Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Tutorial: Wheelpoint Earrings


You will need (one unit per each item):
6/0 lustered ivory rocaille
8/0 lustered gold-brown rocaille
6mm white travertine wheel beads
2 ear hooks

1. String one 8/0 bead, one 6/0 bead and repeat it five times. You’ll get 12 beads on the thread.

2. Pass the thread through the first bead and tie the strung seed beads into a circle. Pass the thread through a few beads. Thread should appear from 6/0 bead.

3. String one wheel bead, one 6/0 rocaille and one wheel bead. Pass the thread through 6/0 rocaille bead that is opposite to the bead you have started with. Pass thread through wheel-rocaille-wheel beads back, pass through 6/0 rocaille you have started with and pass through the circle till 8/0 rocaille, which became of top of the figure (see the picture).

4. It should look like this! The first element is finished.

 
5. String 6/0, 8/0 and 6/0 rocailles, pass the thread through the bead you have started with and tie the strung seed beads into a circle. Pass the thread to the top bead of this circle.

6. String two 8/0 beads, ear hook and two 8/0 beads and pass the thread through the beads you have started with.
 


7-10. Pass the thread through the beads according to pic.7-10. The thread should appear at the red point.

11. String three 8/0 beads, pass the thread through the bead you have started with  and tie the strung seed beads into a circle.

12. Fix the thread and hide its ends. Earring is ready!

 
Tutorial is provided by Birgit Kowollik

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