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Chains on Two Needles
Until now we have been using only one needle at work. And it was very convenient. And now let's complicate the task. Instead one needle, let us thread two needles on our auxiliary thread from the both ends and see what is going to happen.

Pic. 2-47. Bead work on two needles.
Stitching is done by turns on two needles. Well, let's try. Set a row of 4 beads by any of the needles and join them into a ring.

Pic. 2-48. The 1 st step of making the bead chain on two needles.
Then set a row of 2 beads on one of the needles, and only one – on another needle, join them into a ring through the bead ¹ 6.

Pic. 2-49. The 2 nd step of making the bead chain on two needles.
Continue the same way.

Pic. 2-50. The bead chain, made on two needles.
This is how it is all simple! Thanks to this method of stitching on two needles at one time you can vary the technique of stitching and make your work interesting and unique. How? Well, let's try! 
Pic. 2-52. The variants of making the bead chains on two needles.
And all of these are the variants of the same chain on two needles! Create 10 new chains on your own. By changing the color and the amount of the beads in one link of the chain, using large seed beads or beads, bugle beads, your chain starts looking absolutely different. It can't be recognized! But this isn't all yet! From guide "Bead Fantasies"- bead works from A to Z >>>>
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