Bead Crochet Tutorial Series, Video 3: Starting a Bracelet 

So glad to hear these helped. I can't remember where we first learned about using pony beads and yarn, but they also make the process SO much easier to demonstrate on video.

+leetlemother Glad to hear it! If size 11 seed beads are still too fiddly, size 8 seed beads are a good intermediate step down. Happy beading!

Glad to hear the video helped! The start was definitely the hardest part for me when I was learning.

Glad to hear this was helpful!

Very helpful - at first, this "most awkward stitch" and row after it usually took 4-5 tries before I could proceed with the next row. Now I just started another bracelet at first try. TOHO 11o Trans-lustered Sapphire, 10 beads per row - wife will be happy, she likes blue :)

That's wonderful. It feels so nice to make something beautiful for a loved one.

Glad to hear this helped. Happy beading!

Aw, thanks! I hope the video is helpful.

+Tasoq You're welcome. Good to hear they've been useful.

+S Soutache (simplysoutache) Thanks!

Hi, Debbie. Please take a look at the first video in the series (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S81yZ0g1bP4.html). I describe all the materials in detail there, and they're all listed in the title cards at the beginning of the video. Happy beading!

I'm not sure what stitch you're describing. There are many ways to incorporate beads in crochet (and knitting), but I'm not aware of one that is very similar to bead crochet in the round. For this particular type of stitch (one slip stitch per bead--or the alternate form, one single crochet per bead), crocheting flat would put half the beads on one side of the work and half the beads on the other. There are also some bead crochet rope patterns (like Judith Bertoglio-Giffin's caterpillars or our Möbius bracelets) that use different sizes of beads so they lie almost flat--could that be what your friend was describing? Sorry I can't be more helpful.

+Saeeda Malik This is one in a series of six tutorial videos. The sixth shows how to finish a bead crochet rope bracelet.

I am not sure what part you can't see. Could you say more about the problem?

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+S Soutache (simplysoutache) I actually got a good few rows (after several attempts) but the first two or three are loose and a couple beads are wonky. Is there any way to undue the bad ends once you get a good length of rope?.

+S Soutache (simplysoutache) That gets better with practice--finding the right tension in the beginning part of a bracelet is tricky. You can pick out the beginning stitches if you like, though it's harder than unraveling the working end. To do this, look closely at your starting end to see the path of the yarn/thread and pull it out loop by loop with a needle or pin and your fingers. It takes patience, and the bead that's left after the last stitch you pull out might be a bit loose, but you can still sew the ends together and it looks pretty good. Another bead crocheter (unfortunately, I can't remember which one so I can't find the link) suggested the following technique, which I used a few times before my own rope beginnings got better: with scrap yarn/thread and beads of the size you're using, bead crochet a few rounds in the circumference you're using. Then, cut that yarn/thread and crochet into the stub with your actual strung beads. When you're a few rows in, you can pick out the yarn/thread that connects to the starting stub and set that aside.

+Susan Goldstine Thank you!