Katie’s “Shades of Autumn” necklace will coordinate with the colors of your wardrobe and match the rich tones of the changing season. This chic necklace is easy to make and easy to wear.
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Supplies:
- twenty-eight 6mm faceted green bicone glass beads
- fourteen 6mm faceted yellow bicone glass beads
- twelve 14mm fluted brown cylinder glass beads
- 8mm faceted brown round glass bead
- twenty-eight 7mm silver spacers
- 20mm 2-hole silver circle bead
- 12mm 2-hole silver circle bead
- 19” length of silver bead stringing wire
- two silver crimp beads
- silver lobster clasp
- silver split ring
Instructions:
- Attach the clasp to the wire with a crimp bead loop (see below for instructions).
- String a green bead, a spacer, a yellow bead, a spacer, a green bead and a cylinder on the silver bead stringing wire. Repeat this pattern for a total of six sets.
- String a green bead, a spacer, a yellow bead, a spacer and a green bead. String one hole on the large circle bead, one hole on the small circle bead and the round brown bead. String the other hole on the small circle and the other hole on the large circle.
- Repeat the beading pattern so the necklace is symmetrical. Attach the split ring with a crimp bead loop.
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Using Crimp Beads
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|  Crimp beads are special beads that become flattened when squeezed with pliers. To use, loop the end of your beading string or wire, then string the crimp bead onto the loop. Use flat nose pliers to squeeze the bead around the loop, preventing the loop from coming undone.
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Project reprinted from The Need To Bead by designer Katie Hacker. The Need To Bead is filled with 60 ideas for glass beading projects–all with full color photos and instructions. Retail $9.99. |
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