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NETTING / BEAD WEAVING

Delicate diamonds choker

Stitch a strip of lace-like netting, and accent the diamond shapes with an overlay of bicone crystals.

designed by Nicole Vogt

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110 seed bead

150 seed bead

4 mm bicone crystal

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Nicole Vogt lives in Germany and works as a mathematic-technical assistant in the Business Intelligence (BI) sector. She began beading in 2008 with a simple strung necklace. She soon infected her two sisters with the hobby, and in 2013 they started their blog, “Drei kleine Perlen” (“Three Little Beads”), at www.dreikleineperlen.blogspot.de. Contact Nicole at drei_kleine_perlen@gmx.de.

Materialschoker 14 in. (36 cm)• 104 4 mm bicone crystals (Swarovski, crystal purple haze)• 13 g 110 seed beads (Toho PF558, permanent finish galvanized aluminum)• 2 g 150 seed beads (Toho PF558, permanent finish galvanized aluminum)• 1 2-strand slide clasp (silver)• 4 6 mm jump rings (silver)• Fireline, 6 lb. test• beading needles, #12• 2 pairs of chainnose, flatnose, and/or bentnose pliers

Online beading basics www.BeadAndButton.com/basics• attaching a stop bead• ending and adding thread• opening and closing jump rings

The materials list is for a 14-in. (36 cm) choker. For a longer choker, or for a collar-style necklace, plan for extra seed beads and bicone crystals. This piece also works up beautifully as a bracelet.

Base1 On a comfortable length of thread, attach a stop bead, leaving a 10-in. (25 cm) tail. Pick up 13 110 seed beads and a 150 seed bead, and sew back through the last 110 (figure 1). 2 Pick up five 110s, skip the next five 110s, and sew through the following 110 (figure 2, a–b). Repeat this stitch once (b–c). Pick up a 150, sew back through

the previous 110, and continue through the next three 110s (c–d). Remove the stop bead, and make sure the 150 is properly positioned. This completes a vertical pair of diamonds with a shared 110 between them.3 Add side diamonds: Pick up five 110s, skip the next five 110s, and sew through the beadwork as shown (figure 3, a–b). Pick up five 110s, skip the next five 110s, and sew through the following 110 (b–c). 4 Pick up three 110s and a 150, and sew back through the last 110 (figure 4, a–b). Pick up five 110s, skip the next five 110s, and sew through the following four 110s (b–c).

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5 Pick up three 110s and a 150, and sew back through the last 110 (figure 5, a–b). Pick up five 110s, skip the next five 110s, and sew through the beadwork as shown to complete this pair of vertical diamonds (b–c).6 Add a new side diamond: Pick up five 110s, skip the next five 110s, and sew through the following 110 (figure 6). Flip your work so your thread is exiting as in figure 4, point a.7 Repeat steps 4–6, ending and adding thread as needed, for the desired length, less 1⁄2 in. (1.3 cm) for the clasp. Finish on step 5, making sure there are an even number of points along the edges. Retrace the thread path of the last pair of diamonds, skipping the center 110 in each diamond along the exposed end (figure 7). End the working thread.

8 With the tail, add a pair of vertical diamonds to the starting end of the base. Retrace the thread path, skipping the center 110s as in step 7, and end the tail. 9 Open two jump rings, and attach half of the clasp to the two vertical diamonds at one end of the base. Repeat at the other end of the base.

Bicone embellishments1 Add a comfortable length of thread to the base, and sew through the bead-work to exit the 110 at the tip of the first side diamond (figure 8, point a). 2 Pick up a 150, a 4 mm bicone crystal, and a 150, and sew through the 110 at the opposite tip of this diamond (a–b). 3 Sew through the beadwork as shown to exit the 110 at the tip of the nearest vertical diamond (b–c). Pick up a 150,

a 4 mm, and a 150, and sew through the 110 at the opposite tip of this dia-mond (c–d). You are now exiting the second vertical diamond in the pair. Pick up a 150, a 4 mm, and a 150, and sew through the 110 at the opposite tip of this diamond (d–e).4 Sew through the beadwork as shown, and add a bicone embellishment to the next side diamond (e–f). 5 Sew through the beadwork to skip the next pair of vertical diamonds (f–g), and then work as in steps 2–4 to add bicone embellishments to the next four diamonds.6 Continue adding bicone embellish-ments in clusters of four, skipping a pair of vertical diamonds between them. End and add thread as needed, and end the working thread when you finish. w

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