Katrina loves...
Glorious green
Malachite Semi Precious
A-Grade Beads
EX4511 - EX4517
Shimmer & Shine
Turquoise Suede Bracelet made with Swarovski
CH590
Minty fresh
4470 Swarovski Mint Green Square Fancy Crystal
AC1904
STEP 1
Fill your bead spinner with part of each of the three packs of colours. With the thread still on the spool, thread your curved needle and use the spinner to help you string on enough beads to fill 18" of the thread. If you don't have a bead spinner, you can thread your seed beads on by hand. Once you have 18" of beads added to your thread, thread on a straight beading needle and pass through a calotte finding, and a crimp bead. Go back through the calotte and a few inches of beads before tying a knot to secure the thread. Weave the tail through the beads and trim it away. Repeat to add a calotte to the other end but do not squash the crimp flat yet.
STEP 2
Create another two strands of 18 inches of beads and link them to the same calotte, going through this, the crimp bead and back through the beads as before. Once you have three strands on the calotte, crush the crimp bead and close the calotte around it to secure. Turn a loop on each of the calottes. Make two more sets of three strands in the same way.
STEP 3
Link the end of each trio onto a large jumpring, going through one of the calottes from each strand. Then, cut an 18 inch piece of chain and add this to the same jumpring before closing it again with your pliers. Take the three bunches of three strands and plait them, including the piece of chain with the trio of beads it is next to.
STEP 4
On one side, use the remaining 2 inches of chain from your metre that you started with, to make an extension for the end of your necklace. Finish by opening a jumpring and adding a lobster clasp to one side.
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W399
The Darice Bead Spinner
makes threading seed beads easy!
Simply fill the bowl with the beads of your
choice, switch on and insert the threaded needle.