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Hi this is Megan with Beadaholique.com and today I'm going to show you how
to make a beaded bead using Preciosa twin beads or
what I like to call a twin bead
beaded bead.
So what we'll need
to make
this beaded bead is
twin beads
and
some thread. I'm using wildfire and I'm using the .008 inch. It's
a
little bit thicker one of the
sizes that we offer.
It will help keep your bead nice and sturdy and
so that it doesn't cave in.
You'll also need
two
beading needles. I'm using size 10
and then a pair of scissors or a Thread Zap.
So start with
about three feet
of thread.
You're going to thread
each end
into a beading needle.
Now as you're working
on this bead
it's really important
to keep your left and your right needles
clear and not flip your work over. So try to keep your work flat and try to
like put to down and pull the needle to one side and pull the needle to other side.
It'll be less confusing if you keep track of which side is which.
We're going to be making
the bead just like this and it's got this little
five bead
flower
sections
that's making up bead.
So just keep that in mind that every time we're making a section we're gonna
end up with five beads a section.
So to begin
pick up five beads
on the right-hand needle
pull it down to about the middle
and then take your left hand needle and go through
the last bead
and make sure you go into the same hole since the beads do have two holes
and just pull that tight.
You'll see that that is one of those
little flower shaped five bead sections that we're going to work.
After you make each section you're gonna need to move from
that first
set of holes
to the second set of holes and you'll do that by just taking
the right needle through the top hole
to the left and then a left needle
through the top hole
to the right
and pull that nice in tight. You want to keep your work tight to keep your bead
nice and strong
when you're done.
So as you go make sure that you pull it
not so tight that you
break anything but
just keep it really snug.
Now we're gonna build another
five bead set off of
this end bead
which means we only need to add four because we already have one here
that we're going to include.
So go ahead and pick up
four beads on your right needle
and then use your left needle
again to go through the last bead
and the second one
and then you're gonna go
through the next
set of holes in that bead.
Pull it nice and tight.
Now we're going to build
another
group of five beads.
We're going to use
this bead and this one next to it that's loose that's sticking out. So you're going to take your
left needle
and go through that next bead
to join both of those points together.
So now you have two beads starting that little loop. We're only adding three more
this time
and put those three on your own right needle and then take your left needle through
the last one.
And then
move over to the other set of holes on that last bead.
You can see that there's
three connected
groups of the little set of five there.
And again you're gonna take your left needle
and go through the next bead
to connect those two
together.
With those two there you're gonna add three more to complete the set of five
onto the right
onto the right needle
and then bring your left needle through the last one.
Move out to the next set of holes.
Pull it nice and tight.
Again take your left needle
and go
through the next
bead to the left.
Then three more beads to finish that group of five.
Go through the last one with your left needle.
Then when you bring your thread
through the next hole on that bead
this time we're gonna do something a little different we're going to complete
the top half of the bead
and bring it into a
concave shape.
So this time once you have that pulled tight
instead of going through
just the one bead
next to it we're going to go through two
beads next to that one there.
Then since we have three beads on that
strand we're gonna only add two more
onto your right needle
and as always pick up
the last bead with the left needle.
Now when you pull it tight
you can see that it gathers it up.
It's not going to lat flat anymore.
Put your needles through the
next hole in that bead
and pull tight.
We're gonna make the next one
by going through the next group by going through one bead to the left.
Pick up three beads
to finish that group there.
And go through the last one with the left needle.
Bring your needles through that other set of holes in that bead
and pull it tight.
So we're going to take our left needle and go through the next
two beads to the left.
Then you only need to add
two more because you have three
already started.
So pick up the last one with the left needle
and move to the next set of holes.
Then again with the left needle go through the next
two beads to the left
with the right needle pickup
two more beads complete the group of five.
Pick up the last one with the left needle
and move out to the next set of holes.
And again
pickup
the next two beads to the left with your left hand needle.
Add two more beads with the right needle
catch the last one with your left needle.
Move out to the next set of holes on that bead.
Pull that tight.
This time we're going to go through the next three beads to the left
which gives us four beads all ready for the next
group. So we only need to add one with right hand needle.
Then go through it was also with the left hand needle.
Move to the outside is that bead.
When you pull that tight you can see you actually
already have all the beads
here for your last group of five. So all we're gonna do
is go through them with the thread to connect them.
So take your right hand needle
and string right through
all those
empty holes there.
Then take your left needle
and go back through
just the last one.
When you pull that tight
you see that's how you
a beaded bead using twin beads.
Then you'll go back in and tie off your thread
and weave it in
which you can see how to do in-depth in our video how to tie off and
start new thread in bead weaving.
That's
how you make twin bead
beaded bead.
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