Changing Leaves

Set up your kumihimo project with eight strands of The BeadSmith S-Lon bead cord in copper. Sort your 4mm Bicones by color and add the following pattern to each strand:

• Crystal Red Magma Bicone
• Siam Bicone
• Tangerine Bicone
• Khaki Bicone
• Smoke Topaz Bicone

Repeat this pattern on each strand three times, then add a Crystal Red Magma bead, a Siam bead and a Tangerinebead to each strand.

Kumihimo Setup Text Tutorial
Kumihimo Setup Video Tutorial

Braid about 1/2 inch of braid with no beads. Braid with beads until you run out of beads. Finish the braid with a 1/2-inch section of braid with no beads.

Kumihimo with Beads Text Tutorial
Kumihimo with Beads Video Tutorial

Use a 2-inch antique copper-plated 20 gauge eye pin to add a JBB antique copper-plated pewter end cap to the end of the cord. Once the end cap is in place, slide an olive green bicone onto the eye pin. Make a wrapped loop at the top of the bead. Repeat on the other end of the cord.

Ending Kumihimo Video Tutorial

Attach the loop component of the TierraCast antique copper large leaf clasp set to one end of the bracelet using a 5.5mm antique copper-plated 21 gauge open jump ring. Attach a TierraCast antique copper-plated pewter bird in a tree charm to this jump ring using another jump ring.

Attach the bar component of the clasp set to the other end of the bracelet using a jump ring. Attach a TierraCast copper antique oak leaf charm to this jump ring using another jump ring. Attach a leaf charm to this jump ring using another jump ring. Repeat to create a link of three jump rings, each one holding a leaf charm.

Note: Please make sure to double check our list of components with what's actually in stock on the supplies tab. We've also added alternate supply codes to try if the original ones are not in stock.
5328 4mm Bicone Crystal Red Magma (5328-RMM4, qty 40) (Or, try 5328-SIALTAB4) 
5328 4mm Bicone Siam (5328-SIA4, qty 40) (Or, try 5328-SIA2XS4)
5328 4mm Bicone Tangerine (5328-TGR4, qty 40) (Or, try 5328-TGR2AB4)
5328 4mm Bicone Khaki (5328-KHAK4, qty 40) (Or, try 5328-ERNS4)
5328 4mm Bicone Smoke Topaz (5328-TOSMK4, qty 40) (Or, try 5328-CBS4)
JBB Antique Copper-Plated Pewter End Cap (PCA-BD001, qty 2) (Or, try PBA-ENDCAP01 or PG-BD004)
TierraCast Antique Copper Large Leaf Clasp Set (CA-6054, qty 1) (Or, try GA-6054 or BRO-6054)
TierraCast Antique Copper-Plated Pewter Bird in a Tree Charm (CA-2410, qty 1) (Or, try BRO-2410 or GA-2410)
TierraCast Copper Antique Oak Leaf Charm (CA-2174, qty 3) (Or, try GA-2174)
5.5mm Antique Copper-Plated 21 Gauge Open Jump Ring (BCA-OJR06-A, qty 7)
2-inch Antique Copper-Plated 20 Gauge Eyepin (BCA-EP20-22, qty 2)