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    e a r n T o Be a d a n d M a k e J e w e l r y

    LEARN TO BEAD . NET

    The Design Approach To Learning

    B EAD W EAV I NG

    D r a g o n B a ck B r a ce le t

    Instructor: Kathleen Lynam

    Daggers are for wearing! Bead crochet a stunning two-sided bracelet one side

    using size 8/0 seed beads and the other all glass daggers.

    Palette 1: T u r q u o i s e L u s t e r

    EAD WEAVING

    RAGON BACK BRACELET

    W2-CRO-01-Bead Crochet

    h i s se t o f i n s t r u c t i o n s i s o r g a n i z e d a s a s e r i es o f w e l r y D e s i g n C h o i ce s :

    P la n n i n g Y o u r P r o j e c t

    . Co n c e p t u a l i z i n g Y o u r P i e ce

    . M e a s u r e m e n t s

    C . Se l e ct i n g M a t e r i a l s

    . S k e t c h in g a P a t t e r n o r G r ap h

    . I d e n t i f y in g P o t e n t ia l A r e as o f W e a k n e s s w i t h i n Y o u r P ie c e

    . V i su a l i z in g Y o u r P r o c e s s

    G . O r g a n i z i n g Y o u r Wo r k S p a ce

    . B e g in i n g Y o u r P r o j ec t

    A . Ba s i c St e p s

    B . D e a l in g w i t h Co n t i n g e n c i e s

    C. F in i s h i n g T o u c h e s

    I . Su m m a r y o f L e a r n in g O b j e c t i v es Y o u H a v e M et

    t e r A c c om p l i s h in g T h i s P r o j e c t

    . N e x t S t ep s

    VA . Su g g e s t e d R e a d i n g s

    Wh a t Y ou W i ll These Instructions are written from what is called The Design Perspective.

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    L e a r n : - U s i n g a c r o c h e t b e a d

    p a t t e r n w i t h d i f f e r en t b e a d

    s h a p e s a n d s i z es

    - I m p l e m e n t in g a

    r e v e r s i b l e b e a d c r o c h e t

    p a t t e r n w h i c h a l lo w s f o r

    e a s y w e a r a b i l i t y

    - H o w t o a d d m o r e b e a d s,

    a f t e r y o u h a v e b e g u n y o u r

    r o p e

    - D i s c u s si o n o f t w o

    a p p r o a c h e s f o r s t a r t i n g

    a n d e n d i n g a b e a d c r o c h e t r o p e

    - M a k i n g b e a d w o v e n ,

    b r i c k s t i t c h e d c a p s t o

    c o v e r a m a g n e t i c c l a sp

    - A t t a c h i n g a b e a d w o v e n ,

    b r i c k - s t i t c h e d c l a sp

    a s se m b l y , w h i c h f u n c t i o n s ,

    i n a p p e a r a n c e , a s a b e a d e d

    b e a d

    P r e r e q u i s i t e s : - O r i e n t a t i o n T o B e a d s &

    J e w e l r y F i n d i n g s

    -BW1 - CRO - 0 1 BEAD

    CROCHET: I n t r o d u c t i o n t o

    B e a d C r o c h e t R o p e s : B a n g l e B r a c e l e t , o r ,

    p r e v i o u s e x p e r i e n c e w i t h

    B e a d C r o c h e t R o p e s

    - F a m i l i ar i t y w i t h b r i c k

    s t i t c h

    T im e Fr a m e : T h i s b r a c e le t t a k e s

    a b o u t 4 - 5 h o u r s t o

    c o m p l e t e

    They first guide you through the kinds of choices to be made, when designing thisparticular piece. This gives you a sense of how the artist thought through thedevelopment of the project. This provides you with a better understanding and someinsights about what kinds of things you would need to consider, when designing asimilar piece, or adding personal touches to this project.

    Then step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions for completing this project are presented

    Finally, the skills learned by doing this project are summarized.

    I have made a lot of crochet ropes using different sizes of seed beads. I was wonderingwhat would happening if I used a different shape and size of bead -- especially in termsof wearability. Judith Bertoglio-Giffin who has written extensively on "bead crochet" ha pattern for a reversible crochet bracelet. I adapted this pattern as the solution, both using different shapes, as well as preserving wearability.

    S u p p l ie s To M a k e A B e a d Cr o c h e t R o p e B r a ce l e t T o F i t A 6 1 / 2 " - 7 "

    W r i s t :

    Gen e r i c I t em D e sc r i p t i o n Th i s Pr o j e c t

    # 1 . T u r q u o i s e L u s t e r

    Y o u r P r o j e c t

    V a r i a t i o n

    Cr o c h e t e d R o p e :

    COLOR A : S i z e 8 / 0 s e e d b e a d s , co l o r

    o o r d in a t e d w i t h d a g g e r b e a d s

    1 9 8 - 2 1 0 b e a d s o r 1 8 g r a m s )

    COLOR A : TOHO 8 / 0 s e e d

    b e a d s, T 8 / 0 - P F5 6 1 F , m a t t e

    g a l v a n i z e d g r e e n t e a l ,

    p e r m a n e n t f i n is h

    (in kit, )

    Cz e c h g l as s , 5 x 1 6 m m d a g g e r s ( a k a ,

    p e a r h e a d s )

    1 9 8 - 2 1 0 b e a d s)

    Cz e c h g l a s s, 5 x 1 6 m m

    d a g g e r s , u l t r a l u s t e r

    t u r q u o i s e b l u e 1 / 2

    (in kit, 250 beads)

    B e a d W o v e n C la s p A s s em b l y :

    M a g L ok m a g n e t i c cl a sp , 8 m m d i sc ,

    i lv e r p l a t e d , o r s i m i l a r v e r y s t r o n g

    m a g n e t i c c l a sp

    1 c l a s p )

    M a g L ok m a g n e t i c cl a sp , 8 m m

    d i s c , s il v e r p l a t e d

    (in kit, 1 clasp)

    B a d " m a g n e t ( n e e d e d t o h o ld o n t o

    o o d m a g n e t , w h i le g l u i n g i n t o b e a d

    a p )

    1 m a g n et )

    " B ad " m a g n et , 3 / 8 " x 1 / 8 "

    (in kit, 1 magnet)

    COLOR B : 1 1 / 0 c y l i n d e r b e a d s ,

    o o r d in a t i n g c o l o r w i t h t h e d a g g e r s

    a p p r x 2 0 0 b e a d s o r 1 .2 5 g r a m s )

    COLOR B : M i y u k i 1 1 / 0 d e l i c a s,

    D B - 1 5 6 7 , o p a q u e s e a o p a l

    l u s t e r

    (in kit, 2 grams)

    COLOR C: 1 5 / 0 s e e d b e a d s ,

    o o r d in a t i n g c o l o r w i t h t h e d a g g e r s

    a p p r x 5 0 b e a d s o r . 2 5 g r a m s )

    COLOR C: M i y u k i 1 5 / 0 s e e d

    b e a d s, 1 5 / 0 - 5 3 6 , a q u a g r e e n

    c e y l o n

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    (in kit, 1 gram)

    COLOR D : C z e ch g l a s s , 4m m r o u n d

    r u k s , ( o r 3 . 4 mm d r o p s , o r 4 m m

    m a g a t a m a s ) , c oo r d i n a t in g c o lo r w i t h

    h e d a g g e r s

    1 6 b e a d s)

    COLOR D : M i y u k i 4m m

    M a g a t a m a s , M AG - 2 1 5 4 ,

    t r a n s p a r e n t p a l e aq u a AB

    (in kit, 20 beads - 2 grams)

    O t h e r M a t e r i a l s N e e d e d :

    C - L o n , T e x 1 3 5 , n y l o n B e a d C o r d

    a p p r x . 6 m m t h i c k ) , co l o r m a t c h i n g

    Co l o r A 8 / 0 s e e d b e ad s

    1 s p o o l)

    C - L o n , T e x 1 3 5 , n y l o n B e a d

    Co r d , s a g e

    (in kit, 1 spool)

    F ir e L i n e , Cr y s t a l , D , . 0 0 8 " c a b l e t h r e a d

    5 0 y a r d s p o o l)

    F i r e L i n e , Cr y s t a l , D , .0 0 8 "

    c a b l e t h r e a d

    (in kit, 1 50-yd spool)

    S iz e 8 , s t e e l c r o c h e t h o o k S iz e 8 , s t e e l c r o c h e t h o o k

    (not provided in kit)

    B i g Ey e N e e d le , 2 1 / 2 " B i g Ey e N e e d le , 2 1 / 2 "

    (in kit, pkg of 4 needles)

    S iz e # 1 0 a n d S i ze # 1 2 b e a d in g

    e e d l e s

    S iz e # 1 0 a n d S i ze # 1 2

    E n g l is h b e a d i n g n e e d l e s

    (in kit, 2 size #10 and 2 size #12

    needles)

    Co i ll e s s Sa f e t y P i n Co i l le s s Sa f e t y P i n , 1 1 / 4 "

    (in kit, 1 coilless safety pin)

    - m i n u t e , 2 - p a r t e p o x y g lu e

    l u s , a t o o t h p i c k

    (not provided in kit)

    B e e s W a x o r M i c r o c r y s t a l li n e Wa x M i c r o c r y s t a l li n e W a x

    (not included in kit)

    not included in kit)

    S c i s s o r s

    e n a n d p e n c i l

    R u l e r

    W o r k s u r f a ce

    B i c l i g h t e r o r t h r e a d z a p p e r

    n y l i g h t i n g , m a g n i f i c a t i o n , ch a i r

    u s h io n t o m e e t y o u r n e e s

    DRAGON BACK BRACELET

    PLANNING YOUR PROJECThinking about the types of choices made for this project

    his project is for artists who have some experience with bead crochet, but want to take it a bit further.

    had seen some creative use of dagger beads in ropes done with crochet or peyote or other stitches. I liked the drama. The resulting texture wa

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    ery appealling. But time after time, I found that many of these designs did not sit well on the wrist. Often, the daggers would not sit straight up, ould slump or spread out from each other, diminishing the effect of tightly arranged daggers pointing upwards. So, too, these bracelets would tound on the wrist, the rows of daggers pushing sideways or twisting.

    ame across a pattern for a reversible bead crochet rope by Judith Bertoglio-Giffin. The design allowed one color to remain positioned face wrist, and the other color facing outward. I wondered what would happen if I incorporated the dagger beads in this 3-3-3-4 pattern. This work

    nother dilemma I wanted to confront in this project, is how to attach the two ends together. In the Introductory class in this series, we make a bochet rope and slip on a beaded bead to hide the normally messy attached ends.[There is another technique to attach both ends with an invisn, and I save this technique for another project.] In this class, I wanted to attach a clasp assembly, to each end, and disguise this clasp assembeaded bead. This meant starting the rope using a ladder stitch. The ladder gives us something to anchor the clasp onto.

    our Dragon Back Bracelet, we make a rope, 6 size 8/0 beads around, bead-crocheted on Tex 135 C-Lon bead cord. We create brick stitched ccover each side of our magnetic clasp, and we attach these covered clasp parts to either side of our rope.

    ead Crochet uses a "slip-stitch", moreso than a specific "crochet-stitch." Success depends as much on your ability to manage the stitching ande parts, using both hands, as it does on mastering the basic technique.

    . Conceptualizing Your Piece

    sk yourself these questions:urpose?

    this to be for a Woman (6 - 7 ) or man (7 - 8 )?hat is the Context/Setting the bracelet might be worn in?

    zing?

    ze of wrist? How loosely should it fit -- very loose, somewhat loose, tight?ven who is wearing the piece, what diameter should the rope bracelet be? 1/2", 3/4", 1", 2" more? What size beads, and how many beads aro

    aterials?

    hat types and materials of beads do I want to use? glass, gemstone, metal, mix?hat size(s) or shape(s) of beads do I want to use?hat kinds of stringing materials do I want to use, and do I want to wax the cord?

    esign and Color Issues?

    ven the use of both seed beads and daggers in my rope, what bead crochet pattern do I want to follow?o I want to establish any kind of pattern? Or do I want things to be random?re there any odds and evens issues?re there spacing issues?re there side up, side down issues?

    hat color(s) do I want to use? What number of colors feels right -- not too many, not too few?ow do I want to attach my clasp? Are there things I need to do, to prepare the ends of my bead crocheted rope for attaching the clasp?hould I glue my clasp in place?ow long should my clasp assembly be, relative to the length of my bead crochet rope?

    earability?ow easily will the bracelet, once the project is finished, conform to and feel comfortable on the wrist? sit positioned with daggers tight and facins bracelet is worn?

    echnique?

    ow well can I maintain the consistency of tension while I bead crochet the rope?ow well can I management my hands and brain to work in unison, as I bead crochet the rope?ow well can I tighten the tension and rotate to the next bead at the same time, to get that even spiralling?

    For this project, the aim is to use dagger beads as part of the design for a bead crocheted rope. It is important to coordinate the color

    choices for all our beads. These choices could use matching colors or coordinated colors. A crocheted rope has a naturally spiralling,sense of movement, and dimensionality to it. These qualities are important in contemporary design.

    The bracelet is for a woman with a 6 1/2" - 7" wrist, and is meant to be worn close to the wrist, and not loose. It is easy to add length to thedesign, for a bigger wrist, or if you like to wear this more loosely.

    The rope is made up of 8/0 seed beads plus the daggers. I use a nylon bead cord called C-Lon in a size they refer to as Tex 135 (0.6mmthick), and in a matching color to the 8/0 seed beads. I find it important to select a bead cord thickness that will fill the bead holes, but notbe too thick that the beads are pushed apart a bit, and the cord might show. I don't want the cord to show. If the cord is too thin, on theother hand, the beads will be too wobbly within our rope.

    For the brick-stitched clasp, I use FireLine cable thread. I want the bead cap that we make to be stiff enough to sufficiently hug themagnetic clasp. FireLine helps achieve this stiffness. We will also be adding a drop of epoxy glue towards this end.

    One of the major design challenges is to create a bracelet where the daggers don't gravitate to alternative positions -- that is slump or

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    spread out -- and where the bracelet does not rotate and twist on the wrist, so that the daggers no longer point outward. The 3-3-3-4reversible pattern we follow works in our favor here.

    The clasp assembly is approximately 1" long with a 6" long rope. The clasp assembly is made to look like a beaded bead and focal point,so that it seems to be an organic part of the piece as a whole.

    When we bead crochet, we need to coordinate things in both our left hand and in our right hand. This takes a little bit of practice. If yourbead crochet skills are a little rusty, you will want to practice a little by making a short sample piece.

    . Measurements

    sk yourself these questions:

    ow many beads around for the bead crochet rope?ow many beads around for the rope results in 1" in length?hat proportion of clasp assembly length to rope length?o I need any definable center points?

    For this project, I wanted to make a bracelet approximately 7" (175mm) long, which includes the clasp, and which fits snugly around the

    wrist. In this case, the clasp adds about 1" to the piece.

    MEASUREMENTS

    Criteria This Project Your Project Variation

    Bracelet length for 6 1/2" - 7 wrist,

    fitting close to wrist

    - 6" rope

    - 1" clasp assembly

    Rope - size of and number ofbeads around

    8/0 seed beads, 6 beads around

    # Delicas in ladder row 1 ringaround 8mm clasp

    17 11/0 delicas around

    (can use 14 11/0 seed beadsaround)

    Crochet Rope Pattern 3-3-3-4

    3 daggers - 3 8/0 - 3 daggers- 48/0

    Crochet Rope Pattern Per Inch Repeat 3-3-3-4three timesas aboveEquals 1" of length

    OTE: There are 25mm in an inch. Rulers are marked in inches on one side and millimeters on the other.

    . Selecting Materials

    sk yourself these questions:

    ypes of beads? Glass, metal, other?zes of beads?tringing material? beading thread, cable thread?

    For this project, we mix size 8/0 seed beads and 5x16mm glass daggers. The rope is strung on C-Lon bead cord, Tex 135 (0.6mm thick).

    The brick-stitched magnet caps are strung with FireLine cable thread, size D, .008".

    We do not wax the bead cord.

    Waxing the FireLine is optional.

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    . Sketching a Pattern or Graph

    e can begin to make a simple sketch of what we want our piece to look like.

    This sketch does not have to be to scale. It does not have to show all the elements.

    . Identifying Potential Areas of Weakness within Your Piece

    entify potential points of weakness within your piece. These are areas within your piece that you will want to add some extra reinforcement.

    In our project, these are points of weakness:

    1. Where we attach the bead-capped clasp to each side.

    . Visualizing Your Process

    olding the piece.

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    I am right-handed. In bead crochet, I use my left fore-finger as an easel and my thumb as a clamp. I am holding the beads in their right

    place. I am controlling the tension on my bead cord.

    I use my right hand to control the crochet hook.

    The bead-to-be-stitched in your bead crochet, and which you are currently working on, should always be positioned in the "upper right

    hand corner".

    With bead crochet, you want to tighten the tension on your workingthread, and rotate to the next bead, at the same time, in order to get

    that even spiralling.

    In bead crochet, your current row beads will sit perpendicular to your previous rows' beads.

    which direction do you want to work away from you/towards you; towardsou/away from you; side to side, clockwise, counterclockwise?

    For this piece, I like to work the rope clockwise.

    For the brick, I am right-handed, so I prefer to work counter-clockwise.

    here the thread goes in and where it comes out.

    he thread path for bead crochet is basically a slip stitch chain. You move a bead between each slip stitch, and secure it in place.

    We will be doing some brick stitch to make our caps, where the thread snags a thread loop between two beads, in order to pull the new

    bead snugly against the previous row.

    We will finish off with a little bit of peyote stitch, where the thread path goes through the beads, rather than off the threads between beads.

    o you want to work from one end to the other, or complete the piece in stages, orreate a series and components, and then attach them together?

    I like to make the bead crochet rope first.

    Then, I create the bead caps for my magnet clasp, glue them in place, and let them dry overnight.

    Last, after a 24 hour interval, I attach the clasp to my rope.

    reate a sample rope about 1 1/2" long.This gives you a chance to pre-test your ideas and strategies,efore barging in to the full task. This lets your body/mind feel/understand the control you need over the thread's tension.

    et your mantra going.

    rganize the flow of your work in your mind. Create a pattern and rhythm in youread, utilizing such things as shapes, sizes, and colors, and noting where thread goes innd where thread comes out, and whether you are working clock-wise, counter-clockwisein a figure 8 motion.

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    BEAD CROCHET MANTRA:

    Under the loop,

    Bring up a bead

    Drape it over.

    Hold new bead with right index finger

    Switch to the left finger

    As you pull it through both loops.

    G. Organizing Your Work Space

    et your beads, stringing materials, tools, ruler, wax, work surface, handy pen and paper, and thee, altogether in one place.

    . BEGINNING YOUR PROJECT

    A. Basic Steps

    am assuming, for this project, that you have a working knowledge of bead crochet. I present the basic steps, but with limited detail.

    e will approach this project in the following order:

    1. BEAD CROCHET ROPE1(1). Preparation1(2). Row 1 Ladder1(3). Row 2 Convert Ladder Row to Slip-Stitch Row1(4). Subsquent Rows to end

    2. CLASP ASSEMBLY

    3. ATTACHING CLASP ASSEMBLY

    1. Let's Get Star ted With Our BEAD CROCHET ROPE

    1(1). Preparation

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    tring up your beads on the bead cord.

    ke to string up about 2 1/2' to 3' of beads on my cord, to get started.

    tring them up in line with my pattern: 3-3-3-4. Using a Big Eye Needle, I pick up 3 dagger beads, 3 8/0 seed beads, 3 more dagger beads, and8/0 seed beads. And start again.

    ut first, I string on 12 size 8/0 seed beads, and then start the pattern. The first 6 of these 12 beads is used to make the Row 1 ladderst 6 of these beads is used to make Row 2. So I will have made 2 rows before I settle into my 3-3-3-4 bead crochet pattern.

    OTE: We will also end our rope the same way, with 12 extra 8/0 seed beads -- enough to make 2 final rows.

    ADDING MORE BEADS, AFTER YOU HAVE GOTTEN STARTED

    I cut the working bead cord, leaving a 12" tail.I string up another 2 1/2' to 3' of beads on a new bead cord, extending from my spool, and leaving about 12" of cord showing at thebeginning..I attach the old working cord to the new cord, using a Weaver's Knot. The Weaver's Knot allows you to maintain the same tension inyour work as you bead.

    Make first loop.Put the tail end of new thread under theold thread (L to R).Cross new thread over old thread (R toL).

    Then, cross the new thread back underitself (Lto R).

    Make second loop.Gently put the tail of the old thread over thethe new thread. (A), over the new thread (B),and into loop and under new thread (C).

    Pull old thread tail down, to close loop, andbring knot closer to beads.

    WEAVER'S KNOT

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    Finally, cross the new thread back overthe old thread.

    Hold both ends of old thread together withone hand, and both ends of the new threadwith the other hand.Pull ends away from each other to tighten theknot.

    1(2). Row 1 Ladder

    2

    arting the bead crochet rope with a Ladder Stitch gives us a straight end to attach our clasp assembly to. This is a good way to start, especiallyeginnners, because it keeps the beads from totally unraveling.

    OTE: If we had begun with a slip stitch, this would have started our rope with a bad looking end -- one difficult to work our bead-capped clasp o

    sing our big eye needle, pick up 2A.rcle back around, so that each bead is sitting next to each other, hole side up.

    ck up another 1A. Circle back around.

    o this 4 more times, so that you have a 6 bead ladder stitched row.

    ter we make our ladder, we need to turn it into a tube .

    tach your last bead and first bead, to bring your ladder into a circular shape.

    e are done with our Ladder Row 1. We can take our big eye needle off the bead cord.

    he rest we will do with our crochet hook.

    1(3). Row 2 Convert Ladder Row to Slip-Stitch Row

    We need to convert our Ladder Row to a Slip Stitch Row.

    e need a working Loop. Using the crochet hook, go under the first "thread-bridge", drape the thread over the hook, and pull through to have a

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    Rotate your piece clockwise. So, now your next 2nd bead is on top of our row's circle.

    o under the thread-bridge connecting the 2nd and 3rd bead.ring up the first bead on your working cord.rape your working cord over the hook.ull through both loops.

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    Repeat all the way around.

    ou should be able to see 6 beads laying horizontally. (In the ladder row below them, all the beads are laying vertically.

    OTE: As you crochet/slip-stitch each round, these beads will change position, and be oriented vertically.

    1(4). Subsquent Rows to end

    Subsequent Rows

    e immediately go into our pattern.

    We will not be dealing with bridges.We will be going under the bead.

    eps:Go under bead, push bead to right side of hookGive a little tug on working threadBring up a beadHold in position, so it is the middle bead (behind 1st bead)Drape thread over hookPull through 2 loopsRotate to next bead, and begin again.

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    When you have to stop i n the middle of your wo rk...

    Stick a coilless safety pin into your active loop (where your crochet hook is), to prevent your slip stitched work from unravelling.Wrap your working thread with strung beads around the spool of the bead cord, or other spool.

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    Cover this up with something like an elastic bandage, or with a knee-hi stocking.

    2. CLASP ASSEMBLY

    e are going to create beaded caps to cover both sides of a magnetic clasp. We are going to make our clasp look like a beaded bead.

    or this, we need to use cylinder or delica beads. These, when woven together, line up together, like a solid wall, with no gaps to let the magnet rough.

    ou will also need a magnet, about 8mm in size, disc shaped, and with loops on either end. Magnet clasps come in different strengths. You will e strongest ones available. One particularly good brand is MagLok.

    e will also be using some 15/0 seed beads, Fireline Size D, either fringe drops, magatamas, or 4mm round druks, and some epoxy glue. You cse a size #10 beading needle.

    AKING THE BEAD CAPS

    e will be using Brick Stitch to make the sides of the cap. When you work with just a few rows -- 3 in our case -- Brick Stitch is easier to managean Peyote. Brick Stitch is easier to hold onto, and we do not have to worry about it twisting.

    e switch to Peyote Stitch to make the top of our cap.

    he "Tube"

    ebegin Brick Stitch by making a Ladder. We are going to make our ladder 17 cylinder beads around.

    ck up 2B, and circle around. Pick up another 1B, and circle around the previous bead. Your beads will be sitting side by side, holes facing up aown. Continue until you have a ladder of 17 beads.

    ollow your thread path all the way back around, to reinforce Row 1 -- the ladder row.

    ows 2 and 3: We will brick stitch these rows off of our ladder.

    ou are exiting a Row 1 bead.ck up 2B.o under the first thread-loop, and back up through your 2nd bead.ull snugly into place.

    ck up another 1B.o under the next thread-loop, and back up through this bead.

    ull snugly into place.

    ontinue picking up1B, until you have snagged that last thread loop in the row.ep up through the next bead in Row 2, so that you can begin Row 3.

    rick Stitch Row 3 the same way you did Row 2.

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    urn your flat 3-row piece into a tube.

    you look on each end, you will see protruding beads and receding beads. On each end, the protruding/receding beads will be reversed. Thiseates a "zipper". Sew up the zipper, like lacing up sneakers, to attach both ends, and create our tube.

    e will switch to Peyote to make the top of our cap.

    rst, we need to create that protruding/receding zipper-like pattern, off of which we can peyote.

    ck up 1B, and go down into the next bead.ith your needle, come up through the following bead, in position to pick up the next 1B.ontinue all the way around.OTE: The peyote bead lays horizontally, while the brick beads lay vertically.

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    ow we are going to decrease slightly, to bring our tube in over the top edge of our magnet, by using the smaller 15/0 seed beads for our next re are not covering the entire top of the magnet. See picture above.

    ry to do this next row around the magnet.

    t the magnet in the tube.OTE: Keep in mind where the two halves of our magnet will join. We do not want our bead cap to prevent a good join.our thread should be exiting a protruding bead ("up" bead).ck up 1C, go through the next protruding bead.epeat this all the way around.OTE: pick up 2C for the final gap.

    ext, we want to embellish our bead cap so it feels more like a decorative bead. We can do this with 4mm magatamas drops. Wese 3.4mm mini fringe drops, or other drop beads. We can also use 4mm round druks.

    e create a pattern: 2 15/0 seeds, then move to the next right position, adding a 15/0, drop or druk, and 15/0, move to the next right position, arth.

    aneuver your thread down to Row 3, which is our 2nd actual brick-stitch row. (Row 1 is ladder, Rows 2 and 3 are brick).ou want to be coming out of a Row 3 bead, towards Row 2.ck up 2C.o through Row 1, over 1 bead and up through it back towards Row 2.ck up 1C, 1D, and 1 C.ontinue up through the Row 3 bead above it.

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    ver to the next Row 3 bead, and down towards Row 2.epeat all the way around the circumference.

    e need to do a little bit of planning and strategizing for how we want to distribute these drops or druks around the circumference of our cap. Oumade up of 17 beads around. This is an odd, indivisible number. The instructions call for distributing 8 of these beads around, adding one, skirow bead, adding the next. This leaves a gap of 2 row beads at one point around. I had tried making the ladder row 16 beads across, and then

    nother try, 18 beads across, and neither worked well. Use your bead intutition to decide what looks best for you.

    hat I like to do is put my two 15/0 beads at a diagonal in this 2-bead gap. I have to vary my thread path a bit. See diagram below:

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    epeat these steps to make your 2nd bead cap for the other half of the magnet.

    ow Glue.

    e cannot glue before we embellish the sides, because the glue would clog up the bead-holes, and we would not be able to get our needle throem.

    e are going to use a 2-part, 5 minute epoxy glue. You can find this glue at craft stores, many bead stores, and hardware stores.

    ith a toothpick, put glue along the entire edge around the side of the magnet. You want a thinnish coat -- no globbing.ut our beaded cap on the table.ake "bad" magnet, and adhere to 1 side of clasp.OTE: "Bad" magnet gives you something to holdonto while you are positioning the good magnet clasp half into the bead cap.

    ush good magnet into bead cap.ide off the bad magnet.

    et the glue set overnight.

    OW IT'S THE NEXT DAY...

    3. ATTACHING CLASP ASSEMBLY

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    tach your bead-capped clasp to your crochet work.

    e are going to use FireLine cable thread, size D, .008".

    rim off the bead cord tails.

    . Prepare Both Ends of Your Bead Crochet Rope

    ND 1: One end of your rope is a ladder. This is all set, with two rows of size 8/0 seed beads with no daggers. Nothing else to do on this end.

    ND 2: This ends with your slip-stitch-crochet.

    ake sure you have 2 rows of size 8/0 seed beads with no daggers.ast row: Do a row of slip stitch without any beads, which will make the last row's 8/0 beads stand up, and be vertical.

    ou are ready to attach the clasp.

    . Attach Your Cap With FireLine

    tach a piece of F ireLine.xit one 8/0 bead in the ladder row (end row).o through the loop on the end of the magnetic clasp. [Sometimes this is a straight shot; othertimes, need to maneuver your needle/thread to a here you can make that straight shot.]o through an 8/0 seed bead on the opposite side of the loop.

    epeat this 3 more times. [Thus, you want to go from 8/0 across and thru the clasp-loop thru an 8/0 on the opposite side 4 times.]

    ow pull tight, secure with a knot, zig-zag through a few beads away from the knot, and trim the fire line.

    . Reinforce the Connection

    e are going to add a second reinforcing attachment.

    nce our clasp initially has been attached, anchor another piece of FireLine to the 8/0 beads in the first/last row of our rope.

    ck up an 11/0 cylinder beads -- Color B -- and thread through a protruding 15/0 beads on the magnet side.o through the next cylinder bead and 15/0 bead, pick up 1B, come back through the 8/0 on the rope side.Z

    ove over to the next 8/0,and repeat this pattern, all the way around.

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    ive It The Once Over....

    nce your bracelet is done, look it over carefully. Now is the time to get out your thread zapper or lighter. All of those tiny threads that peak out etween beads will scream sloppy! Zap them all! or bring the flame on your lighter close to, but not touching, the threads, so that they shrivel anp.

    B. Dealing with Contingencies

    Running out of thread Adding Thread -- Finishing Off The End Of Your Thread

    ead Crochet: See adding Weaver's Knot above.

    ead Weaving: When it looks like there is about 12 of thread left, I start to plan to tie it off and beginnother thread, if I am not at the end of my project.EVER cut the thread at the point you have tied a knot.

    You Don't Have 6 Beads In The Round You Are Working On.

    ter every round, check your tube to be sure you have six beads around the spokes when you flatten the top. If you see less or more, pull out thork until you have 6.

    ou will know you are off count because this is a patterned piece, so visually, you will see it right away.

    ossible causes: you have either missed one stitch, or placed more than one bead into a stitch.

    Preventing Unravelling, should the bead cord break in your finished piece

    orry, no tricks or tips here.

    A dagger breaks on you finished piece.

    entle pull the broken dagger away from the rope, so that you can slip a safety pin into the loop the dagger is strung on.se a pliers to break the dagger and free up the cord. You have to be gentle but firm here.sing needle and FireLine or other beading thread, secure to the bead-cord-loop, and sew in the dagger. Pull tight and secure in place. Trim theread.

    C. Finishing Touches

    C1. Signature bead or embellishment

    hink it is always a good idea to use a signature bead in your projects. This might be a uniqueead added near the beginning or end of the piece, or incorporated within each link, or anngraved tag added as part of the clasp assembly. You want your signature bead to identify theece as your own, but you dont want your signature bead to compete with or detract from yourece.

    he general structure of this Dragon Back Bracelet was created by Kathleen Lynam.ny personalization you might do choice of beads, choice of patterns, choice of stringingaterial, choice of clasp, choice of color scheme, choice of embellishments are your own

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    uches, and deserve your signature.

    . Learning Objectives Met

    ter Accomplish ing This Projec t

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES DRAGON BACK BRACELETBW2-CRO-01

    BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED

    TECHNICAL MECHANICS

    1. Managing Thread Tension BEGINNER

    2. Holding Your Piece To Work It BEGINNER

    3. Reading Simple Pattern, Figure and/or Graph INTERMEDIATE

    4. Selecting Materials INTERMEDIATE

    5. Identifying Areas of Potential Weakness, and

    Strategies for Dealing With These

    INTERMEDIATE

    6. Determining Measurements, including Width

    and Length of a Piece, Especially In Relationship

    To Bead Sizes

    BEGINNER

    7. Finishing Off Threads in Piece or Adding

    ThreadsBEGINNER

    UNDERSTANDING CRAFT BASIS OF STITCH

    1. Starting the Stitch INTERMEDIATE

    2. Implementing the Basic Stitch INTERMEDIATE

    3. Finishing Off Your Piece With A Clasp

    Assembly

    INTERMEDIATE

    4. Creating Simple Surface Embellishment BEGINNER

    5. Increasing and Decreasing BEGINNER

    6. Working Stitch in Tubular Form INTERMEDIATE

    7. Working Stitch To Create Open (Negative

    Spaces), and Split Forms

    8. Elaborately Embellishing the Stitch, including

    Fringes, Edge Treatments, Straps and

    Connectors

    9. Working Stitch in Circular Form

    10. Working Stitch in 3-Dimensions

    UNDERSTANDING ART & DESIGN BASIS OF STITCH

    1. Learning Implications When Choosing DifferentSizes/Shapes of Beads, or Using Different

    Stringing Materials

    INTERMEDIATE

    2. Understanding Relationship of this Stitch in

    Comparision to Other Types of Bead WeavingStitches

    INTERMEDIATE

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    3. Understanding How Bead Asserts Its Need For

    Color, Using This StitchBEGINNER

    4. Creating Your Own Design with This Stitch, in

    Reference to Jewelry Design Principles of

    Composition

    5. Creating Shapes, Components and Forms with

    This Stitch, and Establishing Themes INTERMEDIATE

    BECOMING BEAD WEAVING ARTIST

    1. Developing A Personal Style

    2. Valuing or Pricing Your Work

    3. Teaching Others The Stitch

    . Next Steps

    A. Suggested Readings:

    reative Bead Weaving, (Carol Wilcox-Wells), Lark Books, 1996troduction to Beadwork - Bracelets, (The Beadworkers Guild of England)eyond Beading Basics, (Carole Rodgers)he Complete Guide to Beading Techniques, (J ane Davis), Krause Publications, 2001each Yourself Visually: Beadwork, (Chris Franchetti Michaels)ead Crochet Ropes, (J udith Bertoglio-Giffin)ead Crochet, (Bethany Barry)ead Crochet Jewelry, (Freed)eaded Crochet Basics, (Nieman)rochet With Beads (Shake)

    atterns & Graphing Bead Crochet Ropes, (J udith Bertoglio-Griffin)eautiful Beaded Ropes, (Wiseman)

    his pattern is for personal use only.structors interested in teaching this pattern should request permission.

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