Bead Crochet Tutorial Series, Video 6: Closing a Bracelet: Invisible Join 

Great to hear! Glad we could help.

Thank you! I hope these help you get past the first few rounds. I know it took me a while to get the hang of bead crochet and a little longer to be really comfortable with it.

Happy to help. It's great to hear success stories!

You're welcome. It's nice to hear that these videos are still helping people.

Marcela Alvarez Gracias! It's nice to hear when people find these videos useful. That's why we made them, after all!

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Glad to hear that the video worked for you in full screen. I learned in making these videos that it is challenging to show all the little details clearly. Happy beading!

jan sampson Thanks! I've not seen Hama beads before, but looking at pictures of them online, I suspect they would work. With the cylindrical shape, I think they are to pony beads what Delicas are to regular seed beads. As long as the yarn is thick enough, you should be okay. You might find the bead crochet rope a little less bendable because of the bead shape. (Delica bracelets are often a bit stiffer than seed bead bracelets.) If you try Hama beads, please let me know how they work.

I'm fairly sure that either way works fine. I think I tried both and decided that the last bead seemed a little more stable with the fastening-off step, but it could just be that I got into the habit of doing it this way. As I mention in the video, I personally sew a bracelet shut with the tail from the starting end. That may be why the other videos don't fasten off after the last bead is stitched in; I could imagine that the small extra bump of yarn/thread might get in the way if you're sewing from the finishing end.

@@susangoldstine6636 Thank you so very much for answering and explaining.I shall try again sewing the ends together the way you do. Thank you.Blessings.Patricia

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+Linda Courtney Henderson Thanks! The main advantage to doing a 5-around bracelet when you're learning is just that it takes fewer beads than a 6-around. But 6-around works just as well, and you can find patterns (in our book and others) from 4-around to 10-around and higher.

+S Soutache (simplysoutache) Honestly, I generally wing it based on past experience. I don't know that much about official wrist sizes, since we found in writing bead crochet patterns that there is a huge amount of variation in the actual size of beads within a given seed bead size number. In general, you want to string more beads than you need and crochet until the bracelet is long enough to roll over your bunched up hand. For a five-around in size 8 seed beads, I'd string around 450 beads, and for a 6-around in size 11 seed beads, I'd string around 750. The bead crochet patterns in our book specify how much to string for each bracelet, with notes about how much flexibility there is in sizing. (Some patterns with larger motifs give you fewer length options.)

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It's unfortunate that this video was not useful to you. Not all people learn in the same way; if you are struggling with the invisible join in bead crochet, you might try Anne Benson's video tutorial (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wtxSkf_JttA.html). It includes computer animations that give you a more unobstructed view of the process. Also, as explained in the accompanying text, this video is part of a series, and it assumes that either you have watched the earlier videos or that you already know how to make bead crochet ropes. If either is not the case, I would not expect this video to be very informative on its own. Good luck!

It's the camera picture that I can't see.

Have you tried full-screen mode?

It's a fantastic video, very clear to me. I really can't see what your problem is. And there is no need to be rude.