Monday, June 2, 2014

Shark Tooth Stackable Bracelet and Bead-and-Leather Bracelet

50th Post! Who'd have thought that we'd get here this soon? woot! Double feature: another shark tooth bracelet, and a bead-and-leather one!

 This shark tooth bracelet is basically a simplified, elegant version of the Shark Tooth Wrap Bracelet.

You use only one strand of cord, two springs (or pipes), and only one shark tooth.
 Again, use the hook closure, as with the last one.
 Spread out, it looks like this.
And now for the second one!

Start with  a strand of small beads. make sure that it is on a strong cord, that won't break.
 Start by using wire to wrap together 5-6 strands of embroidery floss, a piece of leather cord a bit longer than the length of your wrist, and your string of beads.

 Now, start braiding. What you should find is that the leather will not want to be braided, and so you will end up with this very cool-looking back-and-forth weaving design.
 Braid it to the end of you materials, then trim the ends.
 Now all that's left is to add a hook-and-eye closure.

To do this, merely attach jump rings to each end, attach a clasp to one of them, and voila!

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