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Courtside: finished beadwork rendered from the brick chart
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16 × 19 · Brick · Delica 11/0
Courtside: Brick bead pattern with 16 columns, 19 rows and 4 colours

On the ear

The earring rendered bead by bead from this chart and hung at its real size from the piercing of a model’s ear: from the side, and from behind with her chin raised. The model is the same for every pattern, so it shows the look, not how it will sit on your own ear. The ear wire is illustrative and is not counted as beads.

Courtside on an ear, from the side: the beads rendered from the chart on a picture of a model
From the sideDownload
Courtside on an ear, from behind, chin raised: the beads rendered from the chart on a picture of a model
From behind, chin raisedDownload

What you need

Counts include every bead in the chart. Add 10–15% for culls and spills. Weights assume about 200 Delica 11/0 beads per gram.

Counts are for one earring. Double them for a matching pair; fittings are not included.

KeyColourFinishBeadsGramsWith 15% extra+15%
AMIYUKI Duracoat opaque tangerineDB-2104Opaque Duracoat dyed840.4 g0.5 g
BMIYUKI Duracoat opaque amberDB-2108Opaque Duracoat dyed260.1 g0.1 g
CMIYUKI Duracoat opaque marigoldDB-2103Opaque Duracoat dyed100.1 g0.1 g
DMIYUKI Opaque blackDB-0010Opaque1140.6 g0.7 g

Stitch it, step by step

The thread path for this chart, bead by bead: the ladder, every row in the order it is worked, where each bead hangs and how to get from one part to the next. It is worked out from the chart itself.

Row by row

Read each row left to right. A dash means leave that position empty. The editor’s Make mode walks you through these one at a time.

19 rows
  1. 16–5D5–
  2. 24–2D1A2D1B2D4–
  3. 33–2D3A1D1A2B2D2–
  4. 42–2D3A2D2A1B2D2–
  5. 52–1D1A1D2C1A1D3A1D1B1D1–
  6. 61–1D1A1C1D2C2D2A1D1A1B1D1–
  7. 71–1D2A1C1D2C1D2A1D2A1B1D
  8. 81D3A1D2C2D2A1D2A1B1D
  9. 91–1D3A1D2A1D2A1D2A1B1D
  10. 1016D
  11. 111–1D3A1D2A1D2A1D2A1B1D
  12. 121D1B2A1D2A2D2A1D2A1B1D
  13. 131–1D1B2A1D2A1D2A1D2A1B1D
  14. 141–1D1B1A1D2A2D2A1D1A1B1D1–
  15. 152–1D1B1D3A1D3A1D1B1D1–
  16. 162–2D1B2A2D2A1B2D2–
  17. 173–2D2B1A1D1A2B2D2–
  18. 184–2D1B2D1B2D4–
  19. 196–5D5–

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