Learn how to make a pearly bead bracelet with this step by step tutorial for beginners. It is much easier to make than it looks and will only take you 1 hour to do. The pearly beads used here are crystal beads from the brand Preciosa. You can also make this bracelet with 4mm PureCrystal pearls. You will need 3 bags of 30 pearls, i.e. 90 pearls, to create a bracelet for a wrist size of less than 16.5 cm. If your wrist is larger than 16.5 cm, buy an extra bag(4 bags) to make sure you have enough beads.
To give a little color, we added Miyuki delicas 11/0 beads from a mix: Tropical Sunset mix. Discover the other miyuki colors mix by clicking on the link. For a more classic bracelet, you can use 3mm crystal beads, small seed beads or 2.5mm gold round beads. Don't hesitate to have a look at the bottom of the page to discover other possibilities of products in the variation part.
The pearl jewels are great classics. These are also timeless jewels that will dress with class your party outfits. You can also use the same technique to make a choker. You need 52 beads to make 10 cm of weaving so measure the size of your neck and calculate the number of beads needed. For example, if your neck is 35 cm, make 35/10 = 3.5 and multiply 52 x 3.5 = 182 beads. That is 182 / 30 = 6.07 so you will need 7 bags of beads.
Cut 2 meters of nylon thread. Place a size 10 needle on each end of the thread to facilitate the passage in the pearls.
Thread 3 pearly rounds 4 mm, place them in the center of the thread, then cross the threads in a 4th pearly round. Tighten the threads well, we obtain a 1st square. The two ends of the thread should be almost the same length.
Thread one pearly round on the right thread and one on the left thread.
Cross the threads in a third pearly round and tighten, you get a second square.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have a bracelet that is 1 cm larger than your wrist size.
Thread 8 delicas 11/0 and a closed ring on one side of the bracelet.
Pass the other needle through the delicas beads, through the ring and the pearly bead at the end. Tighten.
Pass the first needle through the pearly bead to close the circle.
Add a delicas bead on each side and move to the next pearl.
Intercalate a delicas 11/0 between each round until the threads cross in the 1st round.
Thread 4 delicas 11/0, the clasp and 4 delicas on one of the threads.
Pass the second needle through all the beads, the clasp and the pearly bead at the end. Then pass the first needle through the pearly one to close the circle.
Pass the first needle through the blue delicas on the picture and pass the second needle through both delicas and the pearly one.
Go through the middle pearl and then the one in the photo to bring the two pieces of yarn together.
Make a double knot.
Hide the thread ends in the beads and cut them.
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