DRAGONFLY BEAD

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Agree that sometimes you want to embellish indoor plants. Weave a dragonfly from beads. This is done very simply and does not require special skills with such small glasses.

Select the beads in the color scheme in which you see fit. For the master class, beads were selected: solid dark brown for the body of a dragonfly, light brown beads with silver inside for wings, large brown beads.

Pick up a large bead up to 1 cm in diameter - this will be the head of a dragonfly. Prepare a copper wire of the desired color, a wire for flowers (usually there are such in flower shops), scissors.
We start by preparing the body and head of the dragonfly. For the calf we need a wire 31 cm long. We string 5 beads and step back from the edge about 5 cm. With the same short end we thread four beads, skipping the first one. Thus we tighten the tail of the dragonfly.

We cut the short edge back to back.

We continue to string the beads another 8 centimeters. At the end, we string the large bead that we prepared for the head of the dragonfly. After the large bead we string the usual bead and return back with the wire through the large bead. Tighten tight so that the beads on the body do not dangle.
Now on the free edge we string again beads - 4 cm.

Holding fingers firmly so that the beads do not creep out, we wrap the finished body around the finished chain and fasten it when the chain ends with a wire, wrapping it several times between the beads. We cut the wire so that it is not noticeable.

Prepare the wings for our dragonfly. It is necessary to string a string of beads 75 cm long. Alternate chaotically with ordinary beads that you prepared for wings with large beads. Just do not overdo it so that the wings hold, and not sag.
Now we create large wings symmetrically, making loops 6.5 cm long from the typed chain. After making a loop, scroll the wire several times and symmetrically do the same.

We repeat the same movement, only for the inside of the large wings. Having made wings, we leave the end about 2 cm long.

We repeat the same with the remaining typed chain for the lower small wings. They should be approximately 2 cm less in length. We connect the left ends of the large and small wings by twisting the wire.
All parts of the dragonfly are almost ready. It is necessary to assemble the body into a single whole. We string the beads onto the wire to make a chain 31 cm long. We wrap the free end of the wire around the head of the dragonfly so that it is not noticeable. Wrap the chain closely to the body of the dragonfly 4 times.

We apply wings, the end of which is fixed with wire without beads, so that they hold tight. We continue to wind the body of the dragonfly closely until the beads on the wire end. In the same way, we wrap the wire several times at the end between two beads and cut it so that there is no noticeable end of the wire. Finishing touch: Bend the end of the tail slightly.

A thick wire is suitable for the leg, which is usually inserted into the stems of cut flowers. It is necessary to bend the end of the wire by 1.5-2 cm. Insert the bent end, starting from the middle of the body of the dragonfly towards the tail. You can fix it with wire between the rows of beads or drop it with liquid super-glue.