| 1 | spool, jewellery wire | |
| 1 | needle nose plyers with cutting edge | |
| 1 | tweezers (optional but helpful) | |
| FOR EACH SPIDER | ||
| 1 | straight pin with flat top (long enough to put on both head and body bead and loop at end to hang | |
| 1large | body bead | |
| 1small | head bead | |
| 40 | seed beads or larger as leg joints | |
| 32 | long beads for leg bones | |
Gather the head bead and body bead and put on the
pin and twist slightly to make sure it is long enough and this will keep
those beads together while you make the legs
For the legs
Note my spiders were made with seed bead joints so they are approx 3 inches wide with the legs set.
To make this size cut 4 pieces of wire as wide as a envelope is tall.
Note my spiders were made with seed bead joints so they are approx 3 inches wide with the legs set.
To make this size cut 4 pieces of wire as wide as a envelope is tall.
On one end twist a small circle so the wire comes together so the leg will not scrape if made as jewellery
For the sake of this recipe I created a chart
s = Seed bead
l = long bead
For each leg which is actually two legs once you wrap them on. You will follow the pattern below
s = Seed bead
l = long bead
For each leg which is actually two legs once you wrap them on. You will follow the pattern below
s-l-s-l-s-l-s-l-s-s-l-s-l-s-l-s-l-s
Note the two seed bead together in the center. that will divide your two legs. Make 4 of this pattern for each spider having twisted one side to put wire under beads and leave the other side with an extra inch and fold and do the same by pushing the beads back over the twisted wire. This will leave about 1/2 in or so of empty wire in the center if you use the two connecting seed beads as guides to separate the legs
Note the two seed bead together in the center. that will divide your two legs. Make 4 of this pattern for each spider having twisted one side to put wire under beads and leave the other side with an extra inch and fold and do the same by pushing the beads back over the twisted wire. This will leave about 1/2 in or so of empty wire in the center if you use the two connecting seed beads as guides to separate the legs
To put it all together
Straighten the pin again and remove body. twist the legs first together with each other and then around the pin at the bottom of the head.
Straighten the pin again and remove body. twist the legs first together with each other and then around the pin at the bottom of the head.
Put the body back on and crimp back into a circle so it can be hung.
You can use as a necklace by putting on a gold or silver string or necklace
You can use as an ornament on a tree
You can add to an autumn wreath
You can use as a Halloween spider.
You can hang and collect a bunch of them on a mantel
You can use as a necklace by putting on a gold or silver string or necklace
You can use as an ornament on a tree
You can add to an autumn wreath
You can use as a Halloween spider.
You can hang and collect a bunch of them on a mantel
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