Material needed

Blue and white porcelain bead F14-1055PN
Seed beads, rootbeer, size 8 F14-4494SB
Seed beads, rootbeer, size 11 F14-1781SB
Amethyst round bead, 4mm F14-4182GS
Amethyst rondelle bead F14-7455GS
Goldenrainbow fluorite disc, 8-10mm F14-3276GS
Stick pearl, med-lg F14-1395PL
Toggle F14-9279FN
Nymo-D thread F14-1969BS
Needle
Scissors

Instructions

1. Cut a 3-yard length of thread; add a needle to the end first off the spool.
2. Thread on eight rootbeer size 8 beads. Bring the beads toward the end of the thread, leaving an 18” tail; to be used later.
3. Pass the needle back through all 8 beads again, then through the first bead strung (bead closest to the tail) one more time. Pull the thread so the beads tighten up and form a circle; this is the base row.
4. Pick up one rootbeer size 8 bead, then pass the needle through the third bead in the row (you’ll be skipping one bead from where your needle exited in Step 3).
5. Repeat Step 4 all the way around the first row of beads, adding four rootbeer size 8 beads. Pass the needle up through the first bead added in Step 4; this is called a step up.
6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 one more time, adding beads and passing your needle through the beads that are “popped up” along the row.
7. After stepping up, pick up one amethyst round 4mm bead, pass the needle through the next popped-up bead, then continue around the row adding rootbeer size 8 beads between the popped-up beads. By adding an amethyst round in the “first bead” of each new row, a spiral effect will emerge.
8. Repeat Step 7 until the length of your spiral rope is about 4” long. Finish the last two or three rows with just rootbeer size 8 beads.
9. Pass your thread through the last row of four beads one more time to cinch them closer together.
10. Begin stringing the complementary beads, the porcelain bead and a few more complementary beads. Pick up a few rootbeer size 11 seed beads, the loop on the circle-half of the toggle clasp and then a few more rootbeer size 11 seed beads. Pass the needle through the first section of complementary beads, the porcelain bead, the second section of complementary beads, and then into a few size 8 beads in the spiral rope. Work your needle through the spiral and then out, through all the complementary and porcelain beads, and then into the seed beads and the clasp again. Pass back and forth as many times as the beads will allow. Once the clasp is secure, pass the needle through the beads, then into the size 8 beads in the rope, working the thread down into the spiral pattern, passing toward the other end of the bracelet. If your thread will make it to the end, pass the needle out of the last row of seed beads, tie a surgeon’s knot with the two threads on this end and continue back into the rope.
Make a few half-hitch knots once your thread gets to be about 4” long; trim once you’ve secured the thread.

TIP: If you’re able to pass the thread through the complementary beads a few times, but you can’t make it though the pearls, instead of passing through the pearls, pick up a few size 11 seed beads and “bridge” over the pearl into the next bead in line – this will allow you to really strengthen the stringing section as well as enhance your design.

11. Place a needle on the tail thread, pick up a few rootbeer size 11 seed beads the loop on the bar-half of your toggle and a few more rootbeer size 11 seed beads. Test the clasp to be sure there is enough length for the toggle bar to pass through the circle – if it fits, great, if not, remove and add more size 11 seed beads; repeat until the toggle bar passes through the circle portion of the toggle.
12. Pass the thread through the rootbeer size 8 seed bead opposite from where your needle exited, pass it through a few rootbeer size 8 beads in the spiral and then back up through the rootbeer size 11 seed beads and toggle bar again; repeat until secure.
13. Weave your thread into the spiral rope, making half-hitch knots as you pass between rootbeer size 8 beads. Trim the thread once it’s secure.

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