Friendship beads tutorial by Puca®

As with every official release of Puca beads, we're on the ball! This time it's the Ilos beads that are in the spotlight, and you'll find all the Ilos bead references and their pretty colors for jewelry that looks just like you (yes, we know all about poetry).

The great thing about this new tutorial is that you can make whatever you want! Whether it's a bracelet, earrings or a cord for storing your most precious jewels, let us know on the networks what you're going to do with them - we're curious, as you well know...

The material suggested in the basket is for making one bead, so don't hesitate to double the quantities for a pair of pretty earrings, for example!
Materials: For 1 Bead
16 Ilos® by Puca
8 Minos® by Puca®
8 Mini duo (MD)
Seed beads 15 (R15), R11(R11)
Fireline wire 0.12

Steps
1) Place 1 R11, 1 Ilos, 1R11, 1 Ilos

2) Close 2 towers and place in Ilos

3) Place 1 Ilos, 1R11, 1 Ilos in a loop in the Ilos

4) Continue in this way to place 8 Ilos

5) Zip with 1 R11 at top and bottom

6) Place 1 R11 between the R11s; Tighten

7) Place 1 R11 between the R11s

8) Do step 7 also on the other side and place in the R11

9) Place 1 MD and pass through the three R11s

10) Place 4 MD in all. Move to R11

11) Place 1 R15 between R11 4x

12) Then move up into the hole at the top of the MD.

13) Place 1 R15, 1 Minos, 1R15 between the MDs

14) The result is as follows

Move to R15

15) Place 5 R15s between the R15s

16) Place in the central R15

17) Place an Ilos between the central R15s, go around twice to tighten and consolidate.

18) The result is

Place yourself in the R11 of step 8 and continue to complete the bead, steps 8 to 17.

19) Here's your finished bead

Well done!

Now it's up to you to decide whether you'd like a colored or black and gold clutch...

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