Lashed Wrap Bracelet with Green Serpentine Gemstone Beads, Autumn Jasper Gemstone Beads and Antiqued Brass-Finished "Pewter" Button
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Design Idea E785
-- Designer --
Alice Gershowitz, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead, autumn jasper (natural), 4mm round, C grade, Mohs hardness 6-1/2 to 7
- Bead, autumn jasper (natural), 6mm round, C grade, Mohs hardness 6-1/2 to 7
- Bead, autumn jasper (natural), 8mm round, C grade, Mohs hardness 6-1/2 to 7
- Bead, green serpentine (natural), 4mm round, C grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 6
- Bead, green serpentine (natural), 6mm round, C grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 6
- Bead, green serpentine (natural), 8mm round, C grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 6
- Button, antique brass-plated "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), 18mm single-sided corrugated round
- Cord, leather (dyed), brown, 2mm round
- Needle mix, Wide-Eye Needle™, flexible, nickel-plated carbon steel, #16, 1-1/2 to 5 inches with dual end-points
- Sketch board, tempered Masonite® / steel / rubber, white and black, 16-1/2 x 15-1/2 inch single-sided gridded rectangle
- Thread, Purely Silk™, 3-ply, chestnut, size FF
Instructions
Step 1
Using scissors cut one 96-inch length of brown 2mm leather cord and one 6-foot length of Purely Silk™ chestnut size FF thread.
Note: It may be necessary to knot/tie off your thread and start with a fresh length during this process.
Step 2
String onto one end of the leather cord one antiqued brass-finished 18mm button. Position the button so it sits in the center of the leather cord then pass one end of the cord down through an adjacent hole.
Pass the cord up through the diagonal hole then down through the last hole.
Step 3
Double the length of thread and place the center around the two lengths of cord, close to the base of the button, tie an overhand knot.
Gather the strands of leather cord and thread and tie an overhand knot to secure the strands together. Place a small amount of G-S Hypo cement to secure the knot.
Step 4
Secure the button end of the strands to a sketch board.
Thread a needle onto the opposite end of each thread.
Step 5
Separate the strands of leather cord and bring each strand of thread around the outside of its corresponding strand of cord. Pass the needle on each side through the hole on one green serpentine 4mm round in the opposite directions then pull the threads tight.
Wrap the two strands of thread around the outside of their new corresponding leather cord strands.
Continue this process adding a total of five serpentine 4mm rounds and lashing the thread around each side of the cord.
Step 6
Continue to lash one serpentine 6mm round. Wrap the two strand of thread around the outside of their corresponding leather cord then pass the needles back through the hole a second time creating a double lash.
Tip: This may be a good area to tie of the end of thread strands and connect additional strands. If desired, add a small amount of G-S Hypo cement to secure.
Step 7
Continue to lash the following:
- Two serpentine 6mm rounds
- Three serpentine 8mm rounds
- Two serpentine 6mm rounds
- Double lash one serpentine 6mm round
Step 8
Repeat Steps 5 - 7 to create a total of two sets.
Step 9
Continue to lash:
- Three autumn jasper 6mm rounds
- Three autumn jasper 8mm rounds
- Double lash one autumn jasper 6mm round
- Two autumn jasper 6mm rounds
- Five autumn jasper 4mm rounds
Repeat Steps 9 to create a total of two sets.
Step 10
Continue to lash:
- Three autumn jasper 6mm rounds
- Three autumn jasper 8mm rounds
- Three autumn jasper 6mm rounds
- Two autumn jasper 4mm rounds
- Three serpentine 4mm rounds
- Three serpentine 6mm rounds
- Double lash one serpentine 8mm round
- Two serpentine 8mm rounds
- Three serpentine 6mm rounds
- Five serpentine 4mm rounds
- Three serpentine 6mm rounds
- Three serpentine 8mm rounds
- Four serpentine 6mm rounds
- Five serpentine 4mm rounds
- Three serpentine 6mm rounds
- One autumn jasper 8mm round
- Double lash one autumn jasper 8mm round
- One autumn jasper 8mm round
- Three autumn jasper 6mm rounds
- Five autumn jasper 4mm rounds
- Three autumn jasper 6mm rounds
- Three autumn jasper 8mm rounds
- Three autumn jasper 6mm rounds
- Five autumn jasper 4mm rounds
- Three autumn jasper 6mm rounds
- One autumn jasper 8mm rounds
- Double lash one autumn jasper 8mm round
- One autumn jasper 8mm rounds
- Three autumn jasper 6mm rounds
Step 11
Continue to lash:
- Five serpentine 4mm rounds
- One serpentine 6mm rounds
- Double lash one serpentine 6mm round
- One serpentine 6mm rounds
- Three serpentine 8mm rounds
- Three serpentine 6mm rounds
Repeat to create a total of two sets.
Step 12
Continue to lash six serpentine 4mm rounds.
Step 13
Tie an overhand knot to secure the strands together. Place a small amount of G-S Hypo cement to secure the knot.
Step 14
Measure approximately 1 inch from the previous knot and tie a second overhand knot. Place a small amount of G-S Hypo cement to secure the knot. Trim excess cord and thread.
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