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Photo above by Martin Konopacki
© 2010 NanC
Meinhardt Studio, LLC
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Workshop
Very Tailored Bracelet
PREREQUISITE: MUST KNOW SINGLE-NEEDLE RIGHT-ANGLE WEAVE
WITH ONE BEAD ON EACH SIDE OF THE SQUARE.
SKILL
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED
NanC Meinhardt
has designed a challenge for you in her “Very
Tailored Bracelet.” The end result is a bracelet
that is easy to wear and will fit nicely into your wardrobe. NanC, the
originator of “free-form right-angle weave,”
leaves her intuitive nature behind for this tailored design. You will use
tubular right-angle weave and a diagonal pattern that changes direction
several times within the bracelet, to accomplish this deceivingly
simple-looking piece. Bring your knowledge of right-angle weave to class,
and explore a new technique to add to your repertoire.
Supply List
The Very Tailored Bracelet can be made in size 14/15, 11, or 8 seed
beads. You can also use size 10 triangle seed beads. My supply list is not
a must-have list. Rather it is a list of suggestions. I have made this
bracelet with one color alternated with a “bead soup” making up the second
color. I also made one using as many as seven different colors, all the
colors being in the same-size seed bead. The following list are the colors
I used in yet another “Very Tailored Bracelet."
For this one I
used size 14/15 seed beads, though you may also use the same color
selections with size 11 seed beads.
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20 grams of color A seed
bead. This color is one of the diagonal stripes in the bracelet.
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20 grams of a mix of colors
for color B, which is the other diagonal stripe in the bracelet
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Color A: approximately 20
grams of size 14/15 460A seed beads
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Color B: approximately 20
grams of size 14/15 seed beads of the following colors to make a mix or
“soup” of beads:
318Q,
648, 552, 21A, matte 457, 462A, 274C (a cut bead from
Toho), 637, 459D
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4 lb. test Fireline if you
are using size 14/15 seed beads, 6 lb. test if using other size beads
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Size 12 beading needles if
using size 14/15 seed beads, size 11 or 12 beading needles if using
other size beads
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Beeswax or micro wax
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Snaps or pants closure
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Magnifying visor or glasses
(not optional)
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Small scissors
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Beading surface
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