Each month The Bead Merchants of Africa hosts a variety of classes in which you can hone your beading skills


Click here for Class Schedules

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
YOU WILL NEED
  • 60 x 4mm Clear Rhombic Beads,
  • 30 x 6mm Green Rhombic Beads,
  • 9 silver head pins
  • 1 metre 0.35mm Clear Gut
 
 
  To begin: Thread 5 clear beads on to the middle of the thread. Pass one end of the thread back
 
Add 1 green, 1 clear, 1 green, 1 clear, 1 green bead and weave the thread as shown in photo.
 
  Add 1 clear, 1 green, 1 clear, 1 green bead and weave the thread as shown in the photo.
 

 

  Repeat step C, until your beadwork looks like step E (pentagon shaped.)
     
 
Add 3 clear beads and weave the thread as per photo.
   
 
Thread 1 green, 1 clear, 1 green, and 1 clear bead and weave the thread as per photo.
   
 
Continue threading as shown in photos H, I and J. This will form a concave cup shape.
 

 

 
Final Stage
    Follow the pink line and add 1 green bead as indicated by the orange star, adding the beads with the orange dots until you reach the end indicated by the red dot. Then follow the black line and add the beads indicated by the yellow dot. Knot the thread where the black and pink dots meet, to secure the knot back, thread the thread through the beads.
   
K  
To proceed:
Add 1 green bead and 1 clear bead on one end of the thread and one green bead on the other thread, then weave the thread that has both 1 green and one clear bead through the 1 green bead on the other thread, continue with the same thread and weave through 1 clear and 1 green bead of already existing beadwork.

Your crystal sphere is now halfway completed.

   
L  
Add 1 clear bead and 1 green bead on one end of the thread and 1 clear bead on the other thread, then weave the thread that has both 1 clear and 1 green bead through the 1 clear bead on the other thread, continue with the same thread and thread through next clear bead of already existing beadwork.
   
M  
Repeat step F
   
N  
Weave thread through 1 green, 1 clear and 1 green bead that follows of already existing beadwork.
   
O  
Add 1 green and 1 clear bead, threading both ends through the clear bead you have threaded last and the next clear bead of already existing beadwork.
   
P  
Then repeat steps M, N and O, until you have 11 clear circles.

 

 

We supply all you need for this and all your
other beading projects at

BEAD MERCHANTS OF AFRICA
223 Long Street, Cape Town

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