How to Make Russian Frost Earrings.pdf

How to Make Russian Frost Earrings

Coraling or Branched Fringe Technique

These lacy earrings look like

coral or frost. The branched

fringe or coraling beading

technique is easy to do and

yields stunning results. Once

you master the stitch you can

use it to make necklaces or

to adorn clothing.

Skill Level Intermediate

Time

Required

A few hours - can complete pair of earrings in a

weekend

Materials Comments

Size 11 Seed

Beads

I used a main color and a contrast color. Smaller

beads work well (e.g., 13s or 15s), but larger

beads will yield heavy earrings.

Earwires

Or other earring findings. Buy them or make your

own.

Bead Tips

Optional. I like to hang the beadwork from

beadtips because the dangles swing freely and

the thread isn't damaged during wear.

Flatnose or

Chainnose

Pliers

For attaching bead tip to earwire.

Thread Snips I used my wire cutters.

Beading Needle I used a size 10 beading needle.

Thread

I used size D Nymo. Personally, I find other types

of thread too stiff for this technique. Nymo B is

great with size 14/15 beads.

Accent Beads

Optional. I used a pair of 4-mm beads for the

white earrings and a pair of 8-mm beads for the

tutorial.

Coraling is easy, but it does require that you have practice

controlling your thread tension. Also, it uses a large number of

beads and takes a bit of time. Feel free to vary the number of beads

between branches, the length of the branches, etc. Have fun!

To start, cut at least a meter of your chosen

thread. If desired, condition your thread with

beeswax or Thread Heaven. If you can, it's

better to work with a single long thread than

to have to add thread, since adding thread will make it harder to

keep the beads under tension. I threaded one seed bead onto the

string, let it fall about a third of the way down the string, and tied a

knot around it.

Put both ends of the thread through a bead tip. This

bead will support the beadwork.

Using the shorter

strand, string on

1 seed bead, your

accent bead, and

40 main color

seed beads (this

will be the final length of your earring, so adjust it longer or shorter

as desired by adding or subtracting beads in multiples of three).

String on three accent beads. Go back

through the last two main color seed

beads. Tighten the tension so there are no

gaps between the beads. If you are using

nymo or any other nylon thread,

remember that it stretches over time, so

your beadwork needs to be fairly tight. On

the other hand, if you are using Power Pro or another

fluoropolymer, remember that this thread will not stretch, so you

want the tension such that there are no gaps between beads yet

loose enough for the beadwork to be fluid.

Add two main color beads and three contrast

beads. Pass back through the two main color

beads. Congratulations, you have completed

your first pair of branches!

Pass back through the next 5 beads,

going toward the bead tip. Adjust your

tension.

Add 4 main color beads and three

contrast color beads. Pass back

through the last 2 main color beads.

Add two main color beads and three

contrast color beads.

Pass back through the two main

color beads, the two next 2

main color beads of this

branch and then through the next 3 beads toward the bead tip

(total of 7 beads you go back through).

From here on, you are just repeating the previous

step. Add 4 main color and 3 contrast. Pass back

through the last two main color. Add 2 main color

and three contrast. Pass back through the 7 main

color on the 'branch' and 'stem', going toward the

bead tip. You will continue this pattern until you

are as near the bead tip as you like (5-6 beads for

me).

Thread up through the accent bead and

bead tip, go through the bead in the

bead tip (reinforcing your thread), tie a

knot using the other thread, and pass

back through the 'stem' beads. I ran the

thread through several branches to

secure it and cut the thread. Thread your

needle on the other end of the thread

and pass it through the seed bead and

accent bead so that it is exiting the

accent bead. Make the next stem with

branches. This thread should be dangling

from the base of the accent bead. I

added 26 main color beads.

Add three contrast beads and

pass back through the last 2

main color beads. Add 2 main

color beads and 3 accent beads.

Pass back through the last 2

main color beads and the next

5 main color beads on the stem

(7 main color beads total).

Continue making branches until

you are within 5 beads of the

accent bead. Pass through the

main color beads to come out

just below the accent bead.

Make the third stem/branch identical to

the second stem/branch. When you are

finished, you can knot your thread or

work it back through several branches to

secure it. Cut the thread. Use pliers to

attach the bead tip to the earring finding.

Here's a finished earring. Make a second

earring to match the first. If you enjoyed

making these earrings, you may be

interested in Varvara's book of coraling

patterns for necklaces.

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