Clove Necklace

Step 5 Thread It

Tie the end of your thread to one side of the clasp, leaving a tail of about 2 inches.

Thread the needle and run it down to the clasp end, threading the tail through the needle's eye, too. The first clove will be strung on both threads in order to secure the knot and hide the tail. You will clip the tail flush after your first clove.

If you are threading your cloves on lengthwise so that the needle passes through both the head and tip of the clove, thread the head end first so as to avoid pushing the head off the clove. If you are threading the cloves on crosswise, have at it. No special rules there.

Keep threading. Add cool beads--I think red would look nice. Once dried, the cloves will shrink slightly and stay where they're strung. I think this is a great feature. If you want your cloves to be close, push them very close as they will shrink just a tad once they're dried.

Once done stringing, tie the other end of the clasp on and run the tail back through the last clove. Cut the string flush. Dry flat. Voila.

Comments

[kylara70]

I really like the idea of putting the black beads in place of the flowers, I was thinking "but the heds come OFFF!" when I first read the intro. The black beads would give the illusion that the heads stayed on. Nice instructible.