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Hi this Megan with Beadaholique.com and today I'm going to show you
how to make a beaded macrame wrap bracelet
with the beads on the outside. So this is one of our exclusive kits. We have them
in a couple of different colors. There are two different versions
of our beaded macrame wrap bracelet kits, there is a version with the beads
along the inside and then there's this version with the beads along the
outside
so comes in your kit is
a spool of waxed linen
cord, a tube of size
8/0 seed beads and a button and I'm just going to show you one of the colors
today. I'm going to show you the black and white one. I feel like the contrast
gonna is going to be a little bit easier to see. So some of the additional
things that you will need is a pair of scissors, you need a ruler and then
you're going to need some way to secure your
work to your work surface. You can either
use a macrame board which is a really helpful
tool that we do sell at Beadaholique.com or you can also use a clipboard or you
can
tape your work to your table which is what I'm going to do. So I'm taping this to
the table because
this is just a messy work table as you can see. If you are worry about damaging
the finish of your table
please don't tape onto it. So your
supplies that you get in the kit will allow you to make
your bracelet wrap around as many times as you like. You can do a single wrap, a
double wrap, a triple wrap
you could probably do four. So you want to first decide
how many times you want to wrap around. So this example that I have here
is a double wrap, it wraps twice and then there's a
little formula that you're going to use to figure out how long you need to cut
your cords
so the first thing you're going to do is
decide your wrist measurement. So if it's for you can measure your wrist
or if you want to offer standard sizes, standard women's bracelets usually
seven to eight inches
but what you wanna do is
measure your wrist and add half an inch or use a standard size
multiply your wrist measurement
so either your plus half an inch
or seven or 8 and multiply it by the number of wraps
so for me I have a 6 inch wrist
I want my bracelet to be six and an half inches. So for
a single wrap that would just be six-and-a-half, for a double
it would be thirteen and so on. Then you're going to subtract
an inch for the clasp. So
for me I'm going to just go ahead and roundup
to 6 inches even though subtracting an inch would give me an five and an half
I just like to have a little bit of extra thread. So make it a nice round number
and then we're going to measure our cord
the first piece of cord you want to cut is gonna be ten times
the number that you've come up with
I'm going to use six inches to make it a nice standard 7 inch
bracelet. So I need sixty inches
which is just five feet
for me it's faster to just measure 3
4, 5 feet
If your ever not sure
cut more. You can't add new thread on in this
If you're ever unsure how much to cut just cut extra
so then you're going to want a piece that is four times
the measurement plus one foot. So I need 24 inches
just two feet plus one foot
take
both of those pieces of cord and I'm going to slide the button on
this button has a shank I'm just gonna slide it right through the shank
if you're using a button that doesn't have a shank, all you're going to do is
put the cords up through one hole and back down to the second
so
take the cords through and what you want to do is
you want your button to be at the center
point on both cords
you can take them individually, make sure that that button is at the center
line them up in a nice flat
row with the
longer cords to the outside and then holding it in that row
you're just going to tie an overhand knot in four cords
loop around and pass the button through
you want to pull that knot to about half an inch below the button
and pull it tight
then you're going to take your longer cords
and pull them to the outside and put your shorter cords
in the middle and this is the point where you're going to either
use a macrame board or a clip board or
tape your work down to your table
I'm just going to put my button face-down and tape across the whole
thing
I'm putting it face down because I don't wanna leave
tape residue on my surface of the button
but it would come off, it's not that big of a deal. You want to
get it nice and secure and tape all the way down to the knot
but don't tape below the edges of the knot because you want your macrame knotting
to start right at the end of that knot
and now we're going to make macrame square knots
and there are many names for this, it's the same thing as a cobra knot
so if you're familiar with that that's going to be exactly the same thing
first take your left string
on the outside and pass it underneath
the two centers strands
then you're going to take you're right outside strand and pass it
underneath this one that we just brought over
continuing to hold onto the right strand pass it over
the center and through the loop on the left
and your kit does come with illustrated instructions if you find it easier to
look at a still
illustration and my hands won't be in the way of those
tighten that knot all the way up until it sits snuggly against your overhand knot
that's half of a square knot. Every square knot has two halves, so that's half
and then the next time you're going to do similar thing but we're going to go
the opposite, instead of going underneath our center strands, we're going to go
over our center strands with the left cord
take the right cord bring it over
that piece we just moved, under
the center strands and up through the loop
pull that tight, make sure your center strand
is still straight, don't get twisted
pull that tight, that is one square knot
you have to alternate starting your left cord going under and
and over to get your square knots to stay nice and flat
if you just keep going under or just keep going over they will twist
so we're going to do another square knot next, so you take your left cord
under the center, take the right cord
under that, over the center
and through the loop
to finish that knot take your left cord
over the center, take the right cord over that
under the center
and through the loop
Now we're going to start adding beads. So you make
two square knots and then you start adding your beads. I'm going to use the corner of
the bead mat so my beads don't fly everywhere
going to grab your outside long cords
slide one of the beads
onto each one of your outside longer cords
pull them up
all the way next to the knotting and I'm just going to continue
to make another square knot. So under, under
over and through
and when you pull that tight it's gonna pull
those beads right
down flat up against the center and finish your square knot
over, over
under and through up
tighten that up and that's your first bead section
we're going to do beads between each square knot
now I'm going to add another bead onto each of my outside strands
and
pull them up next to enough the knot
I'm going to make a square knot going under, under
over and through
and then over, over, under
and through
I wanna show you once more. Add a bead on
each of the outside strands, slide them up to the knot
and make a square knot, so under
under, over and through
over, over, under
and through
you're gonna continue in exactly that way
until you've reached your desired length and at the end
instead of doing one square knot you're going to do two. So here I have
my bracelet. I'm just gonna do a single wrap for the purposes of this demonstration
and so I have measured that I have
from my overhand knot to my last
knot here I have the
desired wrist measurement that I want minus an inch for
the clasp. I'll do my second
square knot after the beads
and then I'm going to do my clasp. I'm actually
just going to move my tape up
you may need to if your gonna do a double or a triple wrap, you may need to move
your tape and it's okay to put tape across your cord and your beads if you need to
just make sure you're using like a masking tape that's gonna come off and not like duct
tape
So you should have a decent amount
of cord left at the bottom. I have about a foot on all of my strands and that's great
we're going to make a loop for the button to go into like a toggle clasp
and we're going to do that using half hitch knots
so I'm going to for now just work with the right
hand side of my cords. So I have the right center
and the right outer cord and I'm going to
make a half hitch knot. It's a very simple knot. Make the outside cord
lay flat, take the inside cord and you're gonna make a number four
It looks like a number four bringing it
over that cord, then all you do is
take this tail and go through the loop
and pull that up
snug to the top
you going to continue and you don't wanna alternate going under and over
just overt Make that number four and bring the tail through
you wanna just keep going. These knots will tend to
twist around
I'm going to go ahead and tape over my piece instead
That'll hold a little better. These knots do to tend to twist around
as you tie them so you just want to
go back in and move them
back into place. The good thing about the waxed linen is it's very moldable
you're going to want a piece of knotting
that's about an inch and a half long. You can go back and kind of pull
your knotting out a little bit. You don't wanna see gaps
but as long as its solid you can kind of spread it a little bit and get it
to lay nice and flat
and
I am switching to my left hand a little bit. I am able to do that if you're not
just wanna be pulling it across
to that side. I love to keep the knotted part to the center
and the soft loop part to the outside. It makes it turn nicer because
we're gonna turn that into a loop
once you get your knots to be an inch-and-a-half
from that last macrame knot
to the last half hitch knot we're to
fold that in half
curve it around. Go ahead and
untape that from the table. We want to
check and make sure that our button is going to fit
so fold that around and
bring these two cords we've been knotting with
to lay parallel to our macrame knots and just
that in place with your thumb
tightly and check to make sure that it's gonna fit and it will
next
take that center cord that's
sticking out that way, bring it to the left, then you have this other cord to
the right
now we're going to tie a surgeon's knot to hold that in place
set that down. Surgeon's knot is just like tying a regular knot
which should be like that. Instead you're going to take
this side and loop it through one more time, pull that
down across all the cords and pull it really tight
take
the cords from our loop and wrap them behind
and back over so that we keep our knots on the same side
we're going to make another surgeons knot, so again just going to
bring the cord through
and then bring it around bring it through the loop more time
pull that one really tight also
it's just going to give you a clean finish on one side
just going to wrap and both of your knots are around this side. Pull those knots really tight
the waxed linen is nice. The sticky
nature of it is going to hold those knots really securely
so you don't need to glue them the way that you would
with other kind of cord. I'm going to trim
you wanna trim close to your knots but not right on top of
them. You want to get them probably about a sixteenth of an inch and then
where they stick out again that waxed linen is nice and sticky. You can just
mash them down and they disappear just like that
and that's how you make the loop that you use to close your bracelet
Put your button through the loop
to close it. That's how you make a beaded macrame wrap bracelet with the
beads on the outside.
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