Beads
New design: 3D parallel
little creatures with volume ✿
Tap any bead to give it the colour in hand.
Each number is one section: its upper tier on top and its lower tier underneath, with a line below the pair. The red number on the right is how many beads that tier takes. The blue and green lines are the two ends of your thread: both go through every tier, in opposite directions. A red arrow points at the gap where each part joins. Parts made with a working end are drawn where they join, with their strand. Parts made on a separate strand are drawn at the side with a lettered × where they join.
Sections and tiers
The same tiers as the diagram, in the order you make them. A is a pair of , one on top and one underneath; a nose or tail can be a single tier.
Stringing details for when you're ready to make it
This design uses one main strand with two working ends. Each tier is strung on one end and the other end passes back through it the opposite way; upper tiers sit on top of the piece and lower tiers underneath, which is what gives it volume. A part made with a working end goes out through its stem, once round its tip, and back through the stem. The diagram doesn't show which end you load first, how separate strands are tied on, or how the body is closed, so write those in your notes.