Bull in brick stitch

As you know, 2021 is a year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac. On our site we already have a tutorial on how to make a 3D bull and today we will make another bull, a flat one. For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch. It is a simple beadwork that can be made fairly quickly if you have some experience in brick stitch beadweaving.

We will need:
- seed beads of seven colors; I used seed beads #8/0 of light-yellow, pink, gray, black, blue, grayish-pink and red colors;
- beading thread (use any kind of thread you prefer to work with) and one or two beading needles (depends on your style of making a ladder stitch  chain).

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).

Sprockets

Today we will make beaded sprocket. It is an original but simple beaded product.
We will need:
- Czech seed beads; I made a few monochrome sprockets out of seed beads #8 of yellow, light-blue and light-green colors, but you can make them multicolored,
- nylon line 0.25 mm in diameter and two needles for beadweaving (as usual, you can do with only one needle).

Snowman in brick stitch

Today we will make one more beaded product of “winter” series - a snowman. It is a simple product that can be made rather quickly if you have some experience of weaving in brick stitch. This snowman, for example, can be used as a Christmas decoration.
We will need:
- seed beads of six colors; I used the seed beads #8 of white, green, brown, blue, orange and black colors,
- nylon line 0.25 mm in diameter and two needles for weaving (as usual, you can do with only one needle).

Horse in brick stitch

As you know, 2014 is the year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac. We already have a tutorial of how to make a beaded 3-D horse at our site and today we will make another horse out of beads. For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch.
We will need:
- seed beads of three colors; I used the seed beads #8 of grey, brown and black colors,
- nylon line 0.25 mm in diameter (you can use a little more thin nylon line) and two needles for weaving (as usual, you can do with one needle only).

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.

Ring with heart

Today we will make another beaded jewelry product - a ring with an image of a heart. For weaving we will use the technique of brick stitch.
We will need:
- size 11 seed beads of three colors; I used seed beads of light-yellow, orange and red colors,
- nylon fishing line 0.2 mm thick and two beading needles (as usual in the brick stitch technique, you can also do with one needle only).

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).

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.