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Cut eight strands of blue Super-lon bead cord approximately 24 inches long each. The length should be about three times longer than your desired length of bracelet.

Create the beaded braid part of the bracelet. You will add beads to eight cords. Each cord will have 30 beads each, two cords for each color listed below:

• Miyuki 4x7mm Transparent Red AB Long Magatama Bead
• Miyuki 4x7mm Transparent Orange AB Long Magatama Bead
• Miyuki 4x7mm Transparent Sapphire AB Long Magatama Bead
• Miyuki 4x7mm Transparent Green AB Long Magatama Bead

Make sure the sapphire magatamas are at the top of your kumihimo disk, the green magatamas are at the bottom, the orange magatamas are on the right and that the red magatamas are at the left of the disk.

Kumihimo with Beads Text Tutorial
Kumihimo with Beads Video Tutorial

Open the 'eye' portion of one 2-inch sterling silver 22 gauge eye pin and then thread or hook it into the knot at the end of the braid. Close the eye. Cut a strand of Nymo thread and wrap it around the braid to secure the braid and the eye pin. Knot and trim the tail of the thread. Trim the excess braid above the wrap. You may want to add a dab of adhesive to secure the knots. If so, allow it to dry before moving on to step four.

Slide one 10mm antique silver-plated pewter filigree end cap and one 6mm faceted round in Burgundy-Blue Zircon Blend onto the eye pin. Attach the eye pin to one half of the antique silver-plated brass sun design magnetic clasp using a wrapped loop technique.

Repeat steps three and four on the other end of the braid to finish the design.

List of Components:
Miyuki 4x7mm Transparent Red AB Long Magatama Bead 8g Bag (LMA-254, qty 1)
Miyuki 4x7mm Transparent Orange AB Long Magatama Bead 8g Bag (LMA-253, qty 1)
Miyuki 4x7mm Transparent Sapphire AB Long Magatama Bead 8g Bag (LMA-261, qty 1)
Miyuki 4x7mm Transparent Green AB Long Magatama Bead 8g Bag (LMA-179, qty 1)
5000 6mm Faceted Round Burgundy-Blue Zircon Blend (5000-BZB6, qty 2)
10mm Antique Silver-Plated Pewter Filigree End Cap (FIND-0894, qty 2)
Antique Silver-Plated Brass Sun Design Magnetic Clasp (CLASP-0123, qty 1)
2-inch Eye Pin, 22 Gauge (Sterling Silver) (SS-EP22, qty 2)