This tutorial guides viewers through creating the Super Storm Earrings, a dramatic and structured design featuring StormDuos, RounDuo Minis, bicones, and seed beads. This project blends layered bead weaving with crystal sparkle, creating earrings that are bold, elegant, and highly customizable.
Prep thread & pick beads:
Cut ~3.5 ft thread, thread needle. Lay out StormDuos, 11/0 and 15/0s, 4 mm bicones and the RounDuo Minis.
String the starter row (4 pairs):
String: (StormDuo pair) → 11/0 → (StormDuo pair) → 11/0 → (StormDuo pair) → 11/0 → (StormDuo pair) → 11/0. Slide to end, leave a short tail.
Use tail as stop:
Pass the tail through the second hole of one StormDuo (or use a stop bead) so the beads won’t slide while you shape the circle.
Form the circle & reinforce:
Bring the strand into a circle by sewing back through the first pair(s) and all 11/0s. Make at least one extra reinforcement pass so the base is stable; keep StormDuos all facing the same direction.
Move to second holes:
Exit a 11/0 then hop into the second hole of a StormDuo (the hole you’ll use for the upper/lower build). You’ll now work around the inside adding crystals and connector beads.
Add bicones + RounDuo Mini connectors:
Between each StormDuo pair add: 4 mm bicone → (15/0 – RounDuo Mini – 15/0), working the pattern around so each bicone sits between two StormDuos and each RounDuo Mini is framed with 15/0s.
Create seed-bead arches around each bicone:
When exiting a bicone, pick up 2 × 15/0 → 11/0 → 2 × 15/0, circle through the bicone again, then sew through the adjacent StormDuo and the nearby RounDuo Mini as shown. This builds the lacey edge.
Add side 3×15/0 groups to RounDuo Minis:
From the RounDuo Mini exit, add 3 × 15/0, go through the closest 11/0 (you may need an angle), then back through the first two 15/0 you added, add one more 15/0 and return through the RounDuo Mini — this gives the little clustered bits that “pop” the center 11/0.
Build the upper StormDuo layer:
Hop to the second hole of the RounDuo Mini and attach additional StormDuos across the top: pick up StormDuo → 11/0 (or 8/0 as spacer) → connect into the RounDuo Mini hole, then add three 15/0 decorative beads on the StormDuo side, repeat around. These StormDuos will cup the RounDuo Mini.
Decorate outer StormDuo sides:
Add 4 × 15/0 on each outer side of StormDuos (as little “bunny ear” clusters), drop a bicone between groups when indicated, then climb up through those 15/0s to tidy and shape the edge.
Attach the wire guard:
At the top component, add two 15/0s, pass through the wire guard, come back through the opposite side and reinforce by passing through the guard a second time. Adjust guard so it nests nicely in the beads.
Final reinforcement & finish:
Go around and stitch through all outer seed-bead groups once more to connect them (this tidies the edges). Tie a secure knot, bury thread, trim and zap tails. Make sure bicones are oriented with holes horizontal for symmetry. Attach ear wire to the wire guard.
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This tutorial guides viewers through creating the Super Storm Earrings, a dramatic and structured design featuring StormDuos, RounDuo Minis, bicones, and seed beads. This project blends layered bead weaving with crystal sparkle, creating earrings that are bold, elegant, and highly customizable.
Prep thread & pick beads:
Cut ~3.5 ft thread, thread needle. Lay out StormDuos, 11/0 and 15/0s, 4 mm bicones and the RounDuo Minis.
String the starter row (4 pairs):
String: (StormDuo pair) → 11/0 → (StormDuo pair) → 11/0 → (StormDuo pair) → 11/0 → (StormDuo pair) → 11/0. Slide to end, leave a short tail.
Use tail as stop:
Pass the tail through the second hole of one StormDuo (or use a stop bead) so the beads won’t slide while you shape the circle.
Form the circle & reinforce:
Bring the strand into a circle by sewing back through the first pair(s) and all 11/0s. Make at least one extra reinforcement pass so the base is stable; keep StormDuos all facing the same direction.
Move to second holes:
Exit a 11/0 then hop into the second hole of a StormDuo (the hole you’ll use for the upper/lower build). You’ll now work around the inside adding crystals and connector beads.
Add bicones + RounDuo Mini connectors:
Between each StormDuo pair add: 4 mm bicone → (15/0 – RounDuo Mini – 15/0), working the pattern around so each bicone sits between two StormDuos and each RounDuo Mini is framed with 15/0s.
Create seed-bead arches around each bicone:
When exiting a bicone, pick up 2 × 15/0 → 11/0 → 2 × 15/0, circle through the bicone again, then sew through the adjacent StormDuo and the nearby RounDuo Mini as shown. This builds the lacey edge.
Add side 3×15/0 groups to RounDuo Minis:
From the RounDuo Mini exit, add 3 × 15/0, go through the closest 11/0 (you may need an angle), then back through the first two 15/0 you added, add one more 15/0 and return through the RounDuo Mini — this gives the little clustered bits that “pop” the center 11/0.
Build the upper StormDuo layer:
Hop to the second hole of the RounDuo Mini and attach additional StormDuos across the top: pick up StormDuo → 11/0 (or 8/0 as spacer) → connect into the RounDuo Mini hole, then add three 15/0 decorative beads on the StormDuo side, repeat around. These StormDuos will cup the RounDuo Mini.
Decorate outer StormDuo sides:
Add 4 × 15/0 on each outer side of StormDuos (as little “bunny ear” clusters), drop a bicone between groups when indicated, then climb up through those 15/0s to tidy and shape the edge.
Attach the wire guard:
At the top component, add two 15/0s, pass through the wire guard, come back through the opposite side and reinforce by passing through the guard a second time. Adjust guard so it nests nicely in the beads.
Final reinforcement & finish:
Go around and stitch through all outer seed-bead groups once more to connect them (this tidies the edges). Tie a secure knot, bury thread, trim and zap tails. Make sure bicones are oriented with holes horizontal for symmetry. Attach ear wire to the wire guard.
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