Mermaid Disco Bracelet

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Project details:

I wanted to try this scaling technique with the gingko beads. This is a beginner bead-weaving design has many steps but they are all simple to perform. The total length of this bracelet is 7.5 inches.

↓ Step-by-step

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Supplies you’ll need:

2 bottles of TOHO gingko beads
Wildfire thread .006"/0.15mm
Stainless steel toggle clasp
1 strand of Czech Glass ColorTrends Fire Polished Round 4mm
TOHO 11/0 seed beads
Needles size 10 or collapsable

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Step 1

Cut 2 1/2 arm lengths of thread. Thread the needle. Around the middle of the thread slide on a stopper bead, bring the thread over and through so the bead will be slidable. Slide on a gingko bead as shown.

Step 2

Slide on 40 gingko beads in total. The beads will start to flip and spoon into each other.

Step 3

This part is creating a third row of gingkos. Image 2: Slide on 4 11/0 seed beads and bring the needle down through the top of the gingko bead. Image 3: Slide on another ginko bead through the top facing the same way as the others. Image 4: Slide the needle through the top of the next strung gingko bead. Image 5 & 6: Keep string on another row of gingko beads for the entire bracelet length.

Step 4

This step will have you start to add the fire polished rounds in between the gingkos outer trim. Image1: Slide on 4 11/0 seed beads. Bring the needle down the top of the last gingko and pull tight (Image 2). Image 3: Slide a 4mm fire polished round on. Image4: Bring the needle down throught the next gingko bead. Continue until you get to the end.

Step 5

Once you finish adding on the fire polsihed rounds on one side, slide on four 11/0 seed beads (Image 1). Image 2: Bring the needle through the three seed beads in the middle. Image 3: Slide on four more 11/0 seed beads. Image 4: Bring the needl down through the top of the first gingko bead. Image 5: Now you can start adding on your fire polished rounds just like you did on the other side.

Step 6

Image 1: Move the stopper bead out of the way. Image 2" Slide on 4 11/0 seed beads. Bring the need down through the top inside whole of the first gingko bead (Image 2). Image 3: Bring the needle down through the center gingko bead. Image 4 is just an extra image. Image 5: Bring the needle up through the inside hole of the outer gingko bead. Image 6: Bring the needle up through the first two 11/0 seed beads. Image 7: Slide on five 11/0 seed beads, bring the needle through the toggle bar loop. Image 8: Bring the needle down through the first seed bead. Image 9: String on four more seed beads. Image 10: Bring the needle down through the two seed beads creating the loop. Image 11: Bring the needle back up the two seed beads creating the other loop. I went around the seed beads and toggle bar two or three times for a strong structure. Just make sure the thread ends up on the sides so we can weave it back down through the gingkos.

Step 7

For this step we will be weave our thread back through the gingkos and making knots. Image 2: Bring the needle through the fire polished bead and through the next gingko bead. Image 3: Slide the needle under the thread bewteen the beads. Image 4: Wrap the thread around the needle and pull tight to create a knot. Image 5: Bring the needle through the next gingko and create another knot the same way. Go through one more gingko and create another knot. Bring the thread through a couple more beads with out knotting and trim off what is left.

Step 8

Take an 8" piece of thread. Thread it onto your needle. Image 1: Take your needle about 0.75" down from the end and slide it under connecting thread between two gingko beads (like we did when making knots). Image 2: Wrap the thread around the needl and pull tight. You should have a short tail sticking out. Image 4: Keep heading towards the toggle end, keep creating knots in between ginkgo beads straight up the middle as shown in images 5-8. We will be using this thread to attach the toggle. Be sure to bring the thread up through the middle gingko.

Step 9

Image 1: Slide the needle through the middle three seed beads. Image 2: Slide on 4 seed beads and bring the needle through the toggle loop. Image 3: Bring the thread back down through two of the seed beads. Image 4: Bring the thread back through the middle three seed beads where we started. Image 5: Bring the needle down through the rest of the seed beads on the side and down through a gingko bead. Step 6: Start bringing your thread back down through the ginko beads and making knots. I create three knots.

Step 10

When you are done making knots, bring the thread through a couple more beads and trim. Cut off the short piece that was sticking out from Step 8. This is what the finished piece should looke like.