Detailed schemes of weaving exotic animals from beads, photos of finished products.

January 19, 2018 handmadebase

One of the most popular materials for handicrafts– these are beads. This name comes from the Arabic “buser” and means “fake pearls”. Tiny pieces of the rainbow have a rich history. At different times, beads were made of bone, wood, porcelain, gold and silver. The development of glassmaking was a real breakthrough in the history of beading. Copper, manganese, cobalt and other chemical elements began to be added to the glass mass, which gave the beads green, purple, blue and other colors. Everyone knows about the beautiful Venetian beads, which cost a lot of money. The secrets of their production were strictly guarded and passed down by inheritance. Glassmakers lived on a separate island and had many privileges. In Europe, they even organized special “bead fairs”. Venetian beads were exchanged for expensive fabrics, spices and gold. However, with the development of navigation, new sea routes and countries are opened, more glass factories are built, and the main competitor of Venetian beads is Bohemian (Czech Republic) beads. Now beads are made not only from glass. Plastic has become an excellent alternative. In any case, the main thing in beads is their quality. They must have excellent calibration, if the beads are not the same, this will lead to a skew of the product. If suddenly such beads are found in a pack, they can be put aside and used to decorate, for example, candlesticks. There is an article about this in our Club, dedicated to beaded jewelry. Well, here will be offered master classes and patterns for weaving exotic animals from beads. Turtle from beads and beads.This cute turtle can be used as a keychain or used to create a composition in an aquarium (preferably a dry one) together with fish, which can also be woven from beads. You will need:

4 dark green beads (8 mm);
4 green beads (5 mm);
Beads 8/0 of green color;
Beads 11/0 yellow and brown;
2 black beads 8/0;
The line.

Start working with the turtle's body.String 4 large beads onto a piece of fishing line. Then weave 8 mm beads between the beads, 5 mm beads, and in the next circle on top of them 4 8/0 beads. Follow the pattern (points 4, 5, 6). This is the upper part of the shell. The cross of 4 beads on the top of the shell can be tightened by threading the fishing line through it again.To create the lower part of the shell usepoints 7, 8. The direction of work is indicated by the arrow. After its completion, you need to put on 5 more beads for the turtle's head. Thread the fishing line along the entire shell to attach the tail and paws. These are points 9 and 10. The turtle is almost ready, it remains to weave the head.Pull the line to the place of additional threadfive beads. The fishing line comes out of the first bead of the lower chain of 5 beads. It is woven in a circle using the mosaic technique. These are points 11 through 13. The first and second rows have 6 beads, the 4th, 5th, and 6th rows have 4 beads, and the 7th and 8th have three. The third row is the eyes. Pass the fishing line through the last circle of beads and tighten.The turtle is ready.Another great advantage of such handicraft as beadwork for children is the development of fine motor skills of the fingers. You can involve them in creating, for example, a mammoth, a panther or a saber-toothed tiger. The child will be happy to weave these animals, in addition, attentiveness, the ability to concentrate, perseverance will develop, the vocabulary will increase, because weaving can be supplemented with a story about these unusual animals. The development of fine motor skills also has a great effect on memory and imagination. Below are detailed diagrams and a description of the work.Beaded baby mammoth.

Black, white, golden brown, light yellow beads 10/0;
Wire 0,3 mm;
Scissors or nippers.

Start weaving the baby mammoth's head from the trunk.You will need a 1.3 m piece of wire. Mark the beginning of the mouth with 2 pieces of light yellow beads. Put them together with the lower low one on the tail of the wire and pass it through the bead row in the other direction. Pass 2 separate pieces of wire for the tusks. Weave them with alternating up-down lows. Weave a row with eye beads. In the next row, pass a 1.5 m piece of wire. This will be the baby mammoth's body. To weave the hair, string light yellow beads on one tail of the wire, pass the second tail in the other direction through the entire low and twist the wire tails. Then cut them off and hide. Weave the body using the parallel volumetric weaving technique. Pass separate pieces of wire for the paws according to the pattern. Weave them volumetric. Weave the back ones from the body wire. For the tail, take an additional small piece of wire and weave it according to the pattern. The beaded baby mammoth is ready. Next will be a saber-toothed tiger made of beads.You will need:

White, light yellow, light pink, black beads 10/0;
Wireworm 0.3;
Scissors.

Weave the head from a 30 cm piece of wire.Make it voluminous. After the muzzle is woven onto the tail of the wire, add the “fangs” detail and cross the tails of the wire again inside the double row. Thread another piece of wire for the body through the lower string of beads. Weave three more rows using the flat parallel weaving technique. This is the lower jaw. Twist the tails, cut them off and hide them. Weave the body according to the plan using the voluminous parallel weaving technique. Thread an additional piece of wire for the ears. Weave the paws voluminous on additional wires. Use the body wire for the hind legs. For the soles of the paws, string 3 beads onto the front wire, pass it back through the penultimate circle of the paw, twist, cut them off and hide the tails. For the tail, use a separate piece of wire, string 9 beads onto it. The saber-toothed tiger is ready. Weave a panther and an elephant from beads in a similar way to the provided drawings. The next exotic beaded animals will be a hummingbird and a parrot.Hummingbird.To create you will need a wire segment of 1.2m. Start with the beak using flat parallel weaving. Then continue working in volumetric parallel weaving similar to the work of the previous animals. For the wings, thread two pieces of wire through the body. Weave using flat parallel weaving. For the paws, you will need two more wires. For the tail, thread one piece of wire through the last row of the body. Put beads on it using flat parallel weaving, 1 per row. Twist the tails, cut them off and hide them. Thread another wire forward through the last row of the paw. For the toes on the paws, you need to make strings of beads on separate wires. Start with the toe facing back. Twist the ends of the wire and hide them. Budgerigar.To weave it, take a piece of wire 1.3 m long.Work begins with the beak. The first three rows are done with flat parallel weaving. The fourth and all subsequent ones are made voluminous. For the legs and wings, thread separate pieces of wire. Weave the first row of legs voluminous, the rest are flat. Make the fingers similar to the fingers of a hummingbird. Weave the wings with flat parallel weaving. After finishing the work, bend them slightly towards the back of the parrot, like real birds.

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