Right Angle Weave Feather
| This feather will take very few beads and
very little thread, but can really dress up a project. It can be used
as an earring in itself or as a dangle from a bag as I did with my Longhorn
Medicine Bag . If you are not already familiar with Right Angle
Weave , please go to my instructions page by clicking on this feather
button. |
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These instructions are based on using Size 11 beads, size D nylon thread (approximately
1 yard per feather), and a Size 12 needle. We will start with the middle row.
Begin with threading your needle and waxing the thread, pick up 4 brown beads
and make a circle by coming through the first 2 beads a second time, leaving
about a 6' tail for weaving back in when the project is finished.
Now pick up 3 more brown beads, bringing your needle back through the last bead
of the previous circle. Continue adding 3 beads at a time following this pattern
from left to right:
For the first outside row, you will begin with 3 white beads, and bringing them
in a circle:
Continue this row, adding 2 beads at a time, following the pattern. You will
end on the next to the last circle of the previous row. Weave your thread through
the middle row coming out of the opposite outside bead of the middle:
Again, begin the row by adding 3 beads (brown), then continuing to add 2 beads
at a time following the pattern:
Now you are ready to add the loop. Weave the needle through to the top bead of
the middle row. Pick up 1 white and 11 brown beads. Make a loop of 7 beads and
bring your needle back down through the brown beads you just added:
Pick up one more white bead, bring your needle back through the middle brown
bead, the opposite white bead and back up through the loop. Bring the thread
back down into the feather and weave it around at least 2 groups of 4 beads.
Weave in the tail in the same manner.
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