DIY Beaded Necklace Tutorial: Seed and Pearl Beads

You'll Need:

Seed beads 11/0

Pearl beads 8 mm

Pearl beads 4 mm

Instructions

RND 1: Start raw 1 with 2 needles. String on the thread 4 seed beads, clasp, 5 seed beads, and cross 2 needles in the last 5th seed bead.

String pearl 8 mm on the first needle and string 7 seed beads on another needle, cross 2 needles in the last 7th seed bead.

String 7 seed beads on the first needle and string pearl 8 mm on another needle, cross 2 needles in the 7th seed bead on the first needle.

Continue until the end.

But when you reach the end of the necklace and cross the last 7 seed beads and pearl 8 mm, you should string on one needle 4 seed beads and 4 seed beads and clasp on another needle and then join 2 threads with a knot. You can hide one end of the thread in the seed beads and continue to work with another end.

Bead where 2 threads are crossed we will call the central bead.

Starting the Second Row

RND 2: The second row begins from the clasp. You can use the same thread or add a new one.

Go through the next 9 seed beads from the clasp (as shown in the pattern). String 2 pearls 4 mm and 3 seed beads and go through the third seed bead from the central bead (count the central bead as one of those 3 beads). Go through the next 4 seed beads.

String 2 pearls 4 mm and 3 seed beads and go through the third seed bead from the central bead. Go through the next 4 seed beads. Repeat this until the end.

But when you reach the end of the necklace and string the last 2 pearls 4 mm and 3 seed beads, you should go through the second bead from the central bead and then go through the next 2 beads (thread goes out from the central bead), then through pearl 8 mm, central bead, and next 4 beads, clasp.