There are various ways of beading circles and rings: either by beading around a pre-existing solid ring. or by creating a beaded ring/circle from scratch.
Beading Circles Round Metal Rings
This is a small collection on beading circles by starting around rings – metal, glass, etc.
Let's start with beading around a pre-existing metal ring.
I have trialed a number of methods of beading circles round metal ring before. Here I am trying not for a tutorial but a compilation of methods I am trialing. There will be a direct link to each tutorial, from various artists. This way, I have a better chance of looking up how to bead circles using metal ring (or any other type of rings, be they metal or not!).
Below are a few of my variations that resulted from playing around with the original tutorial.
A) Turquoise & Silver
Greens and Golds for Sis
Made with Swarovski 4mm bicones (Palace Green, Emerald, Bronze 2X – I am guessing at the colours as I am too lazy right now to go look them up!). 24K electroplated findings as well as seed beads. Some galvanised gold Japanese seedbeads as well.
The pendant is dome shaped. Start with the standard ladder stitch around the metal ring (8/0). The beads are just very slightly insufficient to go snugly around the ring. That means that you will have to ease the beads around and space them out around the ring. And as you bead around in further rounds, it will gladly go into a domed shaped. Which is perfect for sneaking in your cab or rivoli (Swarovski, 14mm or 16mm rivoli – Purple Velvet). Then just bead-net off the back.
Earrings – Rich and Sumptuous (CH0538)
These earrings utilise Swarovski 4mm bicones (Crystal Metallic Blue 2x) with 24K plated Japanese seedbeads.
Beading a ring/circle using Herringbone stitch
See Original (youTube) video: offthebeadedpath Herringbone Hoop Earrings
