead again to make a ring. Secure this ring shape by passing your needle and thread through the ring once more.
2. Add your 6mm bead to the centre of your ring by threading it on and then passing your needle through the seed bead at the opposite side of the ring of seed beads. Pass your thread through 3 more seed beads.
3. Commence herringbone stitch by adding 2 seed beads (B) and then passing your needle through the next 2 beads in the ring. Continue adding beads in this way until you have added 6 pairs of seed bead (B).
Reposition your thread so that it emerges from a (B).
4. Repeat step 3 with seed beads (C), (D), and then (E), following the same thread path through the centre ring and repositioning the thread to the top of the next stack each time. Ensure that the new rows of beads do not twist. The pairs of beads added should begin to lie side by side as you continue to add rows.
5. Bring the thread through a bead at the top of one of the stacks of beads and add 1 seed bead (F). Pass the needle down through the next bead in the same stack, and the 2 seed beads below it. Add 1 x (F), 1 x (A) and 1 x (F) then pass your needle UP through the corresponding beads on the next stack. Continue with this step until all six stacks are complete.
6. Reposition your thread so that it emerges from an (F) at the top of the nearest stack. Add 7 more (F)’s and go back through the one at the top of stack to create a small ring of seed beads. Pass your needle and thread through this ring again to secure it and then secure your thread by passing it through several beads in your pendant. When the thread feels secure enough you can cut it. Add the jump ring and attach your pendant/charm to a chain, keyring, ribbon or handbag.
2. Add your 6mm bead to the centre of your ring by threading it on and then passing your needle through the seed bead at the opposite side of the ring of seed beads. Pass your thread through 3 more seed beads.
3. Commence herringbone stitch by adding 2 seed beads (B) and then passing your needle through the next 2 beads in the ring. Continue adding beads in this way until you have added 6 pairs of seed bead (B).
Reposition your thread so that it emerges from a (B).
4. Repeat step 3 with seed beads (C), (D), and then (E), following the same thread path through the centre ring and repositioning the thread to the top of the next stack each time. Ensure that the new rows of beads do not twist. The pairs of beads added should begin to lie side by side as you continue to add rows.
5. Bring the thread through a bead at the top of one of the stacks of beads and add 1 seed bead (F). Pass the needle down through the next bead in the same stack, and the 2 seed beads below it. Add 1 x (F), 1 x (A) and 1 x (F) then pass your needle UP through the corresponding beads on the next stack. Continue with this step until all six stacks are complete.
6. Reposition your thread so that it emerges from an (F) at the top of the nearest stack. Add 7 more (F)’s and go back through the one at the top of stack to create a small ring of seed beads. Pass your needle and thread through this ring again to secure it and then secure your thread by passing it through several beads in your pendant. When the thread feels secure enough you can cut it. Add the jump ring and attach your pendant/charm to a chain, keyring, ribbon or handbag.
3 comments:
Love this blog. It is so helpful and the instructions are always very clear, but chatty. Thanks for helping all of us newbies.
Thanks for giving us all of this info for free, its been really useful. Please post more!
The knitting sounds great, how do you fit it all in?
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