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The Keyhole Bracelet

features two-hole EVA
beads (6x9mm two-hole
chevron-shaped beads)

Keyhole Bracelet
and IrisDuo beads (7x4mm
two-hole marquise-shaped
beads) manufactured by
PotomacBeads.com.
For this tutorial, the EVA NOTE: You will not be making
= seed bead
beads should be positioned a knot until Step 4 so keep the
= 3mm round bead the way they appear in my tension tight and hold onto this
illustrations as you add them. tail thread for now.
= IrisDuo bead
= EVA bead STEP 1: Thread your needle STEP 2: Go up through the left
with about 3 yards of FireLine hole of a new EVA bead.
(or more realistically, start String seven seed beads.
with a length that you are
comfortable working with Go around and down through
MATERIALS
(for a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp) and add more as you need it). the right hole of the same EVA
• About 3 yards of 6 lb. FireLine bead that you just added:
Leaving a 10-inch tail for
•A
 bout 200 size 11/0 Miyuki
rocaille seed beads
attaching your clasp, go up
through the left hole of an EVA
•A
 bout 64 size 3mm round beads
(druk, glass pearl or Minos Par bead, through a seed bead, the
Puca beads) right hole of an IrisDuo bead
 bout 14 IrisDuo beads (6x9mm
•A and another seed bead:
two-hole marquise-shaped beads)
•A
 bout 14 two-hole EVA beads
(7x4mm two-hole chevron-
shaped beads)
• clasp

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STEP 3: String a seed STEP 6: String a seed
bead, go down through bead, a 3mm round
the left hole of another bead and a seed bead.
IrisDuo bead and string
Go down through
a seed bead. Go down
the right hole of
through the right hole of
the IrisDuo bead
the first EVA bead that
highlighted in RED:
you added (highlighted
in RED):
STEP 7: String a seed
STEP 4: String seven bead, a 3mm round
seed beads. Grab your bead and a seed bead.
tail thread from Step 1
Go back around through
and tie a tight double
the seven seed beads
knot:
along the bottom of
the motif (highlighted
in RED):
STEP 5: Go back up and
around through beads
highlighted in RED:
STEP 8: String a seed
bead, a 3mm round
bead and a seed bead.
Go up through the left
hole of the IrisDuo bead
highlighted in RED:
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STEP 9: String a seed STEP 12: Go back
bead, a 3mm round up through the beads
bead and a seed bead. highlighted in RED:
Go back up through the
four seed beads along
the top of the motif
(highlighted in RED):
STEP 13: String three
seed beads, go up the
left hole of a new EVA
You just finished the
bead, string another
first Keyhole Bracelet
seed bead, go up the
motif and you will
right hole of a new
repeat the steps that
IrisDuo bead and string
follow to add more.
one more seed bead:
STEP 10: String a 3mm
round bead, a seed
bead and a 3mm round
bead.
Go around and back
across through the
seed bead that you just
exited (highlighted
in RED):
STEP 11: Go back
around through the
beads that you just
added (highlighted
in RED):
STEP 14: Go up through STEP 16: String three STEP 18: String a seed STEP 20: String a seed
the left hole of another seed beads. Go around bead, a 3mm round bead, a 3mm round
new EVA bead. through the four seed bead and a seed bead. bead and a seed bead.
beads along the bottom
String seven seed beads. Go back around through Go back around
of the motif (highlighted
the seven seed beads through the five seed
Go around and down in RED):
along the top of the beads along the bottom
through the right hole of
motif (highlighted of the motif (highlighted
the same EVA bead that
in RED): in RED):
you just added:

STEP 17: String a seed

bead, a 3mm round
bead and a seed bead. You just finished the
STEP 19: String a seed second Keyhole motif.
STEP 15: String a seed Go up through the left
bead, a 3mm round Next you will add some
bead, go down through hole of the IrisDuo bead
bead and a seed bead. 3mm round beads and
the left hole of another highlighted in RED:
new IrisDuo bead and Go down through seed beads between
string a seed bead. the right hole of the motifs.
the IrisDuo bead STEP 21: String a 3mm
Go down through the
highlighted in RED: round bead, a seed bead
right hole of the EVA
bead that you added and a 3mm round bead.
earlier (highlighted Go around and back
in RED): across through the three
seed beads along the
top of the motif below
(highlighted in RED):

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STEP 22: String a 3mm STEP 24: Repeat Step 10 STEP 25: To attach your STEP 27: Go back
round bead, a seed bead to Step 23 until your clasp, string two seed around through the
and a 3mm round bead. bracelet is the length beads. beads highlighted in
Go around and back you want it, minus the RED and the clasp
Go through your clasp
across through the five length of your clasp and to reinforce your
and then back through
seed beads along the about a third-inch: attachment to the clasp:
the last seed bead that
bottom of the top motif
you just strung:
(highlighted in RED):

NOTE: To make your Weave back into your

bracelet longer, just add bracelet, knot in several
STEP 23: Go back more beads (or larger places and cut your
up through the beads beads) than directed in thread.
highlighted in RED: this step and the next.
STEP 28: To attach the
STEP 26: String another clasp to the other end
seed bead. of your bracelet, thread
your needle with the tail
Go back across thread from Step 1.
through the seed bead
highlighted in RED: Go up through the
seed beads highlighted
in RED:

Repeat Steps 25-27.

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