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Hello. This is Andrea with Beadaholique.com In today's video I'm going to
teach you how to do a flat spiral stitch.
Now
I'm totally in love with the stitch. I can't believe I haven't learned it sooner.
It's great for beginners. It works out really
quickly and it's really simple to do. It's a lot of fun and the
results are just so stunning.
Here I have a finished example
a flat
spiral bracelet that I did
using christmas colors. I just love it and
the clasp is actually a little wreath which is just beautiful. I love it.
I like you're going to really love this stitch.
So let's get started.
What you're going to need
is
about
twenty five
six millimeter beads. I'm using Swarovski pearls for this.
You can use Swarovski bicones if you'd like
or any
type of bead that has a large enough hole. Swarovski works great or
fire polish works great.
So that's for the center of the bracelet.
Then you're going to need about fifty
four millimeter bicones or any other kind of bead that would work for this. I
also used fire polish on
one bracelet.
That works really nicely.
You're gonna need
some 11/0 seed beads.
So I have a nice little
fall color mixed here.
You're going to need a clasp. I'm using a toggle clasp for this project
and you're going to need some thread.
I'm using Fireline. You can use whatever thread you want. This is the smoke
color, size B.
You want to work with as much thread as you can handle.
Sometimes I know it's better to work with shorter lengths of thread and then
tie off and
weave new thread back in
but for this project I'd like to do it in one shot. So you're going to need about three yards
of thread.
I have it threaded onto my size
ten needle.
You might want to use size twelve also because
you're going to be making multiple passes through the center beads.
So that's what you need.
I'm going to
get myself a tail of the thread
about ten inches long
give or take.
I'm going to thread on a stopper bead
of a contrasting color.
So move that about
eight to ten inches away from the tail.
You're going to thread on your first two center
beads.
So two six millimeter beads.
Like I said I'm using Swarovski pearls in a
gold color.
Bring those all the way down.
Now you're going to pick up
five 11/0 seed beads,
one four millimeter bicones
and five
more seed beads.
Now you're going to go back through
going in the same direction
through your two central beads.
You're going to do this again pick up five 11/0 beads,
one four millimeter bead
and five
more
11/0 beads.
Once again you're gonna do the same thing. You're going to just go up
through going through the same direction as both stitches so far
through the two center beads.
Now you're going to take this loop of beads and lay it next
on the opposite side
from the other one and next to the center bead it kind of
surrounds
the two center beads
like that.
You're gonna pick up
one more
six millimeter.
Move it all the way down.
You going to do the same thing that you did before. Pick up five 11/0s, one four
millimeter
and
five more 11/0s.
This time you're going to go back through
the last two six millimeters center beads. So the new one that you just added and
the one previous to that.
Now this loop of beads is gonna sit
right on top
of the one before it.
So it's going to have the staggered appearance.
You're going to do the same thing on the other side
and that loop is going to sit on top of that sides previous loop.
So five 11/0s,
one four millimeter
and
five more 11/0s.
Once again you going up through
only two beads not all three.
And just like before this loop is going to sit
on that side.
So I'm going to make one more
addition to this and them
I'll show you how to finish this bracelet.
See why it's important have a
center bead with a substantial enough hole because you're going to be
making multiple passes. So
something like a real pearl and most gemstones probably wouldn't work for
this project unless they had a larger hole.
So you're going to keep going on like this
until you have about
I'd say anywhere from twenty three
to twenty five beads in the center row.
So I have one that's almost completed here.
You're just going to want to check the length because obviously your toggle clasp is
going to add a little bit
of length and especially depending on how many beads you're going to
add
before you add your toggle clasp.
So just check the length around your wrist.
So as you can see
and this is twenty three beads and I'd say I have a medium sized wrist and
it's almost touching so thats
a great length for me. I'm
using twenty three beads. I've got twenty three beads for this one,
center beads.
So to finish this
I've got my little
pile of the copper color
seed beads that I was using for this bracelet
and I have my clasp right here.
So what I want to do is I'm going to add
I'd say four
beads.
Now remember
you're working thread is coming straight out of the center of the bracelet
which is where you want it.
I'm going to pull those all the way down.
You're going to pick up one half of the clasp.
So I have this lovely antiqued copper
toggle clasp.
So I'm going to just thread it on.
I'm using Fireline which is really tough stuff.
So I have confidence that if I make a couple passes around
through this loop
this is not going to break.
I would not do this with Nymo or KO
or any other kind of thread besides maybe wildfire
because it has the potential of
getting roughed up and
possibly breaking.
So I'm going through my loop
of my toggle clasp
once and then I'm going back down into this little neck that I made with the
four seed beads.
I'm going down into
the last
two beads
of the center row
and pulling tight.
Now I'm going to
take my working thread up one of the side loops
doesn't matter which one.
this would be a good
place to make a quick little knot
just to tie off and make sure that you have
some kind of
closure with your bead weaving.
So I'm picking up this
thread of this loop
and I'm just making a half hitch knot by looping my thread around the needle
and pulling tight.
Now that knot too that I just made is going to be hidden in this row of beads.
I can actually take my thread now and go in between the
first
little neck
bead that I added in the second
go up
through the last three
beads
go through that loop again
and back down
into the neck
out after the
third bead.
I'm going to go down through other end
the other side of the loop.
I want you to do this as many times as possible as well
without breaking your beads. Now I'm
ashamed
to admit that I always force it and I usually end up breaking a bead.
That's not the best thing to do. There are ways to repair it but you wanna
just
be careful and try not to break any beads to begin with.
If this was your finished bracelet
I would attempt to go through one more time.
But since I'm just showing you how to add the clasp right now two would be sufficient.
I'm going to cut my
thread off of my needle
and add this needle
to the other side.
Since on this side I'm adding the loop
half of my toggle I don't need so many beads in the neck.
I'm only going to use
two you in fact.
The reason you need more on the other side is because you need
a longer neck for your toggle clasp to be able to the bar part of your toggle clasp
to be able to bend so it can fit all the way through.
I'm going to pick up two more
seed beads and this is going to be the neck of this end of the bracelet
to add my toggle clasp.
push those all the way down.
I'm going to do essentially the same exact thing
that I did on the other side.
So I'm going to go through the loop of my
other half my toggle clasp
back down through
the last two center beads.
By all means if you do not want
to use just Fireline or just thread around this if you feel more comfortable
you can use a thread guard
or
some french wire.
I'm going to go up through this second
bead in the
neck.
Go through my loop again
and back down.
once again just for demonstration purposes I'm going to leave it there.
By all means just try to loop through as many times you can without breaking your
beads
and you will be all done. Just trim off your excess thread
and you have a gorgeous finished bracelet using flat spiral weave.
I've had so much fun making these bracelets and I hope you have fun as
well and thank you for watching.
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