Make this quick-and-easy birthstone bracelet with peanut beads and bicone

crystals. Itll come together in time for your birthday bash, plus it makes
a great last-minute gift for all the other birthday girls on your calendar!
by Connie Whittaker
Substitute crystals for gemstones in a sparkling
special-occasion (your birthday!) bracelet
Crystal birthstone
bracelet
RIGHT-ANGLE WEAVE
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3 mm bicone crystal
2 x 4 mm peanut bead
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seed bead
FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2
stepbystep
[1] On 2 yd. (1.8 m) of thread, pick up
four 2 x 4 mm peanut beads. Tie the
beads into a ring with a square knot
(Online Beading Basics), leaving an 8-in.
(20 cm) tail, and sew through a few
more beads (figure 1, ab).
[2] Work in right-angle weave as
follows: Pick up three peanuts, and
sew through the bead your thread
exited in the previous stitch and the
first two beads picked up in this stitch
(bc). Repeat this stitch until the band
is the desired length minus the length
of your clasp (cd).
[3] Pick up four peanuts and a jump
ring attached to half of the clasp, and
sew through the bead your thread
exited in the previous stitch. Continue
through all the beads picked up in this
step (de).
[4] With the tail, repeat step 3 to attach
the other half of the clasp at the other
end of the band. End the tail (Online
Basics).
[5] With the working thread, pick up a
3 mm bicone crystal, an 110 seed bead,
and a 3 mm. Skip the next edge peanut,
and sew through the following peanut
(figure 2, ab). Repeat this stitch to the
end of the band (bc). Depending on
how many right-angle weave stitches
are in the band, your last embellishment
stitch will end by sewing through the
first peanut in the clasp loop (as in
figure 2, point c) or by sewing through
the last right-angle weave stitch (as in
figure 3, point c). If the latter, pick up
a 3 mm, and sew through the first
peanut in the clasp loop to complete
the embellishment.
[6] Sew through the clasp loop (figures 2
and 3, cd), and embellish the other
edge as a mirror image of the first edge
(de). End the thread. w
materials
bracelet 7
1
28 in. (19.120 cm)
76100 3 mm bicone crystals in your
birthstone color
5 g 2 x 4 mm peanut beads
1 g 110 seed beads
clasp with 2 attached 6 mm jump rings
Fireline 6 lb. test
beading needles, #12
DESIGNERS NOTES:
This bracelet would make a great
Mothers Day gift. Select the
appropriate crystal to represent
each child, and work a repeating
pattern that includes them all.
Dont want to use birthstone
colors? Use your favorite pairing
of crystals and peanut beads for
an everyday bracelet.
Connie Whittaker is
an associate editor at
Bead&Button magazine.
Email her at cwhittaker@
beadandbutton.com.
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To brush up on the Online
Beading Basics referenced in this
story (plus other techniques!), go to
www.BeadAndButton.com/Basics.
FIGURE 3
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Birthstone colors crystallized
Many traditional birthstones have direct crystal equivalents, but a few do not.
Find the crystal equivalent of your traditional birthstone below:
Month Birthstone Crystal color
January garnet garnet or Siam
February amethyst amethyst
March aquamarine aquamarine
April diamond crystal
May emerald emerald
June pearl light amethyst
July ruby ruby
August peridot peridot
September sapphire sapphire
October opal rose
November topaz/citrine topaz
December blue zircon blue zircon
January
February
March
May
June
July
April August
September
October
November
December
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