Herringbone beauty made of beads with your own hands

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Do you want to please your loved ones with a gift made with your own hands? Puzzling over what to give for the New Year? Or have you decided to just diversify your desktop with crafts? We present to your attention: "Herringbone of beads" - a master class. It will allow you to quickly and efficiently make such a craft.

In order to weave this beaded Christmas tree, you will need:

- green cutting - 50 grams;

- golden cutting - 5 grams;

- 50 meters of copper wire;

- alabaster;

- colored stones;

- large beads like pearls;

- green or white glass beads;- stand.

So, we have decided on the materials, so we will proceed directly to work. Our Christmas tree will consist of ten levels, in each of which we will place four branches. Let's start at the top, as it will be the first level. We cut the wire 45 cm long and string one golden bead, 1 bugle, 1 golden bead, 1 silver and green bead on it. We pass the tip of the wire through all the beads, except for the first - golden. Thus, all the beads should be in the middle of the wire, after which we separate its ends. Now we collect 4 green beads for each of them. At the edges of the wire, twist the circles and corners by 3-4 turns. Immediately we make the same two loops, but perpendicular to the first two, and twist two turns under the loops.

The second level begins with the fact that we take a wire 25 cm long, as well as 3 green, 2 gold, 3 green beads and twist a loop in the middle from all this. Then we make a separate loop at each end, and we get a branch. There should be exactly 4 such branches in order for the beaded Christmas tree to end up symmetrical.

Let's start the third level. We need 4 pieces of wire, the length of which will be 30 cm. We make 5 loops on each. The first 3 are the same, and we collect the other two according to the scheme: 4 green beads, 2 golden, 4 green. Then we take 8 more pieces of wire 30 cm each and make 8 branches of 5 loops each. We make the first 3 loops, as in the previous cases, and the other two according to the following scheme: 6 green, 2 gold, 6 green. From 2 branches we form one.

Further in the fourth level, four large branches are obtained. For them we use 4 pieces of wire 35 cm each. We make 7 loops on each branch, the first three as usual, and the following according to the scheme: 6 green, 2 gold, 6 green. The next level is 8 segments of 30 cm each. We make 5 loops on each branch and collect one from two branches. With an additional wire of 20 cmattach one branch to another. At this stage, the beaded Christmas tree is already beginning to take on a clear silhouette.

In the future, the production process of this souvenir is based on the fact that new levels are formed from wire with beads that are twisted into coils and connected to each other. You can do this as much as you like, and the more levels you get, the higher the beaded Christmas tree will be. The main thing is to take into account the rules of symmetry and make sure that the product "stands on its feet", that is, it does not sway in different directions. It is worth noting that if the wire is very dense, then the craft can reach large sizes.

After all the operations carried out, our beaded Christmas tree requires assembly. It needs to be wrapped with wire from top to bottom in order to give more strength and stability to the souvenir. The distance between the levels should be maintained: 8 mm top - 12 mm bottom. Now that the beaded Christmas tree is ready, we fix it in a stand, fill the base with alabaster and decorate with rhinestones and beads. The main thing is to ensure that the decorations do not outweigh the Christmas tree itself. It is best to use beads, rhinestones, tinsel and light plastic balls. Such beaded Christmas trees are an excellent gift for both a loved one and a new friend.