« Dancing rectangles » is a 6 mm large, slender bracelet that will charm young and old alike. Like the basic ladder stitch, « Dancing rectangles » is an easy beginner's project, but you will work with two beads at a time instead of one bead. If you are not familiar with the https://dunebeads.com/en/learn-and-create-the-flat-brick-stitch-on-a-foundation-of-ladder-stitch-part-1, try it out first. It will give you a good understanding of the thread path you will use here.
Challenge:
Understanding the thread path and controlling the thread tension. Too much tension and the top beads sit askew, too little and the beads do not line up nicely.
Supplies for the “Dancing rectangles” bracelet:
- 11/0 Japanese Miyuki Delica beads
- S-lon thread or polyethylene (fishing line), John James needles # 10 or #12
- clasp (optional), scissors and a bead mat
Weaving instructions for the “Dancing rectangles” bracelet:
- take a comfortable length of thread
- pick up 4 Delicas and circle back till your thread sits on the same side as the tail thread
- pick up 2 Delicas and circle back till you end at the top of the row you added
- pick up 4 Delicas and go DOWN through the outer stack of two beads you just exited
- you have put a square on top of your rectangle
- pass your needle UP through the two preceding beads and also through the closest two beads of the four you put on top
- go DOWN with your needle through the outer two Delicas
- to complete the rectangle : pick up 2 Delicas, circle back DOWN through the preceding set of two and go UP through the two last beads
- note : you always work with pairs
SEE - part 2
