Crystal lattice bracelet

The beauty of this bracelet is in both the making and the wearing. Depending on the colors you choose it can be glitzy or subtly elegant. What’s less apparent is how simple it is to make — just a few repeated patterns and a basic clasp. Download the PDF instructions to find matching earrings that can be whipped up in only 10 minutes.

Supplies

Bracelet

• 73–90 4 mm bicone crystals
• 3 6/0 seed beads (stopper beads)
• 5 g 13/0 charlottes
• beading thread, size D
• toggle clasp
• beading needle, size 10 or 12
• scissors
• thread conditioner (optional)

Instructions

Bracelet foundation: 

1. Cut a 4-ft. (1.2 m) piece of thread. Thread a beading needle and, leaving a 7-in. (18 cm) tail, tie a 6/0 seed bead (the stopper bead) with an overhand knot. Alternate three charlottes and three bicone crystals.

2. Go back through the first and second charlotte/bicone pairs strung.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the strand is within 1 in. (2.5 cm) of the finished length. Add a stopper bead to secure the thread while you add the embellishment.

Embellishment: 

1a. Cut a 4-ft. (1.2 m) piece of thread. Thread a beading needle and, leaving a 7-in. (18 cm) tail, tie a 6/0 seed bead with an overhand knot. Go through the first foundation bicone.    

3. String a charlotte and go through the adjacent bicone.

4. Repeat steps 1b through 8 until you reach the end of the strand. Go through the end bicone and charlotte. String 11 charlottes and half of a clasp. Tighten the thread and go through the beads a second time.

5. Repeat steps 1b through 3 on the other side of the foundation. Repeat step 4 to attach the other half of the clasp. 

6. Knot and trim the excess thread. Remove each stopper bead and re-thread a needle. Go through the adjacent bicone and charlottes. Tie an overhand knot before the next bicone. Go through that bicone and gently pull the knot into the bead. Trim the excess thread.