SECRET SANTA BRACELET

(©2009, updated 2025 Deborah Roberti)

An easy triangle weave and netting tutorial, using size 11/0 seed beads, 3mm fire-polished beads and 4mm bicone crystals. This pattern was updated in 2025 to include substitution instructions for super-sizing the bracelet using larger beads!

Materials (for a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp):
• 3 yards of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 275 size 11/0 seed beads
• About 56 size 3mm fire-polished beads (or any size 3mm bead would probably work but test first)
• About 75 size 4mm bicone crystals (or any size 4mm bead would probably work but test first)
• clasp

For the supersized version, check out the end of the step text!

Step 1: Thread your needle with a length of FireLine that you feel comfortable working with and add more as you need it.

String a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a bicone crystal and a seed bead.

Leaving a 10-inch tail for attaching one end of the clasp later, tie the beads in a triangle with a double knot:

Step 2: Go back around through the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the bicone crystal and the seed bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):

Step 3: String a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead and a bicone crystal.

Go around and back across through the seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):

Step 4: Go back around through the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the bicone crystal and the seed bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):

Step 5: String a fire-polished bead, three seed beads and a fire-polished bead.

Go around and across through the seed bead, the bicone crystal and the seed bead highlighted
in RED:

Step 6: String a fire-polished bead, three seed beads and a fire-polished bead.

Go around and across through the seed bead, the bicone crystal and the seed bead highlighted
in RED:

Step 7: Go back down through the fire-polished bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 8: String three seed beads.

Go around and back across through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 9: String three seed beads.

Go around and back across through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the bicone crystal highlighted in RED:

Step 10: String a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a bicone crystal and a seed bead.

Go around and back across through the bicone crystal that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):

Step 11: Go back around through the seed bead, the bicone crystal and the seed bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):

Step 12: String a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead and a bicone crystal.

Go around and back through the seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):

Step 13: Go back around through the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the bicone crystal and the seed bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):

Step 14: String a fire-polished bead, three seed beads and a fire-polished bead.

Go around and across through the seed bead, the bicone crystal and the seed bead below (highlighted in RED):

Step 15: String a fire-polished bead, three seed beads and a fire-polished bead.

Go around and across through the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 16: String three seed beads.

Go around and back across through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:

Step 17: String three seed beads.

Go around and back across through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the bicone crystal highlighted in RED:

Step 18: Repeat Steps 10 to 17 until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus about a half inch and the length of your clasp:

Step 19: To attach one end of the clasp, string a seed bead, a bicone crystal and two seed beads. Go through the clasp and then back through the last seed bead that you just strung:

NOTE: To make your bracelet longer, just add more beads than directed in this step and the next. To make it slightly shorter, use all seed beads.

Step 20: String a seed bead, a bicone crystal and a seed bead. Go back across through the bicone crystal highlighted in RED:

Step 21: Go back around through the seed beads, bicone crystals (all beads highlighted in RED) and the clasp several times to reinforce your attachment to the clasp:

Weave your way back into the bracelet, knot in several places and then cut your thread.

Step 22: To finish the other side of your bracelet, thread your needle with the tail thread from Step 1.

Go across through the bicone crystal highlighted in RED:

Repeat Steps 19 to 21 to attach the opposite end of your clasp.

Super-sized version

Materials (for a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp):
• 3 yards of 8 lb. FireLine
• About 200 size 8/0 seed beads
• About 40 size 4mm fire-polished beads (or any size 4mm bead would probably work but test first)
• About 55 size 6mm bicone crystals (or any size 6mm bead would probably work but test first)
• clasp

Substitution Instructions

Repeat Step 1 to Step 22 with the following substitutions:
• Instead of 6 lb. FireLine, use 8 lb. FireLine.
• Instead of size 11/0 seed beads, use size 8/0 seed beads.
• Instead of size 3mm fire-polished beads, use size 4mm
fire-polished beads.
• Instead of size 4mm bicone crystals, use size 6mm bicone crystals.

NOTE: Because of the increase in bead size, the four center X-shaped bicone crystals for each motif will protrude as you add the fire-polished beads and seed beads in Steps 5, 6, 14, 15 and subsequent repeats, giving the bracelet some dimension.

Beads used in the photo above

Original version (top):
• About 275 size 11/0 seed beads: Miyuki #4202 Duracoat Galvanized Gold
• About 56 size 3mm fire-polished beads: Olivine
• About 75 size 4mm bicone crystals: Preciosa Siam

Super-sized version (bottom):
• About 200 size 8/0 seed beads: Miyuki #4202 Duracoat Galvanized Gold
• About 40 size 4mm fire-polished beads: Olivine
• About 55 size 6mm bicone crystals: Preciosa Siam

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