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Crochet Wire Bracelet by Nancie Wiseman Learn how to crochet a beaded bracelet. From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-603

Guest Nancie Wiseman is bringing the heat with her red hot-wired crocheted necklace made with a variety of junk beads, bugle beads and glass beads.

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Experience Level: Advanced

Materials:

30 yards of 32-gauge artistic red wire
35g mixed beads
size 6 and 8 seed beads
square beads
bugle beads
silver clasp
jump rings
6/1.80mm steel hook
wire cutters
chain nose pliers

1. Randomly string about 1-3/4 yards of bead mixture onto the wire (figure A).

2. Chain five, and then join with a slip stitch (figure B). Always work on the inside of the tube. The beads will fall to the outside of the tube.

Note: Don't join in rounds.

Figure A

Figure B

	Figure C
	Figure D
	Figure E

3. (Wrong Side) chain one, single crochet with a bead in each chain (figure C) around—don't join. You'll be working in a spiral.

4. Insert the hook under the bead for the next stitch from the previous row (figure D), push the bead over the hook to the right—single crochet a bead into the stitch.

5. Repeat step four until your work measures 20 inches, or to the desired length. Work one row without beads, and then fasten off (figure E).

6. Open one jump ring, and then attach to the end of the necklace and close. Weave in all ends of the wire.

7. Open the last jump ring, and then attach to the other end of the necklace with a clasp and close. Weave in all remaining ends of the wire.

Tips:

• Every few rows, count the number of beads in a round. Note: If your bead count is off, either skip a stitch or increase a stitch to get back to five stitches per row.

• The bead you go under should be horizontal.

• Once a bead from a previous row has been crocheted, it will look more vertical.

• At first, the piece will look flat; use the end of a knitting needle or pencil to push the center down and shape it into a tube.

• The thickness of the tube will vary from thin to thick depending on the size of the beads.

• If you need more beads, cut the wire leaving a six inch tail, string on more beads and begin crocheting again working over the tails and weaving them in securely. You can also tie a knot in the two ends of the wire

RESOURCES :

Artistic Wire
Website: www.artisticwire.com

Fire Mountain Gems and Beads
Website: www.firemountaingems.com

Crochet With Wire
By Nancie M. Wiseman
Published by Interweave Press
Website: www.interweave.com

GUESTS :

Nancie M. Wiseman
Knit Wise Designs
565 Seaside Dr.
Coupeville, WA 98239
Phone: 360 678-6378
Fax: 360 678-6378
E-mail: nanciewiseman@earthlink.net
Website: www.nancieknits.com