DAISY CHAIN

Daisies double

bracelet

Stitch two dainty daisy chains and join them with a row of Pellet beads for an easy bracelet with everyday style.

by Julia Gerlach

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3 x 4 mm rondelle

4 mm pearl

4 x 6 mm Pellet bead

150 seed bead

Daisy chains1 On 2 yd. (1.8 m) of thread and leaving an 8-in. (20 cm) tail, pick up four 150 seed beads, and sew through them all again to create two parallel pairs (figure 1).2 Pick up six 150s and a 3 x 4 mm ron-delle, and sew through the 150 next to the one your thread exited at the start of this step (figure 2, a–b). 3 Pick up six 150s, and sew through the last 150 picked up before the rondelle in the previous step (b–c).4 Pick up two 150s, sew through the last two 150s your thread exited in the previous step, and then sew through the two new 150s (figure 3). 5 Pick up six 150s and a 4 mm pearl, and sew through the 150 next to the one your thread exited at the start of this step (figure 4, a–b). 6 Pick up six 150s, and sew through the last 150 picked up before the pearl in the previous step (b–c). 7 Repeat steps 4–6 for the desired length, alternating between a rondelle and a pearl in the center of each stitch. End the chain with a pair of 150s, as in step 4. Do not end the thread.8 Repeat steps 1–7 to make a second daisy chain.

Assembly1 Add a new 18-in. (46 cm) thread at one end of a daisy chain, and exit the fourth 150 from the end pair of 150s. Pick up a Pellet bead, and sew through the middle three 150s on this edge of the next pearl (figure 5). Repeat this stitch for the length of the chain. End the working thread and tail.2 Add a new thread at one end of the other daisy chain, and work as in step 1,

Materialsbracelet 7¼ in. (43.8 cm)• 24 3 x 4 mm faceted rondelles (teal AB, www.drygulch.com)• 22 4 mm crystal pearls (Swarovski, platinum)• 22 4 x 6 mm Pellet beads (crystal full chrome)• 3 g 150 seed beads (Miyuki 4201, galvanized silver)• 1 14 x 9 mm filigree 2-strand box clasp (www.firemountaingems.com)• 4 4 mm jump rings (if needed)• beading needles, #12• Fireline 6 lb. test• 2 pairs of chainnose, flatnose, and/or bentnose pliers (optional)

Julia Gerlach is the editor of Bead&Button. Contact her at jgerlach@beadandbutton.com.

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but sew through the Pellet beads attached to the other chain instead of adding new ones (figure 6). End the thread.3 With a thread remaining at one end of a chain, pick up six 150s and a jump ring attached to the clasp. Sew through the end pair of 150s again (figure 7). Retrace the thread path a few times, and end the thread.

note The clasp I used came with jump rings, but they were too small to accommodate the 150s so I removed them and replaced them with larger (4 mm) jump rings.

4 Repeat step 3 to attach each end of both chains to the clasp. w

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A Pellet bead looks like a compressed hourglass, with the hole passing through the narrow “waist” in the center of the bead.