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HOW TO: Crochet a weighted blanket using PONY beads | Linked Double Crochet Stitch In this video I'll show you how to create your very own weighted blanket using pony beads and the linked double crochet stitch. This is a fun pattern and can be used in so many other projects as well.

Join us for our next Chain Maille Project video where we teach you a project based on weaves we have already shown you, rather than the weave itself. Today we are showing you how to weave up this cute little project, Captured Beads Flower Pendant.

Live Chain Maille Demonstration - Beaded Centipede Weave Join with Deb from Aussie Maille as she demonstrates live how to weave the Beaded Centipede Chain Maille Weave.

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

Make a pretty flower charm with rondelle beads, jump rings, and nylon thread.

Tutorial Christmas tree earrings - wire wrap jewelry making. Clever and simple design, featuring (a) no need for a cone mandrel because one makes a flat coil and then stretches it out (b) can be work-hardened with a hammer (c) cleverly manages to put beads INSIDE the coil of the tree.

Celtic knot pendant tutorial; fancy Triquetra pendant with crystal beads incorporated in it.

Tatted owl earrings. Done with needle-tatting. Very cute.

Macrame owl tutorial, in Russian, but since it is 95% visuals, the language doesn't matter. This design has the interesting features of: (a) tufty owl ears, (b) the wings are joined to the body with half-hitches over multiple cords, (c) the binding for the tail is done with whipping rather than square knots or half-hitches. This makes it a bit more uniform.

This video Macrame owl tutorial, inspired by Harry Potter's Hedgwig. You can customize the color by changing the threads, the bigger size, the bigger product. One interesting feature of this design is that most of the square knots are three-strand rather than four-strand. Another interesting feature is the way half-hitches are tied over multiple cords to tie the wings and the body together.

Lantern pendant with large spherical stones without holes - jewelry making from copper wire. Really nifty way of ensuring that the petals are even. This pattern is suitable for stones with a diameter bigger than 1cm; the bigger the stone, the bigger the lantern. Without the Viking-knit bottom, this pattern can be used to make bead caps. Likewise, one could use a large bead cap for the first part of the pattern, and enclose with Viking knit.

Wire size to make pendant with diameter of stones 14 - 16mm 22 gauge ( wire diameter 0.6mm ) : 25cm( 10 inch) 28 gauge ( wire diameter 0.3mm ) : 50cm( 20 inch)

This tutorial shows how to make a double 7 strand beaded kumihimo braid.

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.

Wire-work hoop earrings wrapped with climbing roses, with dangling drops. They look nice even without the drops.

Materials Needed: 2 gemstone drops 11x7mm 2 20g Jumprings 18g wire - for hoops (length depends on size) 22g wire - 24 inches, for big roses on bottom 24g wire - 40 inches, for 4 other roses 26g wire - 12 inches, for wrapping drops.

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 show you how to wire wrap a flat backed bead or bauble to leather.

How to make a Beaded Crochet Coin Purse. Some interesting things about this pattern: it has a flat round bottom, which makes for more space in the purse; and the increases are designed to match up to the number of holes in the purse frame, so that one stitch = one hole (plus three holes on each side for the gap). (For detailed instructions and a free printable pattern click here: http://bit.ly/2v8PEVi)

How to string beads with smaller openings onto yarn. This is a different method from the pre-stringing or steel-crochet-hook methods. It is like the crochet-hook method, but instead of using a crochet hook, one uses a needle and thread to pull the bead onto the yarn. This works for beads that are too small to string onto the yarn and too small to fit on a tiny crochet hook, or with yarn that is too thick for the crochet hook to grab cleanly.