Easter Egg decorated with beads in the square stitch technique

size seed beads

plastic egg

nylon thread and a beading needle

the first stage: make a ribbon of two rows of beads

pass the needle through the beads 1 starting from the free end of the thread

tighten the thread. make sure that the free end of the thread remains of at least cm in length. the beads have lain above the orange beads

string onto the thread one orange and one beads. number them as the beads

then through the orange beads number

tighten the thread. the last two beads have lain close to the other beads in two rows: the orange bead - in the lower row and the bead - in the upper row

in the same way continue stringing the beads by two so that they form two rows of beads. make sure that after each step the thread comes out from the last added orange bead

so make a ribbon which length fits the circumference at the middle of the egg

next

then pass the needle through the extreme bead at the opposite side of the ribbon

finally pass the needle through two extreme orange beads at both sides of the ribbon

tighten the thread. we've got a closed beaded ribbon

as we got used that its first row consist of orange beads

at this stage use the flat stitch technique. string a bead onto the thread

then pass the needle through the last added bead and tighten the thread. so the last added bead has lain above the appropriate bead of the lower row

then pass the needle through the just added bead

in this manner you should braid both tops of the egg

the beaded easter egg is finished

pass the needle through the bead number

then pass the needle through the bead number

the first stage of weaving is completed

pass the needle in the opposite direction through the bead that lies just below in the previous row

in this way continue adding the next beads one by one. first pass the needle in the opposite direction through the bead that lies in the previous row

so add the beads till the end of the row

after that it's desirable to pass the needle through all the beads of the resulting row in order to constrict them. otherwise the weaving be loose

after reducing a bead continue adding beads in the ordinary manner till the next point where it is necessary to reduce a bead

after completion of the each new row pass the needle through all its beads in order to constrict them

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