Mina bracelet with pearl IOS®by Puca®

Following on from the Khéops®, Arcos® and Minos® beads, French designer Puca has launched a new bead: the Ios® bead. This bead is composed of 2 holes (approx. 2.5 mm apart) whose upper faces are rectangles with rounded corners. The non-angular sides of IOS® beads ensure a perfect match with the hollow of Arcos® beads.

To help you use these new beads, Puca has created a pattern called "Mina" that you can use in a wide range of jewelry creations. You can create necklaces, long necklaces, bracelets, earrings and charms with this element.

In this tutorial, we suggest you make a bracelet with the Mina element.

STEP 1

Thread 1 Arcos (A), 3 Seed beads 15 (R15), 1 Matubo bead 8 (M8), 3 R15.

Thread through Arcos

STEP 2

String 1 R11, 1 Ios (I) bead, 1 R11, then pass through the Arcos bead.

STEP 3

Place your son in the Ios

STEP 4

Place 1 Arcos , 3R15, 1M8, 3 R15 then move to the Arcos.

STEP 5

Put on 1 Ios, 1 Arcos, 3R15, 1M8, 3R15 then pass through the Arcos, Ios and Arcos.

STEP 6

Turn your work over and stand in the IOS.

STEP 7

Place 1 R11, 2 Arcos, 1R15, 1Minos, 1R15 in the Arcos.

STEP 8

Put on 1 Arcos, 1 R11, 1 Ios, 1 R11 and pass into the Arcos.

STEP 9

Thread 1 Arcos, 1 R11, 1 Minos, 1 R11 and pass into the Arcos.

STEP 10

Place your wire here.

STEP 11

Place 1 R15, 1 Strasse Mesh (SM), pass through the middle, 1 R15.

STEP 12

In this step, make sure you cross over, and place yourself in the top Arcos.

STEP 13

Put in 1 R15, pass through the SM in the middle, 1R15.

STEP 14

Place yourself in the IOS

STEP 15

Put on 1 Arcos, 3 R15, 1M8, then move into the Arcos. Then put on 1 Ios, 1Arcos, 3R15, 1M8, 3R15.

Switch to IOS and Arcos

(As in step 5)

STEP 16

Place yourself in the IOS

STEP 17

Put in 1 R11, 1 Arcos, 3 R15,1 M8, 3 R15,1 M8. Then return to the Arcos and place 1 R11.

You can now close your wire in your element.

You've now completed your Mina element, which measures 6cm long and 2cm wide.

STEP 18

Assemble the Mina element into a bracelet. You have two possible options:

- The first is to make a second "Mina" element to obtain a length of 12 cm. Add a clasp and an extension chain.

- The second is to continue your element by stringing Seed beads on either side, then adding a clasp.