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Starfish © Jane Eborall 2006

 

 

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Materials required:-

No. 20 thread, small seed beads and two shuttles.  Add 5 beads to Sh1 and 40 beads to Sh2 before starting.  Further beads needed to add to picots.
Skills required:-

Knowledge of split rings and using beads.

 

Abbreviations

 

R

ring

Ch

chain

– or p

picot

SR

split ring

/

after the / make 2nd half of SR

B

move bead in place of p

+ B

add bead to picot before joining

Sh2

Shuttle 2 (shuttle in right hand)

Vlp

very long picot - size betwn ( )

+

join

Sh1

Shuttle 1 (shuttle in right hand)

T & C

Tie and cut

DP down picot - 2 first halves ds – followed by 2 second halves ds

 

Using Sh1 place 5 beads on the thread round hand before starting R1.

R1:     2 – 1 p with five beads leaving small spaces between beads for joining in between later) 1 – 2

SR2:   3 – 3 / 3 – 3

*SR3:  3 – 3 / 3 B 3

SR4:   2 – 2 / 2 B 2

Ch:     2 B 2 DP 2 B 1 – 1 B 2 Lj (DP) 2 B 2

SR5:   2 + B (SR4) 2 / 2 B 2

SR6:   3 + B (SR3) 3 / 3 B 3

SR7:   3 + B (SR2) 3 / 3 – 3

R8:     2 + B (R1) 1 + (next p R1 btwn next 2 B’s) 1 – 2

SR9:   3 – 3 / 3 + B (SR7) 3 *

Repeat from * to * 4 further times joining the last central ring to R1 (as before - between beads) and 1st  of R1 (with a bead).  Also join the final SR to SR2 with a bead. T & C base R1
 

 

Please email me for further help or if you find any mistakes.