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Elegant Netted Bracelet Deborah Meyer

Combine ladder-stitched cube bands with simple bugle and seed bead netting and toss in a few

crystals for sparkle to create a fun bracelet. You’re sure to get a lot of attention when you wear it!

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FINISHED SIZE: 1 1 ⁄ 4 " X 7"

Tip

To adjust the length of the bracelet, add or

decrease the number of cubes in the base

stacks.

Materials

1 g gold/bronze iris size 11° seed beads

160 cream opaque 1 ⁄ 4 " hex-cut bugle beads

54 transparent tan AB 4mm cubes

5 padparadscha 5mm crystal bicones

1 copper 12mm button with shank

FireLine 6–8 lb beading thread

G-S Hypo Cement

Tools

Size 12 beading needle

Scissors

1: Ladder base. Use 5' of thread and cubes to

work a 3-bead ladder 9 beads long ( Figure 1 ).

Knot and glue to secure. Hide the thread ends

inside the beads and trim close to the work.

Repeat for a second two ladder-stitched base.

1 seed bead, and 1 bugle, skip the next

3 beads of the previous row, and pass

through the next seed bead in Row 2; repeat

twice. String 1 bugle, 1 seed bead, 1 crystal,

1 seed bead, and 1 bugle, skip the next

5 beads of the previous row, and pass

through the next seed bead.

String 1 bugle, 1 seed bead, and 1 bugle,

skip the next 3 beads of the previous row,

and pass through the next seed bead in Row

2; repeat twice. String 1 bugle and pass

through the cubes of the third stack in Base

B. Pass back through the next 2 cubes of the

fourth stack and the next cube of the third

stack ( Figure 3a ).

Row 4: Repeat Row 2. On the last stitch, pass

through the cubes of the third stack in Base

A. Pass back through the next 2 beads of the

fourth stack and exit the next bead of the

fifth stack ( Figure 3b ).

Rows 5–10: Repeat Rows 3 and 4 three

times, anchoring the netting in the fifth,

seventh, and ninth Base A and B cube

stacks respectively.

Base A

Figure 2

Figure 1

2: Netting. Secure 9' of thread and exit from

the first stack on Base A, leaving an 8" tail.

Work bugle beads and seed beads with a center

band of crystals:

Row 1: String 1 bugle and 1 seed bead eight

times. String 1 crystal and 1 seed bead.

String 1 bugle and 1 seed bead eight times.

Pass through the cubes of the first stack on

Base B. Pass back through the next 2 cubes

in the second stack and the last bead in the

first stack ( Figure 2a ).

Row 2: String 1 bugle, 1 seed bead, and

1 bugle, skip the next 3 beads of the previ-

ous row, and pass through the next seed

bead; repeat twice. String 1 bugle, 1 seed

bead, 1 bugle, and 1 seed bead; pass through

the crystal. String 1 seed bead, 1 bugle, 1 seed

bead, and 1 bugle, skip the next 4 beads of

the previous row, and pass through the next

seed bead. String 1 bugle, 1 seed bead, and

1 bugle, skip the next 3 beads of the previous

row, and pass through the next seed bead;

repeat three times, passing through the first

stack of Base A on the last stitch. Pass back

through 2 cubes in the second stack and the

next bead of the third stack ( Figure 2b ). The

cube bases should be linked by a series of

8 diamond shapes with a crystal in the middle.

Row 3: String 1 bugle and pass through the

first seed bead in Row 2. String 1 bugle,

3: Closure.

Loop: Pass back through the last row of netting

and weave through cubes to exit the fifth

stack of Base B. String 30 seed beads and

pass back through the first 2 beads, forming

a circle. Weave through cubes and through

the loop again, following Figure 4 . Tie a

knot, dab the knot with glue, pass through

several cubes, and pull the thread to hide the

knot in a cube. Trim close to the work.

Button: Thread a needle onto the tail. Pass

through cubes on Base A to exit from the

center cube in the fifth stack. String the but-

ton and pass through the cube. Repeat the

thread path to secure. Tie a knot, dab the

knot with glue, pass through several beads,

and pull the thread to hide the knot. Trim

close to the work ( Figure 5 ). ✦

Base B

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Base A

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Base B

RESOURCES

Check your local bead shop or contact: All beads and

findings: We Got the Bead, (563) 584-0305, www.wegot

thebead.com.

Since Deborah Meyer discovered the world of beading,

it’s been a love affair! She now focuses on designing and

creating jewelry for others to enjoy and teaches at We

Got the Bead in Dubuque, Iowa, and JSM Bead Coop in

Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

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