Brick Stitch Fringe Pendant Pattern - Celery Diamond

The following Miyuki glass beads are enough to make one pendant:

• About 1.8 grams of size 15/0 round seed beads in color-lined green, 15-0799 (A)
• About 0.1 grams of size 15/0 round seed beads in transparent matte teal, 15-7146 (B)
• About 0.1 grams size 15/0 round seed beads in shimmering icy green, 15-6007 (C)
• 40 size 1/0 bugle beads in transparent amethyst, BG-0055 (D)

And here are the beading supplies you'll need:

• Size 12 beading needle
• Size 0 beading thread in white
• Beading scissors
• Necklace chain, cord, or beaded rope of your choice (to hang your pendant).
• Optional supplies of your choice, such as a thread burner, thread conditioner, and bead dishes.

Follow the pattern chart on the left (click the image to enlarge) to stitch the pendant top and bail. To begin, start at the center (*) with a row of ladder stitch, then stitch flat brick stitch upwards to the top of the pattern.

Tip: To avoid adding new thread when you begin stitching the bottom half of the pattern, leave an extra-long thread tail when you stitch the initial ladder row. A total thread length of about six feet should be enough for all of the brick stitch beadwork; use about three feet for each each half of the pattern.

Allow automatic edge decreases to create the tapered shape of the diamond. When you reach the band of beadwork for the bail, alternate between single-bead increases and automatic decreases.

Note: Make sure that the band of beadwork for the bail is long enough to wrap around your chosen chain, cord, or beaded rope. If not, extend it by as many rows as necessary.

Do not weave in and end the thread just yet.

Return to the ladder row, flip your beadwork around, and follow the pattern downward. (You may find it helpful to print the pattern and place it upside-down on your work table.)

Stitch-on the last bead (at the bottom of the pattern) horizontally rather than using a regular vertical brick stitch.

Go back to the top of the pendant and fold back the bail so that its last (top) row aligns with the first row of 2C at the top of the diamond. Stitch the beads in these two rows together to complete the bail.

Weave through the beadwork to change direction (if necessary) and bring the needle out at the edge of the beadwork, in the place indicated by the diagram on the left (please click the image to enlarge).

Pick up the following beads to begin the first piece of fringe: 20C, 1D, 1B and 3A.

Pass back through the 1B, and pick up another 1D.

Pass back through all 20C.

Hold the picot of 3A with the fingers of one hand, and use your other hand to pull the thread gently taut.

(This is the same bead sequence you should use for every piece of fringe on the pendant.)

Follow the thread path shown in this diagram to string the next fringe piece.

Use the same approach to add more fringe along the edge of the beadwork, until you have a total of nine fringes.

Use the thread path shown in this diagram to add the tenth and eleventh pieces of fringe.

Use the thread path shown in this diagram to add each of the remaining fringe pieces. Stop when you have a total of 20 pieces.

Weave-in to end your thread, and slide your pendant onto the chain, cord, or beaded rope of your choice. The example is strung on 2mm black Greek leather cord.