Tutorial : Make Your Own Tasbeeh

I received an email from Riikka in Sweden and she told me that she is interested in making tasbih by herself, and asked me if I can make pictures of how to make one..

well, here it is... it's not perfect but I hope Riikka and other readers at least have a clue to make a tasbih. and forgive me Riikka, it took three weeks to answer your email.. :)

 

Tasbih

Tools : Scissors, Flat Nose Plier, Round Nose Plier, and Glue

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Actually, the most important tools here are scissors and glue. The plier used depend on the type of tasbih closure.. hehehe.. apa sih ya nyebutnya, tergantung kepala tasbih-nya mau dibuat seperti apa, gitu lho maksudnya.. :P 

Materials : faux pearls, spacer, spacer with ring, beads cap, eye pin, head pin, and string (the picture is in fig. 1)

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I'm not familiar enough with beading terminology.. hehe.. so I call the materials as I like.. :P
please correct me if I'm wrong yaa...
note : you can also use cord / thread instead of string.

How to :

1. Take the string and make a hard note at one side (fig. 4 & 5)

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2. Put the beads on string, and count until 11 beads (fig. 6)

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3. Put a spacer and then continue stringing the beads. (fig. 7 & 8)

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4. Keep stringing the beads until u reach three groups of 11 beads separated by spacer, and then put spacer with ring at the end (fig. 9)

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5. Tie the finished stringing (fig. 10 & 11)

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6. Put a bit of glue in the knot to strengthen the stringing (fig. 12)

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Now you have a half-finished Tasbih.. :) 

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7.  To Make Tasbih Head, put 3 pearls on eye pin, and make a loop at the end, you can see the detail in Basic Tutorial          

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8. Add it on the first stringing, see fig. 16 & 18

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9.  Last, make the closure, put 1 pearl + cap, make loop and add on tasbih head. (fig. 18 - 20). For detail see Basic Tutorial.

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Voila.. you have a cute tasbih... :D

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And my dear friends, please allow me introduce you to my cute assistants ....