Waltz of snowflakes

Difficulty: 3
Technique: Basic Beadweaving, Weaving around

Set of snow white accessories made from PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads™

We will probably never cease to wonder at the beauty of snowflakes. They have inspired artists and scientists who have called them tiny wonders of infinite beauty, icy flowers or letters from heaven. You can use this tutorial to create your own snowflakes which will never melt and will adorn you like a winter landscape. Create earrings, a bracelet and a pendant which you can hang on a chain or key chain. You can choose the color scheme for the icy beauty from the wide color range of beads and seed beads available from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads™ brand. We wish you many ideas and much enjoyment when working with the beads and seed  beads from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads™ brand. 

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Olga Haserodt

Olga Haserodt was born in the Russian town of Astrakhan, but she has lived with her family in Germany for more than ten years. She came to love handcrafts during her childhood thanks to the influence of her mother and grandmother.

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Materials & Tools

Other materials and tools

Earring hooks; a bracelet fasteing; a pendant metal part
a nylon line (0.12 mm); a long thin needle; scissors; needle nose pliers

Procedure

The earrings, pendant
Repeat the procedure 3x. Create a pair of earrings and a pendant.

Step 1

String 1x R, 1x FP and 1x Th, thread the line around and through it twice, emerge at the rocaille and tighten.

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Step 2

String 1x R, 3x Th and 1x R, thread the line through the already strung Thorn, string 1x R, 3x Th and 1x R and thread the line through the
initial rocaille.

2

Step 3

String 1x FP and 1x R and thread the line back through the fire polished bead to the original rocaille.

3

Step 4

String 5x R and thread the line through the rocaille added in the previous step. 

4

Step 5

String 5x R and thread the line through the initial rocaille and then thread the line through the rocaille added in Step 4 once again and emerge with the line from the top rocaille from Step 3.

5

Step 6

String 1x FP and 1x R and thread the line back through the fire polished bead to the previous top rocaille.

6

Step 7

String 5x R, thread the line through the rocaille from Step 6, string 5x R, thread the line through the top rocaille from the previous sewing
around the fire polished bead and thread it through the FP and the R added in Step 6.

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Step 8

String 3x R, the earring fastening and 3x R and thread the line out through the top rocaille.

8

Step 9

Thread the line around through all of the outer rocailles and Thorns one more time in order to reinforce the earring. Tighten and finish. 

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The bracelet

Step 1

String 1x R, 1x FP and 1x R, then thread the line back to the FP and through the other side to the first R.

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Step 2

String 5x R, thread the line through the lower R, string 5x R and thread the line through the original R.

2

Step 3

String 1x FP and 1x R, return to the FP and the rocaille from which you started this step.

3

Step 4

String 1x R, 3x Th and 1x R, thread the line through the top rocaille, string 1x R, 3x Th and 1x R and thread the line through the starting rocaille.

4

Step 5

String 1x FP and 1x R, return to the FP and the rocaille from which you started this step.

5

Step 6

String 5x R, thread the line through the rocaille from Step 5, string 5x R, thread the line through the initial rocaille and through the FP and R added in Step 5.

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Step 7

String 1x FP and 1x R, return to the FP and the rocaille from which you started this step. String 5x R, thread the line through the top rocaille, string 5x R, thread the line through the starting rocaille and through the FP and the top rocaille.

7

Step 8

Repeat Steps 1 - 7 until you reach the required length of the bracelet.

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Step 9

Additionally string 3x R, an oval with an attached carabiner and 3x R to the last top rocaille and thread the line through the starting rocaille and then around once again. Then thread the line through one entire side of the bracelet up to the other end (through all
the outer rocailles and Thorns) and emerge from the top rocaille at the other end.

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Step 10

Additionally string 3x R, an oval with anattached ring and 3x R to the top rocaille and thread the line through the starting rocaille and then around once again. At the end, thread the line through the entire second side of the bracelet, through all of the outer rocailles and Thorns, in order to strengthen the bracelet. Tighten the stringing, sew in the line and cut off any excess.

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