Honeycomb Bangle Kit

©2011 by Cynthia Rutledge

As many of you know, Honeycomb Bangle hit the beading world via Bead & Button Magazine in April 2011 as the cover feature. Who was to know that this design would have had so much press and, due to an editing hiccup, it made a big splash on many beading forums, Facebook and my website.

Even though Honeycomb Bangle's beginning was a bit shaky, I still love this design.

When my contract for this design was met, I turned to my good friend, Bonnie Brooks, and asked her to work with me to revive this design and create a beautiful full color instruction sheet for the kit. Between the two of us, we have created a gorgeous, and most importantly correct, instruction sheet that makes me very proud to offer this kit to you all.

To make this bangle even more special...
I worked with a factory in Austria to create 8mm crystal rondelles, and then had them custom coated, and they are gorgeous! Not that this was not enough I decided that Honeycomb Bangle deserved the higher metallic Delica beads…that glorious 500 series of white gold, rose & green gold, blue platinum, platinum and yellow gold in different tones making these kits a notch above for supplies.

-- Cynthia

Kit colors:
Kit 1: Dark Gold
Kit 2: Green Rose
Kit 3: Deep Teal
Kit 4: Denim Blue

Available colors are listed in " Select option" at bottom.

Techniques:
Flat Peyote stitch
"Zippering" flat Peyote stitch into tubular
Tubular Peyote stitch
Netting
Right Angle Weave variation

Skill level: Intermediate

Our kits are packaged in a handy but strong plastic case that snaps shut securely. This case is just the right size to slip into your bag if you want to take your kit with you. We carefully label each package of beads or embellishments in the kit so you know exactly what to use for each part of the design.

Kit Contents:
1 fabulous color instruction sheet in a plastic sleeve (see sample pages above)
4 grams each of two different colors of 15° seed beads
7 grams of the higher metallic Delica beads
4 grams of 11° seed beads
100 pieces of 3mm crystal pearls
48 custom coated 8mm crystal rondelles
½"x10" strip of template plastic
1 bobbin One-G thread
2 size 12 beading needles (taped to the inside right wall of the kit box)
1 plastic storage case