CRESCENT STACKER

(©2025 Deborah Roberti)

Use size 11/0 and 8/0 seed beads, SuperDuo beads and Czechmates Crescent two-hole beads to make this easy bracelet that you can stack in different colors or triple the length for a wrap bracelet.

MATERIALS
(for a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp)
• 2 yards of 6 lb. FireLine or Toho One-G
• About 80 size 11/0 seed beads
• About 50 size 8/0 seed beads
• 42 SuperDuo beads
• 33 Czechmates Crescent two-hole beads
• clasp

About Crescent beads: Crescent beads are flat and crescent-shaped with a hole at either end. For this design, you will be turning them so that the pointed tips face downward as you stack three Crescent beads together so that they sit side-by-side with their rounded sides facing up to form a hump, of sorts.

Step 1: Thread your needle with 2 yards of FireLine or Toho One-G (or start with a length that you are comfortable with and add more as you need it).

Leaving about a 10-inch tail for attaching the clasp, hold onto your tail thread and go down the left side of a SuperDuo bead and then around and up through the right side of this same SuperDuo bead:

NOTE: You will not be making a knot until Step 3 so keep the tension tight and hold onto this tail thread for now.

Step 2: String an 8/0 seed bead, go up through the right hole of three Crescent beads, string an 8/0 seed bead and go up through the right hole of a second SuperDuo bead. Go around and down through the SuperDuo bead that youjust added:

NOTE: Crescent beads and SuperDuo beads can be one color, two colors or as many as you want.

Step 3: String an 8/0 seed bead. Go down through the left hole of the three Crescent beads that you just strung (highlighted in RED).

String another 8/0 seed bead. Grab your tail thread and tie a tight double knot:

Step 4: Go down through the left hole of the bottom SuperDuo bead, around and up through the right hole of this same SuperDuo bead. Continue on up through the 8/0 seed bead, the right hole of the three Crescent beads, the 8/0 seed bead and the right hole of the top SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 5: String two SuperDuo beads, an 8/0 seed bead, three Crescent beads, an 8/0 seed bead and another SuperDuo bead.

Make sure the Crescent beads are positioned with the curved section facing forward by going up through the holes on the right side of the Crescent beads like you did with the first set of three Crescent beads that you added:

Step 6: Go around and down through the left side of the SuperDuo bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):

Step 7: String an 8/0 seed bead. Go down through the left hole of the three Crescent beads below (highlighted in RED):

Step 8: String an 8/0 seed bead. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead below (highlighted in RED):

Step 9: String another SuperDuo bead. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead below (highlighted in RED):

Step 10: Go around and up through the right hole of the SuperDuo bead that you exited at the end of the last step. Continue on up through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead above, the right hole of the next SuperDuo bead, the 8/0 seed bead, the right hole of the three Crescent beads, the 8/0 seed bead and the right hole of the top SuperDuo bead (all beads highlighted in RED):

Step 11: Repeat Step 5 to Step 10 until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus about a third-inch and the length of your clasp:

Step 12: Go around and down through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 13: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead below (highlighted in RED):

Step 14: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the 8/0 seed bead, the left hole of the three Crescent beads and the 8/0 seed bead below (highlighted in RED):

Step 15: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead below (highlighted in RED):

Step 16: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go down through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 17: Repeat Step 15 and 16 until you come to the end of the bracelet:

Step 18: Go around through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 19: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go up through the right hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 20: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go up through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 21: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go up through the right hole of the SuperDuo bead above (highlighted in RED):

Step 22: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go up through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 23: Repeat Step 21 and 22 until you come to the end of the bracelet:

Step 24: To attach one end of the clasp, go up through the right hole of the top SuperDuo bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 25: String two 8/0 seed beads. Go through the clasp and then back through the second 8/0 seed bead that you just strung:

NOTE: To make your bracelet longer, just add more beads than directed in this step and the next.

Step 26: String an 8/0 seed bead. Go down through the left hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED, around and up through the right hole of this same SuperDuo bead:

Step 27: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED and the clasp several times:

Weave back into the bracelet, knot in several places and then cut your thread.

Step 28: To attach the clasp to the other end of your bracelet, thread your needle with the tail thread from Step 1.

Go up through the right hole of the top SuperDuo bead:

Repeat Steps 25-27.

Beads used in the photo above

Calico version:
• About 80 size 11/0 seed beads: Miyuki #457L Light Bronze
• About 50 size 8/0 seed beads: Miyuki #4212 Duracoat Dark Berry
• 42 SuperDuo beads: Calico Cat SuperDuo mix
• 33 Czechmates Crescent two-hole beads: 11 Saturated Metallic Tan, 11 Matte Metallic Lava and 11 Dark Bronze

Green version:
• About 80 size 11/0 seed beads: Miyuki #457 Bronze
• About 50 size 8/0 seed beads: Miyuki #4204 Duracoat Champagne Rocailles
• 42 SuperDuo beads: Pearl Coat Olive
• 33 Czechmates Crescent two-hole beads: 22 Red Panda Beads Exclusive Metallic Glittery Dark Gold and 11 Saturated Metallic Sage Green

Blue version:
• About 80 size 11/0 seed beads: Miyuki #4204 Duracoat Champagne Rocailles
• About 50 size 8/0 seed beads: Miyuki #4204 Duracoat Champagne Rocailles
• 42 SuperDuo beads: Caribbean Seas SuperDuo mix
• 33 Czechmates Crescent two-hole beads: 22 Polychrome Indigo Orchid and 11 Red Panda Beads Exclusive Metallic Green Teal

For more color and bead combinations, click on the photo below to visit the RedPandaBeads.com Gallery of Color Suggestions!