WRAPPED STACKER

(©2016 Deborah Roberti)

It’s a Wrap!
I combined elements from my Stackers pattern to create this easy wrap bracelet. Wrap bracelets make excellent gifts because you don’t have to worry so much about wrist size.

MATERIALS

(for a 21-inch bracelet, not including clasp)
• 6 yards of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 350 size 11/0 seed beads
• About 22 size 4mm beads
(can be any type of 4mm bead—bicone, fire-polished, druk, etc.)
• About 36 Color1 SuperDuo beads
• About 36 Color2 SuperDuo beads
• About 9 Honeycomb beads
• About 28 Czechmates Brick beads
• About 18 Czechmates Tile beads
• clasp

Beads used in the photo above:

• About 350 size 11/0 seed beads: Czech/Miyuki #27000 Crystal Full Labrador (also referred to as Union Beads)
• About 22 size 4mm fire-polished beads: Preciosa Carmon Blue
• About 36 Color1 SuperDuo beads: Polychrome Black Currant
• About 36 Color2 SuperDuo beads: Pearl Coat Teal
• About 9 Honeycomb beads: Crystal Full Labrador
• About 28 Czechmates Brick beads: Polychrome Black Currant
• About 18 Czechmates Tile beads: Mirror Teal

Step 1: You’ll need about six yards of FireLine for this bracelet so thread your needle with a length of FireLine that you feel comfortable working with and add more later.

Leaving about a 12-inch tail for attaching the clasp, string two seed beads, a 4mm bead and
a seed bead.

Go up through the right hole of a Brick bead, around and down through the left hole of this same Brick bead.

String a seed bead and a 4mm bead.

Grab your tail thread and tie a tight double knot:

Step 2: Go back around through the two seed beads, the 4mm bead, the seed bead and the right hole of the Brick bead that you strung in the first step (highlighted in RED):

Step 3: String a seed bead, a Color1 SuperDuo bead, a Color2 SuperDuo bead, a Color1 SuperDuo bead, a seed bead and another brick bead.

Go around and down through the left hole of the same Brick bead that you just added:

Step 4: String a seed bead.

Go down through the left hole of the Color1 SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 5: String a Color2 SuperDuo bead.

Go down through the left hole of the Color1 SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 6: String a seed bead.

Go down through the left hole of the Brick bead highlighted in RED, around and up through the right hole of this same Brick bead:

Step 7: Go back up through the seed bead, the right hole of the Color1 SuperDuo bead, the left hole of the Color2 SuperDuo bead, the right hole of the Color1 SuperDuo bead, the seed bead and the right hole of the Brick bead highlighted in RED.

Go around and down through the left hole of this same Brick bead and then down through the seed bead underneath (also highlighted in RED):

Step 8: String two seed beads.

Go down through the left hole of the Color2 SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 9: String two more seed beads.

Go down through the seed bead, the left hole of the Brick bead, around and up through the right hole of this same Brick bead and then up through the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 10: String two seed beads.

Go up through the right hole of the Color2 SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 11: String two more seed beads.

Go up through the seed bead and the right hole of the brick bead highlighted in RED:

Step 12: String a seed bead, a Honeycomb bead, a seed bead and a Brick bead.

Go around and down through the left side of the Brick bead that you just added:

Step 13: String a seed bead.

Go down through the left hole of Honeycomb bead highlighted in RED:

Step 14: String a seed bead.

Go down through the left hole of the Brick bead highlighted in RED, around and up through the right hole of this same Brick bead:

Step 15: Go back up through the seed bead, the right hole of the Honeycomb bead, the seed bead and the right hole of the Brick bead highlighted in RED:

Step 16: String a seed bead, a Tile bead, a seed bead, a Color1 SuperDuo bead, a Color2 SuperDuo bead, a Color1 SuperDuo bead, a seed bead and another Tile bead.

Go around and back down through the left side of the Tile bead that you just added:

Step 17: String a seed bead.

Go down through the left hole of the Color1 SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 18: String a Color2 SuperDuo bead.

Go down through the left hole of the Color1 SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 19: String a seed bead.

Go back down through the left hole of Tile bead highlighted in RED:

Step 20: String another seed bead.

Go back down through the left hole of Brick bead highlighted in RED:

Step 21: Go around and up through the right hole of the Brick bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED). Continue up through the seed bead, the right hole of the Tile bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 22: Go back up through the beads highlighted in RED so that you are exiting from the right hole of the top-most Tile bead:

Step 23: Go around and down through the left hole of the Tile bead that you exited at the end of the last step and continue down through the seed bead below (highlighted in RED):

Step 24: String two seed beads.

Go down through the left hole of the Color2 SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 25: String two more seed beads.

Go down through the seed bead, the left hole of the Tile bead, the seed bead and the left hole of the Brick bead highlighted in RED:

Step 26: Go around and up through the right hole the Brick bead that you exited at the end of the last step, the seed bead, the right hole of the Tile bead and the seed bead highlighted
in RED:

Step 27: String two seed beads.

Go up through the right hole of the Color2 SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:

Step 28: String two more seed beads.

Go up through the seed bead and the right hole of the Tile bead highlighted in RED:

Step 29: String a seed bead, a 4mm bead, a seed bead and a Brick bead.

Go around and down through the left side of the Brick bead that you just added:

Step 30: String a seed bead, a 4mm bead and a seed bead.

Go back down through the left hole of Tile bead highlighted in RED and then around and back up through the right hole of this same Tile bead:

Step 31: Go back up through the beads highlighted in RED:

Step 32: Repeat Step 3 to Step 31 (make your last repeat end with Step 11, 15 or 31) until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus about a half-inch and the length of your clasp.

Step 33: To attach one end of the clasp, string a seed bead, a 4mm bead, two seed beads, a 4mm bead and a seed bead.

Go around and down through the left hole of the Brick bead that you exited at the end of the last step, around and up through the right hole of this same Brick bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 34: Go back up through the seed bead, the 4mm bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 35: String a seed bead.

Go through the clasp and then back through the seed bead that you just strung.

Go down through the seed bead, the 4mm bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED.

Continue down through the left hole of the Brick bead, around and up through the right hole of this same Brick bead (highlighted in RED):

Step 36: 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 37: 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 top-right bead highlighted in RED:

Repeat Steps 35-36.