Here is my last beaded rope necklace for the summer! I'm going to take a couple of weeks off to regroup for the Fall season. It's been a really long, hot, and emotionally difficult summer for me, and I am deeply in need of some down time to just think and feel.
There are many ways to make a ruffled rope like this, but the way I prefer is probably the easiest! On a long but manageable length of
beading thread, string enough
size 8/0 seed beads to be about 1 1/2 inch longer than the length you'd like the ruffled piece to be. Remember that you will be adding cones, more beads, and a clasp when you choose the length. For your first stitching row, do plain peyote stitch using the same color of size 8/0 beads.
For your second stitching row, choose a different color of size 8/0 beads and add two beads in each stitch. This will cause the rope to begin to twist.
For your last row, peyote stitch with
size 11/0 seed beads, one between each pair of 8/0s from the previous row and one between each stitch in the previous row.
Stitch a small loop on each end of the rope. This tutorial that I wrote on herringbone ropes has the
instructions for how to make the loops on the ends of the rope with seed beads. For this current necklace, though, I used beading wire instead of regular 18 gauge wire.
Use a
crimp to attach
beading wire to each loop. Add a
bead cone and as many
beads as you'd like to make the straps the proper length.
Add a
clasp and a tab to the ends with two more crimps. Use
crimp covers to hide the crimps.
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