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This shows you how to crochet a Boho Bead Bracelet. Here’s a quick and easy project to show you how to crochet with beads. The tapered ends are made with regular Single Crochet stitches, but the center beaded part consists of Tunisian Simple Stitch Crochet. You don’t need a special hook for this – your regular crochet hook will work just fine.

Are you on Ravelry? Be sure to add this pattern to your Ravelry queue: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boho-bead-bracelet

Long-ish tutorial for this intertwined wire-wrap bangle/bracelet, showing a few variations. A style with a lot of possibilities; wire-wrap, beads in the centre, beads on the outside, different thicknesses of wire. It may also be possible to use stiff cord (such as leather thonging) instead of wire for this.

This tutorial shows how to make a Celtic knot kumihimo bracelet. This uses two different braid structures to create the bracelet. Materials: 1mm satin cord 6mm round beads 20mm ribbon ends Findings

This tutorial shows how to make a fully beaded flat kumihimo braid. This is a seven-strand flat braid, and there are three beads used per row. This looks like it locks the beads in more easily than the 8-strand round braid that is the most commonly used braid. Materials: 1mm satin cord, 4 x 3mm rondelles with 1mm holes, 8mm ribbon ends. This uses a square kumihimo disk, but it should work using other platforms as well.

Learn to knit a bracelet using knitting wire and beads. It's a simple and quick project that can be made even by beginner knitters. The pattern for this bracelet is available as a PDF download at http://www.knitca.com/video/knit-with-wire-bracelet (This 'knitting wire' appears to be some kind of tigertail, since it is plastic-coated steel, but unlike most tigertail, one can actually tie knots in it, so normal tigertail won't do for this.)

This tutorial shows how to add beads to a flat kumihimo braid, on the sides of it. While this is demonstrated on a square kumihimo disk with the beads being added as you go, it could also be done on a marudai with pre-strung beads. The beads would have to be strung on every cord, and brought down when that cord is moved to the side position.

This tutorial shows how to make channel set beaded flat kumihimo braid; that is, beads go down the centre like they're in a channel. This design isn't suited for a marudai, since the beads have to be strung on while the braid is being made. They can't be pre-strung, which means that the cord has to be not spooled, which means one can't use weighted spools, which means you can't do this on a marudai. But it's a nifty design; the beads are snug inside the braid.

This tutorial shows how to loosely knot a seed bead bracelet with a button clasp, using tigertail and seed beads (this uses Soft Flex .019 Beading Wire). This is basically doing macrame alternating half-hitches with the tigertail (which is filled up with seed-beads) and because the tigertail is stiff-but-springy, you can make the knots very loose (hardly "knots" at all) and you get a lovely Celtic-looking set of loops around each other. You could probably do something similar with round leather cord (though without the beads, or with very large-hole beads).

Simple bracelet tutorial; leather and beads. What is notable is the sliding adjustable part of it.

Pattern by Esther Chandler. A flattish crocheted cord, to which one can optionally add beads; good for jewellery.

This adjustable closure is basically a macrame flat-knot strip knotted around the main cords. I think it works because it's done with rattail or similar smooth cord, and synthetic so that it can be seared to seal it. Still worth noting.

Tutorial for components of a bracelet inspired by a china tea set. Quite interesting.

Tutorial for a bracelet, crocheting with beads such that all the beads end up on the same side whether one is working on the front side or the back side. Useful technique which could be used for all sorts of things.

This is an instructional video on how to make the Rainbow Loom® Bead Ladder Bracelet.

Turkish Beaded Crochet Video Tutorial