Sandcastle Necklace

Light as a sea breeze at your neck, this summery necklace is made with five different strands of silk cord and delicate glass beads. Don’t like to knot? No problem, you’ll crimp these beads in place. We’ve used size 8 silk beading cord here but you could also use size 4 or 6.

Finished length: 16 inches, adjusts to 18 inches

Ingredients:
- Jade silk beading cord, size 8
- Beige silk beading cord, size 8
- Turquoise silk beading cord, size 8
- Carnelian silk beading cord, size 8
- Amber silk beading cord, size 8
- 8x14 antique brass lobster claw
- 2 inches antique brass really round cable chain
- 2 antique brass fold over ends
- 3 antique brass jump rings, 5 mm
- chocolate brown Toho 6-0 beads
- chalk white Toho 8-0 beads
- gold plate tube crimps, size 2
- 527 jewelry glue

If you prefer to make your necklace with one color of silk cord you will only need to purchase one package to make the necklace…and you’ll have some left over!

Tools:
- Scissors
- Chain nose pliers

Step 1: Thread Beads on Cord

Unwind your Jade silk beading cord from the card. Stretch the cord between your hands, working down the length of the cord until the fold marks begin to fall away.

Feed the needle end of your cord through a crimp tube and position the crimp tube 1 ½ inches from the end of the cord. Using your chain nose pliers flatten the crimp tube. Feed your needle through an 8-0 bead and a second crimp tube. Slide the bead and second crimp tube down into position next to the flattened crimp tube. Flatten second crimp tube.