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Beaded necklace

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Materials
Thread - About 30 inches long or more
Stop (seed) bead - 1
Spring ring clasp - 1
Tag - 1
Jump Ring - 1
Beads - 24 (7mm) dark grey seed beads, 25 (5 mm) grey seed beads, 2 (12x25 mm) glass beads, 2 (13x13 mm) brown circular beads, 2 (25 mm) rhombus beads, 2 (7x10 mm) glass beads, 2 metal spacer beads, 1 (30x30 mm) circular bead.
Tools
Scissors
Sewing needle
Necklace Length - About 19.3 inches (49 cm.) with a clasp and jump ring.
Complexity - Easy

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Beaded necklace to match with my crochet lace tank top
Step-by-step instructions

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Step 1
Stop bead
Fix a stop bead leaving about 6 inches to the end of your thread.

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Step 2
Beads pattern
String (one 7 mm dark grey sb, one 5 mm grey sb) x 12, one 12x25 mm glass bead, one 13x13 brown circular bead, one 25 mm rhombus bead, one 7x10 mm glass bead, one metal spacer bead, one 30x30 mm circular bead, one 5 mm grey sb. Then bring the thread through the 30x30 mm circular bead again stringing beads in a mirror reflection – one metal spacer bead, one 7x10 mm glass bead, one 25 mm rhombus bead, one 13x13 mm brown circular bead, one 12x25 mm glass bead, (one 5 mm grey sb, one 7 mm dark grey sb) x 12

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Step 3
Clasp
String a Spring ring clasp and *bring the needle through the last two sb. Reinforce the clasp by passing the thread through the 7 mm dark grey sb and the clasp’s hole, and then back though several beads.
Secure the thread and cut it.*
Step 4
Remove the stop bead from the other end of the thread. Then string a tag with a jump ring and fix it the same way as your clasp (repeat what is in * * from step 4. Make sure that all your beads are close to each other.

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Abbreviations
sb – seed bead

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Necklace to match with my crochet lace tank top

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