A football (soccer ball)

Today we will make a football (in American variation - a soccer ball) out of beads.
We will need:
- seed beads of two colors (I used size 8 seed beads of light-yellow and black colors);
- a wooden or rubber ball to fill the inner space of the beaded ball (for size 8 seed beads you need a ball of 3.8 cm in diameter);
- nylon threads of two colors (the same colors as the colors of beads);
- one or two beading needles (we will use the beading technique of brick stitch, so you can do with one needle only).

Keychain with Scorpio (Zodiac sign)

We continue a series of keychains with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Scorpio. For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch.
We will need:
- size 8/0 seed beads of five colors; I used seed beads of light-yellow, gray, brown, yellow and green colors,
- nylon fishing line 0.25 mm thick and two beading needles (as usual in brick stitch, you can do with one needle only).

Beaded monkey in brick stitch

Holidays are coming sooner than you think! Maybe, it’s time to think about Christmas? As you know, the next 2016 year is the year of the Monkey in the Chinese zodiac. That's why today we will make a beaded monkey. It is a simple beadwork that can be made rather quickly if you have some experience in brick stitch bead weaving. This monkey, for example, can be used as a Christmas decoration or you can give it to your friends and family members as a Christmas gift. Everybody for sure will like it.

We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of six colors; I used seed beads of brown, pink, white, gray, red and black colors;
- nylon fishing line 0.25 mm thick and two beading needles (as usual in brick stitch, you can do with one needle only).

Keychain with Cancer (Zodiac sign)

We continue a series of keychains with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Cancer. For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch.
We will need:
- size 8/0 seed beads of eight colors; I used seed beads of light-yellow, gray, pink, brown, yellow, red, green and blue colors,
- nylon fishing line 0.25 mm thick and two beading needles (as usual in the brick stitch technique, if you wish you can do with only one needle).

Keychain with Sagittarius (Zodiac sign)

The current year comes to its end and also comes to an end our series of keychains with zodiac signs. Every month throughout 2013 we did one keychain with the zodiac sign of the month. Today is the turn of Sagittarius, it is the last keychain in the series.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of nine colors; I used the seed beads of white, green, light-blue, pink, brown, red, dark-blue, brown-green (Khaki) and grey colors,
- nylon line 0.25 mm thick (you can also use thiner nylon line) and two beading needles (as usual, you can do with one needle only).
For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch.

Guitar

Today we will make a beaded guitar that can be used as a keychain. For making it we will use the technique of square stitch. We have already used this bead weaving technique for making an Easter Egg.
For making a beaded guitar we will need:
- size 10 seed beads of four colors (I used seed beads of brown, light-beige, black and yellow colors),
- nylon thread and a beading needle,
- a piece of thin plastic or pasteboard that will be used as a gasket between two guitar decks.

Beaded 3D heart in CRAW

To make a heart in the beading technique of cubic right angle weave (CRAW) we will need:
- size 8 seed beads of red color,
- nylon fishing line 0.3 mm thick and one or two beading needles (depends on the stringing method you are going to use).

Pencil (a trinket)

To make a beaded trinket that looks like a pencil, we need:
- size 8 seed beads of yellow, orange and white colors,
- size 11 seed beads of white and black colors,
- fishing line 0.2 mm thick,
- one or two beading needles (depends on the weaving method).

Brick stitch: Libra (Zodiac sign)

We continue a series of trinkets with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Libra.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of four colors; I used the seed beads of white, turquoise, brown-green (Khaki) and blue colors,
- 0.25 mm fishing line (you can use a little more thin fishing line) and two beading needles (as usual, you can do with one needle only).
For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch.

Brick stitch: Virgo (Zodiac sign)

We continue a series of trinkets with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Virgo.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of eight colors; I used the seed beads of white, bright-yellow, light-yellow, dark-green, light-green, blue, brown and red colors,
- fishing line 0.25 mm in diameter and two beading needles (as usual, you can do with one needle only).
For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch.

Lion in brick stitch

We continue a series of keychains with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Lion (or Leo as a zodiac sign). For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch, but in a more complicated version than before: our Lion will be a separate figure, with no background.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of six colors; I used seed beads of yellow, orange, grey, pink-grey, red and blue colors,
- nylon line 0.25 mm in diameter and two beading needles (as usual, for basic weaving we will need only one needle, and if you can weave the first row without the second needle, you can do without it at all).

Keychain with Gemini (Zodiac sign)

We continue a series of keychains with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Gemini. For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch.
We will need:
- size 8/0 seed beads of eight colors; I used seed beads of light-yellow, green, light-blue, pink, brown, red, blue and black colors,
- nylon fishing line 0.25 mm in diameter and two beading needles (as usual, you can also do with one needle only).

Keychain with Taurus (Zodiac sign) in even count peyote stitch

We continue a series of keychains with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Taurus.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of seven colors; I used light-yellow, grey, pink-grey, blue, brown, black and red colors,
- nylon fishing line (0.2 mm thick) and a beading needle;
- a small piece of steel wire 0.5 mm thick (I used a straightened paper clip).

Brick stitch: Aries (Zodiac sign)

We continue a series of trinkets with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Aries.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of five colors; I used the seed beads of white, dark-blue, yellow, brown and black colors,
- fishing line 0.25 mm in diameter and two beading needles (you can take only one needle because the second needle is used only at the initial stage, and this stage can be carried out without needles at all).
For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch.

Brick stitch: Pisces (Zodiac sign)

We continue a series of keychains with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Pisces.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of four colors; I used seed beads of blue, orange, yellow and grey colors,
- nylon line of 0.25 mm in diameter and two beading needles (you can take only one needle because the second needle is used only at the initial stage, and this stage can be carried out without needles at all).

We will use a beading technique, which we hasn’t met before at our site - the brick stitch. In this bead weaving technique individual beads are stacked upon each other as bricks in a brick wall.

Keychain with Aquarius (Zodiac sign) in even count peyote stitch

We continue a series of keychains with zodiac signs in peyote stitch. Today is the turn of Aquarius.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of five colors: white, light blue, dark blue, brown and yellow;
- nylon fishing line (0.2 mm thick) and a beading needle;
- stiff wire 0.5 mm thick (approx. 10 cm long; I used an unbent paper clip).

A dollar sign

Today we will make a dollar sign using the technique of cubic right angle weave (CRAW). This technique you can learn from the tutorials that are placed here (weaving using double thread stringing method) or here (weaving using single thread stringing method).