Begin with
Ear wire loop |
String 2 green and 5 silver beads, green, bring thread back through
the "top"
of the 2 green beads to make a circle with a tail. |
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| First "row" of Brick stitch. |
Pick up 1 green bead and bring needle through "bottom" of the first
green bead. Weave thread back through the second green bead and the silver
beads, reinforcing the ear wire loop, and come out through the bead you
just added. You now have your base brick stitch row. |
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| Rows 3 - 6 |
Pick up 1 green and 1 red bead, bring needle through exposed thread
on previous row and back up through the bottom of the second bead. Pick
up another green bead, bring needle through the same exposed thread and
back up through the bottom of the bead. You now have a row of 3 beads.
The next row will be a total of 4 beads (all green); pick up 2 beads
at the beginning of the row, weave needle through thread between 1st & 2nd
beads of previous row, and adding 1 bead at the end of the row. Increase
in the same manner over the next 3 rows, following the pattern. |
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| Rows 7 - 13 |
At the end of Row 6, pick up 1 red bead and bring needle back through
the last bead of Row 6, allowing the red bead to 'dangle'. Bring needle
down through 2nd bead from the end of previous row and begin Row 7. At
the 4th bead in the pattern, weave your needle back up through Row 6
to bring it out the 'first' bead on that row, and add another red bead
in the same way you did at the other end. Again follow the pattern for
Rows 8 -12, |
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| Rows13 - 19 |
At the end of Row 12, add a red 'drop' bead as you did on Row 6. Weave
the needle back to come out the 2nd bead from the end of Row 12, and
begin Row 13. Follow pattern, then after the 7th bead in the row weave
your needle over to the 'beginning' of the previous row and add another
'drop' bead. Weave back to Row 13 and proceed following the pattern to
row 19. |
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| Trunk |
At the end of Row 19, add a red bead as before, then weave your needle
back through your work coming out the 6th bead from the end. Pick up
6 brown beads, weave needle down through bead 7 of previous row. Bring
needle back up through bead 8, add 3 more brown beads. Bring needle through
middle 3 beads and bead 7. Weave needle over to the beginning of Row
19, add another red 'drop' bead and weave needle and thread back through
your work to secure. |
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