LEARN and CREATE – the flat brick stitch on a foundation of ladder stitch - part 2

CONTINUATION: the flat Brick Stitch

• to summarize, depending the end position of your thread, you alternate and go down through the top and then up through the bottom OR up through the bottom and then down through the top
• continue till you reach the desired width of your bracelet, in this case 7 beads
• as you work with an odd number of beads, you end up with the tail thread facing down and the working thread facing up

Weaving instructions for the flat brick stitch:

• round two: continue in color B, pick up a set of two beads and pass your needle beneath the thread in between the two beads below

• pass your needle up the bottom of the second bead of the set you just added
• note : you only add two beads at the initial of each round,

• pick up a bead and pass your needle beneath the thread connecting the two beads below

• pass your needle up the bottom the of bead you just added
• add a bead, pass your needle beneath the thread connecting the beads below
• tighten your thread, pass your needle up the bottom of the bead you added
• continue till the end of the row
• round three: turn your piece and continue in color C, pick up a set of two beads, pass your needle beneath the thread connecting the two beads below
• pass your needle up the bottom of the second bead of the set and tighten your thread
• continue adding one bead at a time till the end of the row
• round four: turn your workpiece and continue in color B
• round five: continue in color A

• play with the stripe pattern and possibly widen or change the stripes

• if you work with bigger beads, you may want to firm the edges of your workpiece by circling back through the first and second bead you added
• have fun !