30 BEAD DESIGN

30 Bead Design

Materials:

30 beads of any shape and size (just be sure the hole in the bead is big enough for the cord to pass through twice  and use any type of bead )

good quality nylon cord

bit of glue

Instructions:

1-Cut 20 inches of cord and double it over so the ends meet and string 5 beads onto the left end/side of the tail.

2-Thread the right end of the cord through the 5th bead in the opposite direction that the left tail is going-I call this a 'cross'.

3-Pull the two ends snug so it makes a star in the middle of your bead cluster.

4-String 4 beads onto the left tail.

5-But on the 4th bead thread the right tail through in the opposite direction that the left tail is going.

6- Notice how the cord looks like it is going through two beads side by side.

7-String 3 beads onto the left tail and cross the right tail through the 3rd bead.

8-String the right tail through the bead directly to the right of it again.

9-Repeat the last three steps two more times so that you will have a total of 4 clusters around your central star at this point.

10-Now run your right tail through the two beads to the right of the bead where the right tail comes out and string 2 beads onto the left tail.

11-Cross the right tail through the 2nd bead and pull the two ends snug. This completes the top half of the bead, making sort of a dome shape.

12-The right tail goes through the bead just next to it.

13-String 3 beads onto the left tail.

14-Right tail goes through the 3rd bead, making the cross.

15-Now this time, the right tail goes through two beads to the right of it.

16-String 2 beads on the left tail.

17-Right tail crosses through the second bead.

18-Repeat the last the last three steps two more times!

19-String the remaining bead on the left tail.

 20-The left tail with the bead on it goes across and through the bead on the left, then it keeps going through the remaining 3 beads in the cluster of 5. Same goes for the right tail except it goes through the right side, opposite the left. Remember that the cord should make a triangle at each bead junction and the cord must pass through each bead twice. Tie the tails in a knot where they meet up.

21-Trim the ends and dot the knot with some glue to secure.