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= 11/0 seed bead

= 3mm fire-polished bead

= 4mm fire-polished bead

= Color2 Chevron Duo

= Color1 Chevron Duo

MATERIALS: Bracelet
(for about a 6.75-inch band, not
including clasp)
•A  bout 2 yards of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 60 size 11/0 seed beads
• About 20 size 3mm fire-polished
beads (or most any 3mm bead)
• About 10 size 4mm fire-polished
beads (or most any 4mm bead)
• About 10 Color1 Matubo
Chevron Duo beads* STEP 1: Thread your needle with about two yards of FireLine (or
• About 10 Color2 Matubo start with a length that you are comfortable working with and add
Chevron Duo beads* more later).
• clasp
Leaving about a 10-inch tail for attaching your clasp, hold onto this tail
MATERIALS: Earrings thread and string a seed bead, a Color1 Chevron Duo bead, a Color2
•A  bout 4 feet of 6 lb. FireLine Chevron Duo bead, a seed bead, a 4mm fire-polished bead, a seed
• About 25 size 11/0 seed beads bead, a Color2 Chevron Duo bead and Color1 Chevron Duo bead:
• 8 size 3mm fire-polished beads
(or most any 3mm bead)
• 4 size 4mm fire-polished beads
(or most any 4mm bead)
NOTE: You will not be making
• 4 Color1 Matubo Chevron Duo
beads* a knot until Step 4 so keep the
• 4 Color2 Matubo Chevron Duo tension tight and hold onto this
beads* tail thread for now. Position the
• two small (2-4mm) closed jump Chevron Duo beads the way they
rings or two Beadsmith Remata appear in my illustrations as you
Cymbal elements (directions
add them.
included for using either)
• a pair of earring findings

*A
 ny or all Color1 or Color2
Chevron Duo beads can be More pictures and info on exact beads used in the photos is listed
substituted with Beadsmith’s
Chevron Duo Koudouro
at the end of the tutorial page on my website here:
Cymbal elements. https://www.aroundthebeadingtable.com/Tutorials/Chevron.html

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STEP 2: String a seed
bead, a 3mm fire-
polished bead, a seed
bead, a 3mm fire-
polished bead and a
seed bead.
Go around and down
through the right hole
of the Color1 Chevron
Duo and the Color2
Chevron Duo beads
that you just exited
(highlighted in RED):
STEP 4: String a seed You just finished the first
bead, a 3mm fire- Chevron Bracelet motif.
polished bead, a seed
STEP 7: To start the next
bead and a 3mm fire-
motif, string a 3mm fire-
polished bead. Grab
polished bead, a seed
your tail thread and tie
bead, a Color1 Chevron
a tight double knot:
Duo bead, a Color2
Chevron Duo bead, a
seed bead, a 4mm fire-
polished bead, a seed
bead, a Color2 Chevron
Duo bead and Color1
Chevron Duo bead:
STEP 8: String a seed
bead, a 3mm fire-
polished bead, a seed
bead, a 3mm fire-
polished bead and a
seed bead.
Go around and down
through the left hole
of the Color1 Chevron
Duo and the Color2
Chevron Duo beads
that you just exited
(highlighted in RED):

STEP 5: Go back around

through the beads
highlighted in RED:

STEP 3: String a seed

bead, a 4mm fire-
polished bead and
a seed bead.
Go down through the
right hole of the Color2
Chevron Duo and
the Color1 Chevron
Duo beads below
(highlighted in RED): STEP 6: Go back up
through the beads
highlighted in RED so
that you are exiting from
the topmost seed bead:

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STEP 9: String a seed
bead, a 4mm fire-
polished bead and
a seed bead.
Go down through the
left hole of the Color2
Chevron Duo and
the Color1 Chevron
Duo beads below
(highlighted in RED):
STEP 10: String a seed
bead and a 3mm fire-
polished bead. Go
across through the
bottom seed bead
highlighted in RED:
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STEP 11: Go back You just finished STEP 14: Repeat Step 7
around through the the second Chevron to Step 13 until your
beads highlighted Bracelet motif. band is the length you
in RED: want it, minus the
STEP 13: Flip the
length of your clasp and
bracelet over so that
about a half-inch:
you are exiting from the
right side of the topmost
seed bead and can
continue to follow the
directions as written:
STEP 12: Go back
up through the beads
highlighted in RED so
that you are exiting from
the topmost seed bead:
NOTE: You can add
more beads when you
attach the clasp to make
your bracelet longer.
STEP 15: To attach your
clasp, string three seed
beads.
Go through your clasp
and back through the
last seed bead that you
just strung:
NOTE: To make your
band longer, just add
more seed beads—
or a combination of
seed beads and 3mm
beads—than directed in
this step and the next.
STEP 16: String two
more seed beads.
Go back across through
the seed bead that
you exited earlier
(highlighted in RED):
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STEP 17: Go back
around through the
Earring Version using
beads highlighted Closed Jump Ring
in RED and the clasp
several times:
Weave into the band,
knot in several places
and then cut your
thread.
STEP 18: To attach the
clasp to the other end
of your band, thread
your needle with the tail
thread from Step 1.
STEP 1: Thread your needle with about two feet
Go up through the 3mm
of FireLine.
bead and seed bead
highlighted in RED: Leaving about a 6-inch tail that you can weave in
and cut later, hold onto this tail thread and string a
seed bead, a Color1 Chevron Duo bead, a Color2
Chevron Duo bead, a seed bead, a 4mm fire-
polished bead, a seed bead, a Color2 Chevron Duo
bead and Color1 Chevron Duo bead:
NOTE: You will not be making
a knot until Step 4 so keep the
tension tight and hold onto this
Repeat Steps 15-17. tail thread for now. Position the
Chevron Duo beads the way they
appear in my illustrations as you
add them.
STEP 2: String a seed
bead, a 3mm fire-
polished bead, two
seed beads, a 3mm
fire-polished bead
and a seed bead.
Go around and down
through the right hole
of the Color1 Chevron
Duo and the Color2
Chevron Duo beads
that you just exited
(highlighted in RED):
STEP 4: String a seed STEP 6: String a seed STEP 7: Go back
bead, a 3mm fire- bead. around through the
polished bead, a seed beads highlighted in
Go around through
bead and a 3mm fire- RED and the jump ring:
your jump ring and
polished bead. Grab
then back down through
your tail thread and tie
the seed bead that you
a tight double knot:
just added (highlighted
in RED):

STEP 5: Go back around Weave back into the

through the beads earring, knot and cut
highlighted in RED: your thread.
Attach your earring
finding to your jump
ring.
STEP 3: String a seed
bead, a 4mm fire-
polished bead and
a seed bead.
Go down through the
right hole of the Color2
Chevron Duo and
the Color1 Chevron
Duo beads below
(highlighted in RED):

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 Earring Version using STEP 2: String a seed
bead and a 3mm fire-
STEP 4: String a seed
bead, a 3mm fire-
Remata Cymbal element polished bead. Go polished bead, a seed
through the bottom hole bead and a 3mm fire-
of a Remata Cymbal polished bead. Grab
element. your tail thread and tie
a tight double knot:
String a 3mm fire-
polished bead and a
seed bead. Go around
and down through the
right hole of the Color1
Chevron Duo and the
Color2 Chevron Duo
beads that you just
exited (highlighted
in RED):

STEP 5: Go back
around through the
beads highlighted in
RED and the Remata
Cymbal element:

STEP 1: Thread your needle with about two feet

of FireLine.
STEP 3: String a seed
Leaving about a 6-inch tail that you can weave in bead, a 4mm fire-
and cut later, hold onto this tail thread and string a polished bead and
seed bead, a Color1 Chevron Duo bead, a Color2 a seed bead.
Chevron Duo bead, a seed bead, a 4mm fire-
polished bead, a seed bead, a Color2 Chevron Duo Go down through the
bead and Color1 Chevron Duo bead: right hole of the Color2
Chevron Duo and
the Color1 Chevron
Duo beads below
(highlighted in RED):
Weave back into the
earring, knot and cut
your thread.
Attach your earring
finding to your jump
ring.

NOTE: You will not be making a knot until Step 4

so keep the tension tight and hold onto this tail
thread for now. Position the Chevron Duo beads
the way they appear in my illustrations as you
add them.

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