Jewelry Making, Beaded Bracelet with seed beads, crystals and pearls - Ups & Down Bracelet No. 63

I named this design the Ups & Down Bracelet. You know, "up and down" can refer to fluctuations or changes in a situation, such as good times and bad times, successes and failures, or highs and lows. They indicate the various challenges and triumphs that one may encounter in life.

★★★ TECHNIQUES ★★★
~ Right-Angle Weave (RAW)
~ Cubic Right-Angle Weave (CRAW)

★★★ SKILL ★★★
Intermediate: If you are good at the CRAW technique, you can easily make this bracelet by connecting CRAW units. Depending on whether they are connected on the longer or shorter side, you can make a piece with different effects.

Don't worry if you're not an expert yet. You can still easily create this bracelet with the Step-by-Step PDF instructions from ShilaBead Shop on Etsy. Computer graphics and short text make it a breeze to follow.

★★★ BUDGET ★★★
If you use leftover beads, it can be a low-cost piece. The units are made of 7 different types or colors of beads. If you prefer a sophisticated design, use the same colors and types throughout (keep the sizes everywhere), and you can reduce the number of materials needed to 4 kinds of beads.

★★★ PROCESSING TIME ★★★
One CRAW unit is finished in 15 minutes, very comfortably, so if you are very diligent or a fast beady person, you can finish the bracelet in a couple of hours.

★★★ WHAT YOU WILL NEED ★★★
Connected on the shorter side:
1. For the version made using the 7 different types of beads:
~ Seed beads size 15 (1 g)
~ Seed beads size 8 (10 g)
~ Crystal Bicones 3 mm - 2 pcs/Units
~ Crystal Bicones 4 mm - 3 pcs/Units
~ Pearl 3 mm - 2 pcs/Units
~ Pearl 4 mm - 3 pcs/Units
~ Fire Polished beads 3 mm - 2 pcs/Units

2. For the version made using the 4 different types of beads:
~ Seed beads size 15 (1 g)
~ Seed beads size 8 (10 g)
~ Crystal Bicones or Pearl or Fire Polished beads 3 mm - 6 pcs/Units
~ Crystal Bicones or Pearl or Fire Polished beads 4 mm - 6 pcs/Units.

If you want to connect the elements on the longer side, you need the same materials but in slightly larger quantities.
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Shila