Bead Ring tutorial


This tutorial calls for some beading experience and is not recommended as your first beadwork. About two to three hours is needed to complete the ring.


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Phase 1:

Make a ring of six seed beads. Hint: leave 6 to 8 inches extra thread at the beginning. It will come in handy later (in Phase 10) and you'll be able to complete the work using only one length of thread!





Phase 2:

Add faceted beads between each pair of seed beads. Make a three bead picot at the end of each faceted bead.


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Phase 3:

Add a faceted bead between the base beads of each two adjacent picot.


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Phase 4:

Add five seed beads between the top beads of each two adjacent picot.


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Phase 5:

In each row of five, make a picot at each middle bead. Alternating with this, add a facetedbead/seedbead combination at the top beads of each picot made in Phase 3. See the illustration!


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Phase 6:

Add three seed beads between eachpicot and facetedbead/seedbead combination. Note: tighten the thread slightly in this phase to make the workpiece somewhat convex. This will make the completed ring look and fit better on your finger.


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Phase 7:

Next, we'll make an extentions that will also serve as connecting point for the ring itself. Start at a faceted bead. At every second seed bead, make a picot, facetedbead/seedbead combination, facetedbead/seedbead combination, facetedbead/seedbead combination, and a picot. Again, see the illustration! These are not the easiest things to explain in words...


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Phase 8:

Continue with making three picots in counter-clockwise direction at every fourth seed bead.


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Phase 9:

Repeate phases 7 and 8 on the other half of the circumference.


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Phase 10:

Now complete the extensions by adding three seed beads between top seeds of adjacent picot and facetedbead/seedbead combination, and two adjacent facetedbead/seedbead combinations. Repeat on the other end of the workpiece. (You can now make use of the extra thread you have in the beginning end by routing it thru the workpiece and using it on the other side.)


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This completes the crown of the ring. Next thing you will need to do is the ring. We'll use Peyote technique.


Phase 11:

Add a seed bead on top of every second bead, four beads in total (see illustration!). Repeat on the opposite edge.


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Phase 12:

Add four seed beads to fill the empty places between the seed beads added in previous phase. Repeate on the opposite edge.


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Phase 13:

This illustration shows the next round of threads, sewn in using the familiar Peyote technique. Continue with alternating phases 12 and 13 until the length is suitable to make the ring fit your finger.


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Phase 14:

Once the size is good, you will need to connect the ends. To make the seam neat and invisible, the two ends must be in matching (opposite) phases (see the illustration!). Use one of the threads to stitch the two ends together, tighten, and end the threads.


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Congratulations! You have completed your bead ring!


This tutorial and the ring design demonstrated herein are the property of Saturnuksen Koru ja Koriste. You are welcome to make rings for yourself or as a present but not for sale. Thank you for appreciating!