Trillium Flower Bracelet

Step 2

Working in brick stitch, pick up 2x R10A and pass your needle under the thread bridge on top of the pair of R10A added in the previous step and back up the second R10A in this row. Complete the row by picking up 1x R10A, passing your needle under the same thread bridge and back up the new R10A. Figure 2.

Step 4

Switching to 3-drop brick stitch, pick up 6x R10A pass your needle under the second to last thread bridge created in the previous step and back up the last 3x R10A just added. Pass through all 6 R10A of this step again and pull your thread firmly so that the 2 stacks of rocailles sit neatly side by side. To complete the row, add 3x R10A to each remaining thread bridge created in the previous step by picking up 3x R10A, passing under the next available thread bridge and back up the 3 new R10A. You should have a total of 6 stacks of R10A in this row. Figure 4.

Step 6

Pick up 1x R10A and pass down the first stack in the final row and travel through all the rocailles on the outside edge of the petal to exit the base. Figure 6a and 6b.

Step 8

Using 1 of the shorter working threads and following Figure 8a ladder stitch the first 6 rows of 2 petals together. Pick up 3x R10A and pass your needle down the joined column of rocailles to exit the base of the petal. Figure 8b and 8c.

Step 10

Using the long working thread, follow the same method to join the remaining 2 sides together and then add the 3x R10A tip. Finish by exiting the base of a petal. Figure 10.

Step 12

Pass your needle up the nearest column in a joined spine, pick up 1x R10A and pass down the other column in the join. Figure 12a. Repeat twice more to add 1x R10A to the top of each joined spine, the 3 new rocailles should sit on the inside of the flower. Figure 12b. Tie off and trim all tail threads and the 2 short working threads but leave the longer thread attached.

Step 14

Travel to the 2x R10A on the opposite side of the flower at the base of a petal and between 2 joined spines. Ladder stitch 5 pairs of R10D to the 2x R10A and add a single R10D to the tip. Figure 14a and 14b. Leave the thread attached for later use.

Step 16

To make the leaves:

Thread your needle with 80 cm of thread and pick up 6x R10D. Leaving a 25 cm tail, pass your needle through the first 3x R10D a second time and encourage the two stacks of rocailles to sit side by side. Pass through both stacks a second time. Figure 16.

Step 18

Switching to 2-drop brick stitch, work 3 rows as shown in Figure 18.

Step 20

Using the tail thread, pick up 1x R10D and pass through all the rocailles around the outside edge of the leaf pulling your thread firmly as you work. Tie off and trim the tail thread only. Figure 20.

Step 22

Repeat steps 16 to 21 to make 3 more leaves. Figure 22.

Step 24

Pick up 2x R10D and pass down the second R10D added in the previous step and up the third. Pick up 2x R10D and pass down the fourth R10D added in the previous step, up the first and then step up through the first R10D added in this step. Figure 24a and 24b.

Step 26

Using the working thread and working from the final 2x R10D added to the rope, follow the method shown in Figure 14a to create a strip of ladder stitch that is 2x R10D wide and 24 rows long. Create a loop by joining the last pair of R10D in the ladder to the remaining pair at the end of the bracelet rope. Pass through the loop and the joining rocailles several times to strengthen the connection. Repeat at the other end of the rope using the tail thread. Tie off and trim all threads. Figure 26.