Things You'll Need:
- Clear beading cord
- Larger beads
- Smaller seed beads
- Clasp
- Chain nosed pliers
- Scissors
- Beading glue
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Step 1
Pull a length of clear beading cord four inches longer than the desired size of the necklace.
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Step 2
String a small seed bead onto the cord, and slide it towards the spool.
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Step 3
Take the free end of the beading cord, and pull it through the seed bead's opening, tugging it away from the spool.
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Step 4
String a large bead onto the beading cord until it butts up against the seed bead.
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Step 5
String another seed bead onto the cord so that it nestles against the larger bead to create a three-bead "bead station."
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Step 6
Secure your bead station by threading the free end of the cord back through the last seed bead in a motion away from the spool.
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Step 7
Move 1 1/2 inches down the bead cord and create another bead station by repeating Steps 2 through 6.
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Step 8
Create bead stations every 1 1/2 inches until you have completed the length of the necklace.
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Step 9
Cut the bead cord from the spool 2 1/4 inches from the first seed bead.
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Step 10
Attach a clasp. Knot both ends of the necklace and secure them with a dab of specialty beading glue. Use chain nose pliers to slide the clasp hook through one knotted end of the necklace and the clasp loop through the other end's knot.
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Step 11
Secure the clasp by gently applying pressure with chain nose pliers to the clasp parts to close their metal loops.
