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How to make beaded necklace

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Materials
Thread - About 24 inches long or more
Stop (seed) bead - 1
Spring ring clasp - 1
Tag - 1
Jump ring - 1
Beads - 58 (2 mm) seed beads, 12 (8 mm) red color crystal glass beads, 12 (12 mm) clear crystal glass beads, 6 diamond spacer beads, 5 (12 mm) oval beads, 2 cylinder beads.
Tools
Scissors
Sewing needle
Necklace Length - About 16 inches with a clasp and jump ring.
Complexity - Easy

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necklace-for-red-sage-blouse
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Necklace from beads to match with my red sage blouse
Step-by-step instructions
Step 1
Stop bead
Fix a stop bead, leaving about 6 inches or more for the tail.
Step 2
Beads pattern
String 1 cylinder bead, [1 red sb, 1 clear cgb, 1 red sb, 1 brown sb, 1 red cgb, 1 brown sb, 1 diamond spacer bead, 1 brown sb, 1 red cgb, 1 brown sb, 1 red sb, 1 clear cgb, 1 red sb, 1 brown sb, 1 oval bead, 1 brown sb] x 5, 1 red sb, 1 clear cgb, 1 red sb, 1 brown sb, 1 red cgb, 1 brown sb, 1 diamond spacer bead, 1 brown sb, 1 red cgb, 1 brown sb, 1 red sb, 1 clear cgb, 1 red sb, 1 cylinder bead
Step 3
Clasp
Fix a spring ring clasp. Reinforce the clasp’s hole through the cylinder bead and last red seed bead.
Then bring the needle through several beads and secure the thread between brown sb and diamond spacer bead.
Step 4
Remove the stop bead. Place a jump ring on a tag, and then string the tag. Reinforce the tag loop and the cylinder bead and first red seed bead. Bring the needle through several beads and secure the thread between the brown sb and diamond spacer bead.
Step 5
Cut both tails of the thread very closely to beads.

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Abbreviations
sb – seed bead
cgb – crystal glass bead

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Necklace for my red sage lace blouse

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