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TURKISH TWO-LOOPS BEAD CROCHET
Here is another stitch that I learned on our trip to Turkey. This stitch can be done with a variety
of bead combinations: fire-polished and seed beads, bugle beads and seed beads, two colors of beads, etc. The guideline
for picking a combination is that the two bead types must equal the same length. Thread will vary acording to the hole
size of the beads. These instructions use 10 mm fire-polished beads, size 8/0 seed beads, and size 20 crochet thread.
1. String groups of 7 size 8/0 seed beads and 1 10 mm fire-polished bead onto crochet
thread. See Photo 1.
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| Photo 1 |
2. Chain 2 without beads.
3. Put the crochet hook through the second chain stitch. Slide down 1 group of beads. Grabbing
the hook after the last seed bead, do 2 slip stitches or 1 single crochet. See Photo 3.
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| Photo 2 |
3. Repeat Step 2. You now have two bead groups crocheted in the same beginning chain.
(See Photo 3.) This is row 1 of your beadwork.
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| Photo 3. |
4. Put crochet hook in the middle of the first bead group between the fire-polished bead and the seed
beads (opposite end from the thread tail). See photo 4. Slide down the next bead group and do a slip stitch
or single crochet. Repeat in the second loop of row 1.
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| Photo 4 |
5. Repeat Step 4 until the beadwork is the desired length. See photo 5 for work in progress.
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| Photo 5 |
You can also do this stitch with three loops. Just string a third more beads than needed for the two-loop
version and put three bead groups in the second, beginning chain stitch. You will then work three loop around
instead of two.
Bracelet kits are available at my Etsy store, RecklessBeading or the instructions for the three-loop
version will be included in the December 2009 issue of Bead & Button.
RecklessBeading Etsy shop
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