Beaded Bracelets
Easy Elastic Bead Bracelet: A First Project in About 20 Minutes
A first beading project on stretch cord: measure the wrist, count about 30 round 6 mm beads, string them and close the circle with a surgeon's knot.
Create Beautiful Beaded Jewelry
Beginner-friendly beading tutorials with clear steps, a materials list, and the finishing techniques that keep a piece together.
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Beading for Beginners: What You Need to Make Your First Piece
The handful of supplies and tools a first beading project really needs, the three ways beaded jewelry is held together, and a sensible order of first projects.
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Types of Beads: Glass, Seed, Wood, Stone, Metal and More
A plain guide to bead materials and shapes, what each one is good for, and why hole size and weight matter as much as color.
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Bead Size Guide: Millimeters, Seed Bead Sizes and Beads per Inch
How beads are measured, how seed bead numbers work, and how to turn any length into a bead count, with beads-per-inch tables for both.
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Stringing Materials: Elastic Cord, Beading Wire, Thread and Cord Compared
Elastic cord, flexible beading wire, nylon thread and thicker cord compared side by side: diameters, what each suits and how each is finished.
Beaded Earrings
Simple Bead Drop Earrings on Headpins
Stack three beads on a headpin, turn one simple loop and hang the drop from a hook ear wire. The loop is taught in three moves: bend, trim, roll.
Beaded Bracelets
Seed Bead Stretch Bracelet with a Simple Stripe Pattern
A thin stretch bracelet in size 8/0 seed beads with a ten-bead stripe repeat, with repeats and totals worked out for four wrist sizes.
Beaded Bracelets
Stacked Stretch Bracelets: A Matching Set of Three
A coordinated stack of three stretch bracelets in 8 mm, 6 mm and 4 mm beads, with the strand length and bead count worked out for each size.
Beaded Rings
Seed Bead Stretch Rings: A Stack of Three in Minutes
Three thin rings in size 8/0 seed beads on 0.5 mm elastic. Measure the finger with a paper strip, add the allowance for bead thickness and count the beads from a size table.
Beaded Necklaces
Knotted Bead Necklace: Beads Spaced with Simple Overhand Knots
Nine large-hole beads spaced along a cord, each locked between two overhand knots, in a 27 in loop that slips over the head with no clasp. Includes the cord arithmetic for the knots.
Beaded Bracelets
Easy Elastic Bead Bracelet: A First Project in About 20 Minutes
A first beading project on stretch cord: measure the wrist, count about 30 round 6 mm beads, string them and close the circle with a surgeon's knot.
Beaded Bracelets
Seed Bead Stretch Bracelet with a Simple Stripe Pattern
A thin stretch bracelet in size 8/0 seed beads with a ten-bead stripe repeat, with repeats and totals worked out for four wrist sizes.
Beaded Bracelets
Stacked Stretch Bracelets: A Matching Set of Three
A coordinated stack of three stretch bracelets in 8 mm, 6 mm and 4 mm beads, with the strand length and bead count worked out for each size.
Beaded Necklaces
Knotted Bead Necklace: Beads Spaced with Simple Overhand Knots
Nine large-hole beads spaced along a cord, each locked between two overhand knots, in a 27 in loop that slips over the head with no clasp. Includes the cord arithmetic for the knots.
Beaded Necklaces
Beaded Pendant Necklace: Make a Bead Drop and Hang It on Cord
Stack three beads on a headpin, roll a simple loop and hang the drop from a jump ring on cord or chain. Includes a tied cord and an adjustable sliding-knot finish.
Beaded Necklaces
Simple Beaded Necklace: An 18-Inch Strand for Beginners
A symmetric 18 in necklace on flexible beading wire, planned from the center bead outward and finished with crimp tubes and a lobster clasp. The full length arithmetic is shown.
Beaded Earrings
Simple Bead Drop Earrings on Headpins
Stack three beads on a headpin, turn one simple loop and hang the drop from a hook ear wire. The loop is taught in three moves: bend, trim, roll.
Beaded Earrings
Beaded Hoop Earrings: Threading Beads onto Wire Hoops
Slide beads onto ready-made wire hoops and bend the tip of the wire up to latch. The bead count comes from the hoop's circumference minus the section left bare.
Beaded Earrings
Brick Stitch Earrings: A Small Seed Bead Triangle
A ladder stitch base of six seed beads, four decreasing brick stitch rows and a small bead loop make a neat triangle earring. The thread path is explained row by row.
Beading Techniques
Bead Weaving Basics: Ladder, Brick, Peyote and Daisy Stitches Explained
An off-loom introduction to bead weaving: how the beads sit in ladder, brick, peyote and daisy chain stitch, what thread and needles to use, and which stitch to learn first.
Beading Techniques
How to Thread a Beading Needle and Start a Strand
Prepare the thread tip, lower the needle onto the thread, and secure the first beads with a stop bead. Includes needle sizes, thread length and ways to string with no needle at all.
Beading Techniques
Bead Color Combinations: How to Choose Colors That Work
A practical way to choose bead colors: four color wheel schemes, the role of neutrals and metallics, a simple proportion rule and how bead finish changes what a color looks like.
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Beaded Bracelets
Easy Elastic Bead Bracelet: A First Project in About 20 Minutes
A first beading project on stretch cord: measure the wrist, count about 30 round 6 mm beads, string them and close the circle with a surgeon's knot.
Beaded Earrings
Simple Bead Drop Earrings on Headpins
Stack three beads on a headpin, turn one simple loop and hang the drop from a hook ear wire. The loop is taught in three moves: bend, trim, roll.
Beaded Bracelets
Seed Bead Stretch Bracelet with a Simple Stripe Pattern
A thin stretch bracelet in size 8/0 seed beads with a ten-bead stripe repeat, with repeats and totals worked out for four wrist sizes.
Beaded Bracelets
Stacked Stretch Bracelets: A Matching Set of Three
A coordinated stack of three stretch bracelets in 8 mm, 6 mm and 4 mm beads, with the strand length and bead count worked out for each size.
Beaded Rings
Seed Bead Stretch Rings: A Stack of Three in Minutes
Three thin rings in size 8/0 seed beads on 0.5 mm elastic. Measure the finger with a paper strip, add the allowance for bead thickness and count the beads from a size table.
Beaded Necklaces
Knotted Bead Necklace: Beads Spaced with Simple Overhand Knots
Nine large-hole beads spaced along a cord, each locked between two overhand knots, in a 27 in loop that slips over the head with no clasp. Includes the cord arithmetic for the knots.
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