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Seed bead necklace tutorial

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Materials
Thread - About 32 inches long or more
Stop (seed) bead - 1
Lobster clasp - 1
Tag - 1
Jump ring - 1
Beads - 412 (2mm) pink seed beads, 72 (5 mm) pink seed beads, 64 (5 mm) clear seed beads, 4 (8 mm) crystal beads, 3 (10 mm) crystal beads.
Tools
Scissors
Sewing needle
Necklace Length - About 20 inches (51 cm.) with a clasp and jump ring.
Complexity - Easy

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DIY necklace from seed beads to match with my lace bolero jacket
Step-by-step instructions

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Step 1
Stop bead
Fix a stop bead about 6 inches to the end of your thread by passing the thread back through the stop bead twice to form two loops around the first bead to secure it in place.

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Step 2
Create 4 smaller beads and 3 bigger beads
To make one smaller bead, cut about 12 inches of a thread or more. String one (8 mm) crystal bead and seven (2 mm) pink sb. Then *pass the thread through the crystal bead and string seven (2 mm) pink sb. Repeat from * about 5 more times. Secure the thread tails and cut them.
To make a bigger bead, cut about 14 inches of a thread or more and string one (10 mm) crystal bead on it. Then *string nine (2 mm) pink sb and pass the thread through the big bead. Repeat from * about eight times. Secure ends of thread and cut them.

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Step 3
Beads pattern
String one 5 mm pink sb, (one 5 mm clear sb, one 5 mm pink sb) x 20, [one created smaller bead, one 5 mm pink sb, (one 5 mm clear sb, one 5 mm pink sb) x 4, one created bigger bead, one 5 mm pink sb, (one 5 mm clear sb, one 5 mm pink sb) x 4] – repeat in [ ] three times; one created smaller bead, one 5 mm pink sb, (one 5 mm clear sb, one 5 mm pink sb) x 20

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Step 4
Loosen and remove the stop bead from the other end of the thread. Then string a tag with a jump ring.
Fix the tag 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 from seed beads to match with my pink lace bolero jacket

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