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Supplies:
2-3gSize11SeedBeadsColorA2-3gSize11SeedBeadsColorB2-3gSize11SeedBeadsColorC1pairofearwiresNymoDorC-LontomatchcolorA(Firelinewillalsoworkifthat’swhatyouhave.)WaxSize12BeadingNeedleScissors
Instructions:
1. Waxa2yardlengthofthread.Tieonastopperbead.Pickup4A,4B,8C,4B,and4A.
2. PassthroughthesecondtolastpairofA
beadsfromthetailendtowardstheworkingend.Pulltight.NowpassthroughthelastpairofBbeadsfromthetailendtowardstheworkingend.Pulltight.
3. Repeatpassingthroughthenexttwobeadsonthestackuntilyouhaveabeadladderthatistwobeadshighand12beadslong.Removethestopperbead.
4. Theearringismadewithtwobeadbrickstitch,decreasingatthebeginningofeachrow.Pickup4A.Passtheneedleunderthesecondthreadloopandupthroughthe2beadstackdirectlyabovetheloop.Thisisthebasicbrickstitch,butyouwillneedtoanchortheTirstgroupofbeads.
5. Passdownthecolumnofbeadsontheleft,anddownintothesecondcolumnofbeadsbelowit.Bringtheneedleupthroughthethirdcolumnofbeadsontherowbelow,andthenupthroughthesecondcolumnofbeadsonthenewrow.
6. Therestoftherowyouwillonlyaddtwobeadsatatime.Pickup2Bandbringtheneedleunderthenextthreadbridgeandupthroughthe2Bjustadded.Repeatthissteponcemore.
7. Pickup2Candbringtheneedleunderthenextthreadbridgethenupthroughthe2Cjustadded.Repeattwicemore.
8. Dotwostitcheswith2B.
9. Dotwostitcheswith2A.
10. Atthebeginningofthenextrowyouwillrepeatsteps4and5workingbackintheotherdirection.Thisrowwillbelaidoutinthisorder:2A,2A,2B,2B,2C,2C,2B,2B,2A,2A.
11. Thenextrowis2A,2A,2B,2B,2C,2B,2B,2A,2A.
12. Row5is2A,2A,2B,2B,2B,2B,2A,2A
13. Row6is2A,2A,2B,2B,2B,2A,2A.
14. Row7is2A,2A,2B,2B,2A,2A.
15. Row8is2A,2A,2B,2A,2A.
16. Row9is2A,2A,2A,2A.
17. Row10is2A,2A,2A.
18. Row11is2A,2A.
19. Pickup6Abeadsandpassdownthesecondcolumnofbeadsonthetoprow.Reinforcethislooponcemore.
20. BringthethreaddownonesidesothatitisexitingtheTirstcolumnofbeadsoftheTirstrow.
21. Thisportionoftheprojecthassomewiggleroom.Shorterswagswillmakeastockierteardropshape,longeroneswillmakeamoreelongatedshape.Theshapeofyourseedbeadswillalsocontributetothesizeoftheswag.OnmyTirstpairthebeadswereallprettymuchthesameshapeandsize.Onmysecondpair,onecolorwasasmidgesmallerandIhadtomakesomecountadjustments.Thisisalltosay,usethebeadcountsasaguide,makesomenotesasyoudoit,andjustmakethesecondonethesameasyourTirstone.
22. Pickup28Abeads.BringtheneedleupthroughthelastcolumnofbeadsontheTirstrow.Bemindfulofyourtension.Tootight,anditwon’thangnicely,toolooseandyouwillhavethreadgaps.
23. Bringtheneedledownthroughthecolumnofbeadstotheleftoftheonethethreadisexiting.Theillustrationshowsthethreadpathminusthebeads.
24. Pickup24Abeads.Bringtheneedleupthroughthesecondcolumnofbeads.
25. Bringtheneedledownthroughthecolumnofbeadstotherightoftheonethethreadisexiting.
26. Pickup15Bbeads.Bringtheneedleupthroughthethirdcolumnofbeadsfromtheend.
27. Bringtheneedledownthroughthecolumnofbeadstotheleftoftheonethethreadisexiting.
28. Pickup10Bbeads.Bringtheneedleupthroughthefourthcolumnofbeads.
29. Bringtheneedledownthroughthecolumnofbeadstotheright.
30. Pickup5Cbeads.Bringtheneedleupthroughthe5thcolumnfromtheend.
31. Ifyouhaveroom,youcanaddacoupleofbeadsunderthelasttwocolumnsofbeads.Ididn’thaveroomonmysample.
32. Tieoffyourthreadintheswag,thenmakeasecondearring.
33. Addearwiresandenjoy!Notes:
Thispatternhaslotsofpotentialforexperimentation.Makethetopasinglecolorandmaketheswagsmulticolored.Tryitinasingleversionversusdoublebrickstitch.Tryitinthetinycubes,tryitinsize8s.Thetrianglebyitselfisaperfectlylovelyearring.Oraddstraightfringeinsteadofaswag.Ifyouneedgraphpaperfordesigningyourowntriangles,Tiremountaingems.comhasfreegraphpaperintheirresourcecenter.Lookforthetwodroppeyotepaper,andjustturnitsideways.Voila,twodropbrickstitchpaper.
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Copyright:Pleasedonotcopytheseinstructions,exceptforpersonaluse.Youmaymakethisprojecttosell,butnotformassmanufacture.Ifyoudomakeitemstosell,pleasechargeappropriatelyforyourtimeandmaterials.Pleasegivecreditwherecreditisdue.