Tutorial: Toggle Clasp #2

 

Weave any loose ends into the beadwork and finish as you normally would for your choice of thread.  Do not remove the final working thread from the beadwork at this point, in case you need to adjust the bracelet length.

This toggle clasp has anchor points that are parallel to the clasp and is connected to beaded loops via beaded rings.

I like to finish the existing thread and begin a new thread for the clasp.  This means that if the clasp thread should wear through, the beadwork will remain intact.

Begin with the toggle and thread ten beads as below.

Take the thread through the attachment loop of the toggle.

Form a ring by taking the thread through all ten beads again, making sure that the ring is tight enough that the metal of the clasp sits on beads, not thread.  Finish off your thread.  I took the thread through the ring a total of three times and then made an overhand knot using both threads, which I tightened while pulling the two threads apart to ensure the ring is tight.  I then threaded through two beads and did a half hitch around the thread bundle before weaving on and then trimming the thread.  I then took the second thread and repeated in the opposite direction.

Repeat with the ring section of the toggle clasp.

Returning to the beadwork, working at the end marked start in the diagram above, add a new thread and exit the bead work as shown below.  I like to finish the existing thread and begin a new thread for the clasp.  This means that if the clasp thread should wear through, the beadwork will remain intact. 

Identify the two middle high beads of the beadwork and weave to and then through the first of these.  In this bracelet there is an odd number of high beads so the clasp will be slightly off centre.

Pick up nineteen beads.

Pass the thread through the attachment loop of the beaded ring attached to the toggle.  The thread path of the beaded ring is now coloured green.

Miss the last ten beads picked up, beads 10 - 19, and pass through the ninth bead then continue through the eight, seventh, sixth, fifth and lastly the fourth.  There will now be a stalk from the end of the beadwork with a loop connecting the toggle to the beadwork.

Pick up three beads and pass in to the other central anchor bead previously identified as shown below in red.

Weave the thread through the beadwork and back up to the first anchor bead for the clasp attachment as shown by the blue thread path.  The thread path goes up the stalk, around the loop and back into the second fork of the fork.  The stalk now attaches directly over the first of the two central high beads.

Bring the thread through the second anchor bead indicated red.  This time the thread goes the opposite way so the stalk sits directly over the anchor bead.  Weave the thread away and finish.

Check the length of the bracelet on your wrist with the two clasp pieces joined and add or remove rows as required and finish off the thread.  Add a new thread to attach the metal clasp ring, exiting the beadwork as shown below.

Work through to the first of the high beads in the middle of the row.

Pick up twelve beads

Take the thread through the beaded ring attached to the metal ring of the clasp then through the second of the two middle high beads.

Weave the thread through the beadwork as shown by the blue thread path then up to the first of the middle high beads.  Pass through this bead in the opposite direction to before then thread through all the beads of the loop and into the second of the middle high beads, also in the opposite direction to before.  This will pull the first beads of the loop over the tops of the middle anchor beads.  Weave the thread away and finish.