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0:00:07.810,0:00:11.210 Hi this Megan with Beadaholique.com
today I'm going to show you how to bead weave
0:00:11.210,0:00:14.789 a twin bead bracelet using a
circular stitch.
0:00:14.789,0:00:16.199 What we're gonna need
0:00:16.199,0:00:18.039 for this project
0:00:18.039,0:00:20.349 is two tubes
0:00:20.349,0:00:22.019 of twin beads
0:00:22.019,0:00:23.859 into two different colors
0:00:23.859,0:00:28.890 and one tube of seed beads in size 11/0 in
0:00:28.890,0:00:29.999 another color
0:00:29.999,0:00:32.390 you'll also going to use
0:00:32.390,0:00:34.910 beading thread. I'm using wildfire
0:00:34.910,0:00:38.980 and the .006 inch size
0:00:38.980,0:00:40.880 and then you'll just need
0:00:40.880,0:00:43.110 a clasp
0:00:43.110,0:00:46.030 for your bracelet
0:00:46.030,0:00:48.689 and I'm also going to use
0:00:48.689,0:00:50.270 a pair of scissors
0:00:50.270,0:00:52.310 a thread zap
0:00:52.310,0:00:56.090 and a size twelve beading needle
0:00:56.090,0:00:57.900 To begin
0:00:57.900,0:00:59.420 I'm going to thread
0:00:59.420,0:01:01.230 my beading needle
0:01:01.230,0:01:04.860 with as long of the piece of wildfire as
you're comfortable working with. I like
0:01:04.860,0:01:07.530 to work with about six feet at a time
0:01:07.530,0:01:08.680 you can
0:01:08.680,0:01:10.130 experiment and see
0:01:10.130,0:01:13.170 want length that works for you and what
you're comfortable with
0:01:13.170,0:01:18.080 you are gonna end up needing to tie off
and add thread several times during this
0:01:18.080,0:01:19.189 project
0:01:19.189,0:01:21.780 and we do have another instructional
video
0:01:21.780,0:01:24.439 on how to do that so if you need
0:01:24.439,0:01:27.990 instruction on that we can go ahead and
watch the video "How to Tie Off and Add New
0:01:27.990,0:01:29.270 Thread in Bead Weaving"
0:01:29.270,0:01:31.380 before you begin so that you
0:01:31.380,0:01:33.119 don't have to stop
0:01:33.119,0:01:34.960 first thing you need to do
0:01:34.960,0:01:37.850 is picked up
0:01:37.850,0:01:41.259 one tube bead
0:01:41.259,0:01:42.060 then
0:01:42.060,0:01:44.909 go through one of the holes in your
twin bead
0:01:44.909,0:01:47.170 and you're going to hang a
0:01:47.170,0:01:50.480 seed bead between each twin bead
0:01:50.480,0:01:51.319 and
0:01:51.319,0:01:52.710 first grab
0:01:52.710,0:01:57.280 two of your color A
0:01:57.280,0:02:00.130 and make sure you get the seed bead between
each twin bead
0:02:00.130,0:02:07.090 and then grab one of your color
B
0:02:07.090,0:02:09.079 then two more
0:02:09.079,0:02:16.079 of the color A
0:02:18.899,0:02:20.000 and another
0:02:20.000,0:02:27.000 of the color B
0:02:28.379,0:02:35.379 keep going in the same
pattern
0:02:41.989,0:02:43.030 until you have
0:02:43.030,0:02:46.869 four sets
0:02:46.869,0:02:48.260 of the two
0:02:48.260,0:02:55.119 color A beads
0:02:55.119,0:03:00.329 and add one more of the color B beads
0:03:00.329,0:03:01.839 than you should have
0:03:01.839,0:03:05.299 eight of the color A and four of the color
B
0:03:05.299,0:03:07.629 with a seed bead between each one
0:03:07.629,0:03:13.619 you want to have one seed bead at the beginning
and not one at the end
0:03:13.619,0:03:15.859 and pull those
0:03:15.859,0:03:19.010 down making sure that you leave yourself
about a six inch tail
0:03:19.010,0:03:22.039 at least at the end
0:03:22.039,0:03:27.169 then you're going to take your needle
you're going to go back through
0:03:27.169,0:03:31.599 the first few beads
0:03:31.599,0:03:34.090 and go ahead and come out after
0:03:34.090,0:03:35.839 the first
0:03:35.839,0:03:37.929 of the silver lined
0:03:37.929,0:03:41.829 twin bead color bead
0:03:41.829,0:03:44.639 and hold onto the tail end
0:03:44.639,0:03:48.680 and pull that tight
0:03:48.680,0:03:52.109 so you should have a little circle
0:03:52.109,0:03:55.749 and then you're tail of thread at the
end
0:03:55.749,0:03:59.169 when you're working with the twin beads
you'll need to go back and forth between
0:03:59.169,0:04:01.239 the two holes
0:04:01.239,0:04:02.999 and all you do is
0:04:02.999,0:04:04.349 when you come out
0:04:04.349,0:04:06.449 of that bottom hole
0:04:06.449,0:04:07.429 go right through
0:04:07.429,0:04:11.719 back on the same side through the top
hole
0:04:11.719,0:04:13.889 and just put it tight and it will leave that
0:04:13.889,0:04:14.900 little bump of thread
0:04:14.900,0:04:19.319 it's not that noticeable in the final
project
0:04:19.319,0:04:24.280 It might be
helpful to lay it flat and
0:04:24.280,0:04:24.940 move
0:04:24.940,0:04:26.599 the beads and see
0:04:26.599,0:04:30.490 the way it will go. You're gonna move
your color B beads
0:04:30.490,0:04:31.849 into the ring
0:04:31.849,0:04:35.159 and your color A beads out of the ring
0:04:35.159,0:04:38.489 This is not necessary but I'm just gonna
do it to show you
0:04:38.489,0:04:44.050 how it will lay
0:04:44.050,0:04:46.330 working with it going in that pattern
0:04:46.330,0:04:48.069 what we're gonna do now that we're
0:04:48.069,0:04:49.649 on the inside ring
0:04:49.649,0:04:52.210 we're gonna add two seed beads between
0:04:52.210,0:04:53.939 each twin beads
0:04:53.939,0:04:57.569 go ahead and pick up two seed beads
0:04:57.569,0:04:59.749 and then go through the inside hole
0:04:59.749,0:05:06.749 on the next twin bead
0:05:09.719,0:05:15.259 just make sure that your threads aren't
getting tangled
0:05:15.259,0:05:19.629 that it will lay flat
0:05:19.629,0:05:23.129 and pick up too more seed beads
0:05:23.129,0:05:25.749 and go through the next
0:05:25.749,0:05:32.749 silver twin bead
0:05:36.240,0:05:39.749 and two more seed beads
0:05:39.749,0:05:46.749 and go through the next silver twin bead
0:05:47.360,0:05:52.999 we're gonna pick up two more seed
beads and go back through
0:05:52.999,0:05:54.479 that original
0:05:54.479,0:05:55.549 seed bead
0:05:55.549,0:05:59.910 in the inside hole
0:05:59.910,0:06:01.460 then you pull both of
0:06:01.460,0:06:06.639 these tight
0:06:06.639,0:06:07.689 and up
0:06:07.689,0:06:10.049 this little
0:06:10.049,0:06:13.819 two circle pattern and this is going to
be the base for the bracelet
0:06:13.819,0:06:15.220 and you just build
0:06:15.220,0:06:18.029 these off of each other
0:06:18.029,0:06:22.220 what we need to do now is get back out
to the outside row
0:06:22.220,0:06:23.830 to keep working
0:06:23.830,0:06:24.889 so
0:06:24.889,0:06:26.659 I wanna build my next
0:06:26.659,0:06:30.149 rows. I'm actually even going to take the
thread all the way
0:06:30.149,0:06:36.499 around the inside row another time
0:06:36.499,0:06:39.119 go right back through
0:06:39.119,0:06:40.520 one of the reasons why
0:06:40.520,0:06:41.639 we need to use
0:06:41.639,0:06:43.589 a smaller beading needle
0:06:43.589,0:06:50.589 to allow you to comfortably make
multiple passes through the beads
0:06:57.629,0:07:02.870 when you get back through
0:07:02.870,0:07:08.189 that first twin bead
0:07:08.189,0:07:10.499 Take your needle and go through the
0:07:10.499,0:07:17.499 outer hole in that twin bead
0:07:21.090,0:07:23.000 and now to connect
0:07:23.000,0:07:23.819 this
0:07:23.819,0:07:27.120 circle to the next one we're going to build
0:07:27.120,0:07:31.519 you need to come out
0:07:31.519,0:07:33.980 of one of your color A
0:07:33.980,0:07:39.069 twin bead
0:07:39.069,0:07:42.829 go through that next one
0:07:42.829,0:07:45.080 and then go
0:07:45.080,0:07:48.729 back through the other hole
0:07:48.729,0:07:52.919 then you're going to start to build the second
circle
0:07:52.919,0:07:55.019 and since we already have
0:07:55.019,0:07:58.329 these two beads in place
0:07:58.329,0:08:00.759 I'm going to pick up
0:08:00.759,0:08:06.210 just three more sets of the pink color
A twin beads
0:08:06.210,0:08:11.930 don't forget on the outside ring to
always put
0:08:11.930,0:08:15.809 the seed beads between twin beads
0:08:15.809,0:08:18.539 So since you have your two pink
0:08:18.539,0:08:25.539 twin beads we're gonna start with the silver
0:08:28.879,0:08:35.879 than the next set of two pink ones
0:08:40.920,0:08:47.320 and then just one more set of pink ones
0:08:47.320,0:08:49.080 and last the
0:08:49.080,0:08:54.960 silver one
0:08:54.960,0:08:58.040 and then because you're gonna make the
circle around these two you're going to
0:08:58.040,0:08:59.790 go back through
0:08:59.790,0:09:02.070 this next
0:09:02.070,0:09:04.010 twin bead
0:09:04.010,0:09:05.470 the hole in that one
0:09:05.470,0:09:08.780 and go ahead and pull it tight
0:09:08.780,0:09:12.790 and then we only need one more seed bead
between these two twin beads to complete
0:09:12.790,0:09:14.210 that circle
0:09:14.210,0:09:21.210 don't forget to put that in
0:09:22.310,0:09:23.310 and then to get
0:09:23.310,0:09:28.800 into the inside circle you just
continue onto
0:09:28.800,0:09:29.820 and come out of
0:09:29.820,0:09:30.720 the first
0:09:30.720,0:09:33.230 silver twin bead
0:09:33.230,0:09:35.640 and then you can go back through
0:09:35.640,0:09:42.640 that other hole in that twin bead
0:09:42.970,0:09:45.729 and then we're going to go ahead and
bring the silver
0:09:45.729,0:09:47.300 twin beads in
0:09:47.300,0:09:54.300 with the two seed beads between each one
just like before
0:10:08.370,0:10:11.280 make sure that you skip the pink ones
0:10:11.280,0:10:15.960 So that they don't get turned to the
inside
0:10:15.960,0:10:22.960 and just go through the silver ones
0:10:30.090,0:10:32.460 So this is going to be the width of
0:10:32.460,0:10:36.090 of your bracelet. I'm going to work across
adding
0:10:36.090,0:10:37.100 two new
0:10:37.100,0:10:40.830 circles for each row
0:10:40.830,0:10:42.720 So I want to start
0:10:42.720,0:10:44.460 buy building a circle around
0:10:44.460,0:10:50.370 these two pink twin beads which means I
need to go through this middle circle
0:10:50.370,0:10:51.580 until
0:10:51.580,0:10:56.850 I go through one silver twin bead past where
I want to be so that I can
0:10:56.850,0:11:00.800 loop back around to go through the other
side and get back to where I want to be. So when
0:11:00.800,0:11:02.950 you're coming to the outside row always
go
0:11:02.950,0:11:04.850 one twin bead past
0:11:04.850,0:11:08.920 where you wanna
start your new circle
0:11:08.920,0:11:15.920 work right back through
0:11:16.250,0:11:23.250 to one silver bead past the pink beads you're
looking to go through
0:11:23.660,0:11:25.050 and come up out of that
0:11:25.050,0:11:28.510 other hole
0:11:28.510,0:11:29.800 and not through
0:11:29.800,0:11:31.410 the first of those
0:11:31.410,0:11:38.410 set of twin beads that you're looking for
0:11:42.980,0:11:44.610 then you're going to build
0:11:44.610,0:11:45.670 a new
0:11:45.670,0:11:49.910 circle off of these two just like you
did for this one
0:11:49.910,0:11:53.160 so when you finish the inside circle
0:11:53.160,0:11:54.980 on the first
0:11:54.980,0:11:57.520 circle of your second row
0:11:57.520,0:12:02.660 what we're gonna do now is make another
circle using these two twin beads and
0:12:02.660,0:12:06.880 these two twin beads. We wanna connect them
and put one right in that corner
0:12:06.880,0:12:07.990 So you're gonna
0:12:07.990,0:12:09.900 continue around the inner circle
0:12:09.900,0:12:16.900 to the twin bead past the two on the outside
circle that you're looking to use
0:12:27.270,0:12:30.110 and then go through the second hole on
that
0:12:30.110,0:12:32.990 silver twin bead
0:12:32.990,0:12:35.320 and out through
0:12:35.320,0:12:36.730 the first of those
0:12:36.730,0:12:38.240 pink twin beads that you want to build
0:12:38.240,0:12:39.590 off of
0:12:39.590,0:12:41.650 and through
0:12:41.650,0:12:48.650 the other hole there
0:12:49.200,0:12:51.670 and now this time because we're only
0:12:51.670,0:12:53.470 trying to fill in that corner
0:12:53.470,0:12:55.780 we're going to add two sets of
0:12:55.780,0:12:59.530 pink twin beads because we have two here so
just gonna add the one for this side and the
0:12:59.530,0:13:03.300 one for this side
0:13:03.300,0:13:05.040 On the same pattern
0:13:05.040,0:13:08.720 a seed bead and a silver twin bead
0:13:08.720,0:13:11.700 and then just two sets
0:13:11.700,0:13:16.050 of the pink ones
0:13:16.050,0:13:16.800 So just
0:13:16.800,0:13:17.870 two sets
0:13:17.870,0:13:20.340 for the outside corners
0:13:20.340,0:13:23.589 then you're going to go around and come back
through this
0:13:23.589,0:13:28.700 pink twin bead on the other corner
0:13:28.700,0:13:29.960 and then you need to sit
0:13:29.960,0:13:36.960 the twin bead between those two there
0:13:38.210,0:13:39.970 pull that tight
0:13:39.970,0:13:43.690 we just need to fill in this little gap
here which would be
0:13:43.690,0:13:45.110 another
0:13:45.110,0:13:47.730 silver twin bead
0:13:47.730,0:13:49.000 with the seed beads
0:13:49.000,0:13:52.400 on the sides
0:13:52.400,0:13:55.870 and then continue right through
0:13:55.870,0:13:59.110 this other twin bead from the first
set here
0:13:59.110,0:14:05.220 we started with
0:14:05.220,0:14:12.220 and then just the one seed bead between these
two
0:14:18.580,0:14:21.820 and to get to the inside just
0:14:21.820,0:14:22.890 through
0:14:22.890,0:14:25.670 the first silver
0:14:25.670,0:14:31.660 twin bead and then through the other hole
0:14:31.660,0:14:35.910 You'll finish that just like the other one
picking up two seed beads
0:14:35.910,0:14:38.440 between each silver twin bead
0:14:38.440,0:14:39.690 and then you're going to
0:14:39.690,0:14:42.720 continue to build circles just
like these ones
0:14:42.720,0:14:43.600 you'll build
0:14:43.600,0:14:46.690 off of this side and then fill in the
corner here
0:14:46.690,0:14:49.480 you're gonna keep going until your
bracelet
0:14:49.480,0:14:51.930 is long enough to fit around your wrist
0:14:51.930,0:14:55.199 it's a little bit of a wide cuff style
bracelet so you'll want
0:14:55.199,0:14:57.220 a relatively snug fit
0:14:57.220,0:14:58.319 keep in mind
0:14:58.319,0:15:01.160 that your clasp will add about half an inch
0:15:01.160,0:15:03.320 a little less a little more but
0:15:03.320,0:15:04.930 just
0:15:04.930,0:15:08.380 you can measure or you can just hold up
the bracelet as you work.
0:15:08.380,0:15:11.440 Leave a little bit of a gap
0:15:11.440,0:15:13.940 between the edges
0:15:13.940,0:15:17.660 and go ahead and keep working until you
have a length that you feel would be a
0:15:17.660,0:15:20.090 good fit.
0:15:20.090,0:15:22.000 So once you have
0:15:22.000,0:15:24.800 woven your bracelet long enough
0:15:24.800,0:15:27.440 to fit around your wrist
0:15:27.440,0:15:30.710 with a little bit of room for your tube clasp
0:15:30.710,0:15:33.080 go ahead and
0:15:33.080,0:15:34.069 tie off
0:15:34.069,0:15:36.820 your thread and weave in all of your
ends
0:15:36.820,0:15:41.290 so that it's done and it's nice and
clean to work with.
0:15:41.290,0:15:47.800 Then you're gonna take a new length of
thread and thread it on your needle
0:15:47.800,0:15:50.490 and you're going to start by weaving up
through
0:15:50.490,0:15:52.960 one of the ends
0:15:52.960,0:15:55.870 start in the middle you'll go back
and
0:15:55.870,0:16:00.780 tie this thread off and weave it in later
0:16:00.780,0:16:02.330 and the gaol
0:16:02.330,0:16:05.380 it's to come out
0:16:05.380,0:16:12.380 of the end
0:16:16.120,0:16:19.010 So you want to come out of
0:16:19.010,0:16:20.470 the bottom hole of
0:16:20.470,0:16:23.400 one of the four pink twin beads
0:16:23.400,0:16:28.220 on the very end of your bracelet
0:16:28.220,0:16:31.100 and then you're gonna go
0:16:31.100,0:16:32.660 back up
0:16:32.660,0:16:34.850 through the other hole in that twin bead
0:16:34.850,0:16:39.650 you're gonna make a little strand of
seed beads running along the edge here to
0:16:39.650,0:16:42.470 used to connect to your clasp
0:16:42.470,0:16:44.510 Put one
0:16:44.510,0:16:48.950 between the twin beads
0:16:48.950,0:16:53.040 and then you're gonna put seven seed
beads
0:16:53.040,0:16:56.910 as a little bridge between
0:16:56.910,0:17:03.690 the next two twin beads
0:17:03.690,0:17:05.900 then another one
0:17:05.900,0:17:12.900 seed bead between the next two
0:17:17.260,0:17:20.559 Then we're going to
0:17:20.559,0:17:22.540 put two more
0:17:22.540,0:17:24.880 seed beads
0:17:24.880,0:17:28.220 on your needle
0:17:28.220,0:17:29.850 and then we'll take half
0:17:29.850,0:17:34.340 of the tube clasp
0:17:34.340,0:17:36.800 and bring your needle through
0:17:36.800,0:17:42.470 one of the end loops
0:17:42.470,0:17:45.640 and then you'll take your needle right back
down
0:17:45.640,0:17:49.260 right back through
0:17:49.260,0:17:51.549 the hole you came out of that twin bead
0:17:51.549,0:17:56.950 and go through the middle seed bead and
the next twin bead, comeback out
0:17:56.950,0:17:59.100 pull that tight
0:17:59.100,0:18:01.130 it should pull
0:18:01.130,0:18:03.710 the clasp
0:18:03.710,0:18:06.919 tight too
0:18:06.919,0:18:11.700 grab two more seed beads
0:18:11.700,0:18:18.700 go down to the next loop in your
clasp
0:18:20.100,0:18:21.940 then go
0:18:21.940,0:18:26.350 right back in where you came out of
0:18:26.350,0:18:30.670 now because you have an odd number of
seed beads in the middle here
0:18:30.670,0:18:33.669 that's the number of seed beads you need to
hold the work straight
0:18:33.669,0:18:37.059 but since it's an odd number and you only
have one middle loop I'm actually going to go
0:18:37.059,0:18:41.429 through the middle loop twice
and then go through
0:18:41.429,0:18:43.160 after three
0:18:43.160,0:18:44.540 seed beads
0:18:44.540,0:18:51.540 the first time
0:18:52.169,0:18:54.020 and again you put
0:18:54.020,0:18:55.490 two seed beads
0:18:55.490,0:19:01.779 go down through the loop
0:19:01.779,0:19:07.850 and then when you go back down through that
seed bead I'm only gonna go through one
0:19:07.850,0:19:11.360 seed bead
0:19:11.360,0:19:16.620 and I'm going to come back out and then I'm
going to
0:19:16.620,0:19:18.390 repeat that with
0:19:18.390,0:19:20.940 another
0:19:20.940,0:19:23.120 loop with the seed beads on it
0:19:23.120,0:19:25.309 through the same
0:19:25.309,0:19:31.760 loop in my clasp. So two more seed beads and
go back through the same loop
0:19:31.760,0:19:38.760 that'll help keep it center
0:19:41.070,0:19:43.309 and then you're gonna go back
0:19:43.309,0:19:44.799 into the beads
0:19:44.799,0:19:48.639 where you're coming out and go through the
next three and come out right next to that
0:19:48.639,0:19:53.580 twin bead there
0:19:53.580,0:19:58.919 and pick up two seed beads
0:19:58.919,0:20:05.919 go through the fourth loop
0:20:07.420,0:20:09.290 and then back
0:20:09.290,0:20:10.309 through
0:20:10.309,0:20:17.309 that twin bead and the middle seed bead and
the last twin bead
0:20:17.779,0:20:19.940 and then on the very end
0:20:19.940,0:20:26.940 two more seed beads
0:20:28.059,0:20:31.059 and then you're gonna go back
0:20:31.059,0:20:32.130 into that
0:20:35.129,0:20:40.960 go back into that same end hole of the twin
0:20:40.960,0:20:45.870 and then go through the other hole
in the twin bead
0:20:45.870,0:20:47.010 and work
0:20:47.010,0:20:49.320 your thread through a few
0:20:49.320,0:20:56.169 of the next beads as well
0:20:56.169,0:20:58.710 and pull this tight and you wanna pull
0:20:58.710,0:21:04.679 the tail of the start of your thread tight
and and the end of your thread tight
0:21:04.679,0:21:11.679 and you should have on each loop one
seed bead going to either side of your clasp
0:21:11.809,0:21:15.990 and then go ahead and tighten that
0:21:15.990,0:21:19.550 and then you'll tight off and weave in
0:21:19.550,0:21:22.690 your ends on these threads
0:21:22.690,0:21:24.899 and then you're just gonna repeat that
process
0:21:24.899,0:21:29.090 to attach the other side of your tube clasp
to the other side of your bracelet and
0:21:29.090,0:21:30.950 make sure that the little
0:21:30.950,0:21:32.610 nail head end
0:21:32.610,0:21:38.770 is on opposite ends. You don't want them like
this. You want them like this so that you can
0:21:38.770,0:21:41.810 fit them together
0:21:41.810,0:21:43.650 So when you have both ends
0:21:43.650,0:21:46.260 of your tube clasp attached
0:21:46.260,0:21:48.919 go ahead and tie off and weave in
0:21:48.919,0:21:51.940 all the rest of thread ends
0:21:51.940,0:21:55.110 and then that just attaches by
putting the narrow end
0:21:55.110,0:21:57.770 into the wide end
0:21:57.770,0:21:58.320 and that's that.
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