How to make a necklace of beads with your own hands

Beaded necklace can be made for almost any occasion: for office, for walking around the city, for a picnic in nature, for a party. Wherein The choice depends on the color scheme of the necklace and its "massiveness": large bright necklaces are suitable for informal environments, and in the office it is better to wear a necklace more modestly.

Wicker Beaded Necklace

For such a necklace need beads of four different colors, which can be chosen arbitrarily. If desired, you can make a necklace and monophonic, then you will need beads of just one color. Also for making your own hands necklaces of beads in the technique of macrame you will need a fishing line, decorative caps and fastening hardware (fasteners).

For a necklace length of 45-50 cm, it is necessary take 12 pieces of fishing line 65-70 cm long. Then the line segments should be divided into 4groups of 3 pieces and for each segment string beads: for a multi-colored necklace for each group you need to thread your own color, and for a single-toned line on all segments of the line you should string the same beads.

When stringing beads at the ends of the line make the nodules, preventing the scattering of beads. In this case, you should leave a little free fishing line at each end of the segment - this will be required to fix the hardware. Next, you need to collect all pieces of fishing line with beads strung on them in one bundle. After this, one end of the resulting bundle is bonded in any desired way, for example, to bind together with several nodules.

Obtained strands of beads in groups. Then you can begin braiding the braids of 4 strands. For this it is necessary to mentally number eachgroup from 1 to 4, starting with the extreme left. When weaving a rope, you have to start group 1 above group 2, under group 3 and above group 4, as if you were writing the number "4". After that, group 4 was started over group 3, under group 2. The first row of weaving was obtained.

As a result, the 4th group was the first and nowwith it should begin the weaving of the second row. To do this, repeat the above steps. In the same way, weaving must be performed until the threads run out. The ends of the received "pigtail" need to be fastened together with the help of nodules.

To complete work on the necklace remains at both ends of the pigtail attach decorative caps, closing the joints of the lines with beads. Then you need to fasten the clasp to the necklace. A beautiful braided bead necklace with your own hands is ready!

Twisted Bead Necklace

Twisted Bead Necklace looks very nice on the neck. Adjusting the thickness of the necklace in the manufacture, you can achieve different effects. For example, if you select about 20 threads for a necklace, it will look solemn and festive, and if you select only 14-16 threads, then this necklace will look gently and romantically.

Thus, for making a twisted bead necklace with your own hands need 14 to 20 line lengths length, equal to the desired length of the necklace (plus10-15 cm for fixing the fittings). Beads for the necklace can be taken in one color or different colors. For example, white, beige, amber, brown beads, as well as blue, blue, white and turquoise, etc., also work well together. Also necklace requires accessories: decorative caps, clasp.

To start work on making a twisted necklace you need to thread the beads on the line. This is the longest and most tedious partwork. At the end of the stringing, the last beads from each end of the line segments should be fixed. Ready beads of beads should be put together in one large bundle. The order of folding of threads is chosen arbitrarily.

From each end of the beam obtainedmake nodules fixing threads with beads together. It is important to make sure that the threads are not twisted. Further, it remains only to hide under the decorative caps the junction points of the threads and attach the clasp to the finished necklace. That's all!

It is interesting that after manufacturing it turned out to be even beaded necklace, and not twisted. That's right, because in fact, this necklace is twisted just before the toe, and you can independently adjust the "strength" of twisting and thereby change the appearance of the necklace.