Creative Beading – October 2019

DESIGNER’S NOTES

The Goanna is versatile – you can scale it

up by using larger beads and thicker wire, or

scale it down by doing the opposite.

STEP ONE

Cut your wire in one

length of 125cm and

two lengths of 35cm.

Thread the spots

where it’s blackened

out as per diagram.

START AT THE HEAD

STEP TWO

Using 125cm length of wire, thread on one

bead, place in the middle of wire. Thread two

more beads, pass the other end through the

two beads.

STEP THREE

Follow the diagram to complete the Goanna.

On the last bead of the tail, criss-cross back

a few beads, break off by a quick back and

forth motion, or cut with a wire cutter.

STEP FOUR

LEGS

With one 35cm length

of wire, thread three

beads; work from the

middle of wire. Thread

one bead, then pass the

other end of the wire

through the one bead.

STEP FIVE

Follow the diagram. Pass the front legs

through the seventh and eighth rows, and

continue with the other front leg. Finish in the

same way as the body.

STEP SIX

With second 35cm length of wire do the back

legs. Pass the wire through the fifteenth and

seventeenth rows.

Broome Beads

PO Box 3479, Broome,

Western Australia 6725

Telephone: 08 9192 5223

[email protected]

http://www. broomebeads.com

This fabulous Goanna kit has been a very popular project

for people of all ages. Designed by the owners of Broome

Beads and Margaret River Beads. It is a great project for the

youngsters or starting-out beaders.

PROJECT

Rating

28 Creative Beading

MATERIALS
26 gauge wire –
195 centimetres

BEADS
Czech seed beads 5o

11 grams main body colour

3 grams spots

2 black eyes

TOOLS

Cutters

Diagram 1

Diagram 2