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Monday, May 10, 2010

Braided Bracelet Tutorial

Materials :
Sterling Silver 20g Round Dead soft wire 3'
14 Fire Polished beads size #10mm

Step 1: Cut one piece of 1'wire and
Cut one piece or 2'wire.



Step 2: Start with the 2'wire. Find the centre of the wire and make a loop which is the catch of
the bracelet.
Step 3: Twist the wires tightly so that the loop stands firm.



Step 4: Take the 1'wire and twist one end of it at the neck of the loop make a 3 or 4 wrap and
bring it to the middle of the other 2 wires.







Step 5: String 1 bead to the wire in the middle.Take care the bead goes till the end.(pic above)
Step 6: (pic above) Now, hold it in a position that the open wire is away from you. The loop is towards you. Bring the wire on your right side to the centre, over the existing middle wire; closer to the bead, as in the picture.

Step 7: (pic above) Now, bring the wire on your left to the centre over the wire which comes from the right. Now, the wire from the left becomes the middle wire. Hold the cris cross spot tightly with your thumb.

Step 8: (pic above) Now string the next bead to the centre wire.(the wire from the left is the new centre wire)



Repeat step 6,7,8 till you do all the 14 beads.
{ ie: Always string the bead to the wire which comes from the left to the centre.}