Superduo Wrap

Bracelet

Materials List:
*7 Grams 8/0 Seed Beads
*20 Grams Superduo Bead Color A – This will be your most seen color
*10 Grams Superduo Bead Color B – This will be your middle color
*12 11/0 Seed Beads
*Clasp of your choice
*2 Jump Rings

Keeping a consistent tension in the bracelet is very important. Try to keep your piece lying flat and
keep an even tension for each row. If you don’t keep an even tension your piece will ruffle. In the
grand scheme of things, it’s ok if it ruffles just a tiny bit because when you actually wear the bracelet it
will lay flat. If, however, it ruffles a lot then your bracelet will not lay right when wearing it. It’s better
to use a loose tension and see a little bit of thread instead of a tight tension.

A Superduo bead is a special oval shaped bead that has two holes in it. I would highly suggest that
before beginning this project, you check both holes in your Superduo beads to make sure they are not
plugged. Nothing is worse than getting a good way into your project and finding a plugged hole. If you
do encounter a plugged hole, you can try to poke the hole open with a stiff straight pin or a Tulip Awl.

If you wish you can also use Gemduo Beads to make this bracelet. The gemduos make the bracelet too
wide for a wrap bracelet but looks great as a single bracelet. You would make the bracelet the exact
same way, just a shorter length. You will need to pay attention to the way you pick up your gemduos
as they have one side that is domed and one side that is flat. I demonstrated this bracelet during my
Must Know Monday video on Monday March 18th, 2019. Please see notes at the end of this pattern
about substitutions and sizing when using the gemduo beads.

I have written the pattern to include two colors of Superduo beads. You also have the option of using
only one color. Colors that are variegated are a great option when doing only 1 color.
This is NOT my original pattern. This is a project I made from a YouTube video many years ago. After
searching high and low for the video again, it was nowhere to be found. This pattern is simply my
interpretation of the project.

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1. Thread a needle onto a length of
thread yds long. Thread on one (8/0)
seed bead. Let this bead fall until it’s
about 12 inches from the end of the
thread. Go back up through the (8/0)
seed bead once more. This will lock
the bead in place and will become
your stop bead.
3. You will now be working back
towards the tail thread. Take your
needle and go down through the
other hole in the last Superduo
added.

4. Thread on one (B) Superduo bead

2. Thread on one (A) Superduo and one
(8/0). Repeat adding (A’s) and
(8/0’s) until you have added your
desired number of beads. Be sure to
end with a Superduo.
and go through the open hole of the
next (A) Superduo. Repeat this step
all the way down the length of the
bracelet.

This bracelet was designed as a wrap

bracelet, but it can also be made as a
single bracelet. First, you need to
figure out how many wraps you want
to do. Multiply the number of wraps
by the size of your bracelet then add
one inch for each wrap. For example,
I will be making a three-wrap
bracelet. I want to make it to fit a 7-
inch wrist. So (3) Wraps x (7) inch
wrist = 21 inches. (21) Inches + (3)
5. Thread on one (B) Superduo and six
wraps = 24 inches. So, I would need
24 inches of beadwork. (11/0) seed beads. Let these beads
fall. Go back down through the other
hole of the (B) just added.
***VERY IMPORTANT*** To save
yourself a lot of heartache, once
you’ve added all your beads double
check to make sure you have the
same (A)(8/0) repeating pattern. If
you start working down the middle
and see you’ve made a mistake you
will have to take the whole thing out
to fix the mistake.

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 8. Take the needle down through the
other hole of the (B) and straight
down through the next (A) and (B).

6. Thread on one (A) Superduo and go

through the open hole of the next (B)
Superduo. Repeat this step all the
way down to the end of your bracelet.
9. Going up through the other hole of
the (B) you are exiting and the very
next (A).

10. Go down through the other

hole of the (A) your thread is exiting.
This will get you into position to add
the last row.

7. Thread on one (A) Superduo, one (B)

Superduo, and six (11/0’s). Let these
beads fall. Make sure the beads lay as
shown below:

11. Thread on one (8/0) and go

through the open hole of the next

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 (A). Repeat this step to add an (8/0) thread between the two beads you
in-between each (A) on this row. are exiting.
12. Once you finish this last row,
both working thread and tail thread
will be coming out on the same end of
the bracelet. Exiting out of the last
(A) go through the other hole in the
same and work down the row adding
some half hitch knots and trim the
working thread. If you need guidance
about how to do a half hitch knot, see
the end of this pattern.
2. Pull the thread until you leave a
small loop of thread.
3. Stitch your needle through the
small loop you just made and pull
the thread tight.

13. Slide the stop bead off of the

tail thread. Thread a needle onto the
tail thread. Go through the other hole
of the (A) your thread is exiting.
Work down the row adding some half
hitch knots and trim the thread.
14. Open a jump ring. Slide on one
part of your clasp and then slide the 4. Stitch through a few beads and
ring around one of the end loops of repeat steps 1-3 to add additional
the bracelet. Close the ring. half hitch knots.

Colors used in Samples:

Purple/Gold:
Bronze Pale Gold Superduo Beads
Pastel Bordeaux Superduo Beads
8/0 Permafinish Galvanized
15. Repeat step 14 to add the Almond
second part of the clasp to the other
end of the bracelet. Gold:
Violet Gold Rainbow Superduo
To make half hitch knots: Beads
1. Stitch your thread to exit between 8/0 Bronze Seed Beads
two beads. For my example my
thread will be exiting between two Green:
Superduo beads. Take your needle Suede Lt Green Superduo Bead
and stick it underneath the

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 Chalk Green Luster Light
Superduo Bead
8/0 Suede Light Green Seed Bead
Black:
Black Superduo Beads
Full Labrador Superduo Beads
8/0 Hematite Seed Beads
When doing your project with
Gemduo’s I have found that some
of the finishes on the gemduo
cause the beads to be a different
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size. This makes a HUGE
difference in the sizing of the
bracelet. You may have to
experiment with the amount of
gemduos you add for each
bracelet you make. Also, I you can
substitute 3mm bicones or 3mm
fire polish beads in place of the
8/0 seed beads when using the
gemduos. Please note that even
though both beads will work, the
3mm bicones will make the
finished piece smaller than when
using the 3mm fire polish beads.
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