This tutorial on honeycomb weave explains how to make bracelets and
rings with beads and thread. Honeycomb weave is a flat angle weave that
creates a dense but flexible fabric of seed beads. It has large holes
that you can fill with crystals or leave them open for a lacy look.
Honeycomb weave is like right angle weave (RAW), but the beads fit
together better, and it is made with other angles. If you like RAW and
want a new challenge, you’ll love this. However, you don’t need to know
RAW to follow this tutorial.
These bracelets are a great way to feature that old favorite button you've been coveting.
This tutorial is suitable for
advanced beginners to intermediate bead weavers with enough design
possibilities to entertain advanced beaders. Included are lots of
variations on the basic stitch and a sheet of honeycomb graph paper so
you can make up your own designs with honeycomb weave.
The tutorial is 17 pages, including over 90 illustrations and photographs.
The tutorial is a PDF file that gives complete step-by-step instructions
for how to make the bracelets. At the end of this tutorial, I show how
to make the center medallion into the blue and gold finger ring for when
you want a quick and easy project for instant gratification! I also
included some tips for making matching earrings.
No fancy shapes
required! In fact, you can stitch honeycomb weave with just one size
bead in two colors. For the jewelry shown, that one size would be 11°
seed beads, but you could use any size you want to scale the weave
larger or smaller. All of the other sizes are optional and we use them
to embellish the weave and create variations on the basic stitch. Thanks for looking!