Superduo™ & Montee Beads Diagonal RAW Bracelet Tutorial

Elegant bracelet made of Superduo and montee beads, using diagonal right angle weave technique.

You will need (materials available on Amazon-check links):
- MATUBO SUPERDUO™ beads (up to 10 grams) (buy here: https://amzn.to/2r8hONa
- montee beads 4 mm (15-20 pcs.) (buy e.g. here: https://amzn.to/2FpP1J5)
- MATUBO Round 7/0 seed beads (8 pcs.) (buy here: https://www.koralky.cz/matubo-round-7-0-03000-14413-c-54)
- jumprings / double jumprings ( 2 pcs.)
- a clasp (e.g. magnetic clasp)
- 2 No. 12 beading needles
- a piece of 0,25 or 0,20 mm nylon monofilament thread
- a scissors
- a flat nose or / and round nose pliers
- a ruler.

More information and specification of all the stuff you will need:

Superduo beads:
Each vertical unit (2 circles of beads) of the bracelet consists of 8 Superduo beads. One unit measures aprox. 9 mm in lenght in finished bracelet.
You need to count 4 more beads for endings of the bracelet.

Montee beads:
You will need as many montee beads as number of units minus 2 montees (we are leaving 2 units empty).
Be careful when choosing montee beads and always check the bottom of the beads- it should be square and sholud have 1 hole in the middle of each side.
When you add montees, the bracelet shrinks in lenght and widens. My 15 cm bracelet (without endings and clasp) has shrunk about 2,5 cm in lenght.

Matubo Round beads:
You can try another type of 7/0 seed beads and see if it works.

Nylon monofilament thread:
A am using 0,25 mm thread in the video. However, I' ve realized that I' ve actually used 0.2 mm string in the first, original bracelet. When comparing these two bracelets, that one made by using 0.20 mm is softer, more flexible, longer and easier to make than the second one (I am making in the video), which is stronger and tighter, but has shrunk more and it' s harder to make (sometimes you have to put down the needle).
To make one diagonal row (made of three circles of beads) you need aprox. 10 cm of thread. So, when making 15 cm basic strip- 15 diagonal rows (so far without montees) as I did, you need at least 150 cm of thread. Then add at least 40 cm (20 cm per each end of the thread) to embelish the strip with montee beads and aprox. 20 cm to complete one side of the bracelet (one ending). Ending at cca 210 cm, you want to be sure and give it a few cm more.
For the second ending, cut a piece of thread about 20 cm long.

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