Jewelry: Alternating Cellini Spiral Bead Bracelet

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Alternating Cellini Spiral Bead Bracelet Pattern

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Category:

Jewelry

Type:

Bracelet

Skill Level:

Beginner

Basic Skills Necessary:

Knowledge of Peyote Stitch will be helpful but not necessary.
You will need to know how to tie half hitch knots and tie in new thread.

Pattern Description:

This alternating Zig-Zagging Cellini Sprial Bracelet was inspired from pieces I saw with small sections of the zig-zagging (or mitered?) Cellini done and I wanted to figure out how to make it into a full bracelet. My instructions include the beads I used and the way I did it but I'm sure there are other/better ways of doing this. It is very simple, especially if you already know how to bead a Cellini spiral; you just switch directions to create the "V"s. I included step-by-step instructions for those of you who don't already know how to bead the spiral or just beginning with bead weaving. My blog link includes some other sites I found with this stitch along with the flat version.

Materials:

3 grams Miyuki Round size 15/0 Silver Lined Capri Blue #15-25
3 grams Miyuki Round size 15/0 Crystal Transparent AB #15-250
5 grams Miyuki Round size 11/0 Opaque White #11-402
5 grams Miyuki Round size 11/0 Silver Lined Sapphire #11-19F
10 grams Miyuki Round size 8/0 Silver Lined Matte Cobalt Blue # 8-20F
1 gram Miyuki Round size 11/0 Silver lined Matte Cobalt Blue #11-20F or similar to blue 8/0
6 grams Miyuki Round Duracoat Galvanized OR 3MM AB clear Czech Fire Polish Silver #8-4201
1 gram Miyuki Round size 11/0 Duracoat Galvanized Silver #11-4201 OR Silver lined Crystal #11-1 if using clear fire polish
Clasp

You Will Also Need:

Bead Mat, Scissors, Beading needle, Nymo D thread and wax or FireLine