If you haven't tried the newest two-hole bead, the Czech-made Twin bead, then here is the perfect project to get you started!
Gemini bracelet
Materials:
10 g Twin (2 hole) beads (Czech, silky gold iris)
1-2 g 6/0 seed beads (Miyuki 1426, dyed silver-lined blue
zircon)
2-3 g 8/0 seed beads (Toho 1207, marbled opaque
turquoise/blue)
1 g 15/0 seed beads (Miyuki 462, metallic gold iris)
clasp
2 6 mm jump rings
Fireline 6 lb. test
beading needles, #12
2 pairs of pliers
First component
[1] On 15 in. (38 cm) of Fireline, pick up a 6/0 seed bead
and six twin beads. Sew through all the beads again, leaving a 9-in. (23 cm)
tail. Step up through the 6/0 (figure 1).
[2] Pick up six Twin beads, and sew back through the 6/0 and
the beads just added. Step up through the 6/0.
[3] Sew through the available hole of the adjacent Twin bead in the first component (figure 2). Pick up a 15/0, an 8/0,
and a 15/0, and sew through the available hole of the next Twin bead. Repeat this
stitch four times, and then sew through the next Twin bead without adding the
15/0, 8/0, and 15/0. Pick up a 15/0, an 8/0, and a 15/0, and sew through the
available hole of the next Twin bead. Repeat this stitch four more times, and then sew
through the hole of the next Twin bead without adding any beads (figure 3). End the working thread but not the tail.
Subsequent components
Repeat steps 1-3 of "First component," but in step 3, in the
third repeat, sew through the corresponding 15/0, 8/0, and 15/0 of the previous
component to join (figure 4), and
then continue the repeat. Make and join as many components as desired.
Clasp
[1] Once your bracelet has reached the desired length minus
the clasp, sew through the end component to exit a 15/0 on one side of the end
8/0 opposite the join. Pick up seven 15/0s, and sew through the 15/0 on the
other side of the end 8/0. Retrace the thread path, and end the thread.
[2] With the tail from the first component, sew through the
beadwork to exit a 15/0 on one side of the center 8/0 opposite the join. Pick
up seven 15/0s, and sew through the 15/0 on the other side of the center 8/0.
Retrace the thread path, and end any remaining threads.
[3] Open a 6 mm jump ring, and attach the seven-bead loop on
one end of the bracelet and half the clasp. Repeat on the remaining end of the
bracelet.