Making the Bracelet:
1. Single thread your needle with as much DandyLineT as you can handle.
2. Pick up 4 blue beads, 1 turquoise, 1 clear, and 1 turquoise. See
Figure 1
3. Pass thread back through the four blue beads as in Figure 2. The blue
beads will form the core of your piece around which the other beads will
spiral. Push the turquoise and clear beads to the left.
4. Pick up 1 blue, 1 turquoise, 1 clear and 1 turquoise. Skipping the
first blue bead of the core beads, pass your needle back through the blue
beads including the blue bead you just picked up. See Figure 4. The red lines are the first pass of the thread and the black line this pass. Push the turquoise and clear beads to the left.
5. Pick up 1 blue, 1 turquoise, 1 clear and 1 turquoise. See Figure 5. Red lines are the first pass and green lines are the second
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. Pass your needle back through the blue core beads but this time skip the bottom 2 blue beads as in Figure
7. Each time you add 1 blue bead at the top and skip 1 blue bead at the bottom so that you are constantly passing your thread through 4 core beads.
8. Continue making the rope until you have a length about ¾"-1" less than
you need to go around your wrist.
9. Thread on one clamshell bead tip from bottom in.
10. Pick up 1 crimp bead. Pass thread back through clamshell and into weaving.
11. Follow the bead path and bring thread back through clamshell and crimp bead. Do this several times.
12. Work needle through crimp bead and tie a few half hitches and pierce thread a time or two to secure. Glue knot. Trim thread. Close clamshell.
13. Repeat for other end.
14. Attach jump rings to clasp ends.
15. Bend bars of clamshells around jump rings to attach clasp to bracelet.
Making the Necklace:
1. Repeat Steps 1-6.
2. Make it as long as you like. Numbers of beads given should allow you to do an 18" necklace.
3. Repeat Steps 8-14.
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