Beaded Watchband

Carnival watchband

Materials:

watch face
two strands of size 11/0 seed beads
"F" weight silk
four twisted wire needles
bracelet clasp
assorted glass beads
eight clamshell-style knot covers
watch crystal cement

Steps:

2. Start stringing your beads onto the thread until half of the thread is covered (figure B).

3. Run the thread underneath one spring bar and behind the watch face. Add seed beads to cover the area behind the face (figure C). Run the remaining thread underneath the other spring bar.

4. Continue stringing beads to match the beads on the first half of the band.

5. Tie a knot at the end of the string and cement the knot. Add a knot cover.

6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 with three other pieces of thread.

7. Gather the four knot covers at each end of the beaded thread and thread them through a jump ring. Attach the clasp to the jump rings at each end (figure D).

3. Add a clasp to the watch band.