Robin's Nest Bracelet - Jet Picasso

ROBIN'S NEST BRACELET

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Grey Iris Matte" (512F) *
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Grey Iris Matte" (512F) *
• 8mm 2-hole Candy beads "Jet"
• Pinch beads "Jet Picasso"

* aka "Higher Metallic Matte Blue Haze"

I was recently poking around in Carole Ohl's Etsy shop for ideas for using the new Ginko beads. While I was there I spotted this super cute "Robin's Nest Bracelet" pattern. It's basically the same as Carole's and my "Presa Linda Bracelet" design but with Candy beads instead of Silkies and the diamond motifs between the Silky beads have been omitted. That makes it even quicker and easier to make and I like that the bracelet comes out a little wider than "Presa Linda". You can buy Robin Demarse's pattern HERE in Carole's shop. You can download the free "Presa Linda" pattern HERE.

This bracelet pattern works with both Miyuki and Toho seed beads but you will need to adjust the bead count with Toho. With Miyuki beads you will use six 11/0 beads on each side of the Candy beads. With Toho beads, use only five on each side. As you can see, on my bracelet I added a diamond motif on each end to attach my clasp. Without those extensions, the bracelet would have been a little too short for me. For my 6-inch wrist, I needed 8 Candy beads and 32 Pinch beads.

I made four more of these bracelets in various colorways and will be posting them over the next few days.

If you need to buy some Candy beads and/or Pinch beads, I have links to sources for them over on the right side of my blog under WHERE TO BUY..., or click HERE for Candy beads and HERE for Pinch beads. Bear in mind that they do make a larger size of Pinch beads but this bracelet calls for the regular 5mm size.