Discover how to weave checkerboard bugles in this video tutorial. Bugles are fine, elongated tubular beads, ideal for adding a geometric, graphic effect to your creations. The Miyuki brand offers them in several lengths, including 3, 6 and 12 mm for the bugles twist version. They lend themselves to many weaving techniques: on a loom, in Peyote with a needle, or in Brick stitch. For example, these Miyuki Delica bugles and beads triangle earrings.
In this tutorial, we'll play with the graphic effect of bugles to create small geometric earrings. We'll weave them using the ladder stitch technique. Ladder stitch is the weaving technique used to start a brick stitch weave. It's one of the basic techniques in bead weaving. Although it's not compulsory, I advise you to use fused-braid nylon thread for this weave. You'll need to tighten the weave as you go along. So it's best to use a very strong thread.
Once the weave is complete, the bugle-woven square is glued to a flat ear stud. This will stiffen the weave so that it remains flat. In the video tutorial, I used Hasulith glue. It's a reasonably-priced glue, much used in costume jewelry, but it's not the strongest glue. If you want a glue that's more resistant over time, choose a two-component glue. This is a glue composed of two pastes to be mixed, like epoxy resin, but thicker. In all cases, wait 24 hours before wearing the earrings, even if the glue has already dried.
Cut 70 cm of Fireline 0.10 mm thread and thread it onto a size 12 needle. Thread two bugs and place them 15 cm from the end of the thread. Iron through the first threaded bugle to form a loop, then tighten. Iron through each bugle to solidify the weave. Return to the second bugle.
Thread a third flugelhorn, then pass through each of the last two beads to reinforce the weave. Return to the third bead. Thread a fourth bugle and pass the thread through the last two beads, then back into the fourth.
Continue by weaving a new group of bugles. Thread the first flugelhorn of the new group and pass through the hole in the first flugelhorn of the first group.
Add two Delica 11/0 beads to the border, then go into the second bugle and up into the third. Again, add two Delica 11/0 beads to the border and go to the fourth bugle, then to the first of the second group.
Weave the remaining three bugles in the second group. At the end, attach the first bugle of the third group, the Delica beads of the border, and then the other three bugles of the third group, repeating steps 3 to 5.
Add the Delica beads from the third group's border before starting to weave the fourth group. Once the four Bugles in the fourth group have been woven, pass through the first group of Bugles to connect the two groups and close the loop.
Move the thread through the beads to reach the other end of the thread. Tie a double knot and pass the thread back through the beads to hide it. Trim excess wire. Glue the nail in the center and wait 24 hours.
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