February 2012 Mini Project Shamballa Style knotted Bracelet The Bead Shop (Nottingham) Limited 7 Market Street Nottingham NG1 6HY Tel. (0115) 958 8899 Fax. (0115) 958 8903. www.mailorder-beads.co.uk [email protected] You can’t open a magazine at the moment without seeing a celebrity wearing a shamballa bracelet, so why not make your very own shamballa style bracelet - check out the second page for more ideas. You can reproduce this design as many times as you like for your own personal use, You can’t reproduce the design or instructions for resale without prior consent. © The Bead Shop (Nottm) Ltd 2012 Takes approximately 20-30 minutes to knot the bracelet. Mat erials Used: 5 or 7 x 10mm bea ds (see our various designs on the next page) 2.5 m x 1mm black cotton cord Tools us ed: Tap e & scissors 1. Cut a 50cm length of thread. Knot one end and thread on all of the beads of your choice and knot the other end, to prevent the beads from dropping off the thread. To make the knotting easier secure your thread to a table top using tape. Cut a 150cm length of thread and tie this in a reef knot (left over right, then right over left) approximately 7cm from the start of the cord taped to the table. Make your first square knot; take the left thread over the central cord, then pass the right thread over the left, under the central cord and up through the loop created by the left thread. Central cord left thread right thread Reef knot 2. Pull the left and right cords tight to complete the first knot. 3. Make another square knot, but this time take the right cord over the central cord first and loop the left cord under and through the loop on the right side (reversing the first knot). 4. Make two more square knots, reversing them each time. Slide your first bead into position close to the last knot. Tie another knot around the bead. 5. Pull the knot tight and continue to make alternate left and right knots. Tie three knots inbetween each bead. Once you’ve added the last bead, tie 3 more knots and finish with another reef knot. Secure the reef knot with a small amount of super glue. Once the glue has dried, cut off the excess cord. 6. Overlap the end of the bracelet (with knots to finish each end). Use the remaining 50cm of cord and knot over both pieces of cord. Make several alternating square knots, making sure you don’t pull the knots too tight (so the cords can still move inside). Once you’ve made about 8 knots, finish with a reef knot and secure with glue in the same way (being careful not to get glue on the bracelet).