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Symbols used through the patterns:

1,2, 3 number of double knots;

R ring;

R    ring off ehain;

SR    split ring;

CH chain;

smali (joining) picot;

- decorative or long picot;

+ regularjoin;

© SWIRL join (joining 3 or morę details in ONE movement); ^A    lock join (with the core or shuttle thread);

/ or.    shape and tighten a ring or a chain, do not reverse;

// or RW    shape and tighten a ring or a chain, and reverse work;

~ or SS switch shuttles;

SLT Shoe lace trick (reverse positions of threads); PULLEDLOOP join

1 seed bead or 1 fresh-w-pearl;

OO 00

o o o o o o

ooo\

oool

oooof

ooooj

3 seed beads ’up’(on knotting thread) make a POINTED ’ picot; 6 seed beads *up* (on knotting thread) will make a ⁽FŁAT TOP’ picot for ear wire;

1    seed bead ‘up’ & 1 ‘down’;

2    seed beads ‘up’ & 1 ‘down’ make a TRILLIUM* picot;

3    seed beads ‘up’ & 1 ‘down’ for a DIAMOND’ picot;

5 seed beads ‘up’ & 1 ‘down’ for a long POINTED* picot;

3 or 4 seed beads ‘up’ and 3 or 4 ‘down’ stand for slRECTANGLE błock of beads.

'UP' beads (beads on the knotting thread) come eitherfrom the bali or from the left hand shuttle or from the loop onyour left hand; DOWN' beads (beads on the core thread) are ALWAYS-ALWAYS from the shuttle inyour right hand.

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