Making beaded rings and bracelets
I left you with a bit of a teaser on Tuesday, and I’m glad that no reports of people jumping off cliffs or pulling their hair out out of anticipation were heard.
Without further ado then, here is how you can make your own wire and bead rings and things:
Start with your materials:
(You will also need a nail clipper or a small pair of scissors to cut the wire thread)
Instructions:
Cut a length of wire, five or six times the length of the finished product (I have large fingers so the longer the thread I have, the easier it is for me to manipulate it).
String on twice the number of beads that you want the width of the final product to be. In this case, I want a ring three beads wide, so I have strung on six beads. You’ll want to centre the beads on your wire thread.
Take one end of the wire thread and thread it through the three furthest beads and pull tightly.
Thread enough beads to make up the width of the ring (in my case that’s three more beads) onto one end of the wire thread.
Thread the other end of the wire thread through the newly threaded beads and pull tight.
Thread three more beads (in my case) onto the opposite side of the wire thread as before, and insert the other end through, pulling tightly.
Continue until the length is appropriate.
Thread one end of wire through the three beads on the other side. Tie the two pieces of wire together along the top (or bottom) edge (there is no official top or bottom).
Voila! You’re done. Try it on and admire your handiwork.
June 28th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Wow, that’s really neat. Think I’ll try that with my girls over the summer. Thanks.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:40 am
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February 6th, 2008 at 4:26 am
This was terrific. It’s 3am, couldn’t sleep. But with one eye open and one hand on the coffee mug I was able to follow the instructions and make a pretty nice ring. Thanks a ton.