Bells from beads: two variants of weaving (photo and video)

April 30, 2017 handmadebase

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Bells made of beads in Ndebele technique
Video: Plait the bell from beads
Christmas Bell Bead
Video: Lesson on weaving a New Year's bell

Sometimes you want to do something unusual,for example, some kind of decorative decoration for a gift or interior, a simple toy. Beaded bells fit all these criteria perfectly. It's not difficult to do them. Our master class will help you with this. Usually, bells are woven for Christmas to decorate a wreath and home, as well as to decorate holiday surprises.

Bells made of beads in Ndebele technique

There is more than one weaving pattern and technique for creating bells; in fact, there are quite a lot of them; we will look at the most beloved by needlewomen.
This master class on Ndebele technique will teachYou can weave very interesting bells, you can choose any size. This is the easiest and fastest way to weave products, perfect when you have very little time for crafts, but want to surprise and delight with something.
For weaving you need:

beads;
Fishing line;
Special needle.

The principle of weaving such a bell is considered using the example of 6 pairs (12 beads).
We string 6 beads and close the ring, adding two to each, we get 12 beads or 6 pairs.

Then 6 rows are woven, and one small bead is inserted between the pairs.

Next, one bead is woven over each pair, passing by unpaired beads from the previous rows.

That's the whole master class, the New Year's beaded bell is ready.

The largest bells are made using this principle.
For example, with 8 beads: for the base we make a ring of 4 beads, add two to each and get 8 beads or 4 pairs. Then we repeat everything as in the first example.
For a bell with 10 beads, take 5 beads as a base, weave 10 rows and weave one over the last one, skipping the unpaired ones from the previous rows.
For a bell of 16 beads, there are 4 beads at the base. 2 are woven into them and you get 4 pairs or 8 pieces. We weave 13 rows like this, again weaving one at a time to the last one, skipping the unpaired ones.

Video: Plait the bell from beads

As you can see, the master class is quite simple. The next weaving technique will require more patience and perseverance.

Christmas Bell Bead

We will weave our beaded bells using the parallel weaving technique. We start with the selection of materials:

beads;
The wire is thin;
Ribbon for decoration.

And then the master class itself.
Take a wire of about 30 cm.length onto which 11 beads of any color are strung. Then you need to divide them so that there are 5 beads at one end and 6 at the other. Take the one with 6 and draw a wire through 5 beads from the other end. We pull it together - two rows should come out. For the third, you need 4 beads, which we thread onto the tip of the wire and also pass through the beads, pulling everything together. The next rows (3-4, depending on how many identical rows you want to make) are woven according to the example of the third.

Then we go again to decrease: a row with 3 beads, with 2 and with 1. Everything is tightened, the ends are twisted together - then we just admire our beautiful petal that has turned out.

With the following we perform the same actions, onlythey should be immediately flown to existing ones. Here you need a 30 cm wire, passed between the 1st and 2nd rows of the previous petal. Then 6 beads are strung on the upper tip of the wire, and 5 beads are strung on the lower tip, which comes out from under the petal. The wire on top is passed through 5 beads from the bottom end and everything is pulled together. You need to make sure that the ends are the same length. As a result, we get two rows of the next petal.

Before the third you need to braid it to the firstwire from the second. Take the tip of the wire closest to the first petal and pass it between the 2nd and 3rd rows of the first. Next, 4 beads are strung on the middle one, the other end of the wire is passed through them and everything is pulled together. Don’t forget to braid the wire to the petal before each next row.

We weave other rows in the same way, repeatingthe number of beads is the same as in the first petal. When we have finished weaving the second petal, we press its ends together with the first, and all the following ones with each other. The fifth must be woven immediately with the fourth and with the first.

As a result, we form our wonderful bellNew Year's beads. All that remains is to make a tongue for it. To do this, take a wire 15 cm long, string 10 beads, then thread one bead and then another.
The last seeded bead stickshand, the tip of the wire (on which this bead is located) is passed back through the bead and 10 beads. The ends of the wire are aligned and pulled together.

You can decorate the bells with a ribbon (bow) and beaded branches.

Here the weaving pattern is more complicated, but when you master it, you will very quickly create unusually beautiful, bright Christmas bells from beads.
A souvenir created with love will definitely bringgood luck to the owner. For beginning needlewomen, the master class will help develop imagination and imagination, quickly master beadwork, and cultivate accuracy and perseverance. It's useful to experiment with color.