Beaded Half Butterfly

Copyright Rosemarie Peel 1998

MATERIALS:

• Thread = #20.
• One shuttle. Put one black bead on thread then wind 3 yards of thread from ball onto shuttle keeping the bead at the working end in the centre, do not cut thread apart.
• 70 x 2mm beads (approx.)
• 10mm gauge
• 12mm gauge
• 15mm gauge
• 17mm gauge
• 20mm gauge
• 22mm gauge

Head Ring 3, a very very long picot to make antennae, 1, a black bead, 2, close, RW,
Body Ch 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
loop ball thread round neck, 1, RW,
The underlined numbers are the lengths of the picots in mm.
Lower ring 8 12 2 22 2 17 2 15 2 12 2 - 5 close
Upper ring 5 + 5 10 2 15 2 20 2 - 5 - 5 close, RW,
add beads to long picots before LJing
Ch 5 LJ 5 LJ 18 LJ 8 LJ 8 LJ 3 LJ 5 LJ 8 LJ 8 LJ 8 LJ 15, cut threads (about 10 inches long)
Hook shuttle thread 5ds down on Lower ring and hook the ball thread at the adjacent place on the body
Tie the two together and sew in ends.
Cut the long picot on head to form two antennae with a single knot on the end of each.